PAINES PLOUGH LIMITED

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  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-05-12.

1. PAINES PLOUGH LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
2. BEDFORD THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 1974-04-01 → 1976-12-31

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

WP Audit Services 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.”

Group structure

1. PAINES PLOUGH LIMