CONSERVATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH TRUST
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Cash
£452K
+9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.6M
+5.1% vs 2024
Employees
55
-12.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,398,464 | £4,083,809 | +20.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,110,036 | £67,882 | +106.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,126,393 | -£1,110,036 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,085,889 | -£1,026,269 | £127,933 | +112.5% | |
| Cash | £802,072 | £411,404 | £451,594 | +9.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,530,242 | £2,491,964 | £2,618,505 | +5.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,530,242 | £2,491,964 | £2,618,505 | +5.1% | |
| Equity | £3,530,242 | £2,491,964 | £2,618,505 | +5.1% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 63 | 55 | -12.7% | |
| Wages | £2,289,335 | £2,271,363 | £1,995,192 | -12.2% | |
| 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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -32.7% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | — | -30.2% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -44.5% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.5% | 15.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.20x | 2.71x | 3.53x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- CONSERVATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH TRUST · parent
- Earthwatch Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025 new CEO Harry Barton joined Earthwatch Europe.”
- “Our Fresh Water Watch programme continued to develop. A new collaboration with researchers at University College London enabled us to expand the chemical analysis of water samples.”
- “We launched the Omani Field Research Programme.”
- “Our work to promote Farming with Nature expanded significantly, with Soil Blitzes across Europe engaging more than 1,500 members of the public.”
- “In March we published a ground-breaking new report confirming that harmful chemicals from road runoff, particularly from tyres, are entering UK rivers and potentially causing serious environmental harm.”
- “Our work on the Evenlode continues with the Evenlode Catchment Partnership in a new initiative which launched in June 2025.”
- “In September 2025 Earthwatch co-hosted a citizen science knowledge exchange workshop in Kenya.”
- “In September 2025 the Chair of the Environment Agency, Alan Lovell, joined representatives from Earthwatch Europe and The Rivers Trust, to take part in citizen science water testing in Hampshire.”
- “Achieved a small surplus and a positive movement on our financial reserves for the first time in several years.”
- “Implemented a range of cost-cutting measures in view of the cessation of the LATF funding programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Henry | Secretary | 2025-12-05 | — | — |
| BAKHTIARI, Kian | Director | 2023-12-15 | Nov 1991 | British |
| BHOLA, Nina, Dr | Director | 2021-01-12 | Aug 1980 | Kenyan,Dutch |
| GREEN, Edmund Peter, Dr | Director | 2016-10-20 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HUDSON, Lucian John | Director | 2016-10-20 | Jul 1960 | British |
| HUIJBREGTS, Josephus Johannes Willem Maria | Director | 2021-01-12 | Jan 1964 | Dutch |
| MATTHEWS, Jack James, Dr | Director | 2016-10-20 | Nov 1988 | British |
| MAUNGANIDZE, Emmanuel | Director | 2024-03-22 | Dec 1984 | Zimbabwean |
| POWELL, Adam John | Director | 2016-11-09 | May 1971 | British |
| SHAH, Sonia | Director | 2023-12-15 | Jul 1972 | British |
| WENG, Wen-Yu | Director | 2023-12-15 | Sep 1991 | Taiwanese |
| WILSON, Benjamin Ashley | Director | 2021-01-12 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRINGTON, Robert | Secretary | 2002-02-13 | 2002-09-06 |
| HALL, Michele Vicki | Secretary | 2002-09-16 | 2005-06-21 |
| MAHESH, Arcott | Secretary | 2011-12-23 | 2015-02-27 |
| PRICE, Gareth Rutherford | Secretary | 2005-06-21 | 2011-12-23 |
| STIMPSON, Peter Edward | Secretary | 2015-03-02 | 2022-03-24 |
| WOOLLEY, Joanne | Secretary | 2022-03-24 | 2025-12-16 |
| BARRETT, Elizabeth Louise | Director | 2004-06-14 | 2016-06-10 |
| BUTTLE, Eileen, Doctor | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2003-09-30 |
| CHATTERJEE, Sagarika | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2013-03-07 |
| CHRISTIE, Andrew Hildred | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2015-06-30 |
| COLLINS, Mark Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2018-11-01 |
| COUCHER, Iain Michael | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2022-05-20 |
| COURTICE, Veronica Anne, Dame | Director | 2007-03-16 | 2007-09-01 |
| D'HERDE, Dorothee | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2024-09-06 |
| DOBSON, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2018-07-01 |
| DONKIN, Richard John | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2015-10-28 |
| GALSWORTHY, Anthony Charles, Sir | Director | 2002-12-16 | 2006-03-17 |
| GUNDUZ ROBINSON, Fatma Ozlem | Director | 2023-12-15 | 2025-06-20 |
| HEMMING, John Henry, Dr | Director | 2004-06-14 | 2016-03-03 |
| JOHNSON, Stanley Patrick | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2002-06-06 |
| JOHNSON, Whitney Lasalle | Director | 2007-03-17 | 2015-06-15 |
| KHOSLA, Superna | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2021-05-21 |
| KING, Lisa Jan | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2022-02-22 |
| LANE, Geoffrey | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2024-09-06 |
| LEVER, Christopher, Sir | Director | 2003-06-16 | 2004-01-01 |
| LOVEGROVE, Dax | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2024-09-06 |
| MACDONALD, David, Professor | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2013-03-07 |
| MCGLADE, Jacqueline Myriam, Professor | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2011-04-06 |
| MCMAHON, Anthony James | Director | 2008-12-16 | 2016-10-20 |
| MESERVE, William | Director | 2004-06-14 | 2007-06-01 |
| MOSELY, Judith | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2019-10-17 |
| MURRELL, Emily-Jane | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2026-03-13 |
| MYERS, Norman, Dr | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2002-12-16 |
| PARRINO, Cristian Francesco | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2024-09-06 |
| POST, Herschel | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2016-06-10 |
| PROCTOR, Joseph Roy | Director | 2013-03-07 | 2016-03-03 |
| RUBENSTEIN, Daniel, Professor | Director | 2003-10-27 | 2016-06-10 |
| STACK, Robert James | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2013-03-07 |
| STANTON, Lyndon | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2002-12-16 |
| SWINGLAND, Charles Stuart Webb | Director | 2003-12-05 | 2013-03-07 |
| SWINGLAND, Ian Richard, Prof | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2009-10-03 |
| WARD, Mark Derek | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2014-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.