THE CARBON TRUST
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Cash
£37k
+18.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£19k
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
347
-8.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3k
+700% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £51,798,000 | £59,980 | £54,058 | -9.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,576,000 | -£445,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,036,000 | -£216 | £1,296 | +700% | |
| Net profit | -£3,373,000 | -£95 | £982 | +1,133.7% | |
| Cash | £27,866,000 | £31,215 | £37,042 | +18.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,502,000 | £19,628 | £20,000 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £19,779,000 | £19,628 | £18,653 | -5% | |
| Equity | £19,779,000 | £19,628 | £18,653 | -5% | |
| Average employees | 408 | 380 | 347 | -8.7% | |
| Wages | £24,202,000 | £21,961 | £20,518 | -6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £968,000 | £551 | £673 | +22.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £379,000 | £364 | £355 | -2.5% |
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 | -3.0% | — | — | |
| Net margin | -6.5% | -0.2% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.7% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.9% | 63.7% | 61.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 2.90x | 4.26x | |
| Interest cover | -0.75x | — | — |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors do not consider this scenario to be reasonably possible. Based on this assessment, together with the level of cash resources available, the Directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- THE CARBON TRUST · parent
- Carbon Trust Enterprises Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust Investments Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust International Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust Scheme Owner Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust Advisory Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust Assurance Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust (Beijing) Consulting Limited 100%
- Carbon Trust Africa (Pty) Ltd. 90%
- Carbon Trust Europe BV 100%
- Carbon Trust Mexico S.A. de C.V. 100%
- Carbon Trust Singapore Pte. Ltd 100%
- Carbon Trust Germany Gmbh 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Fiona | Secretary | 2026-03-19 | — | — |
| BECKETT, Charlotte Anne | Director | 2023-06-29 | Oct 1962 | British |
| DE BOER, Yvo | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1954 | Dutch |
| FALEYE, Gbolahan | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
| JACQUIN, Anja Langer | Director | 2023-06-29 | Dec 1971 | Danish,Swiss |
| KEAST, Robert | Director | 2026-03-19 | May 1989 | British |
| LAWTON-MISRA, Renata | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jul 1991 | South African |
| REA, Michael Anthony | Director | 2008-04-01 | Jun 1968 | Irish |
| RUGG, Richard Patrick | Director | 2025-10-30 | May 1976 | British |
| SOUBEIRAN, Eric | Director | 2020-02-01 | Aug 1978 | French |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Laura | Secretary | 2019-03-11 | 2023-09-22 |
| DUNCAN, Bradley Paul | Secretary | 2015-01-29 | 2018-12-12 |
| MCCONNACHIE, Hannah Rymer | Secretary | 2024-05-23 | 2025-12-11 |
| RADOYCHEVA, Milena | Secretary | 2023-12-04 | 2024-03-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Ian Frederick | Secretary | 2001-03-29 | 2003-03-05 |
| STOCKWELL, Anthony Howard | Secretary | 2003-03-05 | 2010-07-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Claire Anne | Secretary | 2010-07-01 | 2014-09-26 |
| BENTLEY, Neil, Dr | Director | 2008-08-18 | 2012-09-27 |
| BOOT, Rosemary Jane Cecilia | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2011-08-01 |
| BROOK, Richard John | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2011-09-22 |
| BROWN, John Alexander | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2002-06-26 |
| CHURCH, Colin Andrew, Dr | Director | 2009-05-02 | 2011-02-07 |
| CRUICKSHANK, Peggy Jean, Dr | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2009-08-17 |
| DELAY, Thomas Auguste Read | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2024-03-31 |
| DERWENT, Henry Clifford Sydney | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2007-07-30 |
| DRAKESMITH, Nicholas Timon | Director | 2020-07-20 | 2024-04-25 |
| DURKIN, Claire | Director | 2004-09-16 | 2005-09-15 |
| EDMONDS, John Walter | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2013-09-27 |
| HILL, Olive Paula | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2010-10-11 |
| HYAMS, Edward Barnard | Director | 2005-06-16 | 2011-07-14 |
| IMRIE, Colin | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2010-06-06 |
| INNES, Gordon David | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2011-06-15 |
| JEFFERISS, Paul Howard | Director | 2001-05-16 | 2024-08-06 |
| KEDDIE, Alistair William Carnegie | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2004-09-16 |
| KING, Julia Elizabeth, Professor Dame | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2025-12-11 |
| LEHMANN, Peter Julian, Dr | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2005-06-16 |
| MACKENZIE, Dorothy Anne | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2025-12-11 |
| MAITLAND HUME, James William Eykyn | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2011-07-01 |
| MALONE, Wilson | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2006-11-14 |
| MCALLISTER, Ian Gerald, Sir | Director | 2001-03-29 | 2011-09-22 |
| MCLEAN, Dairmuid | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2002-06-26 |
| MCNEAL, Hugh Peter, Dr | Director | 2009-08-17 | 2010-05-20 |
| MCNEAL, Hugh Peter, Dr | Director | 2009-08-17 | 2010-05-20 |
| MORGAN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2006-11-14 | 2009-05-12 |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2019-11-28 |
| NAYSMITH, Robin Shand | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2004-11-30 |
| NEVILLE, Alan Samuel | Director | 2004-03-29 | 2007-03-30 |
| NEVILLE-ROLFE, Lucy Jeanne, Ms. | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2013-02-14 |
| NICHOLS, Dinah Alison | Director | 2001-03-29 | 2003-03-04 |
| PRITCHARD, David Alan | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2008-06-13 |
| QUINN, Matthew John | Director | 2008-06-13 | 2011-09-22 |
| RICHARDSON, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2026-03-13 |
| ROBERTS, Michael Andrew | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2008-03-12 |
| SAYERS, James Francis | Director | 2002-06-26 | 2004-03-29 |
| SHARP, Anne Richardson | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2009-05-02 |
| SMITH, James Matheson | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2018-07-12 |
| SPEIRS, John Garrett | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2007-07-31 |
| STARK, Christopher Alan | Director | 2024-04-29 | 2024-07-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Ian Frederick | Director | 2001-03-29 | 2012-09-27 |
| THOMPSON, David William | Director | 2010-11-26 | 2011-10-05 |
| WALLER, Peter Graham | Director | 2005-09-15 | 2008-03-28 |
| WATERS, Gordon Arthur Ivan | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2006-12-24 |
| WELLER, Timothy Peter | Director | 2007-06-19 | 2023-09-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.