WELLCOME TRUST FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+14.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£138M
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
+4.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,099,490 | £29,068,750 | |
| Operating profit | £3,121,271 | £3,179,892 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,164,651 | £3,312,864 | |
| Net profit | £3,989,289 | £3,312,864 | |
| Cash | £4,248,359 | £4,847,925 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £681,267,062 | £681,655,779 | |
| Net assets | £137,500,000 | £137,500,000 | |
| Equity | £137,500,000 | £137,500,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.0% | 80.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.67x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 22.42x | — |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and to meet any commitments as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing the Financial Statements. The maturities of the loans to Parent undertaking will match the maturity of the July 2036 Bond liabilities, which will allow the Bonds to be repaid to investors on maturity. The interest from the loans with Wellcome Trust is sufficient to meet the fixed rate interest payment to bond holders. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements. The Directors have considered the impact of higher interest rates on the Company and have concluded there are no material uncertainties related to these events or conditions that may cast doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Christopher | Secretary | 2017-06-28 | — | — |
| MOAKES, Nicholas David | Director | 2008-04-14 | Apr 1964 | British |
| THEHOS, Fabian | Director | 2018-01-01 | Mar 1981 | German |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSSAR, Andrew | Secretary | 2016-04-29 | 2017-06-28 |
| COSSAR, Andrew | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2012-09-17 |
| STEWART, John Gillespie | Secretary | 2006-07-05 | 2012-01-31 |
| WALLCRAFT, Susan Jean | Secretary | 2012-09-17 | 2016-04-29 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-06-26 | 2006-07-05 |
| CHADWICK, Karen | Director | 2019-06-21 | 2026-03-31 |
| JACQUES, Suzy Marie | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2008-04-14 |
| JEFFREYS, Simon John Lewis | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2014-06-30 |
| KIFF, Genny | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2008-04-14 |
| PEART, Joanna Mary | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2008-04-14 |
| PEREIRA GRAY, Peter John | Director | 2008-04-14 | 2022-09-30 |
| PHILLIPPS, David Alan | Director | 2006-07-05 | 2009-02-27 |
| TRUELL, Daniel Fosbroke | Director | 2006-07-05 | 2017-09-30 |
| MITRE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-06-26 | 2006-07-05 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-06-26 | 2006-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wellcome Trust Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2024-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£29,099,490 £29,068,750
-
Cash
+14.1%
£4,248,359 £4,847,925
-
Net assets
0%
£137,500,000 £137,500,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+1.9%
£3,121,271 £3,179,892
-
Profit before tax
+4.7%
£3,164,651 £3,312,864
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