THE ABBOTSFORD TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£461K
-25.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+0.1% vs 2023
Employees
48
-12.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£233K
-196.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,229,321 | £1,071,676 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £241,930 | -£233,393 | |
| Net profit | £369,424 | £17,174 | |
| Cash | £622,158 | £460,908 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,027,922 | £13,040,908 | |
| Net assets | £13,023,734 | £13,040,908 | |
| Equity | £13,023,734 | £13,040,908 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 48 | |
| Wages | £911,888 | £788,748 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 30.1% | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 5.00x | 4.75x |
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
- CT 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
- THE ABBOTSFORD TRUST · parent
- The Abbotsford Trading Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGRAM, Giles | Secretary | 2015-03-16 | — | — |
| ALLAN, Stuart William | Director | 2025-12-19 | Feb 1969 | British |
| DALGLEISH, George Richard | Director | 2020-06-19 | Nov 1955 | British |
| DUNLOP, Roddy | Director | 2020-08-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| FAIRLEY, Martin Charles | Director | 2019-06-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
| LUMSDEN, Alison, Prof | Director | 2019-03-01 | May 1964 | British |
| MAXWELL-SCOTT, Matthew Joseph | Director | 2015-06-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
| RILEY, Peter James Holland | Director | 2023-06-30 | Jul 1961 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall | Director | 2017-12-15 | Mar 1962 | British |
| WADDELL, John Maclaren Ogilvie | Director | 2017-12-15 | Apr 1956 | British |
| WHITLEY, Sarah Jane Mackay | Director | 2021-12-17 | Aug 1958 | British |
| WOLFFE, James, Rt Hon | Director | 2021-10-08 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS HOME, Andrew | Secretary | 2014-09-26 | 2015-03-16 |
| DYER, Jason | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2014-09-26 |
| WRIGHT, Jacqueline Anne | Secretary | 2007-07-31 | 2010-09-01 |
| ANDERSON, William Eric Kinloch, Sir | Director | 2012-08-15 | 2015-06-25 |
| BUCHANAN, Nigel Walter | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2008-10-24 |
| DALGLEISH, George Richard | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2019-03-01 |
| DALMENY, Caroline Primrose, Lady | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2018-12-31 |
| DOUGLAS-HOME, Andrew | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2017-12-15 |
| DOUGLAS-HOME, Jane | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2019-03-22 |
| FRASER, Simon John | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2021-08-09 |
| HOLLOWAY, James Essex | Director | 2012-08-15 | 2021-10-08 |
| JACKSON QC, Gordon | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2020-08-01 |
| KEEN, Richard Sanderson | Director | 2008-07-25 | 2014-03-07 |
| KERR, Debbie | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2025-12-19 |
| MAXWELL-SCOTT, Dominic | Director | 2008-07-25 | 2011-11-01 |
| MAXWELL-SCOTT, Lucy Ann | Director | 2008-07-25 | 2015-06-25 |
| MCCLAY, David | Director | 2015-06-25 | 2018-04-05 |
| MCINTYRE, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2012-08-15 | 2016-09-23 |
| MOFFAT, Alistair Murray | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2021-09-19 |
| PURVIS, Jeremy, Lord | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2017-07-05 |
| RIDDELL - CARRE, Carolyn | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2020-06-19 |
| SANDERSON, Charles Russell, Lord | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2017-09-22 |
| SCOTT, John Philip Henry Schomberg | Director | 2010-07-22 | 2019-06-01 |
| SCOTT PLUMMER, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2010-01-18 | 2018-12-14 |
| SPENCER, Stephen Robert, Mr. | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2023-12-22 |
| TAYLOR, Anthony Bichard | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2016-12-26 |
| WOLFFE QC, James | Director | 2014-03-07 | 2016-06-03 |
| WRIGHT, John Robertson | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2019-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-
Turnover
-12.8%
£1,229,321 £1,071,676
-
Cash
-25.9%
£622,158 £460,908
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£13,023,734 £13,040,908
-
Employees
-12.7%
55 48
-
Profit before tax
-196.5%
£241,930 -£233,393
-
Wages
-13.5%
£911,888 £788,748
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