STC RESEARCH FOUNDATION

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-22 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-08

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£840K

-22.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

+11.2% vs 2023

Employees

-5.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£428K

+18.2% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

STC RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2004-09-21 → present
STC RESEARCH LIMITED 2004-09-08 → 2004-09-21

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

STC RESEARCH FOUNDATION·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£2,115,246	£2,053,029
Operating profit	£361,904	£427,611
Profit before tax	£361,904	£427,611
Net profit	£357,921	£417,611
Cash	£1,089,758	£839,998
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,230,086	£4,426,600
Net assets	£3,725,189	£4,142,800
Equity	£3,725,189	£4,142,800
Average employees	34	32
Wages	£747,708	£760,241

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	17.1%	20.8%
Net margin	16.9%	20.3%
Return on capital employed	8.6%	9.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	22.7%	15.6%
Current ratio	2.87x	3.40x
Interest cover	12.59x	32.07x

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: Azets Audit Services Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

STC RESEARCH FOUNDATION · parent
1. Stockbridge Technology Centre Limited 100% · England and Wales · develops and transfers plant technology to growers and farmers

Significant events

“This period saw continued energy and general input cost inflation. This has had a major effect on all activities at Stockbridge, but the organisation has coped and income maintained.”
“School visits and activities in the outdoor classroom were on hold during 2022, but we were able to successfully restart them on a limited basis in 2023.”
“STC are pleased to have been able to restart educational visits to the site and will strive to enable schools to participate in educational activities at the centre.”

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

People

5 active · 26 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LANGDALE, Julie Karen	Secretary	2020-08-05	—	—
BARTLE, Nigel Derek	Director	2014-05-12	Jul 1974	British
BRANFIELD, Peter Richard	Director	2004-09-08	Aug 1958	British
EVANS, Martin Meredith	Director	2009-08-20	Sep 1965	British
GEORGE, David, Dr	Director	2019-09-26	Nov 1978	British

Show 26 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
WARD, Graham Philip	Secretary	2004-09-08	2020-08-05
BAINBRIDGE, Janet Mary, Prof	Director	2014-10-08	2022-09-06
BRAGG, Neil Charles	Director	2005-10-01	2008-09-29
BURGESS, Andrew Stanley	Director	2014-10-16	2023-09-04
COUTTS, John Stuart	Director	2008-09-29	2009-06-20
DAVIES, William John	Director	2006-05-01	2020-10-28
DAVIS, Alan Wilfred	Director	2009-12-01	2013-03-28
EFFINGHAM, Phillip Howard	Director	2012-01-09	2018-07-30
EUSTACE, Michael Henry	Director	2004-09-08	2010-12-20
FLINT, Gordon John	Director	2013-05-08	2014-10-07
FRAMPTON, Colin Malcolm	Director	2014-10-09	2020-10-28
GODFREY, Janet	Director	2013-01-01	2020-10-28
HARGREAVES, Derek Elijah	Director	2014-05-12	2017-09-12
HARGREAVES, Julian	Director	2008-09-29	2020-10-28
HOLMES, Michael George	Director	2007-12-08	2008-01-02
LEIFERT, Carlo	Director	2004-09-08	2020-10-28
LOMAX, Richard Anthony	Director	2010-09-14	2014-11-29
MOLYNEUX, John Joseph	Director	2004-09-08	2015-02-26
PATRICK, Nigel John	Director	2011-01-06	2020-03-31
PICCAVER, David John Treadgold	Director	2009-11-16	2013-12-13
POSKITT, Stephen Guy	Director	2014-10-08	2022-09-06
RICHARDSON, John Michael	Director	2004-09-08	2019-11-06
SAYER, Roger Kenneth	Director	2004-09-08	2013-10-17
SINGLETON, Paul William	Director	2011-11-01	2014-09-30
THOMPSON, James Michael	Director	2022-08-17	2024-09-16
VRIJLAND, Nicolaas	Director	2004-09-08	2005-04-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Nigel Derek Bartle	Individual	Significant influence	2020-08-05	Ceased 2025-09-30
Mr Graham Philip Ward	Individual	Significant influence	2016-09-08	Ceased 2020-08-05

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 108 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-20	PSC08	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2025-09-30	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-09-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-09-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-09-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-14	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-07-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-09-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-03-05	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2021-03-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-28	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-2.9%

£2,115,246 £2,053,029
Cash

-22.9%

£1,089,758 £839,998
Net assets

+11.2%

£3,725,189 £4,142,800
Employees

-5.9%

34 32
Operating profit

+18.2%

£361,904 £427,611
Profit before tax

+18.2%

£361,904 £427,611
Wages

+1.7%

£747,708 £760,241

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

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