THE BORDERS FOREST TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
Cash
£894K
+9.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+2.5% vs 2024
Employees
15
+25% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£142K
-66% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £843,105 | £479,872 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £417,687 | £141,807 | |
| Net profit | £396,915 | £158,173 | |
| Cash | £819,486 | £893,851 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,499,215 | £6,659,388 | |
| Net assets | £6,222,215 | £6,380,388 | |
| Equity | £6,222,215 | £6,380,388 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 15 | |
| Wages | £320,175 | £418,779 | |
| 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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-43.1%
£843,105 £479,872
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Cash
+9.1%
£819,486 £893,851
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Net assets
+2.5%
£6,222,215 £6,380,388
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Employees
+25%
12 15
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Profit before tax
-66%
£417,687 £141,807
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Wages
+30.8%
£320,175 £418,779
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 47.1% | 33.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.22x | 6.93x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that the Trust is a going concern. The increased head-count of staff puts more pressure on revenue spending, but the appointment of a dedicated Development Manager to build up the Trust's membership, relationship with corporate sponsors, high-net worth individuals, and grant giving foundations will ensure that the Trust meets its fundraising targets.”
Group structure
- THE BORDERS FOREST TRUST · parent
- KE H Brownlie Limited 100%
Significant events
- “John Matthews was appointed as Finance Manager on 24th February 2025.”
- “Laura Alcock-Ferguson was appointed as Development Manager on 7th May 2025.”
- “Sam Knight was appointed as Discover Nature Award Programme Manager on 16th June 2025 (6 month fixed term contract)”
- “Elvera Green, Finance Manager (maternity cover) left in October 2024.”
- “Rebecca Jones, Finance Manager, left in March 2025.”
- “Cameron Newall, Community & Education Officer, left in December 2024”
- “Becky Chenery, Community & Education Officer, left in April 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Nicola | Secretary | 2002-07-31 | — | British |
| GRANT ROBERTSON, Rosalind Hilary | Director | 2021-09-29 | Jul 1949 | British |
| HALL, Timothy | Director | 2024-12-04 | Sep 1963 | British |
| LAIDLAW, Iain Edward | Director | 2024-04-03 | Jun 1963 | British |
| MCLEAN, Colin | Director | 2020-08-19 | Jan 1955 | Scottish |
| OGILVIE, James Fredrick | Director | 2026-02-25 | Jun 1957 | British |
| PENICHE, Gabriela, Dr | Director | 2021-09-29 | Jul 1978 | Mexican,British |
| REED, Alan Douglas | Director | 2026-02-25 | Jul 1978 | British |
| SELLAR, Thomas John | Director | 2026-02-25 | Apr 1944 | British |
| SHEARER, Rodney | Director | 2020-08-19 | Apr 1956 | British |
| STRATHDEE, Andrew Thomas, Dr | Director | 2020-08-19 | Mar 1969 | British |
| THOMPSON, Richard | Director | 2024-12-04 | Oct 1965 | British |
| WALL, Ian James, Prof | Director | 2022-08-17 | Sep 1948 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Michael John Frederick | Secretary | 2009-06-18 | 2011-04-30 |
| CULLEN KILSHAW | Corporate Secretary | 1996-01-12 | 2002-08-22 |
| ASHMOLE, Nelson Philip, Dr | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2021-09-29 |
| ASHMOLE, Nelson Philip, Dr | Director | 2008-06-10 | 2014-07-16 |
| ASHMOLE, Nelson Philip, Dr | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2007-06-20 |
| BAKER, Michael John Frederick | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2015-07-22 |
| BATHGATE, John Lawrence | Director | 2001-07-29 | 2009-06-18 |
| BELL, Graham | Director | 1996-01-12 | 1997-12-01 |
| BIBERBACH, Petra Elke | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2001-06-22 |
| BOURNE, Apithanny | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2026-02-25 |
| CAMPBELL, Neil Waugh Somervell | Director | 2007-06-20 | 2013-08-07 |
| CAPPER, Rosemary Susan | Director | 1996-01-12 | 1996-04-17 |
| CARR, Ian | Director | 1997-04-16 | 2001-06-22 |
| CASSELLS, Lynn Maree | Director | 2017-08-02 | 2019-04-22 |
| CHALMERS, Angus Hugh Cameron | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2020-08-19 |
