ARUNDEL CASTLE TRUSTEES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-30 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-41.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+10.2% vs 2024
Employees
124
+2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£566K
-41.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,064,239 | £4,344,934 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £970,438 | £566,077 | |
| Net profit | £970,438 | £566,077 | |
| Cash | £1,776,255 | £1,032,051 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,685,748 | £20,600,574 | |
| Net assets | £18,685,748 | £20,600,574 | |
| Equity | £18,685,748 | £20,600,574 | |
| Average employees | 121 | 124 | |
| Wages | £1,726,565 | £1,895,626 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 23.9% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.1% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 12.41x | 9.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ARUNDEL CASTLE TRUSTEES LIMITED · parent
- Arundel Castle Enterprises Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEBBER, Sandra | Secretary | 2010-11-30 | — | — |
| COGHILL, Hugh Murray Charles | Director | 2015-01-01 | Dec 1950 | British |
| FITZALAN HOWARD, Edward William, Duke Of Norfolk | Director | — | Dec 1956 | British |
| FITZALAN-HOWARD, Henry Miles, The Earl Of Arundel | Director | 2019-05-01 | Dec 1987 | British |
| FRASER, Charles Torquil De Montalt | Director | 2008-02-26 | Oct 1960 | British |
| PERKS, Edward Roland Haslewood | Director | 2023-09-26 | Mar 1958 | British |
| ROBINSON, John Martin | Director | 1995-04-25 | Sep 1948 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Christopher John | Secretary | 2007-10-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| BRUCE, Robert James | Secretary | 2003-11-11 | 2005-03-11 |
| HAMBLEY, Andrea Yvonne | Secretary | 2005-03-11 | 2007-09-30 |
| MCDONALD, Bryan | Secretary | 2010-03-31 | 2010-11-30 |
| WALLACE, Eileen | Secretary | — | 2003-07-18 |
| CLEGG, William Henry | Director | 1999-10-10 | 2014-06-25 |
| DRURY, Martin | Director | — | 1995-02-08 |
| FITZALAN HOWARD, Georgina Susan, The Duchess Of Norfolk | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2019-05-01 |
| FITZALAN HOWARD, Miles Francis, Duke Of Norfolk | Director | — | 2000-10-20 |
| GIBSON, David William | Director | — | 2005-02-22 |
| HOPKINSON, David Hugh Laing | Director | 2002-03-25 | 2007-06-26 |
| LACY, Ernest Joseph | Director | — | 1995-02-19 |
| POWELL, Nicholas Richard David | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2023-09-24 |
| SHERIDAN, John Phillip | Director | — | 1998-11-10 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Clive, Professor | Director | — | 1999-07-02 |
| WARD, Philip John Newling, Major-General Sir | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2002-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.9%
£4,064,239 £4,344,934
-
Cash
-41.9%
£1,776,255 £1,032,051
-
Net assets
+10.2%
£18,685,748 £20,600,574
-
Employees
+2.5%
121 124
-
Profit before tax
-41.7%
£970,438 £566,077
-
Wages
+9.8%
£1,726,565 £1,895,626
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