SHAW TRUST LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£32M
+57.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£245M
+12.8% vs 2023
Employees
5,124
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£27M
+286.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £301,860,000 | £315,754,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,552,000 | £26,626,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,493,000 | £27,001,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,572,000 | £26,982,000 | |
| Cash | £20,105,000 | £31,637,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £229,477,000 | £253,964,000 | |
| Net assets | £216,762,000 | £244,567,000 | |
| Equity | £216,762,000 | £244,567,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,268 | 5,124 | |
| Wages | £157,540,000 | £158,129,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.8% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | -4.8% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.3% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.5% | 16.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 1.93x | |
| Interest cover | -404.22x | 1210.27x |
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
- Crowe U.K. 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.”
Group structure
- SHAW TRUST LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Shaw Education Trust
- Prospects Group 2011 Limited 100%
- Ixion Holdings (Contracts) Limited 100%
- Forth Sector
- Good Work Partners Limited 100%
- Shaw Trust International Partnerships Limited 100%
- Disabled Living Foundation
- Careers Development Group
- Prospects Services 100%
- Homes 2 Inspire Limited 100%
- Forth Sector Development Limited 100%
- Homes2Inspire Services Limited 100%
- Prospects Education Services Limited 100%
- Ixion Social Enterprise Limited
- Ixion CG Limited 100%
- Newfriars College
- Prospects Services Midco Limited 100%
- Prospects Distribution Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Shaw Trust Services Limited was sold to an independent third party at the start of the year.”
- “The leadership team of Optimus Education Limited successfully completed a Management Buy Out at the end of April.”
- “St Jude's Laundry, previously part of the Forth Sector group, transitioned to a local Scottish philanthropist, Alan Pedley and his family business at the end of June.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 74 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKINLEY, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2021-01-26 | — | — |
| BALDWIN, Paul Michael | Director | 2016-02-08 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BENZECRY, Olly | Director | 2023-02-22 | May 1961 | British |
| COUTINHO, Audrey | Director | 2021-07-26 | Oct 1969 | British |
| HASSALL, Annamarie | Director | 2025-10-20 | May 1961 | British |
| HUGHES, Ian Russell | Director | 2025-03-24 | Jan 1962 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Carl Simon | Director | 2024-03-06 | Feb 1974 | British |
| NTUMBA, Cedric Kayeye | Director | 2025-03-24 | Aug 1982 | South African |
| OYESANYA, Omolara | Director | 2021-04-28 | Oct 1960 | British |
| PEGGE, Stephen Michael | Director | 2021-04-28 | May 1961 | British |
| SHAW, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2022-02-03 | Aug 1964 | British |
| STEWART, James | Director | 2021-07-26 | Apr 1962 | British |
| SWABEY, Christine Anne | Director | 2024-03-06 | Aug 1956 | British |
Show 74 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAVEN, Michael Philip | Secretary | 1999-01-15 | 2005-09-29 |
| CAREY, Nicholas Oliver Charles | Secretary | 2014-01-28 | 2019-07-05 |
| KING, Stephen Noel | Secretary | 2019-10-29 | 2021-01-26 |
| LANSDOWN, Wendy Pamela | Secretary | 1990-04-19 | 1991-04-18 |
| LOVEDAY, Jean Shirley | Secretary | 1998-09-09 | 1999-01-15 |
| PAPE, Timothy Vernon Francis | Secretary | 1994-05-12 | 2010-04-01 |
| PAPE, Timothy Vernon Francis | Secretary | 1991-04-22 | 1991-06-03 |
| WOODS, John Fisher | Secretary | 1991-06-03 | 1998-09-09 |
| WOODWARD, Mark | Secretary | 2005-09-29 | 2014-01-30 |
| ALLEN, Gregory Charles | Director | 2024-03-06 | 2025-02-26 |
| ALLEN, Janet Marie | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2018-07-31 |
| AYLWARD, Mansel, Sir | Director | 2005-05-26 | 2007-04-01 |
| AYSHFORD SANFORD, David | Director | — | 1992-10-15 |
| BRADBEER, John Roger | Director | — | 2003-05-27 |
| BRAIN, Madeline Gillian | Director | 2002-11-28 | 2012-07-26 |
| BRIDGER, Martyn James | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2012-07-26 |
| BRIFFITT, John Freeman | Director | 1999-09-13 | 2013-07-24 |
