THE SOUTHERN UPLANDS PARTNERSHIP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
Cash
£347K
+242.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£594K
-31.5% vs 2024
Employees
21
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,631,258 | £950,332 | |
| Operating profit | £355,964 | -£272,993 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £355,964 | -£272,993 | |
| Cash | £101,270 | £346,976 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £867,221 | £594,228 | |
| Net assets | £867,221 | £594,228 | |
| Equity | £867,221 | £594,228 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 21 | |
| Wages | £550,090 | £583,426 |
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 | 21.8% | -28.7% | |
| Net margin | 21.8% | -28.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.0% | -45.9% | |
| Current ratio | 8.57x | 22.70x |
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
- Farries, Kirk and McVean
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of not less than twelve months. The Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE SOUTHERN UPLANDS PARTNERSHIP · parent
- Southern Uplands Partnership Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 marks the 25th anniversary year of The Southern Uplands Partnership.”
- “Overall employee numbers decreased during the year from 24 in March 2024 to 18 in March 2025.”
- “The pioneering South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project (SSGEP), hosted since 2018, transitioned at the end of December 2024 to RUN (Restoring Upland Nature SCIO).”
- “Insufficient funding led to the redundancy of 6 SSGEP staff.”
- “A restructure in 2024/25 was agreed by the Board, creating new administration and management roles deemed essential to ensure sustainability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 56 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Sheila Ann | Secretary | 2020-03-04 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Robert George | Director | 2022-05-11 | Apr 2000 | British |
| CRICHTON, Alan Stewart | Director | 2025-11-26 | Sep 1948 | British |
| ESSLEMONT, John William | Director | 2019-10-02 | Jun 1956 | British |
| MILES, Christopher John, Dr | Director | 2017-06-28 | Nov 1956 | British |
| ROWLEY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2022-10-17 | Jun 1965 | British |
| TAYLOR, Emily Siobhan, Dr | Director | 2020-11-17 | Feb 1983 | British |
Show 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| J & H MITCHELL WS | Corporate Secretary | 1999-10-19 | 2020-03-04 |
| ANDERSON, Charles Adair | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2013-07-04 |
| ANTHONY, Fitzpatrick Leslie | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2012-07-10 |
| ASHROWAN, Bridget Ann, Ms. | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2021-11-17 |
| BALLANCE, Christopher Howard | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2014-06-23 |
| BEATTIE-SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2017-03-08 | 2018-08-22 |
| BERRETTI, Antony Michael | Director | 2022-10-17 | 2023-04-03 |
| BROOKS, Elizabeth Ann, Dr | Director | 2016-07-05 | 2018-08-22 |
| CRICHTON, Alan Stewart | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2018-08-22 |
| DAVIDSON, John Walter | Director | 2000-06-10 | 2005-06-08 |
| DAVIDSON, Veronica Mary, Councillor | Director | 2003-06-11 | 2010-06-23 |
| FINLAY, Wilma Jean | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2007-06-08 |
| FITZPATRICK, Leslie Anthony | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2018-08-22 |
| FRASER, Ann Barbara | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2016-07-05 |
| FRASER, Michael Weir | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2016-07-05 |
| GEDDES, Alistair | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2017-05-04 |
| GORDON, Margaret Lindsay | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2012-07-03 |
| HAGMANN, Katie Elise | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2022-05-04 |
| HALL, Robert Hugh Bullock | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2007-06-08 |
| HEWAT, Alastair John Crafton | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2003-06-11 |
| JACKSON, Ogilvie | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2007-06-08 |
| JOBES, Lynne Annabel | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2020-05-19 |
| KELLY, Barbara Mary, Dame | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2004-06-09 |
| LEIGH, Philip Alexander, Professor | Director | 2008-07-03 | 2009-03-31 |
| LOGAN, Eileen | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2009-06-24 |
| MACDONALD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2025-11-26 |
| MCGHEE, William Murdo | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2004-06-09 |
| MCNAB, Andrew James | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2019-10-02 |
| MITCHELL, Joan, Dr | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2024-12-06 |
| MITCHELL, Joan, Dr | Director | 2004-09-09 | 2011-06-29 |
| MITCHELL, John Graham | Director | 2015-11-13 | 2017-05-04 |
| MOORHOUSE, John Edwin | Director | 2005-06-16 | 2008-07-03 |
| MORLEY, Karen | Director | 2019-10-02 | 2021-02-11 |
| NICOL, Judith Cheslyn | Director | 2004-06-09 | 2005-06-08 |
| PENCAK, Claire Jane | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2023-12-08 |
| PRENTICE, George Nicol | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2003-06-11 |
| PRINGLE, James William | Director | 2001-07-05 | 2006-06-14 |
| RENWICK, William Ingles | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2010-06-23 |
| ROBERTS, David John, Professor | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2024-10-03 |
| ROWLEY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2022-05-04 |
| SMITH, Alan Graham | Director | 2022-03-09 | 2025-05-29 |
| SMITH, Ronald Hamilton | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2014-10-30 |
| SMITH MAXWELL, Charles James Lansdale | Director | 2006-06-14 | 2008-07-03 |
| SMYTH, Mary Ann Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2000-09-13 | 2005-06-08 |
| STEWART, Alan | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2012-07-10 |
| STRANG, Charles Alexander | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2020-11-17 |
| STRANG STEEL, Fiennes Michael, Sir | Director | 2004-06-09 | 2010-06-23 |
| TELFORD- JAMMEH, Elizabeth Mairi | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2011-06-29 |
| THOMAS, John Peter | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2018-08-22 |
| THOMSON, John Alastair | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2017-06-28 |
| THORP, Simon Philip Robson | Director | 2006-06-14 | 2011-06-29 |
| WATSON, Fergus John | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-08-22 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Ingouville | Director | 2001-09-12 | 2008-08-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Will, Dr | Director | 2019-10-02 | 2025-06-12 |
| WILLIAMSON, Richard | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2002-10-03 |
| WOOD-GEE, Vyvyan Ruth | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2015-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-41.7%
£1,631,258 £950,332
-
Cash
+242.6%
£101,270 £346,976
-
Net assets
-31.5%
£867,221 £594,228
-
Employees
-4.5%
22 21
-
Operating profit
-176.7%
£355,964 -£272,993
-
Wages
+6.1%
£550,090 £583,426
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