THE MOUNT STUART TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-27.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£97M
-8.1% vs 2023
Employees
69
-6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£177K
-41.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,858,061 | £2,843,334 | |
| Operating profit | -£198,289 | -£6,774 | |
| Profit before tax | £299,993 | £176,622 | |
| Net profit | £299,993 | £176,622 | |
| Cash | £1,727,049 | £1,258,901 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £112,536,956 | £103,954,157 | |
| Net assets | £105,283,459 | £96,710,081 | |
| Equity | £105,283,459 | £96,710,081 | |
| Average employees | 74 | 69 | |
| Wages | £1,531,053 | £1,523,911 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.9% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | -0.12x | -0.00x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 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
- THE MOUNT STUART TRUST · parent
- Mount Stuart Events Limited 100%
- Bute Estate Developments Limited 100%
- Bute Estate Limited 100%
- Mount Stuart Trading Company Ltd 100%
- Mount Stuart Renewables Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-10-31 | — | — |
| BILSON, Lee Robert | Director | 2026-03-27 | Nov 1990 | British |
| CHRISTIE, Julie Ann | Director | 2024-02-16 | Jan 1969 | British |
| COCKBURN, Isobel Grace | Director | 2026-03-27 | Aug 1996 | British |
| CRICHTON-STUART, Anthony | Director | 1993-09-07 | May 1961 | British |
| CRICHTON-STUART, Flora Grace | Director | 2024-06-26 | Nov 1994 | British |
| CRICHTON-STUART, Sophia Anne | Director | 2020-09-10 | Feb 1956 | British |
| CURTIS-MACHIN, Raoul Patrick Paul | Director | 2025-11-28 | Feb 1969 | British |
| DICKSON, John Livingstone | Director | 2024-02-16 | Jun 1957 | British |
| DUMFRIES, Jack Bryson | Director | 2010-03-31 | Dec 1989 | British |
| EMBURY, Samantha Ella | Director | 2010-05-13 | Jan 1981 | British |
| JENKINS, Stephen | Director | 2005-02-07 | Jun 1956 | British |
| SYSON, Gilbert Luke | Director | 2026-03-27 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON STRATHERN | Corporate Secretary | 1992-09-01 | 2007-11-26 |
| ANDERSON STRATHERN WS | Corporate Secretary | 1989-06-12 | 1992-09-01 |
| AS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-11-26 | 2013-10-31 |
| ANSTRUTHER, Tobias Alexander Campbell | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2026-03-27 |
| BATE, Elizabeth Jane Franziska | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2025-07-03 |
| BUTE, John Colum, Marquess | Director | 1993-09-07 | 2010-03-31 |
| BUTE, Serena Solitaire | Director | 2017-11-07 | 2022-09-12 |
| BUTE, Serena Solitaire | Director | 2000-10-31 | 2010-03-31 |
| CRICHTON STUART, Caroline | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2012-05-31 |
| CRICHTON STUART, Cathleen | Director | 2010-05-31 | 2019-05-25 |
| CRICHTON-STUART, Caroline | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2017-11-23 |
| CRICHTON-STUART, John Colum, Marquess Of Bute | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2021-03-22 |
| CRICHTON-STUART, Sophia Anne | Director | 1993-09-07 | 2013-11-12 |
| DUMFRIES, Jennifer Percy | Director | 1993-09-07 | 1997-01-01 |
| FENWICK, Georgia | Director | 2017-11-07 | 2024-06-19 |
| GRIMSTON, Kenneth Robert | Director | 1989-06-12 | 2000-02-24 |
| HENDERSON, Colin Bruce | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2013-08-09 |
| JENNINGS, John Anthony William | Director | — | 1998-12-09 |
| RAE, David Alasdair Hamley, Dr | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2025-07-15 |
| RISSMANN OBE, Hans Hermann | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2019-09-18 |
| RUSSELL, Francis George Scott | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2026-03-27 |
| TIMMS, Peter | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2021-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-0.5%
£2,858,061 £2,843,334
-
Cash
-27.1%
£1,727,049 £1,258,901
-
Net assets
-8.1%
£105,283,459 £96,710,081
-
Employees
-6.8%
74 69
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Operating profit
+96.6%
-£198,289 -£6,774
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Profit before tax
-41.1%
£299,993 £176,622
-
Wages
-0.5%
£1,531,053 £1,523,911
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