ENGLISH HERITAGE TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-26 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-12
Watchouts
Cash
£321K
+145% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
0% vs 2024
Employees
147
-12.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£930K
-29.1% 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.
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 | £23,171,000 | £22,168,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,312,000 | £930,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,312,000 | £930,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,312,000 | £930,000 | |
| Cash | £131,000 | £321,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,028,000 | £2,028,000 | |
| Equity | £2,028,000 | £2,028,000 | |
| Average employees | 168 | 147 | |
| Wages | £3,636,000 | £3,143,000 |
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 | 5.7% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.26x |
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
- National Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, I have concluded that English Heritage Trading Limited's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The parent company undertook a restructuring programme in 2024/25.”
- “The parent company Chief Executive, Dr Nick Merriman OBE, resigned on 24 June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATES, Tony | Director | 2023-06-22 | Mar 1966 | British |
| DEVLIN, Addison Michael | Director | 2024-05-01 | Mar 1985 | British |
| HOGG, Elizabeth Anne Sophia | Director | 2026-04-02 | Jan 1981 | British |
| LINEY, Peter Richard | Director | 2025-12-31 | Sep 1959 | British |
| PARKIN, Geoffrey Lloyd | Director | 2025-12-31 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAINSBY, Michael Christopher | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2002-07-09 |
| BRAINSBY, Michael Christopher | Secretary | 1994-09-16 | 1997-06-20 |
| CARTER, Howard Ernest | Secretary | 1997-06-20 | 2001-03-01 |
| CRICH, Michael Arthur | Secretary | 2006-09-08 | 2007-06-27 |
| HARLOW, Michael Graham | Secretary | 2007-06-27 | 2015-03-31 |
| HEWITSON, Nigel | Secretary | 2002-07-09 | 2006-09-08 |
| AGER, Robert | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1995-10-10 |
| ALEXANDER, Pamela Elizabeth | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2001-09-07 |
| ANDREWS, Elizabeth Kay, Rt Hon Baroness | Director | 2009-07-27 | 2013-07-31 |
| ARROWSMITH, Amanda Jane Elizabeth | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2001-06-13 |
| BARNSLEY, Victoria | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2023-06-21 |
| BERRY, Richard Langley | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2000-06-30 |
| BOYCOTT, Kay Elizabeth | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| CAIRNS, Michael Anthony | Director | 2001-06-13 | 2008-06-18 |
| CHANDE, Manish Jayantilal | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2011-06-27 |
| COSSONS, Neil, Sir | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2007-06-27 |
| CRICH, Michael Arthur | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2007-06-27 |
| FANE, Andrew William Mildmay | Director | 2001-06-13 | 2004-06-08 |
| FARINGDON, Charles Michael, Lord | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2001-02-14 |
| FURSDON, David Edward | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| GREEN, Christopher Edward Wastie | Director | 1995-03-15 | 1997-01-24 |
| GROSSMAN, Loyd Daniel Gilman | Director | 2001-06-13 | 2003-09-15 |
| GURASSA, Charles Mark | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2022-12-31 |
| JOLLY, Michael Gordon | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2010-09-29 |
| LAURENCE, Timothy James Hamilton, Vice Admiral Sir | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2022-12-31 |
| LYCETT GREEN, Candida Rose | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2001-06-13 |
| MAGNUS, Laurence Henry Philip, Sir | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2023-02-09 |
| MAVOR, Katherine Lyndsay | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2023-06-30 |
| MERRIMAN, Nicholas John, Dr | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-06-24 |
| MOORE, Martin Richard | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2017-06-30 |
| PAGE, Jennifer Anne | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1995-02-28 |
| PEMBERTON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| SANNIA, Antonio, Dr | Director | 1995-10-10 | 2001-10-31 |
| SAVAGE, Graham Paul | Director | 1994-09-16 | 1995-10-10 |
| SOUTER, Carole Lesley | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2003-02-28 |
| STEVENS, Jocelyn Edward Greville, Sir | Director | 1994-09-16 | 2000-03-31 |
| STUART-SMITH, Mark Nigel | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2024-05-09 |
| THURLEY, Simon John, Dr | Director | 2002-07-09 | 2015-03-31 |
| WALKER, John Robert | Director | 2010-08-23 | 2014-01-31 |
| WRIGHT, Nicholas William | Director | 2025-07-16 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The English Heritage Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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
-
Turnover
-4.3%
£23,171,000 £22,168,000
-
Cash
+145%
£131,000 £321,000
-
Net assets
0%
£2,028,000 £2,028,000
-
Employees
-12.5%
168 147
-
Operating profit
-29.1%
£1,312,000 £930,000
-
Profit before tax
-29.1%
£1,312,000 £930,000
-
Wages
-13.6%
£3,636,000 £3,143,000
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