ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-09 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£281K
+12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-17.3% vs 2024
Employees
64
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£655K
-37.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£477,417 | -£654,912 | |
| Net profit | -£118,834 | -£841,059 | |
| Cash | £249,776 | £280,671 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,864,867 | £4,020,300 | |
| Net assets | £4,852,165 | £4,011,116 | |
| Equity | £4,852,165 | £4,011,116 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 64 | |
| Wages | £1,840,385 | £2,012,865 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.5% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.51x | 0.52x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Council has concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The Council is of the opinion that the charity will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK(THE) · parent
- RSN Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A key part of our renewal is our Fragile Threads programme, which moved from concept to reality with the first project starting in October 2025. It will help test different ways of working and has collaboration at its core.”
- “In January 2025 the National Lottery Heritage Fund approved a grant of 247,000 for the Fragile Threads programme.”
- “In December 2024, the Big Give Christmas Challenge raised nearly 13,000 for the RSN Stitch Bank. In December 2025, over 32,000 was raised for the Collection and Archive.”
- “In August, Stitched Together: Needlework Research and Making, the RSN's first conference, was hosted.”
- “Our first International Summer School Study Days took students behind the scenes of London's textile history.”
- “In October 2025 we welcomed our first collaborative PhD student, co-supervised with De Montfort University, on Embroidering Empire.”
- “Our exhibition Tales of Textiles: The RSN Collection in Focus ran from September 2024 June 2025 and showcased 50 objects spanning 350 years and four continents.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOFIDOU, Louisa | Director | 2022-07-26 | Apr 1981 | British |
| CULLEN, Patricia Barbara, Professor | Director | 2020-06-23 | Feb 1950 | British |
| LEFTWICH, Paula, Dr | Director | 2023-05-04 | Aug 1954 | American |
| MILA, Peter | Director | 2024-10-09 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MUMFORD, Sarah Jane | Director | 2023-05-04 | May 1957 | British |
| PALMER, Linda Anne | Director | 2026-02-11 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PICKARD, Keith William | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| RICHARDS, Julie Ann | Director | 2022-07-28 | Oct 1955 | British |
| RITCHIE, Eleri Lynn | Director | 2021-10-05 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Pauline Elizabeth | Director | 2021-10-05 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAY-WILLIAMS, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 2007-08-20 | 2024-08-29 |
| LAMPITT, Robert Geoffrey William | Secretary | 1993-02-03 | 2001-12-21 |
| LOWE, Alexander Harvey | Secretary | 2002-08-16 | 2007-03-01 |
| MAJOR, Richard Edward John | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2002-08-16 |
| PIGGOTT, Denis Richard | Secretary | — | 1993-01-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Vaughan Albury | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2007-11-22 |
| AMPHLETT, Marjolein Evantha | Director | — | 1994-07-20 |
| ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, Patricia, Lady | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1996-02-14 |
| ASHTON, Elaine | Director | — | 1994-03-02 |
| BRAAKENBURG DYCE, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2022-06-23 |
| BRAMBLE, Terence Michael | Director | — | 1996-07-03 |
| BURKE, John Joseph | Director | 1992-07-15 | 2000-02-16 |
| CARR FRIZELL, Winifred | Director | — | 1993-05-05 |
| CHAMBERS, Antony Craven | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2007-05-16 |
| CHARRINGTON, Gerald Anthony | Director | — | 1994-03-02 |
