YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1m
-36.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£30m
-2.1% vs 2025
Employees
7
+16.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£627k
-136% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,265,425 | £2,205,101 | £2,064,355 | -6.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£929,604 | £1,616,158 | -£849,331 | -152.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,323,848 | £1,738,693 | -£626,528 | -136% | |
| Net profit | -£1,323,848 | — | -£622,805 | — | |
| Cash | £1,064,042 | £3,364,626 | £2,133,467 | -36.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,171,403 | £31,202,570 | £29,669,997 | -4.9% | |
| Net assets | £28,614,982 | £30,284,584 | £29,661,779 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | £28,614,982 | £30,284,584 | £29,661,779 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | 7 | +16.7% | |
| Wages | £272,509 | £240,495 | £277,279 | +15.3% | |
| 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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -41.0% | 73.3% | -41.1% | |
| Net margin | -58.4% | — | -30.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.0% | 5.2% | -2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.6% | 4.5% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 7.02x | 3.23x | |
| Interest cover | -4.71x | 9.94x | -20.18x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- INGS PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED 1945-06-06 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco 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 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWYER, Guy Frederick John | Secretary | 2023-09-25 | — | — |
| BUTLER, Charles Hedley Esdon | Director | — | May 1967 | Irish |
| BUTLER, Patricia Anne | Director | — | Jul 1942 | Irish |
| BUTLER, Vanessa Rachel Morrell | Director | 1992-10-14 | Feb 1970 | Irish |
| GAWTHORP, Anna Euphemia | Director | 2023-11-10 | Dec 1973 | British |
| GRIERSON, James Roderick Jocelyn | Director | 2024-11-04 | Jan 1960 | British |
| MORRELL, James Robert | Director | 1999-10-28 | Apr 1978 | British |
| MORRELL, Jeremy Spence | Director | 1998-02-02 | Jul 1976 | British |
| MORRELL, Margaret Anne | Director | — | Jan 1947 | British |
| MORRELL, Olivia Holden | Director | 2003-10-10 | Dec 1981 | British |
| MORRELL, Ruth Isobel | Director | 2017-07-18 | May 1958 | British |
| NAISH, James Edward | Director | 2024-11-04 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYANT, Jonathan Andrew | Secretary | 2018-04-01 | 2023-09-25 |
| HESELTON, Charles Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1993-10-21 |
| THAKE, Philip Arthur, Dr | Secretary | 1993-10-21 | 2018-03-31 |
| MORRELL, John Bowes | Director | — | 2022-07-22 |
| MORRELL, Nicholas Cuthbert | Director | — | 2023-11-11 |
| MORRELL, Peter Spence, Professor | Director | — | 2023-07-21 |
| MORRELL, Philippa Ann | Director | — | 1992-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Robert Morrell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-07-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.