UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-44.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+5.6% vs 2023
Employees
12
-7.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,338,897 | £1,021,909 | |
| Operating profit | £3,263,750 | -£228,318 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,693,534 | £1,194,721 | |
| Cash | £1,899,929 | £1,048,905 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,219,800 | £23,269,423 | |
| Net assets | £21,271,519 | £22,466,240 | |
| Equity | £21,271,519 | £22,466,240 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 12 | |
| Wages | £280,098 | £234,329 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 75.2% | -22.3% | |
| Net margin | 108.2% | 116.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.7% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.44x | 2.50x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company 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.”
Significant events
- “The Trust has committed a grant of up to £3 million with payments spread over a period of seven years to meet the deficit in the United Reformed Church Retired Ministers Pensions Trust Fund. £500,000 was paid out in 2024, and most funds are anticipated to come from the sale of redundant properties.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 93 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Ian Bishop, Dr | Secretary | 2012-07-20 | — | — |
| PHILLIPS, Diane Christine | Secretary | 2021-09-09 | — | — |
| DOWNING, David Michael, Rev | Director | 2024-10-05 | May 1970 | British |
| GRAY, Richard Gillies, Revd | Director | 2004-11-17 | Aug 1945 | British |
| HARRISON, Ian Bishop | Director | 2012-07-20 | Jun 1950 | British |
| POPE, Richard Keith, Rev | Director | 2026-03-14 | Nov 1969 | British |
| RAVEN, Janet Eileen | Director | 2021-09-09 | May 1957 | British |
Show 93 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUDGEON, Ernest | Secretary | 1995-01-01 | 2013-03-20 |
| HEWITT, Raoul Nigel Vaughan | Secretary | 2008-12-16 | 2022-04-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Daniel Gareth | Secretary | — | 1995-01-01 |
| ADAMS, William Raymond Pride, The Reverend | Director | 1994-09-01 | 2002-09-25 |
| AMBLER, Martin David, Reverend | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| ANDREWS, Ivan Gary | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2007-09-11 |
| BAILLIE, Christopher Charles, Rev | Director | 2017-09-30 | 2021-11-11 |
| BAKER, Gordon William Ernest, Reverend | Director | 1996-11-20 | 1997-05-29 |
| BALDWIN, Catherine Marianne | Director | 1993-09-07 | 1996-11-20 |
| BARKHAM, Hazel Patricia, Rev | Director | — | 1994-09-20 |
| BASKETT, Wendy Patricia, Reverend | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2007-09-11 |
| BOUND, Alan Stuart, Reverend | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| BOWMAN, Craig, Revd | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2008-09-09 |
| BRADSHAW, John, Reverend | Director | — | 1994-09-20 |
| BURNETT, Douglas Paterson, The Reverend | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2007-09-11 |
| BUTLAND, Richard John | Director | 1997-11-19 | 1999-04-21 |
| CAWTE, Sarah Lane | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2014-11-13 |
| CLARE, Jessie, Rev | Director | 1995-09-20 | 2000-11-22 |
| COOKE, Ann Dorothy | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| CORDELL, Eric Charles | Director | 1995-09-20 | 1996-11-20 |
| CORNICK, David, Rev Dr | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| CURL, Gareth James | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2003-06-25 |
| CURRY, Aubrey James | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2004-09-17 |
| DART, Irene Jean | Director | 1992-11-11 | 1999-02-24 |
| DIFFEY, Robin Garth, Reverend | Director | — | 1994-09-20 |
| ELLIS, Robert James, Reverend | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2002-05-01 |
| EVELEIGH, Elizabeth Carol | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2012-09-13 |
| FARIS, George | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2017-02-01 |
| FARTHING, Edward William | Director | — | 1992-02-11 |
| FINCH, Alan Frederick, Reverend | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2004-02-18 |
| FOWLER, Christine Mary, Reverend | Director | 1992-02-11 | 1994-09-20 |
| GRIMSEY, Bernard Wesley, Reverend | Director | 1995-09-20 | 1997-11-19 |
| GROSH MILLER, David, Reverend | Director | 2002-09-25 | 2013-06-30 |
| GROVES, Bernard William | Director | 1999-02-24 | 2005-11-16 |
| GUDGEON, Ernest | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2010-03-24 |
| HARMER, Susan Fenella | Director | 1994-09-20 | 2000-06-21 |
| HARRIS, Jean | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2016-06-21 |
| HARRISON, Rosalind, Revd | Director | 1996-11-20 | 2011-10-08 |
| HAYDEN, David John | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2020-09-10 |
| HENDERSON, Peter Steven Richard, Revd | Director | 2004-11-17 | 2007-09-11 |
| HENDERSON, Susan Marguerite, Revd | Director | 1999-02-24 | 2002-03-09 |
| HERWIG, Raymond Martin | Director | — | 1996-11-20 |
| HUBBARD, Michael Fortescue, Revd | Director | — | 1994-09-20 |
| HUMPHREY, Gerald Cowling | Director | — | 1994-09-20 |
| JENNINGS, Gwen Margaret | Director | 2022-06-24 | 2023-11-06 |
| JENNINGS, Gwen Margaret | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-11-18 |
| JENNINGS, Gwen Margaret | Director | 2011-10-08 | 2012-07-20 |
| JESSE, Brenda Ann | Director | 2011-10-08 | 2017-09-30 |
| JOHNSTON, Angus Malcolm | Director | — | 1994-12-06 |
| JONES, Derek Stewart | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2017-09-30 |
| JORDAN, Robert Hugh, Revd | Director | 2011-10-08 | 2017-10-21 |
| KILWICK, Peter Stanley, Reverend | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| KING, Gerald James | Director | — | 2005-07-18 |
| KIRBY, Ian John, Rev | Director | 2016-03-12 | 2018-01-01 |
| KNIGHT, Brian William | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2015-03-14 |
| LATHAM, Gordon | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2004-11-17 |
| LEE, William David Chown | Director | 2002-09-25 | 2005-11-08 |
| LLOYD, Dennis George | Director | — | 2000-11-22 |
| LLOYDLANGSTON, Sandra Kathleen | Director | 2016-10-15 | 2018-11-30 |
| LLOYDLANGSTON, Sandra Kathleen, Revd | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2008-09-09 |
| LLOYDLANGSTON, Sandra Kathleen, Reverend | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2001-11-21 |
| LOWES, Roy, Revd | Director | 1996-11-20 | 2001-11-30 |
| LUNT, Geoffrey | Director | — | 2001-02-21 |
| MACALISTER, Donald, Rev | Director | 2018-04-10 | 2023-03-11 |
| MARTELL, Hazel Evelyn, Revd | Director | 1996-09-18 | 2000-11-22 |
| MIDDLETON, Catherine Ann, Reverend Dr | Director | 1994-09-20 | 1996-11-20 |
| MILLINGTON, Glyn, Revd | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2011-10-08 |
| MILLS, George Arthur | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2007-09-11 |
| MILLS, Maria | Director | 2017-04-04 | 2021-11-11 |
| MILNE, Wendy Janet, Dr. | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2011-10-08 |
| MORLING, Joanna Claire | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2016-03-12 |
| NEVARD, Lythan Elisabeth, Rev | Director | 2016-03-16 | 2021-06-24 |
| PARISH, Patricia Florence | Director | 1994-09-20 | 1994-12-31 |
| PEREGRINE, Tegid Thomas Walter | Director | 1993-09-07 | 1996-11-20 |
| POTTER, David | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2001-05-02 |
| POTTER, Jean Mary | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2002-02-12 |
| PUDDY, Donald John | Director | 1994-09-20 | 2000-11-22 |
| ROCKY, Edwina Tamsin | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2000-06-21 |
| SCARR, Sheila Mary | Director | 1993-09-07 | 1994-09-20 |
| SENIOR, Arnold | Director | 1995-09-20 | 1999-02-24 |
| SENIOR, Arnold | Director | — | 1994-09-20 |
| SIMPSON, Sarah Catherine, Revd | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2025-11-25 |
| SMITH, Patricia Margaret | Director | 1995-09-20 | 1999-02-24 |
| STEPHENSON, Brenda Kay, Recerend | Director | 1993-09-07 | 1996-11-20 |
| STIDSON, Margaret Jill | Director | 2017-10-09 | 2021-05-20 |
| SUMMERS, Malcolm Harold James | Director | 1996-02-21 | 2008-09-09 |
| TAYLOR, John Harace, Reverend | Director | — | 1992-02-11 |
| THOMPSON, Cyril Reginald | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| THOROGOOD, Neil Ross | Director | 2021-09-09 | 2025-11-25 |
| TRIPPIER, Joan | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2009-04-15 |
| TROTT, Stuart William | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2003-02-12 |
| WAGSTAFF, Philip Paul, Reverend | Director | 2008-12-16 | 2016-03-12 |
| WATSON, Doreen Alice | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2004-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rev Ruth Josephine Whitehead | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 237 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-76.4%
£4,338,897 £1,021,909
-
Cash
-44.8%
£1,899,929 £1,048,905
-
Net assets
+5.6%
£21,271,519 £22,466,240
-
Employees
-7.7%
13 12
-
Operating profit
-107%
£3,263,750 -£228,318
-
Wages
-16.3%
£280,098 £234,329
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