THE SIGRID RAUSING TRUST
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Cash
£4.6m
-72.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£292m
+9.9% vs 2023
Employees
25
-10.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,350,403 | £27,163,556 | -47.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £53,993,979 | £26,417,056 | -51.1% | |
| Cash | £16,986,187 | £4,630,947 | -72.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £286,192,275 | £299,448,331 | +4.6% | |
| Net assets | £265,657,275 | £292,074,331 | +9.9% | |
| Equity | £265,657,275 | £292,074,331 | +9.9% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 25 | -10.7% | |
| Wages | £1,676,054 | £1,735,260 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £383,036 | £362,039 | -5.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 105.1% | 97.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.4% | 11.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.16x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The expectation involves the continuation of the on-going grant making via annual charitable donations from our chair, Sigrid Rausing.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, the Trust completed a series of rolling reviews of each of its thematic programmes. The following programmes were reviewed during the year: Defending Civic Space and Toxics and Pollution.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNGARTEN, Pia | Director | 2025-03-07 | Sep 1957 | German |
| HOTZ, Daniel Jakob Anders | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1997 | British |
| JOWELL, Jeffrey Lionel, Professor Sir | Director | 2024-12-05 | Nov 1938 | British |
| PUDDEPHATT, Andrew Charles | Director | 2021-01-22 | Apr 1950 | British |
| RAUSING, Sigrid Maria Elisabet | Director | 2021-01-22 | Jan 1962 | Swedish,British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUDLENDER, Geoffrey | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2023-06-15 |
| IBRAHIM, Hosh | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2024-06-12 |
| JOWELL, Jeffrey Lionel, Professor Sir | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2024-06-12 |
| KENNEDY, Helena Ann, Baroness | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2024-06-12 |
| MAILMAN, Joshua | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2024-06-12 |
| ROGERS, Ruth, Lady | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2023-06-15 |
| STONE, Christopher | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2024-06-12 |
| VAN ORANJE, Mabel Martine | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2023-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sigrid Maria Elisabet Rausing | Individual | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.