ABERNETHY TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+12.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-3.8% vs 2023
Employees
75
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-10-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,772,944 | £1,877,194 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£19,604 | -£264,122 | |
| Cash | £1,687,892 | £1,900,659 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,435,654 | £6,130,217 | |
| Net assets | £6,314,623 | £6,074,027 | |
| Equity | £6,314,623 | £6,074,027 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 75 | |
| Wages | £775,535 | £889,489 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.1% | -14.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.6% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 2.94x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Innes & Partners Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Trust is a viable going concern.”
Group structure
- ABERNETHY TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Abernethy Developments Ltd 100%
- Abersanda Ltd
Significant events
- “A trip from a school group in Ukraine to our Barcaple Centre was a significant event.”
- “The launch of our Kilmalieu retreat centre was a major development during this financial year.”
- “In September, Abernethy launched a new website to provide improved user experience and easier access to information.”
- “In February 2025, Abernethy Trust unveiled plans for a £3 million redevelopment at its largest outdoor centre in Nethy Bridge.”
- “On 5th April 2025, the company has a capital commitment amounting to £277,000 for the acquisition of a residential property.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, Simon John | Secretary | 2024-03-09 | — | — |
| BEVERIDGE, Sally Jane | Director | 2025-03-22 | Jan 1980 | British |
| CUNNINGHAM, Simon John | Director | 2024-03-09 | May 1962 | British |
| DENNIS, Eilidh Ruth | Director | 2025-03-22 | Jan 1981 | British |
| MARRIAN, Andrew Guy | Director | 2024-06-22 | Sep 1978 | British |
| MCKILLOP, David Ewart | Director | 2022-06-25 | Jan 1995 | British |
| MITCHELL, Kirstin Isla | Director | 2023-03-25 | Apr 1982 | British |
| REILLY, Colin Howard | Director | 2022-09-17 | Oct 1968 | British |
| THOMSON, Richard Henry | Director | 2025-03-22 | Jan 1987 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELSHAM, David Keith | Secretary | 2021-06-26 | 2024-03-09 |
| CAUSEY, Michael Stuart | Secretary | 2019-09-07 | 2021-04-16 |
| DOUGALL, Hamish, Dr | Secretary | 2021-04-16 | 2021-08-05 |
| GRAY, John Lorimer | Secretary | — | 2012-04-13 |
| LAVEROCK, Alan James | Secretary | 2011-11-01 | 2013-02-25 |
| SIMPSON, Philip Alan, Dr | Secretary | 2013-02-25 | 2019-09-07 |
| ALLEN, Sheona | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2022-11-26 |
| ANDERSON, Alan Peter | Director | — | 1997-03-08 |
| BARBOUR, James | Director | 1990-09-08 | 2007-03-02 |
| BELSHAM, David Keith | Director | 2021-04-11 | 2025-03-22 |
| BEVAN, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2024-11-30 |
| BROWN, Gordon Highet | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2026-03-21 |
| CARVEL, John Oswald Alexander | Director | — | 1997-03-08 |
| CHURCHFIELD, Simon Patrick Edward | Director | 2017-11-25 | 2021-05-06 |
| CLARK, Eileen Thomson Mclean | Director | — | 1994-03-12 |
| CRAWFORD, William Alexander | Director | — | 1999-06-11 |
| DOUGALL, Hamish Thomson, Dr | Director | 1993-09-12 | 2024-06-22 |
| DUNCAN, Bryan Gordon | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2021-04-16 |
| EDMONDSON, Barry Michael | Director | 2013-09-14 | 2018-12-07 |
| GLOVER, Neil Mckie, Rev | Director | 2018-11-24 | 2022-06-25 |
| GLOVER, Neil Mckie, Rev | Director | 2006-09-09 | 2015-03-13 |
| GORDON, Carole | Director | 2021-04-11 | 2023-10-09 |
| GORDON, Derek John | Director | 2005-03-05 | 2016-06-09 |
| GRAY, John Lorimer | Director | — | 2011-12-10 |
| GRAY, Moira Ray | Director | — | 2010-12-04 |
| LAVEROCK, Alan James | Director | 1997-09-06 | 2011-12-10 |
| MCNEILL, James Stuart | Director | — | 2017-06-15 |
| MURRAY, Gordon Douglas | Director | — | 2001-09-08 |
| SIMPSON, Philip Alan, Dr | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2018-10-18 |
| SMITH, Alison | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2025-11-29 |
| SMITH, George Bruce Pirie | Director | — | 2008-11-28 |
| SMITH, Peter Richard | Director | 2014-06-05 | 2021-04-16 |
| STRICKLAND, Bruce Mckenzie, Dr | Director | 1997-09-06 | 2022-11-26 |
| THOMSON, Alan Sturdy | Director | 2021-04-11 | 2025-03-22 |
| WALKER, Norman Caulfield | Director | — | 2006-03-03 |
| YARROW, Sheila Elizabeth | Director | 1994-12-03 | 2021-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Hamish Thomson Dougall | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-04-11 | Ceased 2022-03-23 |
| Mr Michael Stuart Causey | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-07 | Ceased 2021-04-11 |
| Dr Philip Alan Simpson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£1,772,944 £1,877,194
-
Cash
+12.6%
£1,687,892 £1,900,659
-
Net assets
-3.8%
£6,314,623 £6,074,027
-
Employees
+4.2%
72 75
-
Wages
+14.7%
£775,535 £889,489
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