WORTH ABBEY
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-25.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
+2.4% vs 2024
Employees
327
+8.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£589K
+676.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,654,679 | £22,799,619 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £75,836 | £588,679 | |
| Net profit | £276,906 | £736,623 | |
| Cash | £7,264,106 | £5,406,015 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,399,209 | £37,580,375 | |
| Net assets | £30,266,278 | £31,002,901 | |
| Equity | £30,266,278 | £31,002,901 | |
| Average employees | 301 | 327 | |
| Wages | £9,752,364 | £10,311,075 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.3% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.88x |
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
- Crowe U.K LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that Worth Abbey and its subsidiaries remains a going concern. The Trustees consider that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate as the forward financial projections suggest surpluses in future years. The forward cash projections of the Group show that there is sufficient cash to meet its needs.”
Group structure
- WORTH ABBEY · parent
- Worth School 100%
- Worth Abbey Construction Limited 100%
- Worth Abbey Projects Limited 100%
- Worth School Lettings Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Early in the year we launched our new Heart and Soul development campaign.”
- “In January 2025 we had our four-yearly Visitation.”
- “On 14 October 2025, Dom. Kevin Taggart's earthly pilgrimage came to an end.”
- “This year we marked the 50th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Abbey Church by a series of events and talks.”
- “In January 2025, there was a fire in the School's central catering facility.”
- “August 2025 saw the Abbey Choir offer two concerts at significant churches in Paris.”
- “On 23 August a new statue of St Benedict, commissioned and supported by the Lay Community of St Benedict, was formally blessed by the Abbot.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILTON, Paul, Rev | Secretary | 2024-04-09 | — | — |
| ANDREOTTI, Alda | Director | 2023-09-01 | Feb 1958 | British |
| BARRETT, John Douglas, Rt Rev | Director | 2013-12-21 | May 1957 | British |
| BROCKMAN, Anthony St Leger, Brother | Director | 2025-11-26 | Dec 1962 | British |
| FLUDDER, Patrick Vincent, Revd. | Director | 2010-06-29 | Jul 1951 | British |
| JAMISON, Peter Christopher, Abbot | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1951 | British |
| MURRAY, Christopher Linley, Rev | Director | 2002-07-02 | Dec 1948 | British |
| PIPER, Anne-Marie | Director | 2024-03-25 | Jan 1958 | Canadian |
| THOMS, Michael, Reverend | Director | 2023-09-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Mostyn, Very Rev | Director | 2021-06-15 | Sep 1959 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURDELL, Robin | Secretary | 2015-09-30 | 2017-08-31 |
| FLUDDER, Patrick Vincent, Rev | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2019-11-24 |
| HARMSHAW, Lisa Anne | Secretary | 2019-11-25 | 2021-09-14 |
| MURRAY, Christopher Linley, Rev | Secretary | 2002-07-02 | 2014-04-05 |
| O' HARA, Kelly | Secretary | 2023-10-24 | 2024-04-09 |
| SWEETING, Mark Tirrell | Secretary | 2014-04-05 | 2015-09-30 |
| BARRETT, John Douglas, Rt Rev | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2010-12-23 |
| BROCKMAN, Anthony St Leger, Brother | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2020-12-18 |
| CUTTS, James Philip, Revd. | Director | 2010-12-23 | 2014-12-22 |
| CUTTS, James Philip, Revd. | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2006-12-23 |
| CUTTS, Philip James, Fr | Director | 2020-12-18 | 2021-12-17 |
| DA COSTA FERNANDES, Alexander Byron, Reverend | Director | 2020-12-18 | 2021-12-17 |
| DA COSTA FERNANDES, Alexander Byron, Reverend | Director | 2002-12-18 | 2017-12-21 |
| DOBSON, Gabriel, Dom | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2017-12-21 |
| JAMISON, Peter Christopher, Abbot | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2010-06-02 |
| JOLLY, Richard Luke, Very Revd. | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2021-06-08 |
| JONES, Roderick Vincent, Revd | Director | 2006-12-23 | 2011-12-23 |
| JONES, Roderick Vincent, Revd | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2002-12-18 |
| MCGEE, Martin Edward, Rev | Director | 2021-12-17 | 2023-10-17 |
| MCGEE, Martin Edward, Rev | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2020-12-18 |
| MCGEE, Martin Edward, Rev | Director | 2014-12-22 | 2016-12-22 |
| ORTIGER, Richard Stephen, Revd | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2002-07-04 |
| TAGGART, John Kevin, Right Revd. | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2013-06-02 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Mostyn, Very Rev | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2014-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rt Rev John Douglas Barrett | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2021-06-08 | Active |
| Fr Luke Jolly | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-06-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+5.3%
£21,654,679 £22,799,619
-
Cash
-25.6%
£7,264,106 £5,406,015
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£30,266,278 £31,002,901
-
Employees
+8.6%
301 327
-
Profit before tax
+676.3%
£75,836 £588,679
-
Wages
+5.7%
£9,752,364 £10,311,075
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