Annual Report and Accounts 2024 - 2025 - Annual accounts
- Statement of comprehensive net expenditure for the year to 31 March 2025
- Statement of financial position at 31 March 2025
- Statement of cash flows for year to 31 March 2025
- Statement of changes in taxpayers’ equity for the year to 31 March 2025
- Statement of changes in taxpayers’ equity for the year to 31 March 2024
- Documents
This information is also available in the Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 document (PDF, 9.5 MB).
See also: Notes to the accounts.
Statement of comprehensive net expenditure for the year to 31 March 2025
|
|
Notes |
Year to 31 March 2025 £’000 |
Year to 31 March 2024 £’000 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
Income from contracts |
2 |
54,182 |
50,338 |
|
Other income |
3 |
1,208 |
1,052 |
|
Total operating income |
|
55,390 |
51,390 |
|
Expenditure |
|
|
|
|
Staff costs |
4 |
(73,112) |
(69,217) |
|
Depreciation |
9 |
(6,066) |
(5,246) |
|
Profit/(loss) on disposal of assets |
9 |
(122) |
(12) |
|
Other operating charges |
5 |
(25,537) |
(22,588) |
|
Total operating expenditure |
|
(104,837) |
(97,063) |
|
Net operating expenditure |
|
(49,447) |
(45,673) |
|
Finance income |
6 |
1,152 |
277 |
|
Finance expenses |
7 |
(101) |
(85) |
|
Net expenditure for year |
|
(48,396) |
(45,481) |
|
Other comprehensive expenditure |
|
|
|
|
Net (loss)/gain on revaluation of property, plant and equipment |
9 |
1,008 |
280 |
|
Actuarial gain/(loss) on pension scheme |
17 |
(21,242) |
20,088 |
|
Comprehensive net (expenditure)/income for the year |
|
(68,630) |
(25,113) |
Statement of financial position at 31 March 2025
|
|
Notes |
Year to 31 March 2025 £’000 |
Year to 31 March 2024 £’000 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
9 |
42,075 |
42,377 |
|
Intangible assets |
9 |
4,027 |
2,402 |
|
Assets under construction |
9 |
2,380 |
2,807 |
|
Employee retirement benefits |
17 |
0 |
21,527 |
|
Trade and other receivables |
11 |
232 |
225 |
|
Total non-current assets |
|
48,714 |
69,338 |
|
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other receivables |
11 |
5,029 |
3,964 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
10 |
2,346 |
899 |
|
Total current assets |
|
7,375 |
4,863 |
|
Total assets |
|
56,089 |
74,201 |
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables less than 1 year |
12 |
(13,683) |
(11,206) |
|
Provisions for liabilities and charges less than 1 year |
14 |
(231) |
(213) |
|
Future lease payments |
16 |
(1,306) |
(1,321) |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
(15,220) |
(12,740) |
|
Total assets less current liabilities |
|
40,869 |
61,461 |
|
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Provisions for liabilities and charges greater than 1 year |
14 |
(6,059) |
(6,023) |
|
Future lease payments |
16 |
(5,475) |
(6,560) |
|
Total non-current liabilities |
|
(11,534) |
(12,583) |
|
Total assets less total liabilities |
|
29,335 |
48,878 |
|
Taxpayers’ equity |
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive net expenditure reserve |
|
10,295 |
30,544 |
|
Revaluation reserve |
|
19,040 |
18,334 |
|
Total taxpayers’ equity |
|
29,335 |
48,878 |
The note numbers referred to above are incorporated within the notes to the accounts. These annual accounts were approved by the Board on 25 November 2025 and signed on behalf of the Board on 10 December 2025.
N Paterson, Chief Executive and Accountable Officer
Statement of cash flows for year to 31 March 2025
|
|
Notes |
Year to 31 March 2025 £’000 |
Year to 31 March 2024 £’000 |
|
Net operating expenditure |
|
(49,447) |
(45,673) |
|
Adjustments for non-cash transactions |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation/impairment and amortisation |
9 |
6,066 |
5,246 |
|
Loss/(gain) on disposal of assets |
9 |
122 |
33 |
|
Pension scheme adjustment |
17 |
1,296 |
137 |
|
Movement in provisions |
14 |
(42) |
(261) |
|
Movements in working capital |
|
|
|
|
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables |
|
(1,082) |
(257) |
|
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other payables |
|
2,696 |
821 |
|
Net cash outflow from operating activities |
|
(40,391) |
(39,954) |
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
|
Purchase of non-current assets |
|
(5,128) |
(4,732) |
|
Proceeds from disposal of non-current assets |
|
21 |
21 |
|
Net cash outflow from investing activities |
|
(5,107) |
(4,711) |
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
|
Bank interest received |
6 |
141 |
202 |
|
Lease liability payments |
|
(1,432) |
(1,677) |
|
Grant in aid revenue funding received in year |
18 |
42,739 |
40,860 |
|
Grant in aid capital funding received in year |
18 |
5,497 |
5,350 |
|
Net cash inflow from financing |
|
46,945 |
44,735 |
|
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
1,447 |
70 |
|
Less cash and cash equivalents at start of year |
10 |
899 |
829 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
10 |
2,346 |
899 |
|
(Decrease)/increase in cash for the year |
|
1,447 |
70 |
Statement of changes in taxpayers’ equity for the year to 31 March 2025
|
Notes |
Comprehensive net expenditure reserve £’000 |
Revaluation reserve £’000 |
Total year to 31 March 2025 £’000 |
|
|
Balance at 1 April 2024 |
|
30,544 |
18,334 |
48,878 |
|
Grant from sponsoring department |
18 |
48,236 |
0 |
48,236 |
|
Net expenditure for the year |
|
(48,396) |
0 |
(48,396) |
|
Total of pension re-measurements |
17 |
(21,242) |
0 |
(21,242) |
|
Disposal of assets |
9 |
145 |
(145) |
0 |
|
Revaluation of non-current assets |
9 |
1,008 |
851 |
1,859 |
|
At 31 March 2025 |
|
10,295 |
19,040 |
29,335 |
Statement of changes in taxpayers’ equity for the year to 31 March 2024
|
|
Notes |
Comprehensive net expenditure reserve £’000 |
Revaluation reserve £’000 |
Total year to 31 March 2024 £’000 |
|
Balance at 1 April 2023 |
|
9,359 |
18,419 |
27,778 |
|
Grant from sponsoring department |
18 |
46,210 |
0 |
46,210 |
|
Net expenditure for the year |
|
(45,481) |
0 |
(45,481) |
|
Total of pension re-measurements |
17 |
20,088 |
0 |
20,088 |
|
Disposal of assets |
9 |
88 |
(88) |
0 |
|
Revaluation of non-current assets |
9 |
280 |
3 |
283 |
|
At 31 March 2024 |
|
30,544 |
18,334 |
48,878 |
The note numbers referred to above are incorporated within the notes to the accounts. These annual accounts were approved by the Board on 25 November 2025 and signed on behalf of the Board on 10 December 2025.
Documents
- Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25 (PDF, 9.5 MB)
- Highlights of 2024/25 (PDF, 683 kB)