SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-46.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£39M
+2.9% vs 2023
Employees
352
+10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-83.6% vs 2023
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
- SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST(THE) 1983-06-08 → present
- WORLD CENTRE FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES LIMITED 1973-12-18 → 1983-06-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,912,000 | £27,093,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,866,000 | £1,127,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,866,000 | £1,127,000 | |
| Cash | £9,710,000 | £5,229,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,006,000 | £42,668,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,217,000 | £39,329,000 | |
| Equity | £38,217,000 | £39,329,000 | |
| Average employees | 319 | 352 | |
| Wages | £10,134,000 | £11,518,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 25.5% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.0% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.72x | 2.47x |
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
- Crowe U.K LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the Board of Trustees remain confident in the Globe's ability to remain as a going concern and have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST(THE) · parent
- Shakespeare Globe Productions Ltd 100%
- SGT Trading Limited 100%
- Shakespeare Globe Trading Limited (SGTL) 100%
Significant events
- “HM King Charles III accepted our offer to be Patron, our first Sovereign as Royal Patron in over 400 years, (if you count James I) and all as Their Majesties' mark the first year of Their Coronation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 76 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, John Kenneth | Director | 2022-04-25 | Jan 1959 | British |
| BARUWA-ETTI, Dipo | Director | 2022-09-29 | Jan 1995 | British |
| EL AGAMY, Ramia Marielle | Director | 2022-10-31 | Mar 1985 | Swiss |
| GADHIA, Jayne-Anne, Dame | Director | 2024-03-20 | Oct 1961 | British |
| GORENFLOS, Reinhard Johannes | Director | 2022-10-19 | Jul 1961 | German |
| JAGPAL, Jagdip | Director | 2023-05-24 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JONES, Alan Kent | Director | 2024-09-24 | Jul 1961 | American |
| MYERS KAY, Deborah-Lynn Rebecca | Director | 2023-05-24 | Jul 1972 | British |
| ROWAN, Ruth Emma | Director | 2022-11-30 | Aug 1974 | British |
| SAHA, Indy | Director | 2022-11-30 | Feb 1973 | British |
| SANDERS, Julie Christina, Professor | Director | 2020-07-30 | May 1968 | British |
| TAYLOR, Deborah Frances | Director | 2023-05-24 | Dec 1959 | British |
| TSATSAS, Despina | Director | 2022-07-21 | Sep 1981 | British |
Show 76 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Barry Michael Howard | Secretary | — | 2001-09-24 |
| WIGLEY, Francis Spencer | Secretary | 2001-09-24 | 2012-03-26 |
| ALEXANDER OF WEEDON, Robert Scott, Lord | Director | — | 1998-04-08 |
| BAXTER, Keith | Director | 2003-02-11 | 2006-02-27 |
| BEARD, Alexander Frank | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2022-05-30 |
| BICHARD, Michael George, Sir | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2018-02-02 |
| BIRKETT OF ULVERSTON, Michael, Lord | Director | 1998-03-23 | 2005-02-28 |
| BLAIR, Ian Warwick | Director | 2010-12-06 | 2018-02-02 |
| BROOKE, Robert Barrington | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2012-03-26 |
| BUTLER, Frederick Edward Robin, Lord | Director | 1998-03-23 | 2005-02-28 |
| BUTTER, David Ralph | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2023-03-23 |
| CARNEGIE BROWN, Bruce Neil | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2016-04-11 |
| CASELY-HAYFORD, Margaret | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2024-03-20 |
| CASSON, Hugh Maxwell, Sir | Director | — | 1995-02-13 |
| CLARKE, Martin Andrew, Dr | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2019-05-03 |
| CLINTON-DAVIS, Lord | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| CONSTABLE, Neil Ernest Alexander | Director | 2010-10-18 | 2023-11-23 |
| CRUMP, Erica Midorikawa | Director | 2020-02-25 | 2026-01-26 |
| DE ROTHSCHILD, Evelyn, Sir | Director | — | 2005-02-28 |
| DE SOUZA, Rachel Mary, Dame | Director | 2014-01-16 | 2018-06-11 |
| DEVLIN, Diana Mary, Dr | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2012-03-26 |
| DINGLE, Stephen | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2012-03-26 |
