GRIMSTHORPE & DRUMMOND CASTLE TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-22 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-24.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£48M
+0.6% vs 2024
Employees
52
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£189K
-36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,838,350 | £4,297,229 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £298,935 | £188,798 | |
| Net profit | £375,099 | £295,015 | |
| Cash | £9,607,282 | £7,267,101 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,913,600 | £47,608,615 | |
| Net assets | £47,313,600 | £47,608,615 | |
| Equity | £47,313,600 | £47,608,615 | |
| Average employees | 53 | 52 | |
| Wages | £1,000,656 | £1,162,293 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.8% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 10.10x | 2.76x |
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
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent”
Group structure
- GRIMSTHORPE & DRUMMOND CASTLE TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Grimsthorpe & Drummond Castle Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Fixed assets include £14,382,845 in respect of assets in the course of construction. Of this total, £12,351,898 is within the cost brought forward figure and £2,030,947 is part of the additions figure. These costs relate to the construction of the Gallery.”
- “The Trustees will continue to seek to further the Trust's objectives to preserve and improve the Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Estates. At Grimsthorpe Castle the programme of stonework conservation, electrical upgrading and the implementation of the roof maintenance programme will continue. Work is ongoing in the Old Walled Garden at Grimsthorpe in order to stabil”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Caroline Ann | Director | 2021-07-09 | Apr 1952 | British |
| CALVOCORESSI, Richard Edward Ion | Director | 2005-12-14 | May 1951 | British |
| JONES, Mark Ellis Powell, Sir | Director | 2012-03-14 | Feb 1951 | British |
| MATHESON, Hugh Patrick | Director | 2010-12-14 | Apr 1949 | British |
| MILLER, Sebastian, Lt. Col. | Director | 2012-03-14 | Feb 1965 | British |
| STEWART, Roderick James Nugent | Director | 2023-12-05 | Jan 1973 | British |
| TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope | Director | 2021-03-11 | Mar 1951 | British |
| WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, Jane, Lady | Director | — | Dec 1934 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARING, Nicholas Hugo | Secretary | 2006-03-22 | 2006-12-14 |
| CAMAMILE, Nevile James | Secretary | 2006-12-14 | 2015-12-16 |
| DYMOKE, Francis John Fane Marmion | Secretary | 2016-03-15 | 2023-09-07 |
| LANE, Walter Ernest | Secretary | — | 2006-03-22 |
| AIRD, Priscilla, The Right Honourable Lady | Director | — | 1998-11-26 |
| BARING, Nicholas Hugo | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2013-12-17 |
| BARING, Nicholas Hugo | Director | — | 2005-11-15 |
| BARNES, James David Kentish | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2011-12-14 |
| BARNES, James David Kentish | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2005-11-15 |
| CALVOCORESSI, Richard Edward Ion | Director | 1993-07-29 | 2005-11-15 |
| CAMAMILE, Nevile James | Director | 2006-12-14 | 2015-12-16 |
| DYMOKE, Francis John Fane Marmion | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2023-09-07 |
| HARRIES, Nicholas John Samuel | Director | 2021-07-09 | 2024-12-07 |
| HENDERSON, Douglas Mackay, Professor | Director | — | 2005-10-27 |
| INGRAM, David Stanley, Professor | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher Paul Cross | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2005-07-05 |
| JONES, Mark | Director | 1992-07-30 | 2005-11-15 |
| KNIGHT, Gersham Arthur, Dr | Director | 1992-07-30 | 1999-11-25 |
| LAIRD, David Logan | Director | 2007-12-11 | 2020-12-09 |
| LANE, Walter Ernest | Director | — | 2005-11-15 |
| LUCAS-TOOTH, John Hugh, Sir | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2020-12-11 |
| MARSHALL, Rosalind Kay, Doctor | Director | — | 1999-11-25 |
| RAE, David Alasdair Hamley, Dr | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2005-11-15 |
| SIMON, Jacob | Director | — | 2005-11-15 |
| TATE, James, Dr | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2005-11-15 |
| TATE, James, Doctor | Director | — | 1992-07-30 |
| THE MARQUESS OF BUTE | Corporate Director | — | 1993-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+12%
£3,838,350 £4,297,229
-
Cash
-24.4%
£9,607,282 £7,267,101
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£47,313,600 £47,608,615
-
Employees
-1.9%
53 52
-
Profit before tax
-36.8%
£298,935 £188,798
-
Wages
+16.2%
£1,000,656 £1,162,293
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