SHAFTESBURY SOCIETY (THE)
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£47k
-3% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-09-22.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,433 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £48,541 | £47,108 | -3% | |
| Net assets | £48,541 | £47,108 | -3% | |
| Equity | £48,541 | £47,108 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP, Statutory Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “The charity was renamed Livability in 2010 and adopted the operating name of Shaftesbury in 2024.”
- “On 28 June 2007, the activities of The Shaftesbury Society were transferred to Livability, and The Shaftesbury Society ceased to trade.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 63 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGRAM, Duncan George | Director | 2023-02-08 | Oct 1955 | British |
| LIVABILITY | Corporate Director | 2007-07-18 | — | — |
Show 63 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTHA, Alex | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2019-01-28 |
| BOYCE, Stephanie | Secretary | 2018-01-15 | 2018-07-31 |
| HARVEY, Mark Ian | Secretary | 2020-04-15 | 2021-09-14 |
| HOLLOWAY, Gordon Passmore | Secretary | 1993-02-25 | 1995-04-01 |
| LANGWORTH, Michael | Secretary | 2021-09-14 | 2023-05-02 |
| LANGWORTH, Michael Peter Antony | Secretary | 1992-09-29 | 2018-01-15 |
| MITCHELL, Paul Thomas | Secretary | — | 1993-02-25 |
| MORRISSEY, Linda | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | 2024-07-01 |
| GROOMS SHAFTESBURY | Corporate Secretary | 2007-07-18 | 2009-02-11 |
| ASHBURN, Wilfrid | Director | 1998-11-03 | 2000-10-17 |
| BEIGHTON, Leonard John Hobhouse | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2022-04-11 |
| BEIGHTON, Leonard John Hobhouse | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2007-07-29 |
| BLACK, Arthur Charles | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| BRAWN, Timothy Robert | Director | 1998-11-03 | 1999-11-08 |
| BREEN, Michael James, Rev | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| BROWN, Sidney Arthur | Director | — | 1996-09-09 |
| CACKETT, Jeffrey Bertram | Director | — | 1998-09-29 |
| CHEESMAN, William Robert | Director | 1994-03-29 | 1997-03-25 |
| CHIVERS, Sally Victoria | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2020-04-15 |
| CLARE, Kathleen Margaret | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2022-04-11 |
| CLEMENCE, Jayne Anne | Director | 1994-09-27 | 2005-03-11 |
| COLE, Denis Oliver | Director | — | 1995-09-11 |
| COLLETT, Alastair John Calvert | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2007-07-29 |
| COLLIER KEYWOOD, Richard David | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1997-09-15 |
| CRUMPLER, Peter | Director | — | 1994-12-13 |
| DOYLE, Peter Lawrence | Director | — | 1997-09-15 |
| EDGAR, Hilary Ann | Director | — | 2007-07-29 |
| EDGAR, Michael Alan | Director | — | 1998-09-29 |
| EMMS, Victor John | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| FISHER, Jean | Director | — | 1998-09-29 |
| GLOVER, Derek Charles | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-09-29 |
| GRIEVE, Alison Esther | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2017-10-25 |
| GRIEVE, Alison Esther | Director | 1998-11-03 | 2007-07-29 |
| HARDING, Linda Rosemary | Director | 1996-12-17 | 2000-03-07 |
| HARMER, David John | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2010-10-20 |
| HARRIS, Sally Ray | Director | 2004-12-14 | 2007-07-29 |
| HARVEY, Mark Ian | Director | 2020-04-15 | 2021-08-09 |
| HARVEY, Robert James | Director | 1994-12-13 | 1998-09-29 |
| HOLLAND, Graham Robert | Director | — | 1992-03-24 |
| KAHN, Douglas Haig Evans | Director | — | 1992-09-29 |
| LALEYE, Olumuyiwa Ayodele | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2023-01-31 |
| LOVE, Michael Richard | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2007-02-08 |
| MARRIOTT, Stephen Richard | Director | 1999-05-18 | 2007-07-29 |
| MARSH, Graham Percy Davies | Director | — | 1998-07-07 |
| MC BAIN, Douglas Geoffrey Thomas, Revd | Director | — | 1992-09-29 |
| MCGILL, Francis Leonard | Director | — | 1998-09-29 |
| MEADS, Geoffrey David, Professor | Director | 2000-07-18 | 2001-10-03 |
| MOWLL, Christopher Martyn | Director | 1993-06-29 | 1998-09-29 |
| NEWMAN, Christopher Paul | Director | 1992-06-30 | 1998-09-29 |
| PANES, Sarah Georgina | Director | 1994-12-13 | 2007-07-29 |
| PRICE, Hugh Gwyn | Director | 1994-12-13 | 1997-03-25 |
| PYMONT, John | Director | — | 1995-06-27 |
| ROBERTS, David Norton | Director | 2002-03-19 | 2007-07-29 |
| ROBINSON, John Harris | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2024-04-18 |
| SCOFIELD, Roger Michael Tomes | Director | 1996-12-16 | 2004-10-14 |
| SMITH, Ann Jacqueline | Director | 2004-03-23 | 2007-07-29 |
| STEEL, John Robert | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2007-07-29 |
| THOMPSON, Terence Albert | Director | — | 1993-03-01 |
| WARNER, Robert | Director | 1998-11-03 | 1999-09-24 |
| WARREN, Pierce Derek | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| WENDELKEN, Claire Maureen | Director | — | 2003-10-01 |
| WESTCOTT, David | Director | — | 2001-09-11 |
| WILLCOX, Ronald Edgar Barnes | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livability | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.