THE PALACE TRUST
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Cash
£921K
-17.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.4M
+5.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
61
+29.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£76K
-35.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,623,185 | £1,957,071 | £2,169,209 | +10.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £117,831 | £75,752 | -35.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £117,831 | £75,752 | -35.7% | |
| Net profit | -£70,009 | £117,831 | £75,752 | -35.7% | |
| Cash | £927,177 | £1,113,706 | £920,926 | -17.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,229,739 | £1,348,811 | £1,422,345 | +5.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,229,739 | £1,348,811 | £1,422,345 | +5.5% | |
| Equity | £1,229,739 | £1,348,811 | £1,422,345 | +5.5% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 47 | 61 | +29.8% | |
| Wages | £790,854 | £856,433 | £947,021 | +10.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £87,489 | £91,275 | +4.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.0% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | -4.3% | 6.0% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.7% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.6% | 15.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 7.12x | 5.32x | 4.71x |
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
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE PALACE TRUST · parent
- Palace Enterprises (Wells) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIDD, Merryn | Secretary | 2025-07-16 | — | — |
| BEASLEY, Noel Michael Roy, Rt Revd | Director | 2022-09-15 | Nov 1968 | British |
| BEEDLE, Gregory Merrick | Director | 2024-06-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
| BRAWLEY, Caroline | Director | 2024-09-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DICKINSON, Paul Richard | Director | 2021-10-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| HAWES, Roger | Director | 2021-12-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| HOPKINS, Natasha Elena | Director | 2024-09-01 | May 1974 | British |
| MACDONALD, Katharine Isolde Elisabeth | Director | 2023-05-02 | Dec 1982 | British |
| MINTA, Michael Timothy | Director | 2021-02-18 | Jun 1972 | British |
| STRACHEY, Sally Anne | Director | 2025-11-20 | May 1953 | British |
| WILLMOTT, Trevor, Rt Revd | Director | 2021-09-01 | Mar 1950 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEEDLE, Gregory Merrick | Secretary | 2023-05-25 | 2024-05-15 |
| LANSDOWN, Natalie | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | 2023-05-25 |
| MARTIN, Rosie | Secretary | 2015-04-14 | 2021-10-15 |
| PEPPARD, Hollie Louise | Secretary | 2024-05-15 | 2025-07-16 |
| ACLAND HOOD GASS, Elizabeth Periam, Lady | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2022-10-12 |
| BLANDFORD, Michael Richard Eric | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2021-11-18 |
| BOLLARD, Maureen Joy | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2019-02-07 |
| BOYLAN, Maureen Frances Anne | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2024-12-01 |
| BROWN, Kevin, Dr | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2021-02-14 |
| DAVIES, John Harverd, The Very Revd Dr | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2023-01-25 |
| DENISON, Nicholas John | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2024-12-01 |
| DENISON, Nicholas John | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2016-07-21 |
| FORSEY, Samuel Grant | Director | 2023-05-25 | 2025-03-01 |
| GOFTON, Ruth | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2020-10-15 |
| HANCOCK, Peter, Rt Revd | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2021-05-01 |
| NAYLER, Georgina Ruth | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2020-10-15 |
| NUTTALL, Nicola Mary | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-10-15 |
| REED, Claire | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| REVELL, Claire Jane | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2026-02-26 |
| ROBERTS-WRAY, Brian Philip | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2022-11-17 |
| STICKLAND, Peter Bruce Graham | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2024-12-01 |
| TRIMMER, Matthew | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2019-01-15 |
| WATTS, Nerys | Director | 2020-04-27 | 2020-10-15 |
| WILLS, Julie Annette | Director | 2020-03-04 | 2024-05-31 |
| WOOD, David | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2022-11-17 |
| WORSLEY, Ruth Elizabeth, Right Rev | Director | 2021-05-25 | 2022-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rt Revd Noel Michael Roy Beasley | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-09-15 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mrs Claire Reed | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-12-01 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mr Roger Hawes | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-12-01 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mr Paul Richard Dickinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-10-01 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Rt Revd Trevor Willmott | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Right Rev Ruth Elizabeth Worsley | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-05-25 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Mr Michael Timothy Minta | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-02-18 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Ms Nerys Watts | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-04-27 | Ceased 2020-05-11 |
| Mrs Julie Annette Wills | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-03-04 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mr Nicolas Denison | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-11 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Ms Maureen Boylan | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-13 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mr Brian Philip Roberts-Wray | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-13 | Ceased 2022-11-17 |
| Mrs Nicola Nattal | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-13 | Ceased 2020-10-15 |
| Mr Matthew Trimmer | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-13 | Ceased 2019-01-15 |
| Mr Peter Bruce Graham Stickland | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-13 |
| Mr David Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-17 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Gass | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-12 |
| Mr Michael Richard Eric Blandford | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-18 |
| Rt Revd Peter Hancock | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-01 |
| Dr Kevin Brown | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-14 |
| Ms Ruth Gofton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-15 |
| Mrs Maureen Joy Bollard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.