RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES
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Cash
£2.5M
+25.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£106M
+0.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
81
-4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-10-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,773,000 | £6,084,000 | £6,829,000 | +12.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £121,000 | £372,000 | +207.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £89,000 | £2,449,000 | £908,000 | -62.9% | |
| Cash | £2,186,000 | £1,991,000 | £2,491,000 | +25.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £103,826,000 | £106,224,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £102,704,000 | £105,153,000 | £106,062,000 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £102,704,000 | £105,153,000 | £106,062,000 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 85 | 81 | -4.7% | |
| Wages | £1,928,000 | £1,755,000 | £2,016,000 | +14.9% | |
| 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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.0% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 40.3% | 13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.3% | 2.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.56x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 20.17x | 10.94x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES 2003-07-25 → present
- THE SHUTTLEWORTH TRUST 1993-10-25 → 2003-07-25
- THE SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION 1992-05-29 → 1993-10-25
- THE SHUTTLEWORTH FLYING COLLECTION 1992-05-01 → 1992-05-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PEM Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trust has considerable financial resources and, as a consequence, the Trustees believe that the Trust is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and accordingly has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date the financial statements are signed. Accordingly, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES · parent
- Old Warden Limited 100%
- The Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust 100%
Significant events
- “A full time, professional internal marketing team has been established to promote the Charity and its activities. This has increased general awareness of Shuttleworth and what it can offer.”
- “The solar array on the Collection hangar roofs is generating 84% of the site annual consumption, which has both improved our carbon footprint and decimated our energy costs.”
- “The operations of Airfield Volunteer Fire Service have been folded into the main Trust to become the Shuttleworth Rescue & Firefighting Service.”
- “The Trustees have agreed to invest in a significant refurbishment of the café over the winter of 2025/26 with the objective of increasing available seating by 50%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Roger | Director | 2015-11-16 | Jul 1951 | British |
| BROWN, Jeremy John | Director | 2021-07-12 | Feb 1962 | British |
| COBHAM, Christopher Charles, Viscount | Director | 2016-10-25 | Oct 1947 | British |
| DAVIES, Edward Andrew | Director | 2017-11-13 | Jun 1950 | British |
| GRAF VON WALDBURG WOLFEGG, Richard | Director | 2001-07-18 | May 1965 | German |
| GRIFFITHS, Charles Bruce | Director | 2021-07-12 | Jul 1965 | British |
| HARRIES, Anthea Jayne | Director | 2021-07-12 | May 1975 | British |
| HOHENLOHE, Xenia, Princess | Director | 2011-01-26 | Jul 1972 | German |
| JOHNSTON, Michael | Director | 2019-11-05 | Oct 1955 | British |
| ROUTSIS, Timothy | Director | 2012-02-01 | Feb 1959 | British |
| WHITBREAD, Charles Edward Samuel | Director | 2012-02-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALLEY, Rebecca Jane | Secretary | 2022-03-21 | 2023-02-01 |
| HERRING, Alan Thomas Pendlebury | Secretary | 1993-11-05 | 2003-01-23 |
| MACBRAYNE, Amanda Gemma | Secretary | 2003-01-23 | 2008-12-12 |
| RUTT, Andrew Philip | Secretary | 2008-12-12 | 2022-03-21 |
| SYMES, Peter John | Secretary | 1992-05-01 | 1993-11-05 |
| AITKEN, Robert | Director | 1993-11-05 | 1994-11-04 |
| ALDER, Michael David, Professor | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2020-07-13 |
| ALLISON, John Shakespeare, Sir | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2013-10-17 |
| ASTOR, Michael Ramon Langhorne | Director | 1992-05-01 | 1997-12-10 |
| BOTT, Charles Henry Arden | Director | 1996-05-08 | 2006-01-25 |
| BREEDEN, Miles Lucas | Director | 1993-11-05 | 1997-05-01 |
| CHARNLEY, John, Sir | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1998-09-04 |
| COBBOLD, David Antony Fromanteel Lytton, Lord | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2002-10-01 |
| COOPER, Patrick John Ashley | Director | 2010-01-27 | 2024-08-27 |
| DUBERLY, Archibald Hugh, Sir | Director | 1995-12-12 | 2013-02-04 |
| FELLOWES, John Ailwyn, The Rt Hon | Director | 1993-11-05 | 1995-12-12 |
| GARDNER, Simon | Director | 2017-11-13 | 2026-03-23 |
| GRISAY, Alain Leopold | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2014-01-31 |
| HAIG-THOMAS, Anthony | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2013-02-04 |
| HARTLEY, Frank Robinson, Professor | Director | 1994-11-04 | 1997-05-01 |
| INNES, Peter | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1996-12-05 |
| LEE, George Anthony | Director | 1993-11-05 | 1997-05-01 |
| MANNA, Timothy John | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2011-01-26 |
| PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE, Richard Oakley, The Honourable | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2014-01-01 |
| PRINZESSIN VON CROY, Charlotte | Director | 1993-11-05 | 2011-06-22 |
| PROBY, Meredyth Anne, Lady | Director | 2001-01-10 | 2017-07-27 |
| PYM, Andrew Leslie | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2002-11-01 |
| WELLS, Oliver John | Director | 1992-05-01 | 1997-05-21 |
| WHITBREAD, Samuel Charles, Sir | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2012-02-01 |
| WOOD, Edmund Michael | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2023-03-28 |
| WORTH, Michael John | Director | 1993-11-05 | 2002-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.