HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL LIMITED

1. HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL LIMITED 1991-08-20 → present
2. HARROGATE FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES LIMITED 1965-09-01 → 1991-08-20

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

TC Group

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 charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL LIMITED · parent
   1. Harrogate Festival Development Ltd 1% · England and Wales · providing advertising services

Significant events

• “The ongoing effects of the pandemic continue to influence audience behaviour and financial resilience across festivals nationally, compounded by the wider cost of living crisis and rising delivery costs.”
• “the organisation has also been engaged in an ongoing audit with HM Revenue & Customs relating to the complex VAT treatment of certain activities within the organisation.”
• “Looking ahead, the Trustees and executive team remain focused on the continued stabilisation and development of the organisation as it approaches its 60th anniversary in 2026.”
• “This renewed campaign will celebrate six decades of festival activity while supporting new investment in programming, partnerships and participation that will help secure the organisation's future impact.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -5.3%

  £1,225,664 → £1,160,535

• Cash

  +13.2%

  £911,118 → £1,031,016

• Net assets

  -2.2%

  £745,107 → £728,403

• Employees

  +25%

  8 → 10

• Wages

  +10%

  £308,535 → £339,253

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers