BUSOGA TRUST(THE)
Get an alert when BUSOGA TRUST(THE) files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-23 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£128K
+5.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£57K
+7.2% vs 2024
Employees
48
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £772,964 | £736,936 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£59,228 | £3,862 | |
| Cash | £121,113 | £127,824 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,550 | £57,412 | |
| Net assets | £53,550 | £57,412 | |
| Equity | £53,550 | £57,412 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 48 | |
| Wages | £319,113 | £322,688 |
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 | -7.7% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.5% | 76.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.02x |
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
- Rachel Doyle ACA DChA
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and that no material uncertainties exist.”
Group structure
- BUSOGA TRUST(THE) · parent
- The Busoga Trust
Significant events
- “In 2024 - 25 our significant achievements were: 121 Rehabilitated Boreholes. 126 Rehabilitated Shallow hand Dug Wells (SHDW). 5 New Boreholes. Total community water sources 252. 1,160 Domestic Latrines installed. 5,125 Tippy taps (handwashing facilities) created. 247 Communities enrolled onto the Payments by Results (PBR) Programme. 276 Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Workshops Conducted. 19,706 Trees Planted. 1,204 Beehives Distributed.”
- “The Trust received some significant donations in April 2025, the start of the next financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEARSON, Donald Steven Campbell | Secretary | 2013-11-18 | — | — |
| FRANKLIN, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2013-11-18 | May 1957 | British |
| FREEMAN, Jennifer Margaret, Dr | Director | 2026-02-25 | Oct 1944 | British |
| PEARSON, Andrew George Campbell, The Rev Canon | Director | 2005-07-26 | Sep 1941 | British |
| SHARP, Anthony Christopher John | Director | 2016-07-04 | Oct 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Robert Kevin | Director | 2015-07-13 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILES, Roy Curtis | Secretary | — | 1993-11-30 |
| GRIFFIN, Robert James | Secretary | 2000-11-08 | 2013-11-18 |
| PAYNE, Andrew Robertson | Secretary | 1993-11-30 | 2000-10-22 |
| BUGLER, John Jeremy | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2015-04-14 |
| CARR-ELLISON, Ronald Slingsby | Director | — | 1996-09-17 |
| COOK, Anthony Roy | Director | 2024-10-21 | 2025-10-01 |
| DAVID, Frances | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2013-09-12 |
| FONE, Christopher Mark | Director | 1999-02-03 | 2000-10-11 |
| FREEMAN, Roger Norman | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2010-10-18 |
| GRIFFIN, Robert James | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2015-03-16 |
| JOURNEAUX, Nicolas Francis | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2018-04-30 |
| LEONARD, David Jack | Director | 2015-07-13 | 2024-05-20 |
| PAYNE, Andrew Robertson | Director | — | 2000-10-22 |
| PEARSON, Donald Steven Campbell | Director | 2010-01-11 | 2013-11-18 |
| POPLE, Ali | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2014-02-20 |
| POPLE, Ali | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2006-02-13 |
| SCHIEMANN, Konrad, Rt Hon Lord Justice Sir | Director | — | 1999-07-09 |
| SHARP, Anthony Christopher John | Director | 2009-10-19 | 2011-03-22 |
| SHARP, Anthony Christopher John | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2008-01-18 |
| STEEL, John Brychan | Director | — | 2000-10-11 |
| TALBOT RICE, Nigel | Director | 1998-02-04 | 2000-09-13 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Clive | Director | 1996-05-13 | 2018-04-30 |
| TAYLOR, Brian Hyde | Director | — | 1996-03-25 |
| WILSON, John, The Revd Canon | Director | — | 2000-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-4.7%
£772,964 £736,936
-
Cash
+5.5%
£121,113 £127,824
-
Net assets
+7.2%
£53,550 £57,412
-
Employees
-2%
49 48
-
Wages
+1.1%
£319,113 £322,688
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