HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£139K
+143.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£226K
-72.3% vs 2024
Employees
49
-7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE 1994-03-30 → present
- HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED 1990-11-02 → 1994-03-30
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 | £2,061,949 | £1,685,915 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£76,482 | -£591,042 | |
| Cash | £57,016 | £138,868 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,182,554 | £746,656 | |
| Net assets | £817,388 | £226,345 | |
| Equity | £817,388 | £226,345 | |
| Average employees | 53 | 49 | |
| Wages | £1,368,068 | £1,345,486 |
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 | -3.7% | -35.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.8% | 86.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.47x |
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
- Wright Vigar Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group and the parent 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
- HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE · parent
- HTL Enterprises Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The year to 31 March 2025 was one of the most significant in the Trust's recent history. What began as a year of continued delivery became, by the autumn, a period of decisive action to address serious financial control issues and restore the charity to a stable footing. By the end of the financial year, Heritage Lincolnshire had completed a full organisational restructure, introduced new financial systems and governance processes, and positioned itself for recovery and renewal.”
- “The Trust made the strategic decision to lease The Old King's Head in Kirton. This will secure a sustainable income stream, reduce financial exposure, and ensure the continued preservation and public enjoyment of the building. The charity also began a wider review of its other property holdings to ensure all assets support its charitable objectives. Two surplus properties are now in the process of being sold, and the future of the main office is under active review in 2025-26 to support longer-term financial stability and operational efficiency.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BINGHAM, June Caroline | Director | 2014-01-29 | Jun 1957 | British |
| CLARK, Andrew Simon | Director | 2018-12-01 | Sep 1955 | British |
| FREE, Julian Richard | Director | 2020-04-23 | Jan 1963 | British |
| LIDBETTER, Ursula Frances Rosamond | Director | 2023-05-03 | Oct 1962 | British |
| PINCHBECK, Charles Alexander | Director | 2015-04-29 | Nov 1962 | British |
| STOCKER, David Andrew | Director | 2024-02-06 | Jan 1956 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2013-03-11 | 2019-05-17 |
| BLENNTOFT, Rebecka | Secretary | 1997-01-15 | 2000-01-17 |
| HALL, Collette Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1997-01-15 |
| ROE, Stephen Richard | Secretary | 2019-05-09 | 2024-12-24 |
| START, David Roderick | Secretary | 2000-01-18 | 2013-03-11 |
| ARON, William James | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2018-06-30 |
| ASHTON, Michael | Director | — | 2022-11-30 |
| BOWSER, Robert Ernest Saul | Director | — | 2012-10-31 |
| BUTTERY, Roger | Director | — | 1996-09-19 |
| COLTMAN, Anne | Director | — | 2024-01-26 |
| CRAGOE, Matthew | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2019-09-04 |
| DYMOKE, Francis John Fane Marmion | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2022-11-30 |
| ELLIS, Timothy William, The Rt Revd Dr | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2008-07-03 |
| ERSKINE CRUM, Simon Walter, Wing Commander | Director | 2001-12-12 | 2024-01-26 |
| HANCOCK, Dorothy Margaret | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2023-04-28 |
| ISAAC, Adrian Bennett | Director | 2003-12-10 | 2007-06-27 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Ellis | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2020-11-13 |
| KEIGHLEY, Geoffrey Neil | Director | 1997-09-25 | 2013-10-30 |
| MILLIGAN-MANBY, James Charles Stewart Reynolds | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2013-10-30 |
| PRENTICE, George Robert | Director | — | 1998-06-17 |
| PRICE, David William James, Exors Of | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2012-10-31 |
| PRICHARD, Cameron Thomson | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2017-12-15 |
| PRYOR, Francis Manning Marlborough, Dr | Director | 2011-11-02 | 2014-07-31 |
| ROMNEY, David, Councillor | Director | 1993-12-15 | 1997-12-10 |
| SLEIGHT, David, Professor | Director | 2011-11-02 | 2017-12-15 |
| STEVENS, Keith | Director | 1994-12-20 | 1998-09-30 |
| TURNER, Cyril Crosbie | Director | — | 1993-08-27 |
| TWEEDALE, Stuart Miles | Director | 2013-10-30 | 2015-05-31 |
| WALKER, Andrew, Dr | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2010-06-25 |
| WHEAT, Herbert Graham, Councillor | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2009-04-29 |
| WORTH, Charles Nicholas, Councillor | Director | 2009-10-29 | 2013-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-08-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-18.2%
£2,061,949 £1,685,915
-
Cash
+143.6%
£57,016 £138,868
-
Net assets
-72.3%
£817,388 £226,345
-
Employees
-7.5%
53 49
-
Wages
-1.7%
£1,368,068 £1,345,486
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