ARVON FOUNDATION LIMITED (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-16
Watchouts
Cash
£915K
-19.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+23% vs 2023
Employees
40
-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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3 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 | £1,388,837 | £1,226,768 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £314,743 | £991,778 | |
| Cash | £1,134,704 | £914,840 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,311,031 | £5,302,809 | |
| Net assets | £4,311,031 | £5,302,809 | |
| Equity | £4,311,031 | £5,302,809 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 40 | |
| Wages | £963,600 | £958,179 |
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 | 22.7% | 80.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.83x | 2.53x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following the reflation of Arvon's reserves in February 2025, the recovery of residential course sales (which were below budget in 2024 but by September 2025 had already exceeded their year-end target), and the charity's return to 'full strength' with the reopening of Lumb Bank in July 2025, the directors are confident in asserting that the charity will not be subject to any material uncertainties over the next 12 months and that Arvon's financial targets for 2026 are realistic, achievable and anticipate an increase in the general funds in 2026.”
Significant events
- “Lumb Bank closed for one year in March 2024 for a £2.45 million redevelopment project.”
- “In September 2024, Arvon launched its Advance Writing Programme, which blends ours residential and online strands to offer a group of 15 writers two years of sustained engagement...”
- “In April 2024, we formally launched Arvon's first Patrons scheme, which targets individual giving.”
- “Completion of the sale of the Hurst Studio, a disused buidling on the Hurst Estate, took place on 11 February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 84 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARLISH, Natasha Victoria | Secretary | 2023-03-23 | — | — |
| BOWERS, Susan Helen | Director | 2024-11-27 | Nov 1961 | British |
| CLEVERLY, Rachel | Director | 2022-11-23 | Nov 1995 | British |
| COCKCROFT, Joshua Adam Eremo | Director | 2020-01-29 | Nov 1989 | British |
| COX, Matthew | Director | 2026-03-25 | Mar 1972 | British |
| CUMPER, Patricia Clare | Director | 2022-01-27 | Nov 1954 | British |
| DRUMMER, Robert | Director | 2024-11-27 | Mar 1987 | British |
| EVANS, Kim | Director | 2020-01-29 | Jan 1951 | British |
| EVANS, Maria Jayne, Dr | Director | 2022-11-23 | Feb 1965 | British |
| HARWOOD, Sarah Georgina | Director | 2020-01-29 | Nov 1980 | British |
| JAIN, Niharika | Director | 2022-11-23 | Sep 1989 | British |
| RASUL, Nabeela | Director | 2024-11-27 | Dec 1982 | British |
| REDFERN, Jack | Director | 2022-11-23 | Jun 1995 | British |
| SPRACKLAND, Martha | Director | 2024-11-27 | Jun 1988 | British |
| THOMPSON, Rebecca Joanne | Director | 2024-11-27 | Nov 1971 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Anna Elizabeth | Director | 2026-03-25 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 84 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Stephanie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2006-09-29 |
| BORTHWICK, Ruth | Secretary | 2016-10-16 | 2019-04-17 |
| CARLISH, Natasha Victoria | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2022-12-12 |
| CHALONEK, Helen | Secretary | 2003-05-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| JENKINS, Anne Ritchie | Secretary | 2006-10-03 | 2007-06-07 |
| KIDD, Andrew Nicholson | Secretary | 2019-04-17 | 2020-12-01 |
| MURZA-MURZICZ, Nicholas Stefan | Secretary | 2007-07-18 | 2016-08-17 |
| SCOTT, Rosemary Florence | Secretary | 2022-12-12 | 2023-03-23 |
| WHEADON, Julia | Secretary | — | 2003-04-30 |
| ABBOTT, Judith Lesley, Dr | Director | 2015-07-11 | 2023-10-31 |
| AGBABI, Patience | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2016-07-09 |
| ALI, Bisha | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2024-11-04 |
| BEECH, Patricia Millicent | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2008-12-18 |
| BILSON, Lee Robert | Director | 2017-07-08 | 2025-06-27 |
| BROWNJOHN, Alan Charles | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| BROWNJOHN, Sandra Lesley | Director | 1994-01-25 | 2003-09-20 |
| BURNS, Susan | Director | 1997-02-21 | 2003-06-24 |
| BURNSIDE, John | Director | 1998-09-26 | 1999-09-25 |
| BURTENSHAW, Alistair John | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2017-11-01 |
| BYRON, Catherine Mary | Director | 1995-01-24 | 1997-02-24 |
| CAHN, Andrew, Sir | Director | 2011-10-26 | 2017-04-26 |
| CALDER, Jenni Rachel | Director | 1995-04-26 | 1998-09-26 |
| CAMPBELL, Alastair Colin Leckie, Baron Colgrain | Director | 2001-09-22 | 2007-09-22 |
