The Oversight Trust-Assets For The Common Good
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2011Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£697,432,000
Cash
£89,961,000
Turnover
—
Profit / loss
£14,186,000
Current assets
£360,686,000
Creditors < 1 year
£108,662,000
Equity
£697,432,000
Average employees
Not available
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 | £697,432,000 | £683,246,000 |
| Equity | £697,432,000 | £683,246,000 |
| Retained earnings | £494,403,000 | £485,301,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £471,087,000 | £441,935,000 |
| Intangible assets | £21,000 | £69,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £295,000 | £303,000 |
| Investments | £470,771,000 | £441,563,000 |
| Current assets | £360,686,000 | £389,997,000 |
| Cash at bank | £89,961,000 | £58,827,000 |
| Debtors | £4,067,000 | £2,414,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £108,662,000 | £120,398,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £5,071,000 | £6,512,000 |
| Provisions | £48,000 | £20,000 |
| Net current assets | £252,024,000 | £269,599,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £723,111,000 | £711,534,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Administrative expenses | £30,913,000 | £31,066,000 |
| Other operating income | £388,000 | £532,000 |
| Profit before tax | £15,157,000 | £3,694,000 |
| Tax | £971,000 | £1,474,000 |
| Profit / loss | £14,186,000 | £2,220,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £166,000 | £123,000 |
| Amortisation | £48,000 | £62,000 |
| Operating lease charges | £852,000 | — |
| People & pay | ||
| Wages & salaries | £14,764,000 | £12,989,000 |
| Social security costs | £1,908,000 | £1,491,000 |
| Pension costs | £1,334,000 | £1,128,000 |
| 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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-09-01, signed by Vaughan Lindsay
Subsidiaries (4)
- Better Society Capital Limited · 80% of voting rights
- Access - The Foundation for Social Investment · sole member
- Fair4All Finance Limited · sole member
- Youth Futures Foundation Limited · sole member
Related parties (8)
- Better Society Capital Limited · group company · costs incurred on behalf of the Trust and reimbursed · £12k
- Better Society Capital Limited · group company · outstanding amount due to Better Society Capital Limited · £12k
- Better Society Capital Limited · subsidiary · licence fee for use of its offices paid by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment · £93k
- Access – The Foundation for Social Investment · subsidiary · other income accrued by Better Society Capital Limited · £1,800
- Access – The Foundation for Social Investment · subsidiary · outstanding balance due from Access · £1,800
- Better Society Capital Limited · group company · secondment payments from Fair4All Finance · £31,000
- Better Society Capital Limited · group company · income booked for secondments · £55,150
- Better Society Capital Limited · group company · receivable on the balance sheet · £24,150
Borrowings (2)
- Loans payable within the next year · 1,000 (000s) · within the next year
- Long term loans · 880 (000s)
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesNo charges available in our records.