WICKSTEED CHARITABLE TRUST

1. WICKSTEED CHARITABLE TRUST 2011-04-11 → present
2. DUNHAM LAW 01 2011-04-07 → 2011-04-11
3. DUNHAM LAW 01 LIMITED 2010-10-02 → 2011-04-07

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In assessing going concern, the Trustees have taken into account all available information about the future and have reviewed detailed forecasts which consider both the various impacts of anticipated price rises and potential future cash inflows. A planning application for the development of an over 55s village within the Park has been submitted. In light of these considerations, and the management thereof, the Group's results are reported in accordance with the going concern concept.”

Group structure

1. WICKSTEED CHARITABLE TRUST · parent
   1. Wicksteed Trading Limited 100% · England and Wales · Operation of a Leisure Park situated within Wicksteed Park
   2. Paradise Lane Limited 100% · England and Wales · No activity
   3. Wicksteed Village Limited 100% · United Kingdom · No activity

Significant events

• “In March 2024, the "Beanstalk" was unveiled to the public in the heart of the free playground. This one-of-a-kind piece of play equipment was designed by a local primary-aged pupil as part of the @Play Project...”
• “The installation of a brand-new bird hide in January 2025 allows visitors the opportunity to observe the Park's wildlife.”
• “In March 2025 the Park was proud to be home to the start and finish lines for the inaugural Kettering Half Marathon and 5km race. This event welcomed almost 2,000 runners plus their supporters to the area.”
• “In late November 2024, the Park was filled with dogs and their owners wearing Christmas jumpers as part of the inaugural Santa Paws in the Park competition.”
• “A brand-new Festival of Nature will be held at the Park in May 2025, promoting the rich wildlife that calls the Park home...”
• “The @Play project, funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund was completed in March 2024.”
• “New waymarked nature trails opened to the public in summer 2024...”
• “A new project in conjunction with Natural England is underway which will improve the floodplain on the Water Meadows.”
• “The Trust successfully applied to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for a new grant to support the creation of a fundraising team at the Park.”
• “The launch of the Wicksteed Parkcast in March 2025 promotes understanding of the Park's unique place in local history...”

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

  +3.5%

  £3,977,997 → £4,116,423

• Cash

  +0.5%

  £887,043 → £891,437

• Net assets

  -3.8%

  £7,154,026 → £6,879,054

• Employees

  -2.8%

  141 → 137

• Operating profit

  +50.2%

  -£628,838 → -£313,003

• Profit before tax

  +50.2%

  -£628,838 → -£313,003

• Wages

  -4.4%

  £1,921,413 → £1,836,693

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