| BRUEN, Andrew Sebastian Martin | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2013-09-12 |
| COTE, Diane Fabienne Marie | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2024-11-07 |
| CREAN, Philomena | Director | — | 1995-06-14 |
| CUTLER, Stephanie | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2020-07-16 |
| DAYMOND, Mark | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2007-12-12 |
| DORMAN, Deborah | Director | 2022-02-03 | 2026-02-26 |
| EDWARDS, Michael John | Director | 1992-10-21 | 1996-07-18 |
| FARNHAM, Barry Owen Somerset, Lord | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| GALE, Leonard Alan | Director | — | 1994-11-03 |
| GISBY, John | Director | — | 1991-09-18 |
| GRAY, Chanelle | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2022-02-03 |
| HALLIWELL, Jeffrey John | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2012-11-23 |
| HAMMOND, Terina Elizabeth | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| HARRIS, Ian Edward Lorimer | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| HASSALL HISCOX, Annamarie | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2020-05-06 |
| HASSALL HISCOX, Annamarie | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2025-02-24 |
| HAWKER, Mike | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2022-02-03 |
| HESTER, Bertram Alfred Kenneth | Director | — | 1991-09-18 |
| HINTON, David John | Director | — | 2009-04-24 |
| HOLLAND, Geoffrey, Sir | Director | 1994-04-11 | 1996-01-02 |
| HOLLINS, Philip Martin | Director | 2009-04-09 | 2015-07-28 |
| HOLMES, Peter David | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2022-02-03 |
| HORNBY, Derek Peter, Sir | Director | 1992-03-19 | 2002-07-18 |
| INNES, Stuart William | Director | 1999-02-05 | 2012-07-26 |
| JOHNSTON, Maurice, Lieutenant General Sir | Director | 1995-10-26 | 1996-07-18 |
| KEEN, Charles William Lyle | Director | 1995-10-26 | 2009-07-23 |
| KING, Michael John William | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| LEACH, Frances Marion | Director | — | 1995-05-09 |
| LEWIS, Jenkin Robert Glanna | Director | 2004-03-25 | 2008-08-12 |
| LILLYSTONE, Charles William | Director | — | 1998-07-29 |
| LLOYD, Ann Judith | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2016-10-31 |
| MANSELL-JONES, Richard | Director | — | 1996-09-12 |
| MCCRINDLE, Frederick James | Director | 2009-04-09 | 2015-04-15 |
| MCGEE, Paul | Director | 2019-02-07 | 2023-09-20 |
| MERCHANT, Simon Paul | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2011-10-17 |
| MINER, Vanessa Helen | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2018-04-13 |
| MOORE, Jeremy Patrick | Director | 2018-10-02 | 2023-04-21 |
| NORMAN, John | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2022-02-03 |
| NUSSBAUM, Michael Leslie, Dr | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2025-05-14 |
| O'BRIEN, Marie-Claire | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2020-05-06 |
| OLISA, Kenneth Aphunezi, Sir | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2023-05-11 |
| ORR-EWING, John Hamish | Director | — | 2002-01-31 |
| PACKER, Laurence James | Director | 1991-10-23 | 1997-07-26 |
| PATTERSON, Christina Mary | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2019-07-29 |
| PAUL-CHRISTIAN, Kalm | Director | 2022-02-03 | 2025-02-26 |
| READINGS, Ernest John | Director | — | 1991-09-18 |
| RHODES, Reginald Paul | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
| RICHARDS, William Samuel Clive | Director | 1991-10-23 | 2002-07-18 |
| ROBINS, Margaret Eyelyn | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| SHARMA, Sukhdev Mulkhraj | Director | 2002-11-28 | 2010-04-29 |
| SHORT, Geoffrey William Edward | Director | — | 1993-04-28 |
| SHRIMPTON, Judith | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
| SUDWORTH, Rebecca Anne | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2019-04-17 |
| WADLOW, Angela Meneen | Director | — | 2012-07-26 |
| WINGFIELD, Thomas Priestly | Director | — | 1993-08-05 |
| YOGESHBHAI PATEL, Charanjit Kaur | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2015-07-28 |
| LORD CARTER | Corporate Director | 1991-10-23 | 1997-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 306 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.6%
£301,860,000 £315,754,000
-
Cash
+57.4%
£20,105,000 £31,637,000
-
Net assets
+12.8%
£216,762,000 £244,567,000
-
Employees
-2.7%
5,268 5,124
-
Operating profit
+283%
-£14,552,000 £26,626,000
-
Profit before tax
+286.3%
-£14,493,000 £27,001,000
-
Wages
+0.4%
£157,540,000 £158,129,000
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