| DWESAR, Sandeep | Director | 2022-11-24 | 2026-02-28 |
| ERITH, Robert Felix | Director | 1998-09-28 | 2008-08-08 |
| FAIRBANKS, Douglas | Director | — | 2000-05-06 |
| FALCONER, Charles Leslie, Lord | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2017-04-10 |
| FIGGIS, Patrick Adam | Director | 2019-01-28 | 2022-05-30 |
| FRASER, Andrew John, Mr. | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2014-03-24 |
| GILDEA, Richard | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-09-23 |
| HALL, Cynthia Lesley | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2022-04-01 |
| HALL, Peter Reginald Frederick, Sir | Director | 1994-04-24 | 2006-02-27 |
| HEAF, Daniel | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2019-05-17 |
| HIGNETT, John Mulock | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2005-02-28 |
| HOWELL, David Arthur Russell, Lord | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2010-05-17 |
| ISPAHANI, Mirza Iraj | Director | 2007-10-08 | 2019-09-12 |
| JONES, Matthew Leon | Director | 2020-12-02 | 2025-12-11 |
| KENT, Robert Nicolas | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2007-03-19 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Philip Duncan John | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2020-04-30 |
| KNOWLES-KOLDEN, Nancy | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2005-02-28 |
| KRIPALANI, Guarav | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2019-09-12 |
| KYLE, Peter William | Director | 2009-07-20 | 2010-10-18 |
| LAMMING, Guy | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2006-04-10 |
| LAURENCE, Robert Adam | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2025-03-18 |
| LEYSHON, Nell | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2018-08-21 |
| LEYSHON, Nell | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2025-03-18 |
| LINK, Jerome Edward | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2005-02-28 |
| MACKINNON, Simon John | Director | 2019-07-26 | 2022-09-29 |
| MACKLE, Maria Joan | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2021-04-01 |
| MAGUIRE, Laurie Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2020-09-29 |
| MENDEL, Audre D | Director | 2002-02-18 | 2005-02-28 |
| MENDEL, Herbert | Director | — | 2002-02-18 |
| MITCHELL, Valerie Joy | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2014-03-24 |
| MORSE, Belinda, Lady | Director | 1991-12-31 | 2005-02-28 |
| NEVILL, Rupert, Lady | Director | 1991-12-31 | 2005-02-28 |
| ORR, David Alexander, Sir | Director | — | 2002-02-18 |
| PARKER, Peter, Sir | Director | — | 2002-04-28 |
| PARRY, Roger George | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2013-03-25 |
| PERRY, Michael Sidney, Sir | Director | 1993-02-08 | 2013-03-25 |
| PERRY, Stephen Lawrence Andrew | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2005-02-28 |
| PICKARD, David Keith | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2014-03-24 |
| PRINGLE, Anne | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2022-04-01 |
| RABINOWITZ, Daniel | Director | 2019-03-31 | 2022-09-29 |
| RICHARDSON, Mary, Dame | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2015-08-17 |
| ROBERTSON, Susan | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2009-03-23 |
| SHAKESPEARE, William Geoffrey, Sir (Baronet) | Director | — | 1996-03-12 |
| SHAW, Barry Michael Howard | Director | 2001-09-24 | 2005-02-28 |
| STENNING, Emma | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2018-09-13 |
| TOPPER, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2022-04-01 |
| TROTMAN, Alexander James, Lord | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2004-02-12 |
| WANAMAKER, Sam | Director | — | 1993-12-18 |
| WANAMAKER, Zoe | Director | 1994-01-31 | 2005-02-28 |
| WELLS, Stanley William, Prof | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2004-02-12 |
| WHITE, Martin Edward | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2006-02-27 |
| WIGLEY, Francis Spencer | Director | 2002-02-18 | 2012-03-26 |
| WITTER, Danny | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2019-05-03 |
| WRIGHT, John Oliver, Sir | Director | — | 2002-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 284 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£26,912,000 £27,093,000
-
Cash
-46.1%
£9,710,000 £5,229,000
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£38,217,000 £39,329,000
-
Employees
+10.3%
319 352
-
Profit before tax
-83.6%
£6,866,000 £1,127,000
-
Wages
+13.7%
£10,134,000 £11,518,000
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