| CLARKE, Nicola Ashley | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2022-12-14 |
| COHEN, David Nathan | Director | 2010-01-27 | 2016-02-17 |
| CORTI, Miranda Geraldine | Director | 2021-10-05 | 2022-08-10 |
| CRAWFORD, Jean Margaret | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2015-10-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Jean Margaret | Director | 2009-10-07 | 2009-10-07 |
| DAKERS, Caroline | Director | 2008-05-15 | 2014-02-26 |
| DE GUITAUT, Caroline Claire | Director | 2014-04-28 | 2021-04-21 |
| DE SALIS, Carolyn, Countess | Director | 1995-06-22 | 2010-01-27 |
| DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH & QUEENSBERRY, Jane, Duchess | Director | — | 1992-05-06 |
| ELFORD, David John Robert, Mr. | Director | 2016-02-17 | 2016-10-19 |
| FARROW, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2025-03-26 |
| FOWLES, Morgan Hixon Seidler | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2022-05-04 |
| FREEMAN, Connie Elisabeth | Director | 1996-09-11 | 2009-02-11 |
| GARVAGH, Catherine Judith, Lady | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2015-10-01 |
| HAMBRO, Cherry Felicity, Lady | Director | 1994-03-02 | 2000-02-16 |
| HARRISON, Ian Charles | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2008-10-29 |
| HICKSON, Catherine Judith | Director | 2009-10-09 | 2009-10-09 |
| HOE-RICHARDSON, Samantha Jane | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2021-10-05 |
| HOPE, Judith Margaret | Director | — | 2000-07-12 |
| JOLL, James Anthony Boyd | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2011-12-14 |
| KETTLE, Alice Margaret | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2016-02-17 |
| LAMB, Deborah | Director | 2016-02-17 | 2022-05-04 |
| LASCELLES, Patricia Elizabeth, The Countess Of Harewood | Director | — | 1997-07-21 |
| LAUGHTON, Philippa Anne | Director | 2009-02-11 | 2015-02-23 |
| LAURENCE, Christopher George | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2010-01-27 |
| LEVY, Brian George | Director | 2007-05-16 | 2012-01-24 |
| MILES, John Richard, Prof. | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2020-02-17 |
| MILLER, Claire Benita | Director | 2022-07-28 | 2023-03-31 |
| PALMER, Andrew William | Director | 2011-02-23 | 2022-08-31 |
| PASTAKIA, Reena Jayantilal | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2022-01-10 |
| PITT-RIVERS, Valerie Lane-Fox | Director | 2000-02-16 | 2006-05-17 |
| POON, Clara Yan Yin | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2025-09-23 |
| REED, Alison Georgina | Director | 1999-11-30 | 2008-03-05 |
| ROCHEZ, Nicholas Dutfield | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2017-02-28 |
| SELLERS, Susan Elisabeth | Director | 2009-06-03 | 2016-02-17 |
| SHEPARD, Giles Richard Carless | Director | — | 1994-09-27 |
| SLATER, Clifford John | Director | 1994-03-02 | 1997-03-18 |
| STEIN, Fabian Gottfried Randolf, Dr | Director | 1994-03-02 | 1999-01-28 |
| STOOKE, Christopher Macdonald | Director | 2011-02-23 | 2018-10-03 |
| SYNGE, Lanto Millington | Director | — | 2006-09-20 |
| TWEDDLE, Dominic, Professor | Director | 2023-05-04 | 2026-01-15 |
| WALBROOK, Hayat Emma Palumbo Of, Lady | Director | 1993-05-05 | 2000-05-24 |
| WHITFELD, Deborah Mary, The Hon | Director | 2000-02-16 | 2007-11-28 |
| WICKS, Sharan Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2019-12-12 |
| WILCOX, Claire | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2013-04-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Caroline Charlotte | Director | — | 1994-03-02 |
| WILLIAMSON, John Harry | Director | 2008-05-15 | 2014-04-28 |
| WILLIS, Norman David | Director | 1999-11-30 | 2007-11-28 |
| WRIGGLESWORTH, Linda Ann | Director | 1994-03-02 | 2008-05-15 |
| WRIGHT, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2017-04-11 | 2023-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+12.4%
£249,776 £280,671
-
Net assets
-17.3%
£4,852,165 £4,011,116
-
Employees
0%
64 64
-
Profit before tax
-37.2%
-£477,417 -£654,912
-
Wages
+9.4%
£1,840,385 £2,012,865
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers