NATURAL RESEARCH LIMITED
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Cash
£611K
+5.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.3M
+2.2% vs 2024
Employees
13
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Cash
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £625,997 | £716,960 | +14.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£45,563 | £28,933 | +163.5% | |
| Cash | £579,454 | £610,748 | +5.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,306,017 | £1,334,950 | +2.2% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,306,017 | £1,334,950 | +2.2% | |
| Average employees | 13 | 13 | 0% | |
| Wages | £384,931 | £410,118 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £74,128 | £75,698 | +2.1% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -7.3% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 7.91x | 7.70x |
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
- A.J.B. Scholes Ltd
- 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 charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the consolidated financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- NATURAL RESEARCH LIMITED · parent
- Natural Research (Projects) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the period to the end of 31 March 2025 continued good progress was made in training researchers, taking forward projects and in disseminating their results. Seven peer-reviewed publications were published, the highest annual output in the history of the charity.”
- “A PhD studentship at the University of Chester examining the effects of forestry on golden eagles, with successful applicant Charlotte Chandler, continues to show great promise and aptitude. Good progress was made in 2024/25.”
- “A highly successful project on tagging territorial golden eagles on Lewis in the Western Isles was begun in 2021/22 and substantially expanded in the 2022/23 winter. Efforts were successfully renewed in 2024/25, such that initial project objectives have been achieved.”
- “SSE support for NR's administration of the Regional Eagle Management Project (RECMP) in the Central Highlands continued in 2024/25.”
- “In 2024/25, NR produced a 151-page commissioned report for Forestry England on "Golden Eagle Recovery Feasibility in England: A report to Forestry England on Work Packages 1-3".”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACKINNONS SOLICITORS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2020-07-28 | — | — |
| GILL, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2025-11-20 | Jul 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, Desmond Bruin Angus, Professor | Director | 2025-11-20 | Jan 1958 | British |
| WHITFIELD, Douglas Philip, Dr | Director | 2012-05-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOT & COMPANY WS | Corporate Secretary | 2000-07-24 | 2012-04-26 |
| MACKINNONS | Corporate Secretary | 2012-04-26 | 2020-07-28 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-07-24 | 2000-07-24 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Carole Ann, Dr | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2008-02-22 |
| HEAVISIDES, Alan | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2026-04-20 |
| INSLEY, Hugh, Dr | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2018-03-14 |
| JAMIESON, William | Director | 2016-11-16 | 2018-11-23 |
| MADDERS, Michael, Dr | Director | 2000-07-24 | 2009-08-24 |
| MCGRADY, Michael James, Dr | Director | 2000-07-24 | 2012-04-30 |
| STIRLING-AIRD, Patrick Kenneth | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2026-04-20 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-07-24 | 2000-07-24 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-07-24 | 2000-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Heavisides | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-07-28 | Active |
| Dr Hugh Insley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-14 |
| Dr Douglas Philip Whitfield | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Patrick Kenneth Stirling-Aird | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-28 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.