VENTURE TRUST(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-01-05 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Cash
£147K
-30% vs 2024
Net assets
£54K
-59.2% vs 2024
Employees
44
-8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £3,338 | -£77,967 | |
| Cash | £210,313 | £147,154 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £131,763 | £53,796 | |
| Equity | £131,763 | £53,796 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 44 | |
| Wages | £1,459,485 | £1,448,743 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.07x |
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
- CT Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The forecast income pipeline for the current financial year and beyond is sufficient to support the charity to meet its principal aims and objectives and the Trustees consider the charity to be a going concern and have prepared the financial statements on that basis.”
Significant events
- “This year saw pivotal leadership appointments with Barry Sillers joining us as Chair of Trustees and 5 new Trustees being appointed to the Board.”
- “To address the cost-of-living pressures and sustain our impact in a competitive funding environment, we initiated a comprehensive efficiency savings exercise. This resulted in 9 redundancies, costing £88,043 in redundancy, accrued holiday and pay in lieu of notice payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, Rachel Marguerite | Director | 2024-10-30 | Jan 1990 | British |
| LEITCH, Nicholas | Director | 2024-10-30 | Aug 1969 | British |
| MCGREGOR, Hugh Robert | Director | 2019-03-15 | Dec 1950 | British |
| MCMILLAN, Neil | Director | 2024-10-30 | Nov 1969 | British |
| PLENDERLEITH, Leigh-Ann | Director | 2024-10-30 | Jan 1978 | British |
| SILLERS, Barry | Director | 2024-10-30 | Nov 1971 | British |
| STEPHEN, William George | Director | 2023-10-23 | May 1965 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, John Cromar | Secretary | 2006-05-30 | 2007-04-02 |
| DICKINSON, Anthony John Parker | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 1996-09-11 |
| GIBB, Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 2016-08-10 | 2019-09-06 |
| GRAHAM, Douglas Riddle Ross | Secretary | 2007-04-02 | 2015-08-25 |
| JAMES, David Charles Coxwell | Secretary | — | 1993-10-01 |
| SMEED, Geoffrey Stanford Hugh | Secretary | 1996-09-12 | 1999-09-22 |
| WOODS, Gilbert Murray | Secretary | 1999-09-22 | 2006-05-30 |
| ALTHAM, Richard James Livingstone | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1999-09-22 |
| BEEVOR, Anthony Romer | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2007-04-02 |
| BRACKENRIDGE, Mairi Elizabeth | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2018-11-21 |
| BROOKE JOHNSON, St John Carslake, Lieutenant Colonel | Director | — | 1993-08-18 |
| BROWN, Paul James | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2023-03-28 |
| BURLEY, Adam | Director | 2020-02-25 | 2025-04-04 |
| CLARKSON, Alastair James | Director | 2017-11-28 | 2025-10-22 |
| COLE, Brian | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2016-02-04 |
| CUMBERLAND, Colin | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2009-10-05 |
| CUTTING, Elizabeth | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2010-09-13 |
| DAVIES, Susan Margaret | Director | 2015-08-25 | 2022-12-14 |
| DICKINSON, Anthony John Parker | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2000-09-19 |
| GRAY, Gillian Frances | Director | 2011-12-13 | 2019-08-27 |
| GRIEVE, William | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2010-03-31 |
| GUNN, Daniel Edward | Director | 2012-05-22 | 2017-08-22 |
| HAYNES, Nigel Michael | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2007-04-02 |
| HEASLEY, Michael William | Director | 2015-08-25 | 2017-05-30 |
| HETHERINGTON, Katy Louise | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2025-06-05 |
| HIGGINS, Peter, Professor | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2023-03-14 |
| LAMBERT, Jennifer Elizabeth | Director | 2012-05-22 | 2019-03-31 |
| LINDSAY, Catherine Louise | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2025-06-05 |
| LUCE, Rose Helen, Lady | Director | 2001-01-09 | 2005-11-04 |
| MACDONALD, Alastair | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2009-06-12 |
| MACIVER, Henrietta | Director | 2012-05-22 | 2014-07-01 |
| MACKAY, Alan Murray | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2014-08-26 |
| MACKAY, Neil Duncan | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2008-12-15 |
| MACKIE, David Nicol | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2011-12-13 |
| MALLOWS, Thomas Alexander | Director | 2015-08-25 | 2020-05-12 |
| MCCUSKER, Angela | Director | 2022-12-14 | 2024-10-30 |
| MCKENZIE, William John | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2011-06-14 |
| MONAGHAN, Bernadette | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2011-06-14 |
| MYATT, Allan Gillies | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2002-02-19 |
| ROULSTON, Jill Ann | Director | 2018-12-15 | 2025-10-22 |
| SANGSTER, Melanie Jane | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2019-08-26 |
| SENIOR, John Hamilton George | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2007-04-02 |
| STEVENSON, Jill | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2015-05-26 |
| THOMSON, Nicola Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-28 | 2024-08-14 |
| WATSON, Thomas Andrew Bow | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2007-04-02 |
| WATT, Glenys Joy Macdonald | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2012-03-13 |
| WHITNEY, John Norton Braithwaite | Director | — | 1995-12-04 |
| WHYTE, William Thomas, Professor | Director | 2012-05-22 | 2015-05-26 |
| YUILL, Ross | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2025-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-30%
£210,313 £147,154
-
Net assets
-59.2%
£131,763 £53,796
-
Employees
-8.3%
48 44
-
Wages
-0.7%
£1,459,485 £1,448,743
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