| CHALMERS, Angus Hugh Cameron | Director | 1996-01-12 | 1996-04-17 |
| CLARKSON, Rose | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2012-07-19 |
| COX, Eoin | Director | 1996-01-12 | 1996-04-17 |
| COX, Gordon Sherrington | Director | 1996-01-12 | 1996-04-17 |
| DALY WALTON, Denise Ann Lynn | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2002-07-31 |
| DALY WALTON, Denise Ann Lynn | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1999-05-26 |
| DARLING, Peter William | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2000-05-23 |
| ENO, Sarah Gillian | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2021-09-29 |
| FOULKES, Stuart Alan | Director | 2017-08-02 | 2023-11-15 |
| GOODBURN, William Milne | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2005-06-29 |
| GRANT ROBERTSON, Rosalind Hilary | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2020-08-19 |
| GRANT-ROBERTSON, Rosalind Hilary | Director | 2007-06-20 | 2013-08-07 |
| GRANT-ROBERTSON, Rosalind Hilary | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2006-06-07 |
| GUY, Pierre-Alban | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2011-04-30 |
| HUME, James Robert | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2006-06-07 |
| HUNT, John Forrest | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2012-07-19 |
| IRELAND, Michael William | Director | 2008-06-10 | 2014-07-16 |
| JACKSON, Daphne Mary Amelia | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2011-04-30 |
| KNIGHT, James Christopher | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2022-08-17 |
| KNIGHT, James Christopher | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2015-07-22 |
| KNIGHT, James Christopher | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2006-06-07 |
| LAIDLAW, Iain Edward | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2005-06-29 |
| LIVESEY, Anne Rosemary Margaret | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1999-05-26 |
| LOCKETT, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2008-06-10 |
| LONG, David Geoffrey, Dr | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2022-06-01 |
| LONG, David Geoffrey, Dr | Director | 2013-08-07 | 2019-08-14 |
| MACLEOD, Rory Donald | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2008-07-30 |
| MACLEOD, Rory Donald | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2001-06-22 |
| MARTYNOGA, Fiona Jane | Director | 2007-06-20 | 2008-06-10 |
| MARTYNOGA, Fiona Jane | Director | 1997-06-16 | 2004-06-30 |
| MCGARRY, Oonagh Catherine | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1999-05-26 |
| MCPHILLIMY, Donald Robert | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2016-08-03 |
| MERCER, Angela | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2005-06-29 |
| OGILVIE, James Fredrick | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2024-12-04 |
| RITCHIE, Paul James | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2022-06-01 |
| ROBERTSON, Brenda Elspeth | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2017-08-02 |
| ROBERTSON, Elspeth Brenda | Director | 2004-08-18 | 2011-04-30 |
| ROSEGRANT, Jane Katherine | Director | 2020-08-19 | 2025-11-25 |
| SINGLETON, Reuben Neville Charles | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2012-02-01 |
| SLOAN, Stephen Lloyd | Director | 2012-07-19 | 2016-08-03 |
| SMITH, Alexander Hugh Hemsley | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2013-08-08 |
| SMITH, Samantha Emma | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2007-06-20 |
| STEAD, Richard Timothy | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2000-04-21 |
| STRANG STEEL, Colin Brodie | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2002-07-31 |
| STRANG STEEL, Colin Brodie | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1999-05-26 |
| TABOR, Pip Simon Hancock | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2005-06-29 |
| THOMAS, John Peter | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2023-11-15 |
| THOMAS, John Peter | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2020-07-19 |
| THOMPSON, Jeremy | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2009-06-18 |
| TILSTONE, Martin Christopher | Director | 2012-07-19 | 2016-08-03 |
| WALTL, Hans Gunter | Director | 2013-08-07 | 2019-08-14 |
| YOUNG, Stephanie Pauline | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2026-02-25 |
| YOUNG, Stephanie Pauline | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2016-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 233 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.