THE ROYAL COUNTRYSIDE FUND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£488K
-46.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+19.3% vs 2024
Employees
17
+21.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE ROYAL COUNTRYSIDE FUND 2023-08-21 → present
- THE PRINCE'S COUNTRYSIDE FUND 2010-04-30 → 2023-08-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£345,598 | £167,002 | |
| Cash | £910,294 | £487,967 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £863,411 | £1,030,413 | |
| Net assets | £863,411 | £1,030,413 | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 14 | 17 | |
| Wages | £560,931 | £663,536 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.7% | 43.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.24x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have considered the plans they have for the future, the level of reserves held and the cash projections, together with the charity's ability to match its costs to its income. The trustees consider that these give reasonable assurance of the adequacy of resources for the foreseeable future. The accounts have therefore been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE ROYAL COUNTRYSIDE FUND · parent
- Countryside Fund Trading Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Health Lottery Foundation - Restricted funding has been received at the end of the financial year for onward grants to be awarded in the 2025/26 financial year.”
- “Emergency Fund (designated) - established as a result of an emergency appeal to help the farmers' facing hardships from the severe flooding seen in recent years.”
- “Rural Communities (designated) - A designated fund created in September 2021 to set aside funds to award grants and support to Rural Communities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Jeremy Rupert | Director | 2026-01-06 | Mar 1960 | British |
| BRIMACOMBE, Stephanie | Director | 2023-04-05 | May 1993 | British |
| FURSDON, Edward David | Director | 2019-04-25 | Dec 1952 | British |
| HANCOCK, Heather Jane | Director | 2021-03-24 | Aug 1965 | British |
| LINDSAY, James Randolph, Earl Of Lindsay | Director | 2018-03-15 | Nov 1955 | British |
| MCCOLLUM, Janet Susanne Burgoyne | Director | 2020-01-02 | Feb 1965 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Andrew Mark | Director | 2025-10-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
| ROCK, Kate Harriet Alexandra, Baroness | Director | 2021-03-24 | Oct 1968 | British |
| SPARROW, Christopher Benjamin | Director | 2024-05-21 | Aug 1973 | British |
| WESTON, Charlotte Anne Marie | Director | 2025-03-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBA-OPOKU ACG, Yvonne | Secretary | 2017-07-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| WOLFENDEN, Lesley Ann | Secretary | 2010-06-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| ALLEN OBE, Mark | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2020-01-22 |
| BENNISON, Sara Philippa | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2021-09-15 |
| BOOTH CBE, DL, Edwin John | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2023-03-31 |
| BUCHANAN CVO, Elizabeth Faith Curner | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| COLLINS, Robert Andrew | Director | 2016-04-19 | 2025-03-31 |
| CURRY, Donald Thomas Younger, Lord | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2021-12-31 |
| DUDDRIDGE, Mark Francis | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2023-05-16 |
| DUNMORE, Stephen Lloyd | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2017-12-07 |
| GILLILAND, Stewart Charles | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2010-10-04 |
| HUGGINS, Susan Ann | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2017-12-07 |
| KERSHAW, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2017-12-07 |
| MCLEAN, Steven James | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2021-09-15 |
| MURPHY, Paul Simon | Director | 2010-06-02 | 2020-01-22 |
| MURRELLS CBE, Steven Geoffrey | Director | 2021-05-13 | 2025-09-17 |
| PENDLINGTON, Mark | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2018-12-06 |
| PRICE, Mark Ian | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2016-03-18 |
| RAYMOND, MBE, CBE, FRAGS, Meurig David | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2025-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Matthew James Righton | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2018-12-06 |
| STEIN, Brian | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2016-09-30 |
| WARBURTON, Jonathan | Director | 2023-04-13 | 2026-03-31 |
| WILKINSON, John Allan | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2025-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Andrew Merlay | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2019-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince Of Wales's Charitable Foundation | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2023-08-21 |
| His Royal Highness Charles Philip Arthur George The Prince Of Wales | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-46.4%
£910,294 £487,967
-
Net assets
+19.3%
£863,411 £1,030,413
-
Employees
+21.4%
14 17
-
Wages
+18.3%
£560,931 £663,536
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