THE GATTON TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£223K
+22.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£217K
+21.5% vs 2023
Employees
3
+50% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£38K
+133.4% vs 2023
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 | £135,681 | £142,412 | |
| Operating profit | £16,429 | £38,339 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,429 | £38,339 | |
| Net profit | £16,429 | £38,339 | |
| Cash | £182,661 | £222,965 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £178,295 | £216,634 | |
| Net assets | £178,295 | £216,634 | |
| Equity | £178,295 | £216,634 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 3 | |
| Wages | £73,055 | £83,889 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 26.9% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 26.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 17.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.4% | 9.4% | |
| Current ratio | 18.47x | 10.57x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made appropriate enquiries, the Trustees are satisfied that the Charity has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Trustees have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “A celebration of 25 years since the filming of the restoration of the Japanese Garden was held in April.”
- “In July and August 2024, a large number of ash trees were removed from the southern side of the lake having a significant effect on wildlife and landscape.”
- “Large scale felling of ash started in Temple Woods in July 2024, in line with recommendations for managing ash dieback on site in our Woodland management plans.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Peter John | Director | 2017-06-28 | Oct 1959 | British |
| FRANK, David Thomas | Director | 2011-06-20 | Apr 1954 | British |
| KIPPEN, Margaret Anne | Director | 2011-08-31 | Feb 1953 | British |
| LOWE, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2022-11-23 | Jul 1979 | British |
| MORTLOCK, Alan Ronald | Director | 2016-03-08 | Feb 1949 | British |
| NEVE, Helen Mary | Director | 2021-07-21 | May 1953 | British |
| SPERRIN, Gail Lorna | Director | 2012-01-18 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROMLEY, Diana Hilary | Secretary | 2001-05-15 | 2017-06-28 |
| DAWSON, Peter John | Secretary | 2017-06-28 | 2023-03-30 |
| BENTON, Trevor | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2008-09-08 |
| BROMLEY, Diana Hilary | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2017-06-28 |
| DIXON, Peter John | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2017-06-28 |
| KIPPEN, Margaret Anne | Director | 2011-08-31 | 2011-08-31 |
| LEWIS, Brenda Joy | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2011-06-16 |
| LISK, John | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2011-06-12 |
| LONG, Joan | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2012-10-08 |
| MASCALL, Pamela Jean | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2011-06-18 |
| PAY, Patricia Anne | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2011-06-20 |
| SIMS, Robert Eric | Director | 2005-08-24 | 2016-10-03 |
| SMART, Adrian Michael Harwood | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| TOOKE, Elizabeth | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2003-06-02 |
| WADDINGTON, John Philip | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2004-12-08 |
| WILLAMS, Graham | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2020-09-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Valerie Jane | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2011-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Alexandra And Albert School | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+5%
£135,681 £142,412
-
Cash
+22.1%
£182,661 £222,965
-
Net assets
+21.5%
£178,295 £216,634
-
Employees
+50%
2 3
-
Operating profit
+133.4%
£16,429 £38,339
-
Profit before tax
+133.4%
£16,429 £38,339
-
Wages
+14.8%
£73,055 £83,889
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