THE ERNEST COOK TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-03 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+232.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£317M
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
53
+17.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 | £610,000 | £463,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,619,000 | -£4,024,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £15,115,000 | £1,347,000 | |
| Cash | £2,732,000 | £9,078,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £327,503,000 | £327,174,000 | |
| Net assets | £315,375,000 | £316,722,000 | |
| Equity | £315,375,000 | £316,722,000 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 53 | |
| Wages | £1,608,000 | £1,999,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -429.3% | -869.1% | |
| Net margin | 2477.9% | 290.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | -1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.62x | 5.43x | |
| Interest cover | -7.00x | -10.53x |
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
- Hazlewoods 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 charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE ERNEST COOK TRUST · parent
- ECT Farms Limited 100%
- Mintglebe Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCANN, Louisa | Secretary | 2025-07-16 | — | — |
| CAMPBELL, Natalie | Director | 2025-09-25 | Sep 1983 | British |
| GAMBLES, Ian Christopher, Dr | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| GREENWOOD, Jenefer Dawn | Director | 2017-04-05 | Oct 1957 | British |
| KABBA, Zainab, Dr | Director | 2024-09-19 | Sep 1980 | American |
| LANDMAN, Rory Buchanan | Director | 2023-06-16 | Jan 1961 | British |
| PIGOTT, Ian | Director | 2022-09-14 | Jul 1969 | British |
| RIALL, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2015-11-24 | Jul 1965 | British |
| VICKERS, Stephen George | Director | 2025-12-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Victoria Mary, Dr | Secretary | 2016-10-01 | 2022-12-08 |
| FORD, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2012-01-12 | 2016-10-01 |
| HATCHER, Stephen | Secretary | 2022-12-08 | 2024-07-25 |
| PARSONS, Linda | Secretary | 2024-07-26 | 2025-07-16 |
| BOSANQUET, Samuel Anthony John Pierre | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2013-11-21 |
| CHRISTIE-MILLER, Andrew William Michael | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2023-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Victoria Mary, Dr | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2016-05-20 |
| ELIOT, Simon Flowerdew | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2025-10-30 |
| GAMBLES, Ian Christopher, Dr | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2022-11-04 |
| HENDERSON, Henry Merton | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2024-12-12 |
| MACLURE, Patrick Stanley Winton King | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2014-11-19 |
| ROSS, Walter Robert Alexander, Sir | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2022-12-08 |
| TUELY, Miles Clissold | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2015-11-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Elizabeth Riall | Legal person | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew William Michael Christie-Miller | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
-24.1%
£610,000 £463,000
-
Cash
+232.3%
£2,732,000 £9,078,000
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£315,375,000 £316,722,000
-
Employees
+17.8%
45 53
-
Operating profit
-53.6%
-£2,619,000 -£4,024,000
-
Wages
+24.3%
£1,608,000 £1,999,000
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