LUTON CULTURAL SERVICES TRUST

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. LUTON CULTURAL SERVICES TRUST · parent
   1. LCST Trading Limited · England and Wales

Significant events

• “a new five-year funding agreement with Luton Rising which includes additional funding in recognition of the needs of the organisation and our value to communities across Luton.”
• “Reconnect Project - During the year The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded Luton Cultural Services Trust £177,513 to engage local communities through creative and innovative activities to support a refreshed customer-centric welcome for the Trust's heritage sites across Luton.”
• “Architectural Heritage Fund - Hat District Plus Programme: grant from The Architectural Heritage Fund awarded to Luton Cultural Services Trust providing three years funding as part of the Heritage Development Programme which focuses on transforming heritage assets into foundations for economic, social and cultural resurgence. The total grant amount is £210,000 which is paid over three years from 2024-2027.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +18.7%

  £3,016,262 → £3,581,388

• Cash

  -72.1%

  £656,820 → £183,547

• Net assets

  +1.4%

  £5,117,845 → £5,191,074

• Employees

  +2.2%

  46 → 47

• Profit before tax

  +65.1%

  -£526,136 → -£183,771

• Wages

  +0.1%

  £1,397,171 → £1,398,133

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