DUNKIRK WAR MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£20k
+324.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
We draw attention to Note 1 to the financial statements which explains that the trustees have closed the operations in Dunkirk and are in the process of closing down this charity and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £8,571 | -£41 | £15,454 | +37,792.7% | |
| Cash | £129,407 | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,765 | £20,219 | +324.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,806 | £4,765 | £20,219 | +324.3% | |
| Equity | £4,806 | £4,765 | £20,219 | +324.3% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.3% | 6.4% | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 15.71x | 63.40x |
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
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“We draw attention to Note 1 to the financial statements which explains that the trustees have closed the operations in Dunkirk and are in the process of closing down this charity and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- DUNKIRK WAR MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED(THE) · parent
- La Maison Maritime de Dunkerque (MMD) 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025 French tax authorities SARF confirmed that ’17,700 retained by them on the sale of the centre could now be released back to DWMT.”
- “The operations in MMD and MMB ended on 30 November 2021.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJIBADE, Ijeoma Joyce | Director | 2016-12-08 | Nov 1965 | British |
| COCKROFT, David John | Director | 2016-10-12 | Feb 1953 | British |
| REILLY, Eileen | Director | 2016-10-12 | Nov 1955 | British |
| TOLUHI, Tomilayo Temitope | Director | 2016-10-12 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIERANDE, Dagnija | Secretary | 2016-10-12 | 2019-05-28 |
| MAUDE, Nicholas John Eustace | Secretary | 2006-05-24 | 2008-03-19 |
| POTBURY, Virginie Emeline | Secretary | 2019-05-28 | 2021-11-15 |
| REILLY, Eileen | Secretary | 2008-03-19 | 2016-10-12 |
| RITCHIE, Patrick Alan | Secretary | — | 1999-04-30 |
| ROSE, Jayne Louise | Secretary | 2022-08-24 | 2022-11-30 |
| SMITH, Robert William | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2006-05-24 |
| BELL, Malcolm Stuart Hannaford | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2014-10-31 |
| BURLEY, Christopher Morton | Director | 1995-08-31 | 2000-06-27 |
| CHRISTIANSON, Rodney John, The Rev Canon | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2009-06-30 |
| FREEMAN, Bertram John | Director | — | 1997-10-20 |
| GREENING, Paul, Rear Admiral Sir | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2007-10-18 |
| HICKMAN, John Woolnough | Director | — | 2007-10-18 |
| HOLLAND, Edward | Director | 1993-10-20 | 2005-06-10 |
| HUGHES, John Wilson, Captain | Director | 2007-10-18 | 2017-05-19 |
| JONES, Glyndwr, Reverend Canon | Director | 1994-08-31 | 2000-12-31 |
| PENDOCK, Virginia Margaret | Director | 1998-09-30 | 2006-12-31 |
| SANDFORD, Martin Charles | Director | 2010-04-21 | 2017-05-19 |
| SATTERTWAITE, John, Right Reverend | Director | — | 1993-10-20 |
| SWIRE, Barnaby Nicholas | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2002-11-13 |
| SWIRE, John Anthony, Sir | Director | — | 1993-10-20 |
| TODHUNTER, Michael John Benjamin | Director | — | 1996-10-18 |
| WHITWORTH, Francis John | Director | 1995-08-31 | 2010-04-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Wilson Hughes | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-08-31 | Ceased 2017-05-19 |
| Mr Martin Charles Sandford | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-08-31 | Ceased 2017-05-19 |
| The Mission To Seafarers | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-11-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.