MARC FITCH FUND
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Next accounts due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£408K
+4.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-4.4% vs 2024
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-04-05
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-05 | 2023-04-05 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £242,019 | £247,323 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £464,795 | -£363,710 | |
| Cash | — | — | £389,486 | £407,955 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £8,333,235 | £8,044,521 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £8,333,235 | £7,969,525 | |
| Equity | — | — | £8,333,235 | £7,969,525 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | — | — | £25,000 | £25,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-04-05 | 2023-04-05 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | 192.0% | -147.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 3.1% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.53x | 1.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the council members have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the council members continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year to 5 April 2025 the Fund awarded 28 grants the value of which amounted to a total of £269,643.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATLING, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2011-06-01 | — | British |
| ALLASON-JONES, Lindsay | Director | 2006-09-27 | Jan 1953 | British |
| BLAIR, William John, Dr | Director | 2002-04-17 | Mar 1955 | British |
| DAVIS, John Harry | Director | 2023-09-20 | Nov 1955 | British |
| FISHER, Richard Kenneth | Director | 2024-09-18 | Jun 1959 | British |
| FORD, John Edward | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jun 1961 | British |
| FORDE, Helen | Director | 2002-04-17 | May 1941 | British |
| HALL, Michael | Director | 2007-09-27 | Jul 1957 | British |
| PAYNE, Christiana Joan Elizabeth Ruth, Professor | Director | 2012-04-19 | Mar 1956 | British |
| SUMMERSON, Henry Rosewell Thomas | Director | 2023-09-20 | Nov 1948 | British |
| SWEET, Rosemary Helen, Professor | Director | 2016-09-13 | Apr 1968 | British |
| WHITE, David Vines | Director | 2008-09-25 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINTIN, Elaine Margaret | Secretary | 2003-02-09 | 2010-12-10 |
| STEPHENS, Alwyn Aubrey Roy | Secretary | — | 2003-02-09 |
| ASSHETON, Nicholas, The Hon | Director | 1993-09-29 | 2005-04-21 |
| BARRON, John Penrose, Professor | Director | — | 2005-09-29 |
| BELL, Alan Scott | Director | 1996-05-17 | 2011-09-23 |
| CAMP, Anthony John | Director | — | 2003-09-25 |
| CORNFORTH, John Lawley | Director | — | 2001-04-04 |
| CUNLIFFE, Barrington Windsor, Professor Sir | Director | — | 1995-04-26 |
| DUFTY, Arthur Richard, Dr | Director | — | 1993-10-05 |
| ELRINGTON, Christopher, Professor | Director | — | 2004-04-24 |
| HEY, David George, Professor | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2016-02-14 |
| KERMODE, Jennifer, Doctor | Director | — | 2004-09-30 |
| MURISON, Andrew Howard | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2023-09-20 |
| NURSE, Edmund Bernard | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2023-09-20 |
| PALLISER, David Michael, Professor | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2022-09-21 |
| PALLISER, David Michael, Professor | Director | — | 2009-09-24 |
| PORTEOUS, John | Director | — | 2005-04-21 |
| SMITH, Richard Michael, Professor | Director | — | 2001-09-19 |
| STEPHENS, Alwyn Aubrey Roy | Director | — | 2000-05-30 |
| WAGNER, Anthony Richard, Sir | Director | — | 1995-05-05 |
| WORSLEY, Giles Arthington, Dr | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2006-01-17 |
| MAJOR GENERAL HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORFOLK | Corporate Director | — | 2001-09-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-05 vs 2024-04-05
-
Turnover
+2.2%
£242,019 £247,323
-
Cash
+4.7%
£389,486 £407,955
-
Net assets
-4.4%
£8,333,235 £7,969,525
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Wages
0%
£25,000 £25,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers