COLUMBA 1400
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Cash
£655k
-35.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.6m
-9.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
32
-13.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£280k
+10.5% vs 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,643,076 | £1,796,289 | £1,616,800 | -10% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£313,073 | -£280,187 | +10.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£313,073 | -£280,187 | +10.5% | |
| Net profit | -£697,426 | -£313,073 | -£280,187 | +10.5% | |
| Cash | £1,155,956 | £1,014,634 | £654,922 | -35.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,209,930 | £2,896,855 | £2,616,668 | -9.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,209,928 | £2,896,855 | £2,616,668 | -9.7% | |
| Equity | £3,209,928 | £2,896,855 | £2,616,668 | -9.7% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 37 | 32 | -13.5% | |
| Wages | £1,115,282 | £986,555 | £911,788 | -7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £296,769 | £229,946 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -17.4% | -17.3% | |
| Net margin | -42.4% | -17.4% | -17.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -10.8% | -10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.07x | 3.16x | 3.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | -49.30x | — |
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
- CT Audit Limited
- 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 group and parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COLUMBA 1400 · parent
- Columba 1400 Staffin Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025, Columba 1400 marked 25 years of delivering transformational leadership experiences. This milestone was celebrated through a range of activities, including the "25 Stories for 25 Years" campaign, which highlighted the long-term impact of our work, a refreshed visual identity inspired by a YPLA graduate, fundraising activities, an event at the Palace of Holyroodhouse attended by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of Columba 1400, and a celebration at our purpose-built Community and International Leadership Centre in Staffin on the Isle of Skye.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURCAN CONNELL WS | Corporate Secretary | 2001-09-25 | — | — |
| COLELLA, Anthony | Director | 2024-03-14 | May 1961 | British |
| DONALDSON, Michael James | Director | 2018-03-15 | Jun 1980 | British |
| LIVINGSTON, James Douglas | Director | 2022-04-25 | Jul 1978 | British |
| MACKAY, Judith | Director | 2020-03-30 | Jan 1967 | British |
| OGILVY, David Cameron | Director | 2022-07-06 | Nov 1963 | British |
| PORTER, Alan Browning | Director | 2024-03-14 | Feb 1976 | Scottish |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACLEOD, Fiona Charlotte Randle | Secretary | 1997-09-01 | 1998-11-30 |
| PATERSON, Grahame Mark Peter | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 1999-12-27 |
| BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-12-27 | 2001-09-25 |
| ABRAM, Stephen Paterson | Director | 2019-09-27 | 2024-02-01 |
| ASH, Gordon Brian | Director | 1998-08-31 | 2000-09-29 |
| AYRE, Barry Logan | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2011-12-08 |
| BARR, William James | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2010-12-01 |
| BYRNE, Margaret Anne | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2021-03-18 |
| BYRNE, Margaret Anne | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2013-02-04 |
| CHISHOLM, Ian James | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2004-07-31 |
| COFFEY, Elizabeth | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2004-10-14 |
| COLELLA, Anton | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2017-09-17 |
| CRAWFORD, Graeme Donald | Director | 2004-03-30 | 2010-03-12 |
| CRAWFORD, Robert Mackay | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2006-03-20 |
| DRUMMOND, Andrew | Director | 1998-08-31 | 2001-09-25 |
| DRUMMOND, Norman Walker, The Revd Professor | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2016-06-17 |
| FAIRMAN, Michael Gourlay | Director | 1998-09-10 | 2001-04-14 |
| FULTON, Robin David | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2023-03-14 |
| HART, Kevin | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2015-06-06 |
| LEAWORTHY, John, The Revd | Director | 1998-08-31 | 2000-01-27 |
| MACKINNON, Aileane | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2000-09-30 |
| MACLEOD, Mary | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2021-03-18 |
| MACLEOD, Roderick Alexander Randle, Reverend | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2000-01-11 |
| MCAREAVEY, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2004-01-01 |
| MCFARLANE, Alan | Director | 2014-06-28 | 2018-09-20 |
| MITCHELL, Stuart Walter | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2011-12-08 |
| MOORHOUSE, John Edwin | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2010-09-30 |
| OFFORD, Malcolm Ian | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2014-06-28 |
| OGILVY, Julia Caroline | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2010-12-01 |
| ROSS, Angus Gillies | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2006-03-20 |
| ROSS, Isabella Jane | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2010-03-12 |
| SANDA, Lorraine Elizabeth | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2022-12-02 |
| SHAW, David Robert | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2019-06-21 |
| SIM, George Goodall | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2002-10-21 |
| SLATER, Martin George | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2006-06-03 |
| SOLE, David Michael Barclay | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2001-09-01 |
| SUTHERLAND, Flora | Director | 1998-08-31 | 2000-09-22 |
| WATT, Lindsay Margaret | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2022-04-24 |
| WISHART, Ruth, Dr | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2012-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.