Parable Trust Limited
Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital · Poole
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2005Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£7,492,000
Cash
£906,000
Turnover
£26,142,000
Profit / loss
−£2,634,000
Current assets
£15,469,000
Creditors < 1 year
£8,101,000
Equity
£7,492,000
Average employees
190
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Group · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £7,492,000 | £10,031,000 |
| Equity | £7,492,000 | £10,031,000 |
| Retained earnings | £7,492,000 | £10,031,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £1,724,000 | £1,999,000 |
| Intangible assets | £110,000 | £167,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £1,614,000 | £1,820,000 |
| Investments | — | £12,000 |
| Current assets | £15,469,000 | £17,169,000 |
| Cash at bank | £906,000 | £1,923,000 |
| Stock | £7,228,000 | £7,901,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £8,101,000 | £7,172,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £317,000 | £337,000 |
| Provisions | £1,283,000 | £1,628,000 |
| Net current assets | £7,368,000 | £9,997,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £9,092,000 | £11,996,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £26,142,000 | £28,500,000 |
| Cost of sales | £16,312,000 | £17,970,000 |
| Gross profit | £9,830,000 | £10,530,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £13,464,000 | £14,342,000 |
| Operating profit | −£3,646,000 | −£3,841,000 |
| Interest receivable | £17,000 | £20,000 |
| Interest payable | £40,000 | £36,000 |
| Profit before tax | −£3,630,000 | −£3,895,000 |
| Tax | −£996,000 | −£266,000 |
| Profit / loss | −£2,634,000 | −£3,629,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £303,000 | £323,000 |
| Amortisation | £74,000 | £87,000 |
| Audit fees | £11,000 | £14,000 |
| Research & development | £2,116,000 | £2,177,000 |
| Cash flow | ||
| Cash from operations | −£1,703,000 | −£709,000 |
| Capital expenditure | £58,000 | £335,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 190 | 203 |
| Staff costs | £13,028,000 | £13,819,000 |
| Wages & salaries | £9,944,000 | £10,636,000 |
| Social security costs | £2,209,000 | £2,160,000 |
| Directors' remuneration | £496,000 | £438,000 |
| Highest paid director | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Ultimate controlling party
- The Company was controlled throughout the year by its members.
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-09-17, signed by R J Conway
Turnover by segment (14)
- United Kingdom: 4,047 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 10,267 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Asia: 4,097 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- North America: 7,409 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Other: 322 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Sale of goods: 21,417 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Sale of services: 4,725 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 5,991 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 12,288 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Asia: 1,707 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- North America: 6,833 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Other: 1,681 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Sale of goods: 24,581 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Sale of services: 3,919 (000s) (2024-12-31)
Related parties (4)
- Gearbox Europlacer Limited · advance to fund working capital · $8,000 (£7,000)
- Gearbox Europlacer Limited · balance owing · £25,000
- Gearbox Europlacer Limited · advance to fund working capital · $13,000 (£10,000)
- Gearbox Europlacer Limited · balance owing · £49,000
Borrowings (5)
- Bank overdrafts · £722,000 (000s) · fixed rate over the Bank of England base rate · secured on standard security
- Loan forming part of the loan described in note 18 · £33,000 (000s) · The amounts owed to group undertakings have no specified repayment terms. · secured on The group has granted a charge over its freehold property to secure certain bank loans.
- International business multi-currency overdraft · £2m (000s) · fixed rate over the Bank of England base rate · secured on standard security
- French subsidiary company overdraft facility · €250,000 (£218,000) (000s) · a fixed rate · maturity renewable · secured on non secured
- Bank loan · £206,000 (000s) · 1.55% · repayable in variable instalments by 31st December 2032
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesNo charges available in our records.