EPWORTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
Cash
£665K
-7.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£693K
-5.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£41K
+9.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,906,300 | £2,479,100 | |
| Operating profit | -£45,300 | -£41,100 | |
| Profit before tax | -£45,300 | -£41,100 | |
| Net profit | -£45,300 | -£41,100 | |
| Cash | £715,900 | £665,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £733,800 | £692,700 | |
| Equity | £733,800 | £692,700 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.6% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.6% | -1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.37x | 2.24x |
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
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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.”
Significant events
- “During the year the Company announced a major initiative with the leading faith charity, Christian Aid. Their "In Their Lifetime" (ITL) programme works with communities across the world to speed up the pace of change of poverty eradication. Half of the management fee from any new external investment in Epworth's Multi Asset Fund will be donated to the ITL programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, Marina Margaret | Secretary | 2023-07-05 | — | — |
| AUSTIN, Jennie | Director | 2018-07-02 | May 1965 | British |
| CAUGHEY, Graeme Robert | Director | 2025-06-30 | Mar 1970 | British |
| CORNFORTH, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2022-09-26 | Apr 1963 | British |
| HARPER, Andrew Richard, Reverend | Director | 2024-12-12 | Oct 1991 | American |
| LAMB, Matthew Charles William | Director | 2025-06-30 | Jul 1978 | British |
| PALMER, David Alan | Director | 2017-01-01 | May 1963 | British |
| PARKER, Julian De Garis | Director | 2015-07-07 | May 1964 | British |
| SWINDELL, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2022-09-26 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD, Michelle | Secretary | 2022-07-06 | 2023-07-05 |
| FORWARD, Peter John | Secretary | 1995-06-07 | 2012-06-30 |
| FOULDS, Roy | Secretary | 1995-05-03 | 1995-06-07 |
| MARINA PHILLIPS | Corporate Secretary | 2012-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| BADROCK, Jane Deborah | Director | 1998-08-17 | 2000-07-31 |
| BEER, Stephen Trevor | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2021-01-15 |
| BIRRELL, James Drake, Sir | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2004-04-27 |
| DAVIES, Eric Charles | Director | 1995-05-03 | 1999-11-24 |
| DYSTER, Richard Julian | Director | 1995-07-07 | 1997-07-31 |
| FORWARD, Peter John | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2012-06-30 |
| FOULDS, Roy | Director | 1995-05-03 | 1997-04-09 |
| GIBBON, John Walker | Director | 2015-02-20 | 2019-02-28 |
| HAMILTON, John Malcolm | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2018-12-31 |
| HOBBS, Peter Bryan | Director | 2017-05-12 | 2025-12-31 |
| KHAN, Javaid | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2007-08-20 |
| PARTRIDGE, Michael John Anthony, Sir | Director | 1995-07-07 | 2011-05-05 |
| PEARSON, Colin | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2015-02-20 |
| PHILLIPS, Marina Margaret | Director | 2013-10-29 | 2022-06-30 |
| REEVES, Richard John | Director | 2005-07-18 | 2013-04-25 |
| SANDFORD, John Philip | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| SEDDON, William Trevor | Director | 1995-06-07 | 2016-12-31 |
| SMITH, Roger John | Director | 1995-07-07 | 2015-02-20 |
| SNELSON, Robin Edward | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2000-12-13 |
| THOMAS, Richard Forbes | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2005-04-26 |
| WILLETT, Michael Alfred Henry | Director | 1995-10-03 | 2011-05-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Finance Board Of The Methodist Church | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
-14.7%
£2,906,300 £2,479,100
-
Cash
-7.1%
£715,900 £665,000
-
Net assets
-5.6%
£733,800 £692,700
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+9.3%
-£45,300 -£41,100
-
Profit before tax
+9.3%
-£45,300 -£41,100
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