MARY ROSE TRUST(THE)

Active
Company number 01415654Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1979

Key figures

£25,128,165-4.6%
Net assets 2024/25
-4.6%
Average annual change 2023/24–2024/25
010 m20 m30 m2023/242024/25

† MARY ROSE TRUST(THE) filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, MARY ROSE TRUST(THE) does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 85520

Where the company stands among the 7,120 active companies whose first SIC code is 85520 (Cultural education).

Net assets£25,128,165
Higher than 99% · median £2,013
Total assets£25,565,955
Higher than 99% · median £8,969
Cash£597,081
Higher than 96% · median £5,896
Company age47.7 years
Older than 99% · median 4.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE£133m
  2. TRURO DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED(THE)£120.2m
  3. A. M. QATTAN FOUNDATION£39.4m
  4. MARY ROSE TRUST(THE)£25.1m
  5. NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY TRUST£17.6m
  6. MUSLIM WELFARE HOUSE£16.7m
  7. ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED£12m
  8. CNOC SOILLEIR LIMITED£10.7m
  9. THE MUATH TRUST£8.8m
  10. THE CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY£8.8m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 7,120. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: MARY ROSE TRUST(THE)

What kind of company is it?

MARY ROSE TRUST(THE) is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 01415654. It was incorporated on 19 Feb 1979. Its status is active. The registered office is in Portsmouth (PO1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is cultural education (85520), museums activities (91020), operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (91030).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £25,128,165, down 4.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £597,081. Total assets were £25,565,955 and total liabilities £437,790. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,120 active companies whose first SIC code is 85520: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £2,013). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £8,969). By cash it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £5,896). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.0 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £388.8k, from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 277503) with a latest reported income of £3.2m.

Who runs and controls the company?

2 of 4 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Cash at bank and in hand844,691597,081
Total assets26,776,87825,565,955
Total liabilities438,054437,790
Net assets / total equity26,338,82425,128,165

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

3 grants

MARY ROSE TRUST(THE) is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2020, together worth £388.8k.

Grants
  1. Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity SupportDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £327,652
  2. Culture Recovery Fund - Grants programmeDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £36,130
  3. ALB-Historic England-The Mary Rose Trust (Covid-19 Emergency Response)Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £25,000 · ALB-Historic England-Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund Resilience Grants

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 277503
Registered with the Charity Commission
28 Mar 1979
Income, year to 31 Mar 2025
£3.2m
Spending
£4.4m

To conserve the Mary Rose and her artefacts and display them to a wide audience.To maintain the archives and publish archaeological information and to promote and make accessible, research and knowledge relating to the Mary Rose.To provide world class expertise for maritime archaeology and the cons…

View on the register of charities

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £25.1m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £26.3m
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.