THE MONASTERY OF ST FRANCIS AND GORTON TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Cash
£529K
+47% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+0.7% vs 2023
Employees
36
+100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£71K
-29.9% vs 2023
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
- THE MONASTERY OF ST FRANCIS AND GORTON TRUST 1997-09-24 → present
- THE MONASTERY OF ST FRANCIS AND GORTON TRUST LTD 1996-09-19 → 1997-09-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,069,901 | £1,421,269 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £101,985 | £71,463 | |
| Net profit | £101,985 | £68,958 | |
| Cash | £359,807 | £528,838 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,636,938 | £9,679,971 | |
| Net assets | £9,203,486 | £9,269,938 | |
| Equity | £9,203,486 | £9,269,938 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 36 | |
| Wages | £304,298 | £512,076 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.5% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 1.99x |
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
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Acknowledging that uncertainties remain regarding a challenging economic climate, including a change in political government, the Trustees are confident that they are fully entitled to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE MONASTERY OF ST FRANCIS AND GORTON TRUST · parent
- The Monastery Manchester Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Monastery attracted 67,403 visitors in 2024;”
- “Volunteering is another pillar of the Monastery's community impact, with 5,312 hours donated in 2024.”
- “A National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of 2023 enabled the Trust to explore the new sustainable operational priorities for the ongoing Quinquennial heritage works and Carbon Management Plan we have for our historic site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFITHS, Paul | Secretary | 2006-11-30 | — | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul | Director | 1996-09-19 | May 1953 | British |
| HOLMES, Eleanor Anne | Director | 2023-12-15 | Feb 1981 | British |
| NEWMAN, Nathan | Director | 2024-12-13 | May 1986 | British |
| SMITH-MILNE, David | Director | 2024-02-02 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Beverley Jane | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2002-11-25 |
| FRIEND, Peter John | Secretary | 2003-05-08 | 2006-11-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Elaine Christine | Secretary | 1996-09-19 | 1999-10-14 |
| SHEPPARD, Christine Elizabeth | Secretary | 2002-11-25 | 2003-03-14 |
| CARRIDICE-DAVIDS, Adrian | Director | 2009-06-30 | 2013-06-27 |
| CLARKE, Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2015-12-10 |
| COLE, Jeremy Benjamin | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2022-03-25 |
| DAVIES, Beverley Jane | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2003-09-03 |
| DE WINTER, Herman Wouter | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2003-05-08 |
| DICKINSON, David John | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2018-11-27 |
| FARRELL, Paul | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2009-12-08 |
| FELL, Peter | Director | 2008-12-16 | 2017-07-07 |
| FENN, Francis Peter | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2004-12-02 |
| FRIEND, Peter John | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2006-08-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Elaine Christine | Director | 1996-09-19 | 2000-10-12 |
| HANKS, Ray | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2025-03-18 |
| HOGAN, Daniel Edmund | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| HURLEY, Michael Joseph Anthony | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2006-02-08 |
| ISHERWOOD, Timothy | Director | 2008-11-25 | 2022-03-25 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Harry | Director | 2024-12-13 | 2026-04-17 |
| KEFFORD, Paul Alexander | Director | 2005-09-08 | 2008-12-16 |
| LEWIS, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2018-08-30 | 2019-07-20 |
| MORRIS, Judith Ceris | Director | 1998-11-30 | 2003-05-08 |
| OLIVER, David | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2025-03-18 |
| PRESSWOOD, Timothy Hugh, Rev | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2005-03-24 |
| STURRIDGE, Piers Anthony | Director | 2008-10-21 | 2025-11-28 |
| WALDRON, Michael Francis | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2008-10-21 |
| WALKER, Steve | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2017-12-08 |
| WALLWORK, Janet Louise | Director | 1998-11-30 | 2026-04-17 |
| WESTERN, Wilfred John | Director | 2004-07-02 | 2008-04-30 |
| YOUNG, Stephen Philip | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2008-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+32.8%
£1,069,901 £1,421,269
-
Cash
+47%
£359,807 £528,838
-
Net assets
+0.7%
£9,203,486 £9,269,938
-
Employees
+100%
18 36
-
Profit before tax
-29.9%
£101,985 £71,463
-
Wages
+68.3%
£304,298 £512,076
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