The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
For the year ended 31 December 2025, the company reported a profit of £7,812 (2024: £7,483). Revenue consists solely of general partner fees, which remained consistent with the prior year.
The financial position of the company remains stable, with net assets of £9,931 at the year end (2024: £27,119). The reduction in net assets reflects dividend distributions made during the year.
The directors are satisfied that the company has operated in line with its intended purpose as a general partner vehicle and continues to maintain an appropriate level of resources relative to its obligations.
Due to its structure and limited activities, the company is exposed to a relatively narrow range of risks. The principal risks are:
Dependence on Partnership arrangements
The company’s income is dependent on its continued role as general partner to the Partnership. Any change to the Partnership structure or contractual terms may impact future income streams.
Liquidity risk
The company maintains low levels of expenditure and holds cash balances sufficient to meet its short term obligations. Liquidity risk is considered low.
Operational and compliance risk
As general partner, the company is responsible for ensuring that the Partnership is managed in accordance with applicable agreements and regulatory requirements. These activities are supported by the wider Gresham House group.
The directors consider that these risks are mitigated through the company’s limited cost base, its contractual arrangements, and the operational support provided by the wider group.
Given the nature of the company’s activities, the directors consider that traditional financial and non-financial KPIs are of limited relevance. The primary performance measure is maintaining a level of income sufficient to meet the company’s obligations as general partner and to operate on a solvent basis.
The directors monitor:
Profit for the year
Cash balances and liquidity
Ongoing cost coverage through general partner fee income
Financial risk management
The company’s exposure to financial risks is limited due to the simple nature of its operations. It does not engage in complex financial instrument activity.
The main financial risks relate to cash management and receivables from the Partnership. The directors consider these risks to be low and manage them through regular monitoring of cash balances and settlement positions.
Future outlook
The company is expected to continue to operate in its current capacity as general partner to the Partnership. Income levels are anticipated to remain stable, reflecting the ongoing operation of the underlying fund structure.
The directors do not anticipate any significant changes in the nature or scale of the company’s activities in the foreseeable future.
On behalf of the board
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The results for the year are set out on page 7.
Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £25,000. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Objectives and policies
The company does not engage in complex financial instrument activity.
Liquidity risk
The company maintains low levels of expenditure and holds cash balances sufficient to meet its short-term obligations. Liquidity risk is considered low. The directors are satisfied the company has adequate risk management arrangements.
We have audited the financial statements of Gresham House Timberland General Partner Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the profit and loss account, the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Basis for opinion
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below:
the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our knowledge and experience;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company;
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence where applicable; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;
reviewing relevant correspondence.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
Gresham House Timberland General Partner Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 5 New Street, London, EC4A 3TW.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Management do not consider there to be any key judgements made within these accounts.
Fees payable for the audit of the company's financial statements: £1,700 (2024: £1,560)
These fees were settled by a fellow group undertaking and are not included in the profit and loss account of the company.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
The company had no employees during the year (2024: none) other than the directors.
The directors received no remuneration for their services to the company during the year (2024: £nil).
The directors’ services are provided by another group company, and their time spent on the company is considered minimal.
A general partner share of £7,845 (2024: £7,483) was receivable from Gresham House Timberland LP (a partnership in which Gresham House Timberland General Partner Limited is a member). At the balance sheet date the amount due from Gresham House Timberland LP was £Nil. (2024: £Nil).