RARE BREEDS SURVIVAL TRUST

1. RARE BREEDS SURVIVAL TRUST 1992-07-03 → present
2. RARE BREEDS SURVIVAL TRUST LIMITED 1975-03-21 → 1992-07-03

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Dafferns Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “Launch of the new RBST Watchlist in April 2024.”
• “The British Lop project achieved a significant reduction in mean kinship.”
• “A landmark British Friesian calf was born using stored semen.”
• “A new native cattle initiative launched with £20,500 in funding.”
• “White Post Farm in Nottinghamshire joined the RBST approved farm park network in 2024.”
• “A £3 million fund was announced to support small abattoirs, followed by a further commitment for new-build and mobile facilities in England.”
• “The Small Producers Pilot Fund in Scotland awarded £180,000 in grants for training, knowledge exchange, and abattoir development.”
• “The British Pig Association partnership reached an important milestone with the completion of the interim phase of the Native Pig Breeds Genebanking Project.”
• “An ambitious native cattle project was launched, made possible by funding from the HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust.”
• “The British Friesian Gene Bank project announced that semen from the first of the Gene Bank sires has produced a new breeding bull in 2024.”
• “In November 2024, the British Pig Association (BPA) reported on the culmination of the Native Pig Breeds Genebanking Project.”
• “In 2024, no breeds saw their conservation status improve sufficiently for them to change category, while two sheep breeds moved to Priority category.”
• “In 2024, the Welsh Section B (Welsh Pony) was added to the Watchlist.”
• “In 2024, the decision was made to categorise all poultry as Priority breeds.”
• “Britain's oldest primitive goat, the College Valley Cheviot goat herd, joined the Watchlist.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +27.9%

  £729,834 → £933,509

• Cash

  -38.9%

  £68,914 → £42,101

• Net assets

  +12.7%

  £3,373,229 → £3,802,782

• Employees

  -12.5%

  8 → 7

• Operating profit

  +703.8%

  £30,575 → £245,772

• Profit before tax

  +703.8%

  £30,575 → £245,772

• Wages

  -1.3%

  £313,998 → £309,932

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers