NEKTON FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-06 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
14
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
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 | £7,347,116 | £3,197,418 | |
| Operating profit | £3,247,145 | -£2,243,105 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,247,145 | -£2,243,105 | |
| Net profit | £3,168,389 | -£2,318,555 | |
| Cash | £4,758,547 | £2,114,800 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,500,491 | £2,181,936 | |
| Equity | £4,500,491 | £2,181,936 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 14 | |
| Wages | £643,610 | £773,695 |
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 | 44.2% | -70.2% | |
| Net margin | 43.1% | -72.5% | |
| Current ratio | 8.13x | 5.88x |
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
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees believe the charity remains a going concern and strengthened by recent funding commitments. The trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- NEKTON FOUNDATION · parent
- Nekton Enterprises Limited 100%
- Ocean Census Limited 100%
Significant events
- “38% increase in annual marine species discovery rates”
- “909 Species discovered”
- “6 Expeditions across our oceans (South Sandwich Islands, Arctic Deep, Philippine Sea, Antarctica, Nazca Ridge, Maluku Islands)”
- “World first sighting and recording of a live Colossal Squid on the South Sandwich Island expedition.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNETT, Juliet Catharine | Director | 2017-10-31 | Jun 1971 | British |
| CROWTHER, Paul Anthony, Captain | Director | 2017-11-08 | Mar 1966 | British |
| CUNLIFFE, Christopher Robert | Director | 2025-10-23 | Jun 1975 | British |
| GOODLAD, William Duff | Director | 2020-02-13 | Sep 1974 | British |
| GREY, Rupert Christopher | Director | 2015-06-17 | Sep 1946 | British |
| MCCALLUM, Robert Dougall | Director | 2019-01-30 | Jun 1965 | New Zealander |
| PENN, Emily Victoria | Director | 2018-03-23 | Mar 1987 | British |
| RICE, Vanessa | Director | 2019-05-16 | Dec 1973 | South African |
| ROBERTS, Callum Michael, Professor | Director | 2019-01-30 | Apr 1962 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH, David | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2017-03-24 |
| JARDINE, Paul Andrew | Director | 2017-11-06 | 2025-10-13 |
| POUPONNEAU, Angelique Louise Marie | Director | 2020-07-27 | 2023-02-23 |
| ROGERS, Alex David, Professor | Director | 2017-03-24 | 2019-07-02 |
| THIELE, Torsten | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2016-10-21 |
| TOPPING, Jennifer Kathryn | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2017-03-24 |
| WINSER, Nigel | Director | 2017-03-24 | 2019-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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