THE WHITLINGHAM CHARITABLE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-19 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£352K
+14% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
23
+27.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE WHITLINGHAM CHARITABLE TRUST 1990-01-17 → present
- CHARIS (6) LIMITED 1988-02-19 → 1990-01-17
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 | £918,952 | £1,024,889 | |
| Operating profit | £129,337 | £78,534 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £181,540 | £3,341 | |
| Cash | £309,190 | £352,397 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,581,838 | £2,585,179 | |
| Net assets | £2,581,838 | £2,585,179 | |
| Equity | £2,581,838 | £2,585,179 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 23 | |
| Wages | £185,988 | £306,069 |
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 | 14.1% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 19.8% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.5% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.44x | 5.01x | |
| Interest cover | 24.39x | 80.14x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees acknowledge uncertainty surrounding the national economy and the Trust's activities. They will continue to monitor the impact on the Trust and its financial arrangements. The Trust has been monitoring its cash flow monthly to ensure that it has sufficient cash resources to continue to operate on a day to day basis. The Trust has prepared a budget for the year ending 31 March 2025 and has considered its medium term financial plan for the period at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. The Trustees view at the date of signing the financial statements is that the Trust remains viable and remains a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE WHITLINGHAM CHARITABLE TRUST · parent
- Whitlingham Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 1 April 2022 the Trust took the operation of the cafe in the Flint Barn in house through its wholly owned subsidiary company the Whitlingham Trading Company limited.”
- “The Park was awarded the Green Flag in July 2024 from Keep Britain Tidy.”
- “The Park hosted the East of England Open Water Swim Championships, the Norwich Triathlon and Paint Out.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAYWOOD, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| BRADBURY, Matthew Anthony Wilson | Director | 2023-08-03 | Jul 1964 | British |
| BROWN, Tracey | Director | 2023-08-03 | Mar 1965 | British |
| COLMAN, James Russell | Director | 2009-01-20 | Jan 1962 | British |
| DIGGENS, David | Director | 2023-08-03 | Dec 1953 | British |
| HUTTON, Robert David | Director | 2016-09-21 | Mar 1952 | British |
| MILES, Christopher Mark | Director | 2025-11-19 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PENN, Christopher Arthur | Director | 2019-03-20 | Sep 1950 | British |
| SAVORY, Nigel Rudolph | Director | 2022-04-01 | Oct 1953 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAZLEY, Roland Michael | Secretary | — | 1992-03-31 |
| HARRIS, David John | Secretary | 2017-03-22 | 2018-11-28 |
| HAWORTH, Robert | Secretary | 2006-04-11 | 2008-06-13 |
| HOLMAN, Robert George | Secretary | 2008-06-13 | 2008-11-04 |
| HOLMAN, Robert George | Secretary | 1992-04-01 | 2006-04-11 |
| ORGAN, John William | Secretary | 2008-11-04 | 2015-09-22 |
| ROGERS, Robert Ivan | Secretary | 2018-11-28 | 2019-09-05 |
| WAKELIN, Trudi Anne Frances | Secretary | 2015-09-22 | 2017-03-22 |
| ADEPTA LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-11-27 | 2024-04-01 |
| ADLER, David Harold | Director | 1995-09-07 | 2011-09-23 |
| ALLEN, Kelvin John | Director | 2018-07-27 | 2019-06-11 |
| ASH, John Richard Vincent | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2019-03-20 |
| BAUGH, Louis Edward | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2017-07-28 |
| BEAZLEY, Roland Michael | Director | — | 2013-02-27 |
| BENNETT, Robert | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2022-03-31 |
| BLANE, Sholeh | Director | 2009-06-30 | 2015-07-10 |
| BOYD-CARPENTER, Marsom Henry, Sir | Director | — | 1993-11-11 |
| BRADBURY, Matthew Anthony Wilson | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2019-06-11 |
| BROCIEK-COULTON, Julie Dawn | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2015-01-23 |
| CANNELL, Mary, Councillor | Director | 2008-07-22 | 2010-09-13 |
| COOKE, Hereward Roger Gresham, Revd Canon | Director | 2004-08-12 | 2008-05-01 |
| CROTTY, Anne | Director | 2023-08-03 | 2024-10-02 |
| FALCON, Michael | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2025-11-19 |
| FERRIS, Brenda April | Director | 1997-10-14 | 2002-06-12 |
| GUNSON, Adrian John | Director | 1991-11-29 | 2009-06-30 |
| HARPER, Colin | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2004-07-22 |
| HARRIS, Gail Paula | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2017-07-28 |
| HEAL, Jeremy Philip Winteringham | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2016-06-16 |
| HORNOR, Stewart Samuel Francis | Director | 1991-11-29 | 1995-07-21 |
| KEITH, Lindsay Bruce | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2019-06-11 |
| LEWIS, Trevor | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2007-05-25 |
| LINTELL, Mark | Director | — | 2006-01-17 |
| MEDVEI, Cornelius Malcolm | Director | — | 1991-11-05 |
| PYM, Andrew Leslie | Director | — | 1991-11-05 |
| SHARPE, John | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2015-03-31 |
| SHAW, John Martin | Director | 2002-09-17 | 2019-05-10 |
| SMITH, Roger Ackworth | Director | 2003-05-20 | 2012-01-18 |
| SMITH, Roger Ackworth | Director | 1991-11-29 | 2003-05-10 |
| SWAINSON, Julian Andrew | Director | 1991-11-29 | 1997-10-13 |
| THOMSON, Suzan | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2015-07-10 |
| THOMSON, Victor James | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2018-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- 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
+11.5%
£918,952 £1,024,889
-
Cash
+14%
£309,190 £352,397
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£2,581,838 £2,585,179
-
Employees
+27.8%
18 23
-
Operating profit
-39.3%
£129,337 £78,534
-
Wages
+64.6%
£185,988 £306,069
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