KILMARTIN MUSEUM COMPANY LTD
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Cash
£565K
+25% vs 2023
Net assets
£7.3M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
17
+30.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 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 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 | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £719,931 | £152,026 | -78.9% | |
| Cash | £451,976 | £565,173 | +25% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,161,267 | £7,313,293 | +2.1% | |
| Net assets | £7,161,267 | £7,313,293 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £7,161,267 | £7,313,293 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 13 | 17 | +30.8% | |
| Wages | £277,894 | £292,274 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £50,000 | £37,899 | -24.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.1% | 1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 5.04x |
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
- Gillespie & Anderson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. There are sufficient cash resources and reserves at the year end to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- KILMARTIN MUSEUM COMPANY LTD · parent
- Kilmartin House Trading Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “2023 saw the completion of the Museum's ambitious Redevelopment Project which created a seamless museum building with better facilities including a much larger exhibition gallery, a dedicated learning space, modern collections and archive storage and first-class visitor amenities.”
- “The transition to a fully functioning museum and visitor attraction was fully completed in 2024.”
- “Midway through 2024, the Museum's long-serving Director and Curator Dr Sharon Webb resigned in order to focus on her original love of archaeology, continuing her involvement with the Museum as freelance Curator and temporarily as interim freelance shared Director.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Andrew | Director | 2025-03-17 | May 1954 | British |
| FERGUSON, Nicholas Eustace Haddon | Director | 2019-01-08 | Oct 1948 | British |
| HEYWORTH, Michael Paul | Director | 2019-06-10 | Jul 1961 | British |
| MACLEOD, Grace Margaret | Director | 2017-03-31 | Oct 1953 | British |
| ROSS, Calum James | Director | 2024-05-27 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY STEPHENS, Gordon Thomas | Secretary | 2022-03-22 | 2023-11-27 |
| SMART, Anne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2015-03-31 | 2018-09-12 |
| ASCHERSON, Charles Neal | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2019-06-10 |
| BITTLESTON, Eleanor Dorothy | Director | 2025-08-11 | 2025-09-30 |
| BROWN, Jan Vanessa | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
| CALDWELL, David Hepburn, Dr | Director | 2024-05-27 | 2026-03-16 |
| CAMPBELL, Ewan Neil, Dr | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2019-01-07 |
| FOSTER, Sally Mary, Dr | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2020-09-07 |
| HAMILTON, William Allan | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2017-03-20 |
| KNOX, Ruth | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2021-08-12 |
| LISTER, Timothy John | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2023-09-18 |
| MANSON, Alan Andrew | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2018-12-07 |
| MURRAY, David Edward | Director | 2017-04-18 | 2019-01-07 |
| PATON, David James | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2025-06-30 |
| SAUNDERS, Iain Ogilvy Swain | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2025-06-19 |
| SELF, William George Torquil | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-09-23 |
| STEPHENS, Gordon Thomas Gray | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2023-11-27 |
| TAYLOR, Alexander Smith | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2021-06-01 |
| WEBB, Sharon Helen, Dr | Director | 2023-12-22 | 2026-02-19 |
| WELANDER, Richard | Director | 2024-05-27 | 2026-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Grace Margaret Macleod | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-03-12 | Active |
| Mr Gordon Thomas Gray Stephens | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2019-03-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.