THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
Cash
£26M
-39.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£43M
-15.3% vs 2024
Employees
2,548
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£8M
+44.1% 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 ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST 2014-12-17 → present
- THE ENGLISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION 2010-11-22 → 2014-12-17
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 | £130,384,000 | £140,167,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,818,000 | -£7,730,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,818,000 | -£7,730,000 | |
| Cash | £43,078,000 | £26,070,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,888,000 | £74,083,000 | |
| Net assets | £50,622,000 | £42,892,000 | |
| Equity | £50,622,000 | £42,892,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,507 | 2,548 | |
| Wages | £49,500,000 | £52,437,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -10.6% | -5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.17x |
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
- Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In adopting the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements, the Trustees have considered the business activities and principal risks set out on page 17. The Trustees have reviewed the latest financial projections... Trustees are satisfied that English Heritage continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST · parent
- English Heritage Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The English Heritage Trust renewed its ten-year operating licence with Historic England in 2024/25.”
- “Dozens of conservation projects were completed and exciting new experiences opened at Dover Castle and Grime's Graves.”
- “Major funding milestones were passed, securing funding for the new Stonehenge Learning Centre and Living Barracks project.”
- “Awarded a £1 million grant to create two new conservation science labs.”
- “The organisation underwent a restructuring, resulting in redundancies to ensure financial strength.”
- “Visitor numbers to pay-to-enter sites fell to 5.7 million (2023/24: 6.1 million) against a budget of 6.5 million.”
- “Member base slightly reduced to 1.19 million (2023/24: 1.22 million).”
- “Restructuring costs amounted to £6.9 million in 2024/25.”
- “Income rose above £150 million for the first time as an independent charity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATES, Tony | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| FARMER, Paul David Charles | Director | 2025-11-11 | Oct 1966 | British |
| GOKHALE, Tanvi | Director | 2021-07-01 | Dec 1977 | British |
| HADDON, Dale Thomas | Director | 2026-03-25 | Aug 1963 | British |
| HALES, Antony John | Director | 2026-02-05 | May 1948 | British |
| JAMES, Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert, The Hon. | Director | 2023-03-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| LINEY, Peter Richard | Director | 2023-03-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
| MARSDEN, Jonathan Mark, Sir | Director | 2023-02-08 | Feb 1960 | British |
| MICHAELS, Chris, Dr. | Director | 2023-03-01 | May 1978 | British |
| TEW, Beverley Jane | Director | 2026-03-25 | Oct 1967 | British |
| WHYTE, William Hadden, Rev Canon Professor | Director | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| WILKINSON, Susan Linda | Director | 2020-04-01 | Nov 1956 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THURLEY, Simon John, Dr | Secretary | 2010-11-22 | 2015-03-31 |
| BALFOUR, Alexander William | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| BARNSLEY, Victoria | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2023-06-21 |
| BOYCOTT, Kay Elizabeth | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| BROMLEY, Amanda Elizabeth | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2024-09-25 |
| CUNLIFFE, Barrington Windsor, Professor Sir | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2015-03-31 |
| EVANS, Robin Edward Rowlinson | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2014-12-15 |
| GURASSA, Charles Mark | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| HEMMING, Sukie Mary | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| HORNBY, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2014-12-15 |
| HUTTON, Ronald Edmund, Professor | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2022-06-21 |
| JAMES-WEED, Kate Belinda | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2018-09-25 |
| LAURENCE, Timothy James Hamilton, Vice Admiral Sir | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2022-12-31 |
| LEMOS CMG CBE, Gerard Anthony | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-07-22 |
| MAGNUS, Laurence Henry Philip, Sir | Director | 2014-04-22 | 2023-02-09 |
| MCCAIG, Ian | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| MOULD, Philip Jonathan Clifford | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2014-12-15 |
| OLULODE, Kunle | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| OLUSOGA, David Adetayo | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-10-14 |
| PATEMAN-JONES, Alan | Director | 2014-07-05 | 2015-03-31 |
| READING, Ian Malcolm | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-10-04 |
| RICE, Emma Mary | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2014-02-26 |
| STANIFORTH, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| THURLEY, Simon John, Dr | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| TWINING, James Douglas Robert | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2022-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£130,384,000 £140,167,000
-
Cash
-39.5%
£43,078,000 £26,070,000
-
Net assets
-15.3%
£50,622,000 £42,892,000
-
Employees
+1.6%
2,507 2,548
-
Profit before tax
+44.1%
-£13,818,000 -£7,730,000
-
Wages
+5.9%
£49,500,000 £52,437,000
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