COWES TOWN WATERFRONT TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+35.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+11.8% vs 2024
Employees
17
-5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£478K
+28.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,770,260 | £1,683,487 | |
| Operating profit | £387,206 | £477,795 | |
| Profit before tax | £371,410 | £478,164 | |
| Net profit | £371,410 | £632,623 | |
| Cash | £1,037,473 | £1,402,739 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,196,874 | £6,824,560 | |
| Net assets | £5,365,285 | £5,997,908 | |
| Equity | £5,365,285 | £5,997,908 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 17 | |
| Wages | £496,933 | £511,613 |
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 | 21.9% | 28.4% | |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 37.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.7% | 26.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 22.11x | 151.54x |
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
- Moore (South) LLP
- 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's and charitable 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
- COWES TOWN WATERFRONT TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Cowes Yacht Haven Limited 0.98%
Significant events
- “The Group achieved a surplus of £632,631 (2024: £371,410) in good trading conditions, this includes £264,467 increase in the valuation of fixed assets, without which the surplus would have been £368,164.”
- “The Trust understands the importance of maintaining the facilities offered at a level that matches or exceeds any other major regatta venue (worldwide) and has continued its capital investment programme in furtherance of that target. This includes the purchase of a new hoist in September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 2020-12-18 | — | — |
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2025-06-20 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DALE, Jeremy Nigel | Director | 2019-09-16 | Jul 1955 | British |
| ELSOM, Michael Timothy | Director | 2023-01-30 | Aug 1965 | United Kingdom |
| GREVILLE, Michael Gordon Scott | Director | 2018-12-18 | Feb 1962 | British |
| JAMES, Julian Timothy | Director | 2022-05-16 | Apr 1963 | British |
| LUCAS, Anthony Francis Charles | Director | 2023-01-30 | Sep 1956 | British |
| OWEN, Ross Peter | Director | 2018-12-18 | Jul 1964 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Michael Charles | Director | 2023-01-30 | Oct 1953 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAMFORD, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2018-12-20 | 2020-12-18 |
| HETHERINGTON, Felix Richard | Secretary | 1992-09-29 | 2001-10-03 |
| JAGGAR, David William | Secretary | 2001-10-03 | 2018-12-18 |
| ANDERSON, Valerie Ann | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1998-07-17 |
| BANKS, Geoffrey John | Director | 2003-06-13 | 2017-03-30 |
| BANKS, Geoffrey John | Director | 1992-09-29 | 1993-04-08 |
| BARRY, Reginald Robert | Director | 2002-01-18 | 2005-05-09 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Norman James Henry | Director | 1994-01-29 | 1995-06-08 |
| BARTON, Morris George | Director | 1992-09-29 | 2002-06-14 |
| BLAND, Christopher Donald Jack | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2016-03-24 |
| BOARD, Mark Lydon | Director | 1992-09-29 | 1993-04-08 |
| BRADBEER, Richard | Director | 1992-09-29 | 2001-10-03 |
| CHEVERTON, David Brian Barrie | Director | 1992-09-29 | 2001-10-03 |
| COWLEY, Robert Arthur Stephen | Director | 1993-05-24 | 1998-07-17 |
| DUDLEY, John William | Director | 2011-01-28 | 2018-12-18 |
| EFFEMEY, John | Director | 1998-07-17 | 2001-10-03 |
| FLETCHER, Michael | Director | 1992-09-29 | 1995-05-04 |
| HANCOCK, Charles Robert | Director | 2002-01-18 | 2005-05-09 |
| HETHERINGTON, Felix Richard | Director | 2001-10-03 | 2011-11-18 |
| JAGGAR, David William | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2022-11-21 |
| KINGSTON, Peter Dudley | Director | 2005-10-21 | 2019-10-28 |
| LALLOW, Ian Clare | Director | 1992-09-29 | 1993-04-08 |
| LEIGH, Ada | Director | 1998-07-17 | 2001-10-03 |
| LLOYD-JENNINGS, Christine Janet | Director | 2023-01-30 | 2024-07-01 |
| MALONE, Stanley | Director | 1999-12-17 | 2006-03-17 |
| MORTON, Peter Bruce | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2022-11-21 |
| OLDRIDGE, John Norman Leslie | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2019-10-28 |
| ORR, Betsy | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1998-07-17 |
| PARR, Thomas Donald | Director | 1993-04-08 | 2006-03-17 |
| PEARSON, Kenn | Director | 1998-07-17 | 2000-06-02 |
| POWER, John Danvers | Director | 1992-09-29 | 2003-06-13 |
| REYNOLDS, Roger | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2020-11-09 |
| RILEY, Jacqueline Anne Louise | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2024-11-18 |
| SHEARS, Philip Peter | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2021-10-01 |
| TWISS, Charles Edward Hartley | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2016-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-4.9%
£1,770,260 £1,683,487
-
Cash
+35.2%
£1,037,473 £1,402,739
-
Net assets
+11.8%
£5,365,285 £5,997,908
-
Employees
-5.6%
18 17
-
Operating profit
+23.4%
£387,206 £477,795
-
Profit before tax
+28.7%
£371,410 £478,164
-
Wages
+3%
£496,933 £511,613
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