THE BRONTE SOCIETY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£502K
-37.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+5.3% vs 2024
Employees
40
+21.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£418K
+3.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BRONTE SOCIETY 1992-08-17 → present
- INCORPORATED BRONTE SOCIETY,(THE) 1902-05-28 → 1992-08-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £314,674 | £296,212 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £402,984 | £417,798 | |
| Net profit | £410,791 | £414,867 | |
| Cash | £802,187 | £502,212 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,886,736 | £8,301,603 | |
| Net assets | £7,886,736 | £8,301,603 | |
| Equity | £7,886,736 | £8,301,603 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 40 | |
| Wages | £649,770 | £741,317 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 130.5% | 140.1% | |
| Current ratio | 9.55x | 5.20x |
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
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE BRONTE SOCIETY · parent
- The Brontë Genius Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our 2024-2025 financial year was defined by the completion of key capital infrastructure projects. In December 2024, we launched our new website, supported, too, by investment in our technological and operational infrastructure, including a new CRM system and improved WiFi coverage.”
- “Building on our status as a Designated collection, awarded in 2023, significant and meaningful additions to the collection were made during the 2024-25 financial year. In particular, the bequest we received during the last financial year of £325k has allowed us to designate further funds to collections acquisition, and as such, we were successful in our bid at auction for Emily Brontë's painting 'The North Wind', and also bought from a private collection a pencil drawing of Anne Brontë's.”
- “Our annual Brontë Festival of Women's Writing was held in September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 91 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARE, Laura Joanne | Director | 2021-09-05 | Aug 1989 | British |
| GALLAGHER, Ciara Martina | Director | 2021-09-05 | Jul 1983 | British |
| HENDRY, Thomas James | Director | 2024-10-05 | Feb 1992 | British |
| JENKINS, Penelope Anna | Director | 2021-09-05 | Mar 1974 | British |
| KEEL, Eleanor Clare | Director | 2024-10-05 | Nov 1991 | British |
| MELLER, Helen Clare | Director | 2018-06-09 | Apr 1965 | British |
| MIDGLEY, Andrew John | Director | 2021-06-23 | Nov 1961 | British |
| POWRIE, Lucy Georgina | Director | 2023-05-18 | Oct 1999 | British |
| WATSON, Lauren Margaret | Director | 2024-10-05 | Jul 1995 | British |
Show 91 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTYE, Ruth Margaret | Secretary | 1992-09-05 | 1995-06-10 |
| GELDARD, Catherine Mary | Secretary | — | 1992-07-04 |
| GLADING, Lyn Christine | Secretary | 1999-06-05 | 2010-06-05 |
| GLADING, Lynda Christine | Secretary | 2015-06-06 | 2015-12-16 |
| HARRIS, Doreen Mary | Secretary | 2011-06-04 | 2015-06-06 |
| LOFTUS, Stephen | Secretary | 1995-06-10 | 1999-06-05 |
| ASHTON, Peter Alastair | Director | 2006-12-02 | 2010-06-05 |
| AYKROYD, Susan | Director | 2012-06-09 | 2021-09-05 |
| AYKROYD BART, James, Sir | Director | 2015-06-06 | 2018-06-09 |
| BARBER, Stephen John | Director | 2004-06-05 | 2007-02-01 |
| BARI, Shahidha Kazi | Director | 2020-11-07 | 2025-10-04 |
| BARNARD, Mary Louise | Director | 1999-06-05 | 2005-06-04 |
| BARNARD, Robert, Professor | Director | 2008-06-07 | 2012-06-09 |
| BARNARD, Robert, Professor | Director | 2000-06-03 | 2006-06-03 |
| BARNARD, Robert, Professor | Director | — | 1999-06-26 |
| BATTYE, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2010-06-05 | 2013-06-08 |
| BATTYE, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2004-06-05 | 2007-12-12 |
| BATTYE, Ruth Margaret | Director | 1995-06-03 | 2002-06-08 |
| BELLAMY, Joan | Director | 1998-06-06 | 2005-06-04 |
| BERRY, Margart Lesley | Director | 2005-06-25 | 2007-06-01 |
| BETTONEY, Stella Jane | Director | 2009-06-06 | 2015-06-06 |
| BLAND, Judith Mary | Director | 2007-06-02 | 2011-08-15 |
| BROADLEY, David | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2019-06-08 |
| BROOK, Stacey | Director | 2012-11-24 | 2015-06-06 |
| BULL, Jean Marilyn | Director | 1993-06-05 | 2008-02-22 |
| BULLING, Wendy Hilda | Director | 1999-06-05 | 2002-06-08 |
| BURKE, Vanessa | Director | 2012-06-09 | 2012-11-01 |
| BURLTON, Sheilagh Patricia Joy | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1997-06-26 |
| BURTON, Lewis, Reverend Doctor | Director | — | 2000-06-03 |
| CHITHAM, Edward Harry Gordon | Director | 1993-06-05 | 1996-06-01 |
| COAKER, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2019-06-08 | 2020-03-20 |
| COLLINS, Sarah Frances | Director | 2019-06-08 | 2020-05-08 |
| COPPOCK, Fleur Elisabeth | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| CORY, Lalage Charlotte Yseult, Doctor | Director | — | 1995-06-03 |
| CURRY, Michael Andrew | Director | 2010-06-05 | 2011-12-03 |
| DUCKETT, Robert John | Director | — | 2005-06-04 |
| DUNBAR, Richard Lee | Director | 2023-07-12 | 2024-02-22 |
| DUNN, Jenny Hazel Elizabeth | Director | 2003-06-07 | 2009-06-06 |
| EADY, Elina Maano Kasoondy | Director | 2019-02-12 | 2022-04-02 |
| EAST, Alfred George Henry | Director | 1994-06-04 | 2010-06-05 |
| ELLIS, Samantha Naomi | Director | 2018-06-09 | 2021-09-05 |
| FERMI, Sarah | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2015-06-06 |
| FISHWICK, Audrey | Director | — | 1997-06-07 |
| GLADING, Lyn Christine | Director | — | 2010-06-05 |
| GRAHAM, Frances Janine | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2000-06-03 |
| GRATION, Jonathan Roy, Dr | Director | 2021-09-05 | 2024-10-05 |
| GREEN, Dudley Edmund Coryton | Director | — | 2003-06-07 |
| GURNEY, Patricia Margaret | Director | 2016-06-11 | 2022-09-10 |
| HAKES, Belinda Jane | Director | 2014-09-06 | 2015-12-16 |
| HALL, Audrey Winifred | Director | 2000-06-03 | 2003-06-07 |
| HALL, Audrey Winifred | Director | — | 1998-06-06 |
| HARRIS, Doreen Mary | Director | 2008-06-07 | 2015-06-06 |
| HARTLEY, Arthur | Director | — | 1994-01-15 |
| HENRY, Elizabeth Diana | Director | 2011-06-04 | 2015-09-15 |
| HEWITT, Peggy | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2000-11-30 |
| HOLMES, George Anthony | Director | 1994-06-04 | 1996-06-01 |
| LATHANGUE, Angela Rosecruw | Director | 1998-06-06 | 2005-06-04 |
| LEE, Janice Mc Devitt | Director | 2015-06-06 | 2017-07-22 |
| LEMON, Charles Harry | Director | — | 2002-06-08 |
| LESLEY, Alexandra | Director | 2010-06-05 | 2015-12-16 |
| LESLEY, Alexandra | Director | — | 2009-06-06 |
| LOFTUS, Stephen | Director | 1994-06-04 | 1999-06-05 |
| MARSDEN, Imelda | Director | 2016-06-11 | 2017-01-02 |
| MARSDEN, Imelda Ann | Director | 2002-06-08 | 2005-06-04 |
| MAYO-SMITH, Peter, Rev | Director | 2015-06-06 | 2019-09-28 |
| MCCARTHY, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2010-06-05 | 2011-06-04 |
| MCCARTHY, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | — | 2008-02-16 |
| MCDONALD, Sheila Aka Sally Patricia | Director | 2007-06-02 | 2015-06-06 |
| ONEILL, Jane Deirdre | Director | 1995-06-03 | 1995-09-29 |
| PAMPIGLIONE, Danai Katharine | Director | 2013-06-08 | 2015-07-20 |
| PARK, Diane | Director | 2018-06-09 | 2020-05-09 |
| POWELL, Anne Rosemary Perugini | Director | 2019-06-08 | 2022-09-10 |
| RAYNER, Catherine | Director | 2015-06-06 | 2018-06-09 |
| RAYNER, Catherine | Director | 2014-06-14 | 2014-07-13 |
| RAYNER, Catherine | Director | — | 1998-06-06 |
| ROBERTSON BROWN, Geraldine | Director | 1998-06-06 | 2001-12-15 |
| ROBERTSON BROWN, Geraldine | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1997-06-07 |
| ROGERS, Michelle Anne | Director | 2015-12-14 | 2019-06-08 |
| RUSHTON, Virginia Susan Medlycott | Director | 2013-06-08 | 2014-07-18 |
| RUSHTON, Virginia Susan Medlycott | Director | 2008-06-07 | 2012-06-09 |
| RUSHTON, Virginia Susan Medlycott | Director | 2000-06-03 | 2003-03-13 |
| RUSHTON, Virginia | Director | — | 1997-06-07 |
| SANDERS, Valerie Ruth, Professor | Director | 2021-09-05 | 2024-10-05 |
| SELLARS, Jane | Director | 2007-06-02 | 2011-05-06 |
| SELLARS, Rosamund Jane | Director | 2020-05-10 | 2020-11-22 |
| SHARPS, John Geoffrey | Director | 2000-06-03 | 2002-06-08 |
| SHARPS, John Geoffrey | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1997-06-07 |
| SHARPS, John Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-06-03 |
| SIMPSON, Anne | Director | 2010-06-05 | 2018-09-13 |
| SLADDIN, Julian Mark | Director | 2021-09-05 | 2025-09-26 |
| SLATER, Paul John, The Rt Revd | Director | 2000-06-03 | 2003-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 296 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-5.9%
£314,674 £296,212
-
Cash
-37.4%
£802,187 £502,212
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£7,886,736 £8,301,603
-
Employees
+21.2%
33 40
-
Profit before tax
+3.7%
£402,984 £417,798
-
Wages
+14.1%
£649,770 £741,317
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