The Firmwatch take
The Papworth Trust is a 108-year-old construction main contractors, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 31 March 2025) show GBP 28m in net assets, with no distress signals detected. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Incorporated
16 November 1917
108 years on the register
Sector
Construction of domestic buildings
SIC 41202
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£28m
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Low insolvency risk
The latest public accounts do not show obvious balance-sheet stress. This does not rule out trading problems, but the filed numbers look comparatively steady.
Positive net assets
The latest extracted accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Construction Main Contractors
How this company compares in 107,423 filers in this sector
Top 10% in sector — The Papworth Trust shows £28m in net assets. Sector median is £2k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£28m
Top 10% in sector · sector median £2k · 107,423 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
£323k
Median £4k
Current ratio
1.1×
Median 1.2×
Signals · 1
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
People
Who runs this company
- AM
ANDERSON, Michael Connelly
director · since 2020
Registered office
Address intelligence
2 other companies registered here.
Likely a privately owned office or residential address.
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