BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-10 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-27
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-22% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
-8.2% vs 2024
Employees
201
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LTD 2005-07-29 → present
- BRIGHTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED(THE) 1966-10-06 → 2005-07-29
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 | £393,000 | £753,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£815,000 | -£1,045,000 | |
| Cash | £6,029,000 | £4,701,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,982,000 | £14,850,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,778,000 | £11,733,000 | |
| Equity | £12,778,000 | £11,733,000 | |
| Average employees | 206 | 201 | |
| Wages | £6,745,000 | £7,212,000 |
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 | -207.4% | -138.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.8% | 38.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.55x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have reviewed the Group and the Company's current financial position, including the level of reserves held, expected income and expenditure, and funding streams over a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. Based on this review and after making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LTD · parent
- Brighton Dome and Festival (Trading) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “This period marked one year since the reopening of the Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre.”
- “Following a national restructure of Music Hubs led by Arts Council England (ACE) on behalf of the Department for Education, this period saw the formation of the Sussex Music Hub, spanning the local authority areas of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex, which began operation in September 2024.”
- “2024/25 marked the first full year of operations following the reopening of the refurbished Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre.”
- “2024/25 saw the departure of Chief Executive Andrew Comben after a successful sixteen years in post, and the appointment of Lucy Davies, formerly Executive Director of the Young Vic, as Chief Executive from January 2025.”
- “On 18 November 2024 the Company's auditor changed its name from Haysmacintyre LLP to HaysMac LLP.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 85 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES, Robyn | Secretary | 2024-07-04 | — | — |
| ALMONACID, Luis Roberto | Director | 2025-09-23 | Sep 2000 | British,Spanish |
| ARMANI, Hoda Judah, Professor | Director | 2025-05-19 | Jun 1970 | British |
| BAXTER, Susan Chui Chi, Dr | Director | 2024-01-23 | Apr 1962 | British |
| BRIGGS, Nicola Susan | Director | 2022-09-20 | Jan 1963 | British |
| DREW, Stewart | Director | 2024-09-24 | Mar 1971 | British |
| HUDSON, Martin Peter | Director | 2025-10-01 | Mar 1959 | British |
| JAMES, Duncan Ross | Director | 2022-09-20 | Dec 1969 | British |
| LEWIS, Melanie Elizabeth | Director | 2019-09-17 | Nov 1956 | British |
| MCCUSKER, Peter Anthony | Director | 2022-09-20 | Mar 1986 | British |
| NORRIS, Marina | Director | 2024-05-14 | Aug 1971 | British |
| O'TOOLE-QUINN, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2020-07-07 | Feb 1953 | British |
| ROBINSON, Joy | Director | 2026-03-26 | Apr 1957 | British |
| WALTER, Julia Charlotte | Director | 2025-09-23 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 85 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARON, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 1991-12-11 | 2002-01-29 |
| CADDY, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-03-09 | 2023-01-27 |
| CLARK, Donald Mackenzie | Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2008-07-25 |
| COMBEN, Andrew Stuart | Secretary | 2023-01-27 | 2024-07-04 |
| COMBEN, Andrew | Secretary | 2008-07-25 | 2008-11-25 |
| DODDS, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2002-01-29 | 2008-01-31 |
| JONES, Amanda Louise | Secretary | 2008-11-25 | 2021-03-09 |
| ALEXANDER, Pamela Elizabeth | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2016-09-20 |
| ALLEN, Kevin Witterick | Director | 1999-07-08 | 2000-05-08 |
| ARMANI, Judah | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2024-10-01 |
| ASPINALL, Timothy John Mellor | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2020-12-15 |
| ASPINALL, Timothy John Mellor | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2006-02-14 |
| BAKER, Dudley | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| BARON, Christopher Paul | Director | — | 2002-01-29 |
| BASSAM, John Steve, Lord | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| BATES, Ronald | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| BEARD, Michael | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2011-12-13 |
| BEDINGFIELD, Michael James | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2011-12-13 |
| BEECH, William Keith | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| BEECHEY, Robin Murray | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| BODFISH, Ken | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2006-11-29 |
| BODFISH, Kenneth Charles | Director | 1993-09-10 | 1997-04-01 |
| BOWDEN, Geoffrey Alan Raphael | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2015-05-07 |
| BROWN, Vanessa, Councillor | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2011-05-10 |
| BROWN, Vanessa, Councillor | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2003-12-05 |
| CHECKLAND, Michael, Sir | Director | 1993-07-13 | 2002-11-14 |
| CLARK, Donald Mackenzie | Director | 2002-11-14 | 2018-12-11 |
| CRAMPTON, Julian Moray, Professor | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2019-01-07 |
| DAVIES, Lucy Alexandra | Director | 2017-12-12 | 2024-05-20 |
| DENNAY, Charles William | Director | 1996-07-09 | 2002-11-14 |
| DURR, Andy | Director | — | 1996-07-09 |
| FANSHAWE, Simon Hew Dalrymple | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2019-09-10 |
| FERNANDEZ, Nelson Jose | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2019-02-14 |
| FITCH, Brian Roger | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2015-05-07 |
| GANN, David Michael, Professor | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2020-09-22 |
| GEERTS, Michael | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2011-12-13 |
| GRAY, Frederick George, Professor | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2006-11-29 |
| GRIMSHAW, Amanda Jane | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2020-07-07 |
| HOMAN, Danny | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2025-12-11 |
| JOHN, Sue, Councillor | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2007-05-04 |
| JONES, Glynn, Dr | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2010-11-23 |
| JORDAN, David Herbert | Director | 2008-11-25 | 2020-09-22 |
| JUBA, Nicholas Matthew | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2024-12-10 |
| KENSINGTON, Jordan | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2023-09-26 |
| LEPPER, David Kenneth | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| LEWIS, John Walford | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| LINDSAY HILLS, Frances Mary | Director | — | 2002-11-14 |
| LYTHELL, Elizabeth Jacqueline | Director | — | 2002-11-14 |
| MACCAFFERTY, Phelim | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2023-07-24 |
| MACGREGOR, Joanna | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2006-11-29 |
| MARSH, Maureen Susan, Councillor | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2013-05-23 |
| MARSH, Maureen Susan, Councillor | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2003-04-23 |
| MARTIN, Christopher George | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2025-09-23 |
| MATTHEWS, Barbara Mary | Director | 1999-07-08 | 2000-09-28 |
| MCCARTHY, Alan Roy | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2018-07-12 |
| MILLER, Anthony | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| MILLER, Hugh Roger | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| MORGAN, Terence Ivan Grant | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| MORRIS, Adrian Leonard | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2019-05-22 |
| NORRIS, Marina | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2022-09-20 |
| PENNINGTON, Roy | Director | 1996-07-09 | 1997-07-08 |
| PITTMAN, Nigel | Director | 1999-07-08 | 2002-03-23 |
| PITTS, Michael Anthony | Director | 1999-04-08 | 2009-01-27 |
| POWELL, David Graham | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2006-02-14 |
| POWER, Ronald | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| REED, Roger William Hampson | Director | — | 1995-07-04 |
| RODDICK, Anita Lucia, Dame | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2007-09-11 |
| ROWE, Brian | Director | 1991-12-11 | 1993-09-10 |
| RUSSELL, Andrew Neville | Director | 1993-09-10 | 1998-01-23 |
| RUSSELL, Andrew Neville | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| SCULLY, Dermot James | Director | 2009-11-24 | 2013-06-11 |
| SIMPSON, Elizabeth Jane Wilson | Director | 2022-12-06 | 2025-07-02 |
| SOLKHON, Betty June | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| STAPELY, Sue | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2016-03-01 |
| STEVENS, Jill Christine | Director | 2023-07-24 | 2024-07-04 |
| THEOBALD, Carol Ann | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2019-05-22 |
| THEOBALD, Geoffrey Trevor | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
| THOMSON, Alison Louise | Director | 2024-07-18 | 2025-12-11 |
| TONKINSON, David Harry | Director | 1992-11-30 | 1993-09-10 |
| TOYNBEE, Polly | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2019-12-10 |
| TRUSS, Lynne | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2006-08-31 |
| TURNER, Graham Neil | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2006-08-31 |
| WALKER, William Guy | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2007-05-04 |
| WATSON, David John, Sir | Director | 1996-07-09 | 2005-11-23 |
| WILKINSON, Denys, Sir | Director | — | 1993-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher George Martin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-06 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Ms Polly Toynbee | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-10 |
| Mr Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-10 |
| Cllr Carol Ann Theobold | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-22 |
| Cllr Adrian Morris | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-22 |
| Mr Nelson Jose Fernandez | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-12 |
| Professor Julian Moray Crampton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-07 |
| Mr Donald Mackenzie Clark | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-12 |
| Mr Alan Roy Mccarthy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-12 |
| Mr Danny Homan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Mr David Herbert Jordan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Mr Timothy John Mellor Aspinall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Professor David Michael Gann | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-01-01 |
| Ms Pamela Alexander | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 335 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+91.6%
£393,000 £753,000
-
Cash
-22%
£6,029,000 £4,701,000
-
Net assets
-8.2%
£12,778,000 £11,733,000
-
Employees
-2.4%
206 201
-
Wages
+6.9%
£6,745,000 £7,212,000
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