PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC QUARTER TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+215.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
-23.2% vs 2024
Employees
33
-8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£6M
-355.9% vs 2024
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC QUARTER TRUST 2024-04-08 → present
- PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC QUARTER TRUST LIMITED 2024-03-28 → 2024-04-08
- PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE PROPERTY TRUST 1985-11-14 → 2024-03-28
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 | £3,473,000 | £3,921,000 | |
| Operating profit | £359,000 | £378,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,212,000 | -£5,526,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,212,000 | -£5,227,000 | |
| Cash | £418,000 | £1,319,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,858,000 | £17,332,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,559,000 | £17,332,000 | |
| Equity | £22,559,000 | £17,332,000 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 33 | |
| Wages | £977,000 | £1,134,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | -34.9% | -133.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.9% | 8.3% | |
| Current ratio | 5.47x | 2.89x |
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
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and expected income and expenditure for 12 months from the date these financial statements were approved which show sufficient levels of funds for PHQ.”
Group structure
- PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC QUARTER TRUST · parent
- Portsmouth Naval Base Trading Co Limited 1%
- Portsmouth Naval Base Property Company Limited 1%
- Portsmouth Naval Base Property Company (Queen Street) Limited 1%
- Portsmouth Naval Base Property (Priddy's Hard) Limited 1%
Significant events
- “In Spring 2025, we partnered with Fighting With Pride, a charity led by LGBTQ+ veterans, to transform Landing Craft F8 with a bold Pride-inspired wrap, marking 25 years since the lifting of the ban on LGBTQ+ personnel serving openly in the UK Armed Forces and Portsmouth's year as the UK City of Pride.”
- “Launched publicly in May 2025, the wrap made F8 a striking presence in Portsmouth, the official home of Pride for 2025.”
- “On 10 May 2025, we marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a full day of free public activities in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Thomas Patrick Harold | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| COX, Rex John | Director | 2022-04-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| CROSER, William James | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1958 | British |
| FRENCH, Benjamin Edward | Director | 2023-11-01 | Apr 1994 | British |
| GIBSON, Virginia Adair | Director | 2019-04-01 | Dec 1957 | British |
| GOULDING, Mark John | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| GREEN, Helen Judith | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| MORRISON, Graham | Director | 2024-11-01 | Feb 1951 | British |
| PITT, Stephen Mark Christopher | Director | 2018-09-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
| TEBA, Tarek, Dr | Director | 2023-11-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
| TRICE, Jonathan William Mercer | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1987 | British |
| VERDON, Simon George | Director | 2023-11-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODSHIP, Peter Charles | Secretary | — | 2021-04-01 |
| HOLMES, Patrick Duncan | Secretary | 2021-07-29 | 2025-05-30 |
| PROWSE, Hannah | Secretary | 2021-04-06 | 2021-07-29 |
| BENNETT, Paul Charles | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-03-28 |
| BISHOP, Robin Thomas | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| BURNETT, Alan Dodds, Dr | Director | 1992-11-14 | 1994-05-16 |
| BUTTERS, David Edward | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2025-07-14 |
| CHING, Roger Patrick | Director | 2011-11-14 | 2024-06-30 |
| CHING, Roger Patrick | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2009-07-30 |
| COHEN, Michal | Director | 2009-05-28 | 2024-10-03 |
| FAWCETT, Julia | Director | 2001-04-13 | 2002-06-05 |
| FLINT, Henry Lawrence | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-09-02 |
| FOSTER, Margaret, Councillor | Director | 2009-07-30 | 2014-07-31 |
| GURNEY, Nicholas Bruce Jonathan | Director | 1994-05-16 | 2004-12-31 |
| HALL, Theresa Wynne | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| HALL, Theresa Wynne | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2014-02-06 |
| HIGHAM, Philip Roger Canning, Rear Admiral | Director | — | 1992-11-14 |
| HOLMES, Patrick Duncan | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2018-01-29 |
| JONAS, Frank Edward, Councillor | Director | 2017-08-03 | 2018-05-31 |
| JONES, Edward David Brynmor, Prof | Director | 2004-10-13 | 2008-06-11 |
| MARRIOTT, Philip Arnold | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2023-03-30 |
| MASON, Lee Michael Chris John, Councillor | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2018-06-15 |
| MOODY, Drusilla | Director | 2014-04-03 | 2014-07-31 |
| PALMER, Robert John Hudson | Director | 2018-02-08 | 2025-09-03 |
| PARRY, Eric Owen | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2018-04-19 |
| RANKIN, Neil Erskine, Rear Admiral | Director | 1997-01-13 | 2022-07-22 |
| RIDLEY, Michael James | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2024-03-31 |
| ROBERTON, Timothy John Lihou | Director | 1992-11-14 | 2012-04-12 |
| ROBSON, Robert Neil | Director | 2024-11-01 | 2025-08-07 |
| ROOME, John Walford | Director | — | 1993-11-14 |
| SIEGLE, Hugh Robert | Director | 2002-07-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| STANSFIELD SMITH, Colin, Professor Sir | Director | 1993-11-14 | 2013-06-19 |
| STEEN, David Michael Cochrane Elsworth | Director | 2000-09-18 | 2000-12-31 |
| SYMES, Linda Rae, Cllr | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2017-05-16 |
| THOMSON, David Paget | Director | — | 2002-06-17 |
| VERNON-JACKSON, Gerald, Councillor | Director | 2005-06-10 | 2006-06-27 |
| WHITFIELD, William, Sir | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+12.9%
£3,473,000 £3,921,000
-
Cash
+215.6%
£418,000 £1,319,000
-
Net assets
-23.2%
£22,559,000 £17,332,000
-
Employees
-8.3%
36 33
-
Operating profit
+5.3%
£359,000 £378,000
-
Profit before tax
-355.9%
-£1,212,000 -£5,526,000
-
Wages
+16.1%
£977,000 £1,134,000
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