PARCHMENT TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£732K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
128
Average over period
Profit before tax
£94K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,746,655 | £2,554,885 | |
| Operating profit | £637,354 | £94,165 | |
| Profit before tax | £637,354 | £94,165 | |
| Net profit | £644,382 | £100,515 | |
| Cash | £584,460 | £732,307 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,723,836 | £2,815,768 | |
| Net assets | £2,593,248 | £2,693,763 | |
| Equity | £2,593,248 | £2,693,763 | |
| Average employees | 130 | 128 | |
| Wages | £2,357,012 | £1,728,396 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-07-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 17.2% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.4% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.3% | 10.6% | |
| Current ratio | 5.49x | 5.14x | |
| Interest cover | 97.19x | 23.37x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Manningtons
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate, i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Trust to continue as a going concern. The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the trust's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Registered for VAT in 2024 to accommodate increased demand for year-round sales through trading, particularly through our Friary Gardeners plant nursery.”
- “The Government's increase in National Insurance Contributions from 1st April 2025 has also been factored in. In direct relation to this, the budgeted forecast this year is -£86,937.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HASSELL, John Anthony | Secretary | 2019-09-15 | — | — |
| HASSELL, John Anthony | Director | 2010-09-30 | Aug 1953 | British |
| PARSONS, Susan | Director | 2022-04-11 | Jul 1947 | British |
| WALKER, David Michael, Dr | Director | 2008-01-17 | Aug 1961 | British |
| WALKER, Karen Theresa | Director | 2008-01-17 | Oct 1962 | British |
| WHITE, Richard David | Director | 2023-01-23 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEATER, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2000-02-07 | 2019-09-15 |
| BARNES, Keith | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2014-07-21 |
| BARNES, Laurel Joan | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2014-07-21 |
| COSSON, John Henry | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2017-12-04 |
| GEATER, Susan Jane | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2021-10-11 |
| PHILLIPS, Andrew David | Director | 2019-06-07 | 2023-12-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Andrew David | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2018-07-18 |
| PURLE, John Ernest | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2017-12-04 |
| SIDDALL-WARD, Nina Margaret | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2022-07-12 |
| WOOD, Allan Alexander | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2011-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Karen Theresa Walker | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-12-04 | Active |
| Mr John Henry Cosson | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2017-12-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.