THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£838K
+16.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+6.8% vs 2023
Employees
38
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY TRUST 2004-08-11 → present
- KC HASTINGS 2000-05-11 → 2004-08-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,528,340 | £1,726,695 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £97,822 | £126,220 | |
| Cash | £719,049 | £838,480 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,399,184 | £2,484,438 | |
| Net assets | £1,847,528 | £1,973,748 | |
| Equity | £1,847,528 | £1,973,748 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 38 | |
| Wages | £606,301 | £662,478 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 6.4% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.7% | 22.9% | |
| Current ratio | 8.98x | 11.68x |
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
- Shona Wardrop C.A for and on behalf of Chariot House Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY TRUST · parent
- Hastings Centre Trading Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Plans to launch another meeting venue in Central St Leonards have gathered pace during the period, in conjunction with the mid-week gatherings continuing, a monthly Sunday meeting now takes place in a local primary school. From September/October 2024, these Sunday meetings will increase to weekly.”
- “Link-Up, launched in early 2023, meets on the first and third Thursday of every month... it has been difficult to maintain a volunteer team to continue with the group, so the decision was made to pause its operation during this year.”
- “In August 2024, we took around 80 young people to Newday, a summer camp festival organised by the New Frontiers family of churches.”
- “The third year of running the community initiative 'Light Night' during the firework season saw an increase in attendance with nearly 1000 people coming through the doors, including many unchurched young people and their families.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYER, Oliver Raymond | Director | 2016-07-14 | Sep 1978 | British |
| MUMMERY, Theresa | Director | 2024-12-10 | Aug 1976 | British |
| RACKSTRAW, Paul | Director | 2022-05-12 | Feb 1959 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Natalie Anne | Director | 2009-07-03 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUTTON, Nigel Robert | Secretary | 2000-05-11 | 2013-02-21 |
| CLARKE, Martin Hugh | Director | 2011-01-29 | 2025-05-22 |
| DYER, Gary Hugh | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2019-03-31 |
| FORSDYKE, Darren James | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2001-11-04 |
| GOBBETT, Philip | Director | 2005-05-05 | 2009-07-03 |
| HARWOOD, Andrea Lynn | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2022-09-29 |
| JOHNSON, Janet Caroline | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2009-07-03 |
| NEVEY, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2025-07-01 |
| SIMPKINS, Ronald Argo | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2011-06-10 |
| WEBB, Fiona Helen | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2022-04-07 |
| YOUNG, Stephen Winton | Director | 2009-07-03 | 2017-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Stuart William Mann | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Winton Young | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+13%
£1,528,340 £1,726,695
-
Cash
+16.6%
£719,049 £838,480
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£1,847,528 £1,973,748
-
Employees
-2.6%
39 38
-
Wages
+9.3%
£606,301 £662,478
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