THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-03 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£386K
-23% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£60K
-103.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION 2013-07-26 → present
- THE GRESHAM'S FOUNDATION LTD 2013-07-03 → 2013-07-26
- THE GRESHAM'S HOLT FOUNDATION 2005-04-19 → 2013-07-03
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,664,000 | -£60,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,465,000 | £794,000 | |
| Cash | £501,000 | £386,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £9,536,000 | £10,330,000 | |
| Equity | £9,536,000 | £10,330,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 12.05x | 31.08x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The second Gresham's Giving Day was held in March 2025”
- “The introduction of VAT on school fees in January 2025 has further underlined the need for philanthropic support”
- “The annual Old Greshamian (OG) drinks at Fishmongers' Hall took place in November 2024”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOFF, Michael Lee Johnson | Director | 2018-06-29 | Jan 1955 | British |
| MARRIAGE, Paul Harvey | Director | 2018-06-29 | Nov 1971 | British |
| MARTIN SMITH, Andrew Everard | Director | 2019-10-10 | Jun 1952 | British |
| MORGAN, James Kenrick | Director | 2023-06-15 | Nov 1970 | British |
| SCOTT, Diana Brocklebank | Director | 2018-06-29 | May 1968 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Alan | Secretary | 2008-10-10 | 2011-04-10 |
| WATERS, Keith Stuart | Secretary | 2005-04-19 | 2008-10-10 |
| BANKES, Nigel John Eldon | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2019-10-10 |
| BROWN, Alastair Charles | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2018-06-29 |
| DU BROW, Benjamin James | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2025-12-05 |
| FARRER, Matthew Charles, Sir | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2008-02-14 |
| FLOWER, Nigel Clark | Director | 2016-09-13 | 2018-06-29 |
| GOFF, Michael Lee Johnson | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2018-06-29 |
| GOFF, Michael Lee Johnson | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2012-01-31 |
| JOHN, Philip | Director | 2008-11-11 | 2013-12-31 |
| PAYNE, Adney | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2018-06-29 |
| PEACOCK, James Roderick Benzie | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2026-01-01 |
| ROBB, Douglas Robert Kenneth | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| SCOTT, Andrew Henry | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2008-11-11 |
| WATERS, Keith Stuart | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2014-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-01 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-23%
£501,000 £386,000
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£9,536,000 £10,330,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-103.6%
£1,664,000 -£60,000
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