WHEAL MARTYN TRUST
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Cash
£168k
+21.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.4m
+42.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
22
+10% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£721k
+43,667.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £191,396 | £334,002 | £374,861 | +12.2% | |
| Operating profit | £65,359 | -£3,044 | £715,219 | +23,596% | |
| Profit before tax | £69,864 | £1,647 | £720,858 | +43,667.9% | |
| Net profit | £69,864 | £1,647 | £720,858 | +43,667.9% | |
| Cash | £125,398 | £137,971 | £167,674 | +21.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,698,079 | £1,692,326 | £2,410,717 | +42.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,688,212 | £1,689,859 | £2,410,717 | +42.7% | |
| Equity | £1,688,212 | £1,689,859 | £2,410,717 | +42.7% | |
| Average employees | 20 | 20 | 22 | +10% | |
| Wages | £242,705 | £270,301 | £284,529 | +5.3% | |
| 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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.1% | -0.9% | 190.8% | |
| Net margin | 36.5% | 0.5% | 192.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | -0.2% | 29.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 5.99x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | -8.70x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- WHEAL MARTYN TRUST 2016-08-12 → present
- WHEAL MARTYN TRUST LTD 2012-01-17 → 2016-08-12
- ST.AUSTELL CHINA CLAY MUSEUM LIMITED 1974-02-15 → 2012-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have concluded that the charity and its trading subsidiary are expected to have sufficient cash and unrestricted reserves to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and conclude that there are no material uncertainties and the going concern basis is appropriate.”
Group structure
- WHEAL MARTYN TRUST · parent
- Wheal Martyn Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Arts Council England granted £707k through their Museum Estates Development Fund towards essential roof repairs to a historic building.”
- “Wheal Martyn Trust also recognised £116,082 of income under the Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR) scheme. This income had not been recognised previously, as the Trust had not been aware that it was eligible to claim under the scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITWORTH, Lesley, Dr | Secretary | 2019-12-12 | — | — |
| BELL, Malcolm | Director | 2018-06-28 | Oct 1955 | British |
| SWAIN, Jacqueline Frances | Director | 2025-07-18 | Mar 1961 | British |
| WOOD, John Monthem | Director | 2016-04-21 | May 1947 | British |
| SOUTH WEST LAKES TRUST | Corporate Director | 2010-04-01 | — | — |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASSETT, Diane Joy | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2019-12-12 |
| GILES, Thomas Derek Bullivant | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2010-04-01 |
| HAWKEN, Alan Geoffrey | Secretary | 1992-09-23 | 1994-04-30 |
| MCCONNELL, Ellen Margaret | Secretary | 1994-05-01 | 2000-07-14 |
| PHILLIPS, Alison Mary | Secretary | — | 1992-09-23 |
| ARCHARD, Peter Ernest | Director | — | 1996-04-19 |
| BOWDITCH, Ivor Ronald | Director | 1993-10-15 | 2010-04-01 |
| BRIENS, Peter John | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2017-05-25 |
| BROWN, Malcolm Alan | Director | 2009-04-28 | 2010-04-01 |
| BULL, Jacqueline | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2010-04-01 |
| CARLTON PORTER, Robert William | Director | — | 1992-07-20 |
| CHENOWETH, Brian George | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2015-08-27 |
| DART, Christopher Peter | Director | 1993-10-15 | 2010-04-01 |
| DUDLEY, Caroline Elisabeth Anne | Director | — | 2004-10-21 |
| EDWARDS, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2018-04-26 |
| GILES, Thomas Derek Bullivant | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2010-04-01 |
| GRIME, Barry Millwood | Director | — | 2010-04-01 |
| GRONOW, Clive William, Dr | Director | 1992-07-20 | 2009-02-26 |
| HACKETT, Peter, Dr | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2004-12-16 |
| HARE, Adrian David | Director | 1992-07-20 | 1994-04-22 |
| JONES, Mark Cameron | Director | 2001-09-07 | 2003-10-03 |
| LAMOND, Ian Douglas | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2010-04-01 |
| MCGOWAN, Andrew | Director | 1998-07-16 | 2010-04-01 |
| PRESTON, Roger Duncan | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2010-04-01 |
| RESEIGH, Peter John | Director | — | 2006-02-13 |
| SILVERLOCK, Richard Francis Nicholls | Director | — | 1999-04-23 |
| SKELTON, Terence John | Director | — | 1994-07-20 |
| SMALE, Courtenay Vivian | Director | — | 2001-04-27 |
| SOUTHERN, John Brian | Director | — | 2000-12-01 |
| SWAIN, Joseph | Director | 2006-02-06 | 2009-09-21 |
| TETLEY, Jeremy David, Cdr | Director | — | 1992-04-23 |
| THURLOW, Charles Spencer | Director | — | 2010-04-01 |
| TRENERRY, Roger Eastmead | Director | 1994-04-22 | 1999-05-06 |
| VARCOE, Christopher | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2025-07-18 |
| WAITE, Ian Clapham | Director | — | 2003-10-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West Lakes Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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