MIDDLE WAY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£184K
-40% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+13.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-11-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £898,945 | -£83,796 | |
| Cash | £306,908 | £184,196 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,092,529 | £4,650,965 | |
| Net assets | £4,092,529 | £4,650,965 | |
| Equity | £4,092,529 | £4,650,965 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-40%
£306,908 £184,196
-
Net assets
+13.6%
£4,092,529 £4,650,965
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.5% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 14.78x | 1.15x |
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
- Benjamin Hayes BSc FCA, Wenn Townsend
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The charity was established in 2021 by the very generous donation of the initial fund of £3.2m by Priscilla Tolkien, youngest child and only daughter of the author, JRR Tolkien, and has been registered with the Charity Commission as a registered charity.”
- “In the financial year 2022/23 the charity received a further bequest of £956,263 from the Estate of Priscilla Tolkien.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Cathleen | Secretary | 2021-11-04 | — | — |
| BLACKBURN, Cathleen | Director | 2021-11-04 | Aug 1960 | British |
| KIRTLAND, Robert Maurice | Director | 2021-11-04 | Apr 1967 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Maurice Kirtland | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-11-04 | Active |
| Mrs Cathleen Blackburn | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-11-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 8 of 8 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-04 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.