DELAPRE ABBEY PRESERVATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
Cash
£744K
+190.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£1M
+28.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
43
-4.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-30 | 2020-03-30 | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-30 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £421,332 | £259,951 | |
| Cash | — | — | £448,305 | £518,474 | £256,596 | £744,461 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £427,681 | £567,077 | £936,815 | £1,420,655 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £378,514 | £527,910 | £902,761 | £1,162,713 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £902,761 | £1,162,713 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 118 | 143 | 45 | 43 | |
| Wages | — | — | £318,108 | £267,308 | £776,358 | £826,211 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
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 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-30
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+190.1%
£256,596 £744,461
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+28.8%
£902,761 £1,162,713
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-4.4%
45 43
lowest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+6.4%
£776,358 £826,211
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-03-30 | 2020-03-30 | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-30 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 34.3% | 48.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.00x | 1.01x |
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
- Cheney & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DELAPRE ABBEY PRESERVATION TRUST · parent
- Delapre Abbey Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In terms of capital funding for the Stables project, as at the end of the financial year a match funding gap remained, however, since the year end, additional funding commitments have been received that will ensure that the project is now fully funded.”
- “The forthcoming A Stable Future project - commenced delivery in late 2024 - will form the foundation of the next phase of our 15-year masterplan. This transformative redevelopment will create spaces dedicated to community health, learning, and enterprise, further embedding Delapré Abbey at the heart of Northampton's wellbeing landscape.”
- “The A Stable Future project - the restoration of the 19th-century Stables into a Community Wellbeing Hub - achieved planning approval, full funding, and formal permission to start in early 2025, securing £3.1m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and over £5m in total investment.”
- “During 2024-25, the Trust made major progress on the transformation of the Abbey's 19th Century Stables a £5.7 million redevelopment that will safeguard a key heritage asset and establish a Community Wellbeing Hub at the heart of the estate. Construction works formally commenced in December 2024... Initial works have focused on stabilisation and enabling activity, laying the foundation for the full restoration and fit-out during 2025-26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLINTON, Richard James | Secretary | 2023-01-16 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Steven Paul | Director | 2023-12-04 | Mar 1956 | British |
| CAIRNCROSS, James Alexander | Director | 2025-07-28 | Jan 1980 | British |
| DAYE, Marcella Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2022-04-04 | Oct 1964 | Jamaican |
| EDMONDS, Stephen Robert | Director | 2016-04-28 | Jun 1952 | British |
| GRAHAM, Floyd Errington | Director | 2023-12-04 | Aug 1959 | British |
| HAWKINS, Margaret | Director | 2015-04-14 | Aug 1950 | British |
| HOLLIS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2019-12-09 | Nov 1988 | British |
| MYERS, Michelle Bridget | Director | 2025-07-28 | Mar 1985 | British |
| SCHAEBITZ, Sabine | Director | 2014-11-10 | May 1964 | German |
| SMART, David John, Dr | Director | 2020-07-27 | May 1961 | British |
| WHITING, Paul Glen | Director | 2025-07-28 | Dec 1986 | British |
| WHITTAKER-SMITH, Tracey Lea | Director | 2025-07-28 | Aug 1964 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTRAM, Anita | Secretary | 2006-11-21 | 2009-12-30 |
| KEY, Christine Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-02-12 | 2023-01-15 |
| O'CONNOR-BOYD, Rachael Claire | Secretary | 2018-05-03 | 2020-02-12 |
| ROBINS, Andrew Keith | Secretary | 2013-04-25 | 2018-09-24 |
| ALEXANDER, Sarah Kathryn | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2018-05-01 |
| BANKS, James Allan | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2014-05-01 |
| BATTEN, Derek James | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2011-06-16 |
| BIRCH, Jane Linda | Director | 2018-04-30 | 2025-07-02 |
| BROWN, Adam William | Director | 2021-10-04 | 2024-05-15 |
| BURDITT, John Andrew | Director | 2016-11-09 | 2023-05-03 |
| CLINTON, Richard James | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2020-04-01 |
| DAVIDSON, Keith Thomas | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2018-09-24 |
| DAVIDSON, Keith Thomas | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-05-01 |
| FITZHUGH, Ronald Frederick | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2011-04-01 |
| FRIENDSHIP-TAYLOR, Roy Malcolm | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2012-07-12 |
| GIDDINS, Rodney | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2016-06-17 |
| GUILMARD, Freddie | Director | 2015-02-17 | 2025-05-19 |
| HADLAND, Timothy John | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2023-08-09 |
| HADLAND, Timothy John | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2017-03-24 |
| HADLAND, Timothy John | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2013-06-05 |
| HAMPDEN-SMITH, Paul Nigel | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2023-03-06 |
| HAWKINS, Jean Winvere | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2014-05-01 |
| HILL, James John | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2014-05-01 |
| HILL, Michael | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2007-10-01 |
| MOORE, Alisa | Director | 2023-03-06 | 2025-11-03 |
| RICHARDSON, Ian Donald | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2013-11-26 |
| RIDNELL, Martin Robert | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-05-01 |
| ROBINS, Andrew Keith | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2018-09-24 |
| ROBINSON, Merryn George | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2019-09-23 |
| ROBINSON, Merryn George | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-05-01 |
| ROLFE, Derryn Penelope | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2014-05-01 |
| SHAKIR, Nehad Nabil | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2020-05-29 |
| SLEDZ, Marta | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2023-07-24 |
| SMITH, Catherine Anne, Dr | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-05-01 |
| SUMMERS, Garry Keith Clarkson | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2013-06-05 |
| WELSH, Thomas, Dr | Director | 2007-09-13 | 2011-03-26 |
| WICKSTEED, Oliver Charles | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2022-02-07 |
| WREFORD, Michael William | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2015-03-09 |
| WREFORD, Michael William | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2014-05-01 |
| WRIGHT, William Frank | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2014-10-23 |
| YOUNG, Georgina Jane | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2011-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Robert Edmonds | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-23 |
| Mrs Sabine Schaebitz | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-23 |
| Mr Paul Nigel Hampden-Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-06 |
| Mr Nehad Nabil Shakir | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Mr Merryn George Robinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-23 |
| Miss Margaret Hawkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-20 |
| Mrs Sarah Kathryn Alexander | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-26 |
| Mr Timothy John Hadland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.