THE WILBERFORCE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+87.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+10.9% vs 2024
Employees
130
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,696,316 | £5,128,375 | |
| Operating profit | £422,839 | £440,545 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £631,300 | £910,346 | |
| Cash | £785,373 | £1,474,998 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,705,976 | £17,412,668 | |
| Net assets | £15,705,976 | £17,411,924 | |
| Equity | £15,705,976 | £17,411,924 | |
| Average employees | 130 | 130 | |
| Wages | £2,417,961 | £2,773,493 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 17.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.8% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | 4.19x |
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
- HPH Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic climate and its potential impact on the sources of income and planned expenditure. They have a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources are available to enable the charity to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and have adequate contingency plans in the event that income streams are reduced. Consequently the financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “This last year has seen significant change as we said farewell to our previous long-standing CEO, Philippa Crowther and welcomed Ellie Hudson.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Eleanor | Secretary | 2024-07-15 | — | — |
| ANELAY, Charles Thomas | Director | 2020-06-03 | Mar 1959 | British |
| ARIF, Nafees | Director | 2026-01-13 | Apr 1973 | British |
| ASPINALL, Colin Paul | Director | 2017-03-27 | Jan 1974 | British |
| HOGSTON, Susan Maureen | Director | 2026-01-13 | Jan 1965 | British |
| LESLIE, Stuart James | Director | 2026-02-03 | Mar 1983 | British |
| MWANGI, Anne Wanjiru | Director | 2021-01-19 | Feb 1960 | British |
| SHANKS, Christopher Raymond | Director | 2025-11-11 | Nov 1991 | British |
| THOMPSON, Emma Joanne | Director | 2025-11-11 | Oct 1977 | British |
| THOMPSON, Kate | Director | 2024-07-23 | Jul 1973 | British |
| WALLACE, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2024-07-23 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROWTHER, Philippa Ann | Secretary | 2013-03-01 | 2024-07-15 |
| MCKEE, Alan Keith | Secretary | 2001-06-04 | 2013-03-01 |
| BEATTIE, Andrew Quentin Alexander | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2014-01-28 |
| CARTER, Jane | Director | 2023-10-24 | 2024-05-21 |
| CLUDERAY, Stephen James | Director | 2012-10-30 | 2024-11-26 |
| CORDIER, Roger Charles | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2015-11-10 |
| COWELL, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2013-06-04 | 2024-11-26 |
| CROWTHER, Philippa Ann | Director | 2024-07-23 | 2025-11-11 |
| DENNIS, John Cedric | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2004-03-31 |
| DUNNE, Eamon Joseph | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2022-05-30 |
| FIELD, Muriel Kathleen | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2011-11-01 |
| GARLAND, Kenneth | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2007-09-18 |
| GOODEY, Keith | Director | 2011-05-10 | 2021-10-26 |
| GOODEY, Keith | Director | 2011-05-10 | 2011-05-10 |
| GRIERSON, Elizabeth Stewart | Director | 2009-10-27 | 2020-06-03 |
| HAND, Kym Phillip | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2012-10-30 |
| HAWKESWORTH, Sue | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2024-11-26 |
| HOWLAND, Edward | Director | 2002-01-14 | 2011-11-01 |
| JONES, Stephen Charles | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2011-11-01 |
| KENNEDY, John Patrick | Director | 2004-05-10 | 2019-02-07 |
| KNOWLES, Andrew | Director | 2023-11-06 | 2026-01-31 |
| LARCUM, Keith | Director | 2016-08-02 | 2023-10-24 |
| MANNERS, Timothy David | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2012-03-21 |
| MARSH, Andrew Martin | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2009-10-27 |
| MEAL, David Whiteley | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2002-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Abbie | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2021-10-26 |
| ROBINSON, Maria | Director | 2023-10-24 | 2025-11-11 |
| SEWARD, Faith Maureen | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2009-05-23 |
| TWISS, Lionel Graham | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2016-05-01 |
| WILLINK, John Dingle | Director | 2001-09-10 | 2010-08-24 |
| YOUNG, Stuart | Director | 2023-10-24 | 2026-02-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Eleanor Hudson | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-08-28 | Active |
| Ms Philippa Ann Crowther | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+9.2%
£4,696,316 £5,128,375
-
Cash
+87.8%
£785,373 £1,474,998
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£15,705,976 £17,411,924
-
Employees
0%
130 130
-
Operating profit
+4.2%
£422,839 £440,545
-
Wages
+14.7%
£2,417,961 £2,773,493
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