THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
Cash
£17M
+58.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
-8% vs 2024
Employees
419
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-607.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST 2009-04-01 → present
- OUTWARD BOUND GLOBAL 2008-11-13 → 2009-04-01
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 | £12,685,000 | £11,705,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £481,000 | -£2,440,000 | |
| Net profit | £616,000 | -£2,323,000 | |
| Cash | £10,617,000 | £16,866,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,095,000 | £26,772,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,095,000 | £26,772,000 | |
| Equity | £29,095,000 | £26,772,000 | |
| Average employees | 419 | 419 | |
| Wages | £10,165,000 | £11,241,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.9% | -19.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.3% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.99x | 3.46x |
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
- HaysMac 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. 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 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
- THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST · parent
- Outward Bound Corporate Limited 100%
- Outward Bound Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We have partnered with Seas the Day (Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne) the first women's team to have ever rowed the full Pacific Ocean non-stop and unsupported. They set off from Lima, Peru on 08 April 2025, using this trip to not only raise our profile but also buoyed by an ongoing fundraising campaign.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORCROSS, Fiona Louise | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| BAKER, Mark William | Director | 2024-09-20 | Mar 1966 | British |
| HALLAS, Jo | Director | 2024-03-19 | Feb 1970 | British |
| HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS KCVO OBE KSTJ DL, David Kim, Sir | Director | 2022-09-23 | Oct 1956 | British |
| HOULDING, Leo | Director | 2017-03-20 | Jul 1980 | British |
| JOSEPH, Richard Michael | Director | 2026-03-16 | Sep 1974 | British |
| LEWIS, Jonathan Wayne | Director | 2017-12-14 | Dec 1967 | British |
| MCKENNA, Maureen, Dr | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jul 1960 | British |
| RATTIGAN, Lynn Stacey | Director | 2024-03-19 | Jul 1965 | British |
| VOLLER, Paul Marcus George | Director | 2018-03-12 | Mar 1955 | British |
| WRIGHT, Helen Mary Turnbull | Director | 2022-06-20 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Nigel James Cubitt | Secretary | 2008-11-13 | 2011-06-21 |
| PARRY, David Kim | Secretary | 2011-06-21 | 2024-12-31 |
| ABEL, Julia Karen | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2024-06-18 |
| ASHMAN, Ian Campbell | Director | 2013-03-13 | 2023-10-06 |
| BONINGTON, Christian John Storey, Sir | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2009-08-06 |
| BUCHANAN, Nigel James Cubitt | Director | 2008-11-13 | 2011-07-01 |
| BUCKWORTH, Nicholas John Rowland | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2013-06-03 |
| CARR, Rodney Paul | Director | 2009-06-10 | 2015-12-07 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Andrew Martin | Director | 2018-03-12 | 2021-12-13 |
| DE ROTHSCHILD, Lynn Forester, Lady | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-02-24 |
| GAIR, MBE, Nicholas Pearson, Professor | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2024-09-20 |
| GOWRIE-SMITH, Ian Roderick | Director | 2008-11-13 | 2018-06-11 |
| HAGUE, Ffion Llywelyn | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-12-07 |
| HARROWELL, Youlande Uwakama | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2025-12-11 |
| HOEY, Catharine Letitia | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2011-12-15 |
| HOPKINS, David William Richard, Professor | Director | 2009-09-18 | 2012-12-07 |
| KRAMER, Philippa Lisa | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2023-03-20 |
| LLOYD, Murray Peter | Director | 2010-02-24 | 2012-03-23 |
| MAHJOOR, Farajollah Farshad | Director | 2014-12-30 | 2022-12-12 |
| MAKIN, Pamela Louise, Dame | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2021-09-21 |
| MAUND, Colin James | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2021-12-13 |
| MORDAUNT, Terence Charles | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2021-06-21 |
| NEUMARK, Peter Stephen | Director | 2008-11-13 | 2014-03-19 |
| OF YORK, Beatrice Elizabeth Mary, Hrh Princess | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2025-09-19 |
| PETER, Iain Miller Glover | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2013-06-03 |
| PHILIPPS, Charles Edward Laurence | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2023-12-12 |
| PRINCE ANDREW THE DUKE OF YORK KG KCVO ADC, Andrew Albert Christian, Hrh | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2019-03-11 |
| SANDERSON, Nicholas James | Director | 2021-09-21 | 2025-12-11 |
| SELLAR, Caroline Sarah Jane | Director | 2013-03-13 | 2020-06-02 |
| SPURLING, John Damien, Sir | Director | 2008-11-13 | 2012-12-07 |
| WALKER, Christine Mary | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2023-03-03 |
| WATSON, Richard | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2017-07-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Guy Hampson | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2025-03-18 |
| WORRALL, Eric Arthur | Director | 2008-11-13 | 2012-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-7.7%
£12,685,000 £11,705,000
-
Cash
+58.9%
£10,617,000 £16,866,000
-
Net assets
-8%
£29,095,000 £26,772,000
-
Employees
0%
419 419
-
Profit before tax
-607.3%
£481,000 -£2,440,000
-
Wages
+10.6%
£10,165,000 £11,241,000
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