| CAMPBELL-SMITH, Duncan John | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2012-01-25 |
| CHICHESTER-CLARK, Robert, Sir | Director | 1995-02-15 | 2001-03-07 |
| COHEN, Anthony Lewis | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2016-11-02 |
| COX, Charles Brian, Professor | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1997-03-21 |
| DE WAAL, Mandy Teresa | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2019-04-17 |
| DHALIWAL, Sophie Jane | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2016-01-25 |
| DOHERTY, Berlie | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| DONAGHY, Catherine Mary | Director | 2009-05-23 | 2016-04-27 |
| DOOLEY, Maura | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2003-09-20 |
| DOOLEY, Maura | Director | — | 1993-10-02 |
| EGLINTON, Edna | Director | — | 1993-03-03 |
| FAIRFAX, John | Director | — | 1996-02-06 |
| FLOOD, Alison Jennifer | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2022-02-04 |
| FURBER, William James | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2007-03-24 |
| GEORGE, Kadija | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2008-12-18 |
| GIBBS, Marion Olive | Director | 2008-07-16 | 2016-11-02 |
| GRANT, Nicholas Airth | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| GUNESEKERA, Romesh Chitral | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2008-12-18 |
| HAMPSHIRE, John | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2011-10-26 |
| HANNON, Valerie | Director | 2006-11-15 | 2008-05-21 |
| HARRIS, Neil Russell | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2025-12-04 |
| HINGLEY, Robert Charles Anthony | Director | 2006-11-15 | 2015-11-15 |
| HOLLOWAY, Ashley Glenn | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2019-10-30 |
| HOWKER, Janet Mary | Director | — | 1996-09-29 |
| HUGHES, Barbara Ann | Director | 1991-11-16 | 2002-09-21 |
| HUNTER, David John | Director | 2003-09-20 | 2009-09-20 |
| HUNTER, David John | Director | — | 2002-09-21 |
| HUSH, Gillian | Director | 2003-06-24 | 2009-06-24 |
| ILLIS, Mark | Director | 2009-04-24 | 2012-01-25 |
| KELLEHER, David | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2013-01-30 |
| KHALVATI, Mimi | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2008-05-21 |
| LAMPORT, Stephen Mark Jeffrey, Sir | Director | 2004-12-02 | 2008-07-16 |
| LEWIS, Christian Louise | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2022-11-23 |
| LEWIS, Rachel Juliet | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2013-01-30 |
| LONG, James William Davenport | Director | 2000-09-23 | 2007-09-22 |
| MACLEOD, Anne Collen, Chairman Of Management Committee | Director | 1994-10-07 | 1995-04-26 |
| MAKOHA, Nicholas Arthur Bwire | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2024-11-27 |
| MCCALLAM, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2024-11-11 |
| MCKEONE, Paul Garth (Gary) | Director | 2007-01-26 | 2011-02-16 |
| MOAT, Roger John Fotheringham | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| MORGAN, Peter | Director | 1998-02-11 | 2004-12-02 |
| MORGAN, Peter | Director | 1991-11-16 | 1996-09-29 |
| NAGRA, Daljit Singh | Director | 2016-11-02 | 2019-10-30 |
| NORGATE, Stephanie | Director | 1998-02-11 | 2001-09-22 |
| NORGATE, Stephanie | Director | 1995-09-30 | 1997-11-18 |
| PANTLING, Nigel Antony | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2014-06-29 |
| PARKES, Nii Ayikwei | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2015-10-21 |
| PYBUS, Keith | Director | 2009-02-28 | 2013-01-30 |
| RHODES, David | Director | 2009-07-18 | 2010-09-25 |
| SAIL, Lawrence Richard | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| SANDERSON, Stewart Forson | Director | 1992-11-14 | 1993-10-02 |
| SCHINDLER, Meriel Jane | Director | 2013-01-30 | 2021-06-30 |
| SEWELL, John Andrew | Director | 2001-09-22 | 2007-09-22 |
| STEWART, Susan Elisabeth | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| STIMSON, Nicholas John | Director | — | 1993-10-02 |
| SYMMONS ROBERTS, Michael | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2016-11-02 |
| TECKMAN, Jonathan Simon Paul | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2025-12-04 |
| TEDDERN, Susan Barbara | Director | 1998-02-11 | 2004-12-02 |
| TREGLOWN, Jeremy | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2022-01-27 |
| TREWIN, Simon Courtenay | Director | 2011-10-26 | 2017-10-09 |
| WATSON, William Hugh Charles | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1994-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 317 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-11.7%
£1,388,837 £1,226,768
-
Cash
-19.4%
£1,134,704 £914,840
-
Net assets
+23%
£4,311,031 £5,302,809
-
Employees
-9.1%
44 40
-
Wages
-0.6%
£963,600 £958,179
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