THE ROYAL SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-03 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£123K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
Equity attributable
Employees
6
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £312,090 | £357,508 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£69,428 | £80,041 | |
| Cash | £157,996 | £123,347 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,301,286 | £1,381,327 | |
| Net assets | £1,301,286 | £1,381,327 | |
| Equity | £1,301,286 | £1,381,327 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | |
| Wages | £201,487 | £275,208 |
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 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -22.2% | 22.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.8% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 2.11x |
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
- 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.”
Significant events
- “In January, HRH The Princess Royal visited the headquarters in Perth and met staff, volunteers and local dignitaries, and was impressed by the RSGS collections that were made available for her inspection.”
- “Also in January, we had a sell-out, set-piece lecture by Professor Alice Roberts, held at Strathclyde University.”
- “In December another sell-out attended by 1,100 people at the Caird Hall in Dundee, the Festival of Shackleton event, in partnership with the Dundee Heritage Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, John, Professor | Director | 2019-06-07 | Aug 1952 | British |
| GRANT, Gavin Stewart | Director | 2025-03-17 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HENRY, David Crichton | Director | 2022-03-29 | Nov 1957 | British |
| HOWE, David Mark | Director | 2021-05-18 | Jun 1973 | British |
| MCDONALD, Meredith Ann | Director | 2020-05-27 | Feb 1994 | British |
| MUIR CBE, Kenneth Blair | Director | 2021-05-18 | Mar 1955 | British |
| OGILVIE, Lorna Margaret | Director | 2013-03-05 | Mar 1947 | British |
| SHARP, Joanne Patricia, Professor | Director | 2022-03-29 | Nov 1969 | Scottish |
| WILKES, Julia Margaret | Director | 2009-06-19 | Jan 1939 | British |
| WILSON, Alan Morgan, Professor | Director | 2022-03-29 | Aug 1958 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBROSE, John Maurice Timothy | Director | 2013-12-11 | 2022-03-29 |
| BROWN, James Barrie | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2013-12-20 |
| CALDWELL, Erica Margaret | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2020-05-27 |
| COLLINGRIDGE, Vanessa Jane, Dr | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2019-03-29 |
| CROFTS, Roger Stanley, Professor | Director | 2013-03-05 | 2020-05-27 |
| DAVISON, Richard William, Dr | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2013-03-05 |
| FRAME, David Stuart | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2013-11-18 |
| GITTINGS, Bruce Martin | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2015-03-20 |
| GLEN, Iseabel Ann, Dr | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2012-03-22 |
| GOOD, Malcolm James | Director | 2014-03-24 | 2015-06-21 |
| GRIFFITHS, Keith Michael | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2013-11-12 |
| HENDRIE, Alister James | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2022-03-29 |
| HEXTALL, Barry Kenneth | Director | 2023-06-07 | 2025-09-10 |
| MAINS, Susan Pamela, Dr | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2020-05-27 |
| MCCONNELL, Alastair Martin | Director | 2020-05-27 | 2025-02-20 |
| MCCRONE, John Cameron | Director | 2014-03-24 | 2017-03-14 |
| ORD, Helen Ruth Campbell | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-03-21 |
| ROGERSON, Robert John | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2016-04-08 |
| ROWAN, John Sibbald, Dr | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2017-03-14 |
| SHANNON, Colin Edgar | Director | 2009-06-19 | 2013-03-05 |
| SIMPSON, Ian Alexander, Professor | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2021-05-18 |
| STODDART, Lorna Christine Allan | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2020-05-27 |
| VANNET, Valerie Anne | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2019-03-29 |
| WITHERS, Charles William John, Professor | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2022-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-30 | 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
- 0
- 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 2023-07-31