OUTDOOR ACCESS TRUST FOR SCOTLAND
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£367K
-33.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+22.8% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£209K
-40% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OUTDOOR ACCESS TRUST FOR SCOTLAND 2017-04-28 → present
- CAIRNGORMS OUTDOOR ACCESS TRUST 2008-04-15 → 2017-04-28
- UPPER DEESIDE ACCESS TRUST 1998-06-01 → 2008-04-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £459,695 | £490,304 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £348,010 | £208,834 | |
| Net profit | £348,010 | £208,834 | |
| Cash | £551,710 | £367,452 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,541,484 | £1,730,317 | |
| Net assets | £1,447,484 | £1,777,317 | |
| Equity | £1,447,484 | £1,777,317 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £175,562 | £197,244 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 75.7% | 42.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.2% | 2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 7.73x | 4.92x |
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
- Dickson Middleton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements.”
Group structure
- OUTDOOR ACCESS TRUST FOR SCOTLAND · parent
- OATS Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024-25 was the final year of OATS 2020-25 business plan and in March 2025 the Board approved the new 2025-30 Business Plan. The plan has risk register and is focussed on developing new high quality projects whilst at the same time building up a healthy reserve sufficient to repay Social Investments Scotland's Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund.”
- “The Trust is also 2 years through a 3 year joint scheme with Mountaineering Scotland to repair the An Teallach path with donations generated through the Its Up To Us campaign, and will complete it in 2025-26.”
- “On 15 May 2024, the charitable company lodged Standard Security arrangements in favour of The Highland Council for the Stac Pollaidh Car Park, Ross-shire, and certain ground adjacent to the car park, in respect of the tenant's interest in the related lease.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYDEN, Duncan Mackenzie | Director | 2015-12-03 | Jan 1959 | British |
| BRYERS, Keith Simpson | Director | 2018-06-14 | Sep 1956 | Scottish |
| CRANE, Peter David | Director | 2023-06-01 | Dec 1961 | British |
| HOGBEN, Christine | Director | 2023-01-24 | Feb 1969 | British |
| MAIN, Paul John | Director | 2024-11-13 | Feb 1966 | Scottish |
| ORD, Peter John | Director | 1998-06-01 | May 1947 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-04-03 | 2024-11-07 |
| LEDINGHAM CHALMERS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2006-04-03 |
| ANDERSON, William Frederick | Director | 1999-07-02 | 2003-04-30 |
| BALE, David Walter Cowen, Dr | Director | 2007-04-03 | 2009-09-30 |
| BLACKETT, Geva Charlotte Caroline, Councillor | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2018-12-14 |
| BUCHAN, Charles Cummin | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2022-05-31 |
| CAMERON, David Fraser | Director | 2007-10-26 | 2021-06-16 |
| CHALMERS, Patrick Edward Bruce | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2009-04-07 |
| CHALMERS, Patrick Edward Bruce | Director | 1998-06-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| FALLOWS, David John | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2010-10-06 |
| FARQUHAR, Katrina Anne | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| FULTON, Stewart Greig | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2003-04-30 |
| HILLHOUSE, Robert Russell, Sir | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2003-08-29 |
| HUMPHREY, James Malcolm Marcus | Director | 2003-05-30 | 2013-08-01 |
| HUNTER, Alison Janet | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| HUTCHEON, Gregor William | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2016-05-13 |
| JOHNSON, Paul Ernest | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2018-03-22 |
| KINNAIRD, Bob | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2015-12-03 |
| MACDONALD, Ron Angus, Dr | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2001-06-01 |
| MACKAY, Peter | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2013-03-14 |
| MIDDLETON, Robin Buchan, Captain | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2007-03-30 |
| MOFFETT, Ian Weatherston | Director | 2014-06-12 | 2022-05-31 |
| ROBERTS, Jeremy | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2013-09-19 |
| WITHEY, Robert Simon | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2018-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+6.7%
£459,695 £490,304
-
Cash
-33.4%
£551,710 £367,452
-
Net assets
+22.8%
£1,447,484 £1,777,317
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-40%
£348,010 £208,834
-
Wages
+12.4%
£175,562 £197,244
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