COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
+12% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+19.7% vs 2024
Employees
343
+9.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+7.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED 2011-08-02 → present
- COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED 1989-03-17 → 2011-08-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,243,958 | £38,694,515 | |
| Operating profit | £1,539,165 | £1,654,947 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,539,165 | £1,654,947 | |
| Net profit | £1,539,165 | £1,654,947 | |
| Cash | £12,677,725 | £14,194,829 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,898,275 | £14,553,222 | |
| Net assets | £15,391,275 | £18,426,222 | |
| Equity | £15,391,275 | £18,426,222 | |
| Average employees | 312 | 343 | |
| Wages | £9,987,156 | £11,582,533 |
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 | 5.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 11.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 2.68x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wenn Townsend
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Suffolk Archaeology Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Charity was deeply saddened by the death of its Chairman Professor Timothy Darvill on 5 October 2024.”
- “Mr K. Winmill retired from the Board at the 2024 AGM after twelve years of excellent service.”
- “Vice Chair Dr Laura Evis became Interim Chair upon the death of Professor Darvill and was confirmed in this position on 11 December 2024.”
- “Ms Karen Ann Josephides is now the Vice Chair.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Angus James | Director | 2025-09-03 | Jun 1965 | British |
| CHATER, Alan Malcolm | Director | 2011-11-02 | Mar 1951 | British |
| EVIS, Laura Helen, Dr | Director | 2018-09-12 | Jun 1987 | British |
| GLEESON, Kevin Mark | Director | 2025-09-03 | Nov 1961 | British |
| HUNT, Nicholas James | Director | 2025-09-03 | May 1984 | British |
| KIRK, Clare | Director | 2018-09-12 | Sep 1976 | British |
| PARSONS, Susan Barbara | Director | 2014-11-19 | Jun 1955 | British |
| PILLING, Karen Ann | Director | 2019-09-11 | Aug 1971 | British |
| YOUNG, Christopher John, Dr | Director | 2018-09-12 | Jun 1947 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREW, Richard Keith | Secretary | 1998-09-09 | 2014-02-18 |
| HOLBROOK, Neil Robert | Secretary | 1995-06-28 | 1998-09-09 |
| WARING, Derek | Secretary | — | 1995-06-28 |
| ASTON, Michael Antony, Professor | Director | — | 2004-03-25 |
| BEWLEY, Robert Howard, Dr | Director | 2015-03-18 | 2018-09-12 |
| CATLING, Christopher Paul | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2015-01-09 |
| COURTENAY LORD, Richard Manaton | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2018-11-21 |
| CULLEN, Paul Peter James | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2025-09-03 |
| DARVILL, Timothy Charles, Professor | Director | — | 2024-10-05 |
| FENNER, Victoria Elizabeth Penelope | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2025-09-03 |
| FULFORD, Michael Gordon, Professor | Director | — | 1993-10-27 |
| GERRARD, Christopher Michael | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2025-09-03 |
| GODMAN, Desmond | Director | 1994-01-19 | 2010-11-17 |
| HASSALL, Tom Grafton | Director | 1999-09-08 | 2002-11-13 |
| HEIGHWAY, Carolyn | Director | — | 2012-11-07 |
| HERDMAN, Susan Mary Howard | Director | 1999-09-08 | 2005-11-09 |
| JONES, Leslie Thomas, Dr | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2017-09-06 |
| MCWHIRR, Alan David, Dr | Director | — | 1997-09-10 |
| MITCHELL, Rosslyn Glenne | Director | 1992-09-09 | 1999-02-11 |
| NEWTON, David John | Director | — | 2012-11-07 |
| OAKESHOTT, Anthony Michael D'Ivry, Professor | Director | 1995-01-18 | 2004-01-26 |
| POLLARD, Carl Joshua, Dr | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2013-11-13 |
| RHODES, John Francis | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2008-11-19 |
| ROWLEY, Richard Trevor | Director | 1993-01-12 | 2001-10-10 |
| THACKRAY, David William, Dr | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2017-09-06 |
| VINER, David James | Director | — | 2012-11-07 |
| WADE, Keith Raymond | Director | 2019-04-13 | 2022-09-07 |
| WARING, Derek | Director | — | 2011-11-02 |
| WINMILL, Keith Percy | Director | 2011-11-02 | 2024-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+32.3%
£29,243,958 £38,694,515
-
Cash
+12%
£12,677,725 £14,194,829
-
Net assets
+19.7%
£15,391,275 £18,426,222
-
Employees
+9.9%
312 343
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Operating profit
+7.5%
£1,539,165 £1,654,947
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Profit before tax
+7.5%
£1,539,165 £1,654,947
-
Wages
+16%
£9,987,156 £11,582,533
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