THE BATSFORD FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£503K
+18.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+4.3% vs 2024
Employees
29
+7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,104,177 | £2,187,070 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £200,418 | £240,273 | |
| Cash | £423,888 | £503,479 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,526,756 | £5,767,029 | |
| Net assets | £5,526,756 | £5,767,029 | |
| Equity | £5,526,756 | £5,767,029 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 29 | |
| Wages | £632,097 | £688,583 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.5% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.94x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustee's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE BATSFORD FOUNDATION · parent
- Batsford Garden Centre Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOODY, Jeremy Paul | Secretary | 2002-04-30 | — | British |
| CHICHESTER, James Henry Edward, Sir | Director | 2002-02-04 | Oct 1951 | British |
| DUNN, Nicholas David | Director | 2011-09-28 | Mar 1952 | British |
| WILLIAMS-ELLIS, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2015-07-17 | Aug 1954 | British |
| WILLS, Robert Ian Hamilton | Director | 2002-02-04 | Jun 1948 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLETON, James Hubert | Secretary | 2002-02-04 | 2002-04-30 |
| DULVERTON, Michael, The Lord | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2005-07-08 |
| ERSKINE, Charles Macintyre | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2011-09-28 |
| FLEMING, Christopher Michael | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2018-09-15 |
| HUGHES-HALLETT, Michael Wyndham Norton | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2004-04-06 |
| RUSSELL, Tony David | Director | 2006-07-07 | 2023-02-10 |
| WILLS, Catherine Mary Hamilton, Dr | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2005-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+3.9%
£2,104,177 £2,187,070
-
Cash
+18.8%
£423,888 £503,479
-
Net assets
+4.3%
£5,526,756 £5,767,029
-
Employees
+7.4%
27 29
-
Wages
+8.9%
£632,097 £688,583
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