SOUTHAMPTON FORWARD

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

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +65.3%

  £912,529 → £1,508,648

  highest in 3 filed years

• Net assets

  +0.4%

  £1,586,691 → £1,592,619

• Employees

  +28.6%

  7 → 9

• Operating profit

  -100.8%

  £1,396,164 → -£11,122

• Profit before tax

  -99.6%

  £1,396,164 → £5,928

• Wages

  +27.6%

  £375,122 → £478,477

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

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.

1. SOUTHAMPTON FORWARD 2025-05-13 → present
2. SOUTHAMPTON FORWARD LIMITED 2025-04-16 → 2025-05-13
3. SOUTHAMPTON 2025 TRUST 2020-10-19 → 2025-04-16
4. SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST 2010-08-12 → 2020-10-19

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Hopper Williams & Bell Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have reviewed the costed three-year strategic plan for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026 against income secured as of 31 March 2025 and on this basis the Trustees conclude that the charity and its subsidiary is a going concern.”

Group structure

1. SOUTHAMPTON FORWARD · parent
   1. Southampton Forward Trading Ltd 1% · England and Wales · trading activities in support of the Charity

Significant events

• “Southampton Forward Trading (a subsidiary company) was established on 2 March 2024 and began trading during the year 31 March 2025.”
• “Southampton 2025 Trust trading as Southampton Forward changed its legal name to Southampton Forward in April 2025 following approval by the Board of Trustees.”
• “2024-2025 was a busy year updating and improving governance processes and policies and ensuring articles and official documents aligned with Companies House and the Charity Commission requirements.”
• “In November 2024, the Cornershop project celebrated the cultural importance of 7 local shops across Southampton and recorded their oral histories for the Southampton City Archive.”
• “In April 2024, we launched the Southampton Creative Directory, providing a publicly accessible platform to showcase and connect the city's creative practitioners.”
• “In June 2024, a showcase event featured programme outcomes and a city-wide roundtable discussion, reinforcing Southampton's collective commitment to anti-racism and inclusive practice.”
• “A major highlight was Southampton Forward brokering a new relationship between the British Library and God's House Tower, which secured the loan of Jane Austen's Travelling Writing Desk.”
• “The exhibition launched on 14 November with the Lord Mayor of Southampton and contributed to a year-long celebration that positioned the city on the literary tourism map.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.