ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-22 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-08
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+1.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
-3.8% vs 2024
Employees
567
+9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£380K
+36.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,679,000 | £29,625,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£933,000 | -£725,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£602,000 | -£380,000 | |
| Net profit | -£602,000 | -£380,000 | |
| Cash | £3,523,000 | £3,577,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,564,000 | £22,526,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,244,000 | £21,391,000 | |
| Equity | £22,244,000 | £21,391,000 | |
| Average employees | 520 | 567 | |
| Wages | £18,732,000 | £20,465,000 |
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 | -3.5% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.0% | -3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.6% | 14.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.71x | 2.74x | |
| Interest cover | -20.73x | -15.43x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees remains of the opinion that Aberlour can continue to meet its obligations, as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Consequently, these financial statements have been prepared on the Going Concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Our second Mother & Child recovery house was opened in Falkirk in late summer of 2024”
- “We invested in a new residential home during the year which was part of our remodelling of the Sycamore Residential Services project.”
- “Our new Family and Community Connections Service (FACCS) in Perth & Kinross launched in 2024”
- “We expanded our family support services in Glasgow, after successfully winning the city-wide tender in all lots applied for... started from July 2024.”
- “We were successful in winning the Scottish Government tender for the Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship service... from 1st April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COE, John George | Secretary | 2022-12-14 | — | — |
| BAINBRIDGE, Jozanne Kathleen Kyna | Director | 2020-09-21 | May 1991 | Scottish |
| BROWN, Barbara Ellen | Director | 2025-09-22 | Aug 1966 | British |
| BURDON, Keith Andrew | Director | 2026-02-02 | Nov 1967 | British |
| CANTWELL, Roch, Dr | Director | 2023-12-04 | Jan 1961 | Irish |
| CLELAND, Lynsey | Director | 2025-09-22 | Apr 1978 | British |
| COLVIN, Iona Findlay | Director | 2026-03-23 | May 1958 | British |
| DAVIS, Alastair Grant | Director | 2025-01-22 | Jan 1980 | British |
| DELANEY, Alastair Gordon | Director | 2025-09-22 | Dec 1966 | British |
| FALCONER, Gavin Andrew Manzie | Director | 2020-04-06 | Mar 1984 | British |
| MCKELLAR, Gregor Graham | Director | 2025-09-22 | Feb 1987 | British |
| ROBB, David Tullo | Director | 2019-12-19 | May 1964 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Jennifer | Director | 2019-12-02 | Dec 1976 | British |
| SUM, Lawrence Kwok Ching | Director | 2025-09-22 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Ian Robert Balfour | Secretary | 2016-08-15 | 2022-12-14 |
| CURRIE, Carol Elizabeth | Secretary | 2013-12-10 | 2016-08-15 |
| FAIRHEAD, Nigel Derek | Secretary | 2006-12-01 | 2008-09-29 |
| FERGUSON, Kenneth Stewart | Secretary | 2008-09-29 | 2011-06-17 |
| PATERSON, Noel David | Secretary | 2011-06-17 | 2013-06-14 |
| ADAMS, Nancy | Director | 2007-05-22 | 2012-03-06 |
| ARMSTRONG, Timothy Samuel Kyle | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2025-09-22 |
| ARMSTRONG-SURGENOR, Michelle | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2025-09-22 |
| BEATTIE, Allison | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2018-03-19 |
| BLACK, Andrew John | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2025-12-08 |
| BLACK, Anne Galloway Mckinna | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2012-03-06 |
| BOTTOM, Derek Harry | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2010-11-04 |
| BYERS, Neil Watson | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2021-08-18 |
| COUPER, Jean | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2014-03-19 |
| ELDER, David Alexander | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2021-09-20 |
| FRIZZELL, Moira | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2012-10-29 |
| GILCHRIST, James Taylor | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2014-11-24 |
| ISDALE, Graham | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2011-03-01 |
| JACKSON, John | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2015-04-17 |
| KENDRICK, Andrew John, Professor | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2011-03-01 |
| LINDSAY, Robert Summers Rowan, Dr | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2025-09-22 |
| LISHMAN, Joyce | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2017-05-31 |
| MATHISON, Ross | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2024-10-01 |
| MCFARLANE, Andrew | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2021-09-20 |
| MILNE, John Duff | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-11-05 |
| MORGAN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2025-09-22 |
| MUNRO, Anastasia | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-08-25 |
| OGILVIE, Thomas William | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2013-03-05 |
| PICKARD, Edward | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2012-03-06 |
| ROBERTS, Belinda Jean | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2014-03-20 |
| ROBSON, Ronald Alexander | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2015-02-11 |
| SINCLAIR, Antony John | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2025-09-22 |
| STEPHENS, Robert | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-08-25 |
| SURGENOR, Valerie Muriel | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2020-09-14 |
| TANNER, Gary, Dr | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2019-05-22 |
| TURNER, Christopher | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2008-02-26 |
| WEST, Janice Edna | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2014-08-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
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Turnover
+11%
£26,679,000 £29,625,000
-
Cash
+1.5%
£3,523,000 £3,577,000
-
Net assets
-3.8%
£22,244,000 £21,391,000
-
Employees
+9%
520 567
-
Operating profit
+22.3%
-£933,000 -£725,000
-
Profit before tax
+36.9%
-£602,000 -£380,000
-
Wages
+9.3%
£18,732,000 £20,465,000
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