WOODLAND TRUST (ENTERPRISES) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£227K
+97.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£0
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-19.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WOODLAND TRUST (ENTERPRISES) LIMITED 1990-01-22 → present
- WOODLAND TRUST ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1988-09-15 → 1990-01-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,114,000 | £3,601,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,289,000 | £1,040,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,303,000 | £1,050,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,303,000 | £1,050,000 | |
| Cash | £115,000 | £227,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £0 | £0 | |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | |
| Equity | £0 | £0 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 31.3% | 28.9% | |
| Net margin | 31.7% | 29.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.00x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company has successfully recovered from the cyber-attack in December 2020 and has been able to maintain adequate accounting records throughout the period as required by the Companies Act 2006.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHUJA, Alka | Secretary | 2023-07-26 | — | — |
| COOKE, Fay Margaret, Dr | Director | 2020-03-20 | Jul 1982 | British |
| HALL, Anthony William, Lord Hall Of Birkenhead | Director | 2024-06-14 | Mar 1951 | British |
| MOORCROFT, Darren, Dr | Director | 2020-03-20 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Helga Jane | Secretary | 2012-07-16 | 2022-09-02 |
| GREGORY, Steven John | Secretary | 2011-05-27 | 2012-07-16 |
| GREGORY, Steven John | Secretary | 2011-05-27 | 2011-05-27 |
| JAMES, John Douglas | Secretary | — | 1996-12-05 |
| PURVIS, Julian Connor | Secretary | 1996-12-05 | 2011-05-27 |
| YOUNG, Michael | Secretary | 2022-09-03 | 2022-11-08 |
| BATTCOCK, Humphrey William | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2020-03-20 |
| BIGG, Alan Taylor | Director | 1997-08-07 | 2006-05-24 |
| CLARKE, Roger, Dr | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2011-10-31 |
| DRORI, Jonathan Ilan | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2017-03-24 |
| EDGCUMBE, Stanley | Director | — | 1995-02-25 |
| GAULTER, Derek Vivian | Director | 1997-02-06 | 2000-05-31 |
| GOLDING, Anthony Peter | Director | 1995-03-30 | 2005-12-07 |
| GREENWOOD, Michael Peter | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2020-03-20 |
| HALL, Colin | Director | 2000-06-02 | 2009-05-20 |
| HORROX, Sally Denise | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2008-12-05 |
| JONES, Trevor William | Director | 2005-09-08 | 2008-05-21 |
| LAKE, John Burton | Director | 2002-05-28 | 2010-05-31 |
| MANNIS, Elliott Michael | Director | 2010-09-16 | 2017-03-24 |
| MARKS, Derek Henry | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1997-02-04 |
| NICHOLLS, Jill Nicola, Dr | Director | 2010-09-16 | 2016-06-08 |
| NICHOLLS, Jill Nicola, Dr | Director | 2005-09-08 | 2009-02-13 |
| OLIVER, Peter James | Director | 2000-06-02 | 2005-06-15 |
| SMITHIES, Julia Mary | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2024-09-13 |
| SYKES, Richard James | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2021-11-25 |
| TRAFFORD, Richard Harrison | Director | — | 2002-05-28 |
| WADDAMS, Donald Geoffrey | Director | — | 1994-12-11 |
| WHITE, Theodore Harold | Director | 1995-05-25 | 1998-05-06 |
| YOUNG, Barbara Scott, Baroness | Director | 2016-11-29 | 2024-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Woodland Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-12.5%
£4,114,000 £3,601,000
-
Cash
+97.4%
£115,000 £227,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-19.3%
£1,289,000 £1,040,000
-
Profit before tax
-19.4%
£1,303,000 £1,050,000
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