GLASTONBURY ABBEY
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Cash
£146k
-87% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3m
-6.5% vs 2024
Employees
43
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£209k
-136.5% lowest in 3 filed years
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1,385,025 | £2,925,940 | £1,902,849 | -35% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £253,188 | £571,870 | -£208,806 | -136.5% | |
| Net profit | £256,573 | £571,870 | -£208,806 | -136.5% | |
| Cash | £1,648,053 | £1,120,253 | £145,829 | -87% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,717,145 | £3,243,793 | £2,995,198 | -7.7% | |
| Net assets | £2,632,134 | £3,204,004 | £2,995,198 | -6.5% | |
| Equity | £2,632,134 | £3,204,004 | £2,995,198 | -6.5% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 41 | 43 | +4.9% | |
| Wages | £702,660 | £862,124 | £948,100 | +10% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 18.5% | 19.5% | -11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.8% | 16.4% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.01x | 2.52x | 1.30x |
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
- Webb & Co Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- GLASTONBURY ABBEY · parent
- Glastonbury Abbey Trading Limited 100%
- Glastonbury Abbey Trust 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, Nicholas | Secretary | 2026-03-24 | — | — |
| CLULEE, Garry James | Director | 2025-11-06 | Nov 1978 | British |
| GILCHRIST, Roberta, Professor | Director | 2009-06-01 | Jun 1965 | British,Canadian |
| GREGORY, Edward Jonathan | Director | 2024-09-26 | Jul 1967 | British |
| HEAL, Paul Bentley | Director | 2020-10-02 | Sep 1950 | British |
| LEYDEN, Kyle Martin, Dr | Director | 2025-11-06 | Jun 1979 | British |
| MAY, Nicholas Guy | Director | 2024-09-26 | Mar 1960 | British |
| ODGERS, David Hugh Fellows | Director | 2018-11-12 | Oct 1953 | British |
| SIDIQUE, Monica Smrita | Director | 2022-10-20 | Dec 1972 | British |
| THOMAS, Martin | Director | 2014-09-19 | Aug 1970 | British |
| WATSON, Alice Lydia, Rev | Director | 2025-09-25 | Feb 1987 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENTS, Matthew | Secretary | 2009-04-08 | 2009-10-31 |
| GORBING, Katherine Margaret | Secretary | 2009-11-01 | 2012-04-27 |
| PETERS, Sally Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-04-24 | 2026-03-26 |
| BELLENGER, Aidan, Rt Rev Dom | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2015-05-05 |
| BIRD, Stephen Edmund | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2026-08-06 |
| BLOOM, William, Dr | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2025-09-02 |
| BOCQUET, Stephen Alan | Director | 2009-04-08 | 2009-05-31 |
| BOLLARD, Maureen, Prebendary | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2012-08-31 |
| BRENDON, John Patrick | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| COOPER, Jemma | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2024-02-02 |
| DODDS, Pauline Grace | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2019-01-06 |
| DUNNING, Robert William, Dr | Director | 2009-04-08 | 2009-12-31 |
| ELLIS, Mark Durant, Reverend Prebendary | Director | 2009-04-08 | 2014-08-16 |
| GALE, Theresa | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-05-29 |
| GELL, Anne Elizabeth, The Venerable | Director | 2017-05-20 | 2024-08-01 |
| GREGORY, Edward | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2024-08-01 |
| HOPKINSON-BALL, Tim, Dr | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2012-09-05 |
| HOPKINSON-BALL, Tim, Dr | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2009-06-01 |
| JACKSON, Robert Andrew, Dr | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| MACGEOCH, David, Rev | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| MASTERS, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2015-05-05 | 2016-09-12 |
| MAY, Nicholas Guy | Director | 2021-01-19 | 2024-08-01 |
| MUSSELWHITE, Harry Thomas | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2020-12-31 |
| PALMER, Axel Anthony, Dr | Director | 2017-01-23 | 2017-05-20 |
| RAY, Robin John, The Rev. | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2011-10-05 |
| RICHARDS, Robert Francis | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2022-01-14 |
| SAUNDERS, Peter Robin | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| SIMON, Charles Anthony | Director | 2009-04-08 | 2012-03-08 |
| SINCLAIR, Jill Elizabeth Howe | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2017-12-05 |
| SULLIVAN, Nicola Ann, The Venerable | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2015-05-05 |
| VAN DER ZEE, Elsa, Prebendary | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-12-04 |
| WHITE, Janice Emily, Councillor | Director | 2009-04-08 | 2026-05-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Kelvin George John | Director | 2009-04-08 | 2011-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.