SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£359K
-33.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£513K
-21.7% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£142K
-775.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,647,904 | £7,102,321 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £21,070 | -£142,265 | |
| Net profit | £21,070 | -£142,265 | |
| Cash | £535,959 | £358,594 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £655,272 | £513,007 | |
| Net assets | £655,272 | £513,007 | |
| Equity | £655,272 | £513,007 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £339,693 | £351,404 | |
| 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-17.9%
£8,647,904 £7,102,321
-
Cash
-33.1%
£535,959 £358,594
-
Net assets
-21.7%
£655,272 £513,007
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Profit before tax
-775.2%
£21,070 -£142,265
-
Wages
+3.4%
£339,693 £351,404
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.2% | -2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 26.96x | 23.33x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST 2010-11-11 → present
- SCALE-UP 2010-05-04 → 2010-11-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that, having regard to the level of reserves and to the continuing support of SBT's business partners, there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “SBT is delighted to have welcomed three new organisations into its portfolio this year - AllChild (formerly West London Zone); parkrun and upReach. Each brings unique and complementary strengths and potential to grow and expand their impact.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Paul Richard | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | — | British |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul Richard | Director | 2010-05-04 | Nov 1973 | British |
| CROSSAN, Michael Desmond | Director | 2018-02-07 | Jun 1970 | British |
| DAVIES, Guy Hanbury | Director | 2013-09-19 | Feb 1965 | British |
| DRAKEFORD, Anne | Director | 2022-07-20 | Nov 1973 | British |
| GEESINK, Jan-Coos Coos | Director | 2019-06-05 | Dec 1958 | Dutch |
| HADLEY, James Edward | Director | 2019-06-05 | Nov 1973 | British |
| HALE, Madeleine Jean | Director | 2020-09-09 | Sep 1992 | British |
| JOY, Larissa | Director | 2018-04-23 | Sep 1968 | British |
| MILTON, Simon William Robert | Director | 2010-09-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Harry Hugh Roger | Director | 2020-09-09 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFINI, Damon Marcus, Sir | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2017-04-21 |
| CURRY, Timothy John Anderson | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2020-09-09 |
| HIRZEL, Alan Thomas | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2014-12-01 |
| MYERS, Jonathan | Director | 2010-09-21 | 2018-02-07 |
| RIHAL, Kim Kamisha | Director | 2022-05-06 | 2024-05-03 |
| SELLARS, Ian | Director | 2010-05-04 | 2010-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.