JOHN MUIR TRUST(THE)

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

Wbg (Audit) Limited

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 group and parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. JOHN MUIR TRUST(THE) · parent
   1. JMT Trading Company Limited 100% · Scotland · agriculture and forestry activities and also the merchandising activities

Significant events

• “Our focus on deer reduction over the last three years is now allowing year-on-year growth of tree seedlings.”
• “In 2024, we marked 25 years of caring for East Schiehallion.”
• “2024 saw the Trust embark on a new project at Nevis to provide the kind of coherence and scale that is needed to bring positive change to the area's landscape and biodiversity.”
• “Over the summer improved weather enabled the Trust to carry out a helicopter lift of 43 tonnes (53 bags) of stone on to the upper slopes of Ben Nevis for footpath repair work.”
• “On Skye, after experimenting the previous year with a new method of repairing a boggy path with raw unprocessed sheep wool, in 2024 we were pleased to report that it was a huge success.”
• “A decade of surveying breeding birds at Glenlude in the Scottish Borders shows that overall numbers have more than tripled.”
• “Following meetings with the Scottish Government in late 2023, we launched a refreshed Carbon Emissions Land Tax (CELT) proposal in spring 2024.”
• “2024 saw the Trust continuing to work with partners in calling for a re-think of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) of mobile masts.”
• “In 2024 we started work to develop a 'Wild Places Index'.”
• “In 2024, 16,000 people successfully complete their John Muir Award, before the Award was paused for a short period to focus on redesigning key elements for its future sustainability.”
• “2024 marked 12 years of developing native woodland habitat in our Glenlude Phoenix Forest, with partners Phoenix Futures.”
• “The Trust ended 2024 in a significantly stronger financial position than it began the year. A net operating surplus of £643k was achieved (2023: deficit of £1,776k) driven by reduced levels of expenditure, strong investment returns, and two substantial legacies that were received in the final quarter of the year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +33.8%

  £2,971,825 → £3,975,667

• Cash

  +234.9%

  £687,200 → £2,301,350

• Net assets

  +7%

  £9,158,916 → £9,802,280

• Employees

  -14.9%

  67 → 57

• Operating profit

  +124%

  -£1,828,224 → £438,814

• Wages

  -17%

  £2,256,119 → £1,872,673

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