FIFE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST
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Cash
£508k
-3.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£940k
+1.6% vs 2025
Employees
8
+14.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £400,703 | £469,289 | +17.1% | |
| Operating profit | £33,397 | £15,138 | -54.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £33,397 | £15,138 | -54.7% | |
| Cash | £527,981 | £507,746 | -3.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £924,600 | £939,738 | +1.6% | |
| Net assets | £924,600 | £939,738 | +1.6% | |
| Equity | £924,600 | £939,738 | +1.6% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 8 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £189,135 | £195,686 | +3.5% | |
| 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. 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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.2% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 8.51x | 10.22x |
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
- Thomson Cooper
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period not less than 12 months. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRYANT, Jonathan Andrew | Secretary | 2026-05-12 | — | — |
| BACKHOUSE, Lesley Rankin, Cllr | Director | 2022-08-25 | Mar 1965 | Scottish |
| BIRRELL, Jim | Director | 2016-02-09 | Oct 1950 | British |
| BRYANT, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2025-02-10 | Sep 1952 | British |
| EARDLEY, Jennifer Mhairi | Director | 2025-02-10 | Dec 1993 | British |
| EVETTS, Robin Dennis Alexander, Dr | Director | 2010-08-17 | Mar 1949 | British |
| FOWLER, Colin | Director | 2026-05-12 | Oct 1939 | British |
| LESLIE, James, Cllr | Director | 2024-10-17 | Mar 1946 | British |
| MCLEISH, James Cracknell | Director | 2024-03-12 | Mar 1950 | British |
| MILLER, Colin | Director | 2025-02-10 | Feb 1964 | British |
| TAYLOR, Rosalind Jane | Director | 2012-12-04 | Mar 1953 | British |
| WADSWORTH, Naomi Jade | Director | 2025-02-10 | Oct 1996 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLER, Colin | Secretary | 2016-02-09 | 2026-03-17 |
| MCCOMBIE, John Alexander Fergusson | Secretary | 1997-03-06 | 2015-11-10 |
| BEARE, John, Councillor | Director | 2015-08-11 | 2017-08-08 |
| BRADSHAW WATT, Robert | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2012-05-05 |
| CHISHOLM, David | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2024-09-11 |
| CLELLAND, Hugh | Director | 1997-03-06 | 1997-04-25 |
| EDWARD, Drew | Director | 2003-11-25 | 2007-05-08 |
| FOWLER, Colin | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2026-03-17 |
| FOWLER, Colin | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2016-02-09 |
| LESLIE, Kathleen, Cllr | Director | 2022-08-25 | 2024-10-17 |
| MACDOUGALL, John William | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2008-08-13 |
| MAY, Christine Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2024-02-08 |
| MECHAN, Dallas | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2014-02-11 |
| MORRISON, Kay | Director | 2015-08-11 | 2017-08-08 |
| MUIR, Jean Marie | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2022-05-05 |
| PAGE, Robert | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2006-08-21 |
| RICHES, Elizabeth | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2017-08-08 |
| RITCHIE, Douglas | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2016-09-02 |
| ROSS, David | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2022-05-05 |
| SMITH, Robert Dudley Parker | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2012-12-04 |
| SOMERVILLE, Albert | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2006-08-21 |
| TAYLOR, William Gordon, Director | Director | 2004-09-17 | 2021-06-20 |
| WEIERTER, Hazel | Director | 2006-09-26 | 2014-12-16 |
| WHITEHEAD, Marilyn Elizabeth | Director | 2007-08-21 | 2015-11-10 |
| WILKINSON, Norman | Director | 1997-04-15 | 2024-09-11 |
| WINCOTT, Jan | Director | 2017-08-08 | 2022-05-05 |
| WOOD, Brian Charles Thallon | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2026-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-06-17 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2026-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-06-17 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2026-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.