FEDERATION OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
Cash
£624K
-0.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£594K
-6.7% vs 2023
Employees
24
+9.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,617,687 | £1,643,694 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £95,488 | -£42,842 | |
| Cash | £628,731 | £623,679 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £644,976 | £594,422 | |
| Net assets | £637,264 | £594,422 | |
| Equity | £637,264 | £594,422 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 24 | |
| Wages | £742,600 | £835,914 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.9% | -2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.4% | 55.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.28x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' 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 group and charitable parent 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.”
Group structure
- FEDERATION OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Mall Galleries Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 marked my first full year as Chair of the Federation of British Artists (FBA).”
- “The FBA also welcomed three new independent trustees in October: Professor Dana Arnold, Jon Coppin, and Monica He Hyon Won.”
- “In 2024 visitor numbers returned to near pre-pandemic levels of nearly 60,000, and over 300,000 people engaged with our online content.”
- “The Federation made an operating deficit in 2024 of £42,842; compared to a profit in 2023 of £95,488.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAMBURY, Edward Anthony Eamonn | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| ANGUS, Maxine Lesley | Director | 2022-10-11 | Jun 1958 | British |
| ARNOLD, Dana Rebecca | Director | 2024-10-02 | Jun 1961 | British |
| CONNOLLY, Anthony | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jun 1957 | British |
| COPPIN, Jonathan David Stevenson | Director | 2024-10-02 | Jul 1963 | British |
| ELLISON, Kathryn Jane | Director | 2023-10-03 | May 1958 | British |
| GLAZEBROOK, Nicholas David | Director | 2020-10-06 | Jul 1969 | British |
| HARRISON, Michael Frank | Director | 2025-10-01 | Oct 1943 | British |
| HEENAN, Nalinika Amrita | Director | 2025-10-01 | Mar 1963 | British,New Zealander |
| HOWARTH, Martin Philip | Director | 2021-10-12 | May 1957 | British |
| MARTYR, Rosie Jennifer | Director | 2025-10-01 | Sep 1993 | British |
| MORRIS, Luis Michael | Director | 2023-10-03 | Oct 1963 | British |
| REES, Richard Timothy | Director | 2021-10-12 | Jul 1952 | British |
| SIMPSON, Carolyn Frances | Director | 2022-10-11 | May 1964 | British |
| WARD, Benjamin Gordon Tobias | Director | 2023-10-03 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANTUO-BOATENG, Kwame | Secretary | 2019-02-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAYERS, John Francis | Secretary | — | 2019-02-01 |
| ADAMS, Alastair | Director | 2019-07-25 | 2025-10-01 |
| ADAMS, Alastair Christian | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-08-05 |
| ALEXANDER, Linda Mairi | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2023-10-03 |
| AMBLER, Timothy Felix John | Director | 1997-12-10 | 1999-08-21 |
| ANDERSON, Martin Hugh Fraser | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2013-07-18 |
| BENNETT, Brian | Director | — | 1997-11-26 |
| BOAS, John Robert Sotheby | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2007-05-03 |
| BOWYER, Jason Richard | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2014-10-30 |
| BRAMMELD, David John | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2021-10-12 |
| BRASON, Paul | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2002-05-22 |
| BROWN, Robert Auger | Director | 1996-10-30 | 1999-10-28 |
| COATES, Thomas | Director | — | 2003-10-09 |
| COLEMAN, Tessa Louise | Director | 2021-10-12 | 2023-10-03 |
| COOPER, James Robert Foster | Director | 1998-01-29 | 2002-10-10 |
| CULVER, Cheryl Vivien | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2018-05-18 |
| CURTIS, David | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2015-10-29 |
| CURTIS, David | Director | — | 1994-11-15 |
| DAVIES, Michael Francis | Director | 2021-10-12 | 2025-10-01 |
| DAVIES, Michael Francis | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2016-10-27 |
| DE LACEY, Jeannette Corina | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2021-10-12 |
| DEVANI, Eela | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2025-10-01 |
| DI GIROLAMO, Romeo | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2004-10-07 |
| EASTERLING, Julia Joyce | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2003-04-24 |
| FESTING, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2008-05-09 |
| FRENCH, Jonathan | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2023-10-03 |
| GLASSPOOL, Jonathan Rennie | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2023-10-03 |
| HALL, Robin-Lee | Director | 2014-08-05 | 2016-06-06 |
| HAZLEWOOD, Robin | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2025-10-01 |
| HAZLEWOOD, Robin | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2015-10-29 |
| HE HYUN WON, Monica | Director | 2024-10-02 | 2025-10-01 |
| HUBAND, Geoffrey | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2022-10-11 |
| HUNT, Anthony Charles William | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2009-10-22 |
| HUNT, Geoffrey William | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2014-10-30 |
| HUNTLY, Moira Gay | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2009-10-22 |
| KNOX, Lesley | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2007-05-03 |
| LYELL, Nicholas Walter, Lord | Director | 2007-05-03 | 2010-08-30 |
| MADDOX, Ronald | Director | — | 2003-10-09 |
| MILLAR, Jack Ernest | Director | 1997-12-10 | 1998-11-05 |
| MORGAN, Ronald, Mr. | Director | 2003-04-24 | 2009-04-30 |
| MUIR, Tom | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2001-10-18 |
| NICHOLLS, Colin | Director | 2001-04-25 | 2007-05-03 |
| PACKER, William John | Director | 2005-10-06 | 2011-10-27 |
| POLLARD, Nicholas Deane | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2022-10-11 |
| PORTELLI, Guy Anthony | Director | 2004-10-07 | 2010-10-22 |
| PORTILLO, Michael Denzil Xavier, The Rt Hon | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2017-05-25 |
| POWER, Alan | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2021-10-12 |
| RHODES, Margaret Elsie | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2009-10-22 |
| ROSE, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2009-10-22 |
| SEPPLE, Rosa | Director | 2016-10-27 | 2019-11-07 |
| SHRAGER, Ann Jessica | Director | 2009-02-25 | 2013-10-22 |
| SORRELL, Richard | Director | 1999-10-28 | 2005-10-06 |
| SPURRIER, Raymond | Director | — | 1996-10-13 |
| ST JOHN ROSSE, David Nicholas | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2020-10-06 |
| STEWART, John Ivor | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2012-10-18 |
| STOCK, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2003-10-09 |
| TODD, Daphne | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2000-10-26 |
| TYSON, Esther | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2015-10-29 |
| USHERWOOD, Nicholas John | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2018-01-31 |
| WALTON, John Victor | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2019-07-25 |
| WALTON, John Victor | Director | — | 1997-04-23 |
| WARD, Benjamin Gordon Tobias | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2020-12-03 |
| WEBSTER, John Morrison, Sir | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2008-10-09 |
| WHITTLE, Simon John Robson | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2015-10-29 |
| WHITTLE, Simon John Robson | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2003-10-09 |
| WILEMAN, Peter James | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2018-05-17 |
| WINER, Marc Alan | Director | 2013-07-18 | 2019-07-25 |
| WOLFF, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2018-10-30 |
| WOOD, Andy | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2016-09-14 |
| WRIGHT, Bert | Director | 1997-12-10 | 2002-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 267 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.6%
£1,617,687 £1,643,694
-
Cash
-0.8%
£628,731 £623,679
-
Net assets
-6.7%
£637,264 £594,422
-
Employees
+9.1%
22 24
-
Wages
+12.6%
£742,600 £835,914
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