KING'S ARMS TRUST (BEDFORD)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-15 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£430K
-10% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-3.2% vs 2023
Employees
63
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£90K
-266.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £594,811 | £599,614 | |
| Operating profit | £92,936 | -£52,377 | |
| Profit before tax | £53,978 | -£89,994 | |
| Net profit | £53,978 | -£89,994 | |
| Cash | £478,005 | £430,252 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,808,179 | £3,149,117 | |
| Net assets | £2,792,643 | £2,702,649 | |
| Equity | £2,792,643 | £2,702,649 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 63 | |
| Wages | £1,089,360 | £1,211,240 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.6% | -8.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | -15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.11x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | 2.17x | -1.26x |
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
- Wright Connections
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Trustees are satisfied that apart from the areas that continue to be monitored as mentioned above, there are no other events or conditions that cast significant doubts on the ability of the group to continue as a successful ongoing concern.”
Group structure
- KING'S ARMS TRUST (BEDFORD) · parent
- KA Facilities (Bedford) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Significant changes to the management structure of the trust and church were made during 2024, with final implementation during 2025.”
- “In September 2024 significant flood damage occurred inside the building.”
- “In early 2024 the Valuation Office Agency issued a notice requiring the trust to pay £126k for business rates backdated for the 7 years from April 2017 to March 2024, plus a further £42k for subsequent years to March 2026. The trust is appealing this decision.”
- “The company incurred termination costs of £15,000 (2023: £nil) in respect of payments made to staff under settlement agreements. These payments were made as part of agreed exit arrangements following organisational restructuring and role changes within the charity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2025-09-28 | Nov 1969 | British |
| HOLLEY, Simon Geoffrey | Director | 2006-08-08 | Oct 1970 | British |
| HUMPHREY, Peter John | Director | 2019-07-09 | Dec 1960 | British |
| KAMCHIRA-MANGWIZA, Sandra | Director | 2024-03-05 | May 1986 | British |
| LOVELEY, Roydon | Director | 2006-08-08 | Mar 1947 | British |
| MARFLEET, Nicola Louise | Director | 2020-01-21 | Nov 1976 | British |
| ODENIRAN, Rotimi | Director | 2023-03-26 | Apr 1976 | British |
| VARLEY, Philip Alan | Director | 2020-10-20 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLT, David | Secretary | 2014-01-29 | 2018-08-22 |
| JOHNSON, Emma | Secretary | 2008-07-01 | 2014-01-29 |
| LOVELEY, Roydon | Secretary | 2006-08-08 | 2008-07-01 |
| ADAMS, Julian Bruce | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2013-07-09 |
| ADAMS, Mark Richard Vassall | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2018-11-20 |
| COOK, Kirstie Ruth | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2017-03-08 |
| HICKMAN, Rachel Mary Usha | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2023-11-30 |
| JOHNSON, Paul Gregory | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2022-10-04 |
| LIPSKI, Vanessa Julie | Director | 2019-07-09 | 2020-10-20 |
| SIMCO, Angela Heather | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2008-12-29 |
| STANYARD, Paul John | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2019-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roydon Loveley | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.8%
£594,811 £599,614
-
Cash
-10%
£478,005 £430,252
-
Net assets
-3.2%
£2,792,643 £2,702,649
-
Employees
-1.6%
64 63
-
Operating profit
-156.4%
£92,936 -£52,377
-
Profit before tax
-266.7%
£53,978 -£89,994
-
Wages
+11.2%
£1,089,360 £1,211,240
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