STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST

• ◆

  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

• ◆

  14 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Given the strength of the balance sheet and availability and liquidity of unrestricted investments the Trustees believe that it the risk of not being able to maintain our grant giving or pay our costs as they fall due to be negligible.”

Group structure

1. STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST · parent
   1. Guild Estate Endowment · England & Wales · Charitable activities
   2. College Estate Endowment · England & Wales · Charitable activities

Significant events

• “In September 2024 17/18 Bridge Street was purchased for £1.0m, a strategic purchase as the Trust already owned the other part of this outlet.”
• “In December 2024, the temporary closure of the arts venue on Rother Street, Stratford Play House, was announced.”
• “Important preservation work to the exterior of the Guild Chapel was completed as part of an ongoing programme of work including clockface restoration.”
• “A programme of long-term ecology management and nature conservation at Rowley Fields started with the creation of a wildflower meadow.”
• “Support costs (overheads) increased by £47k year on year to £625k, attributed to increased headcount, staff salaries due to inflation, and minimum wage levels.”
• “17/18 Bridge Street was acquired for £0.97m with funds held in a liquidity fund.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -29.7%

  £1,727,159 → £1,214,343

• Net assets

  +3%

  £58,515,943 → £60,248,747

• Employees

  +7.1%

  14 → 15

• Profit before tax

  +82.8%

  £947,686 → £1,732,804

• Wages

  +9.3%

  £397,995 → £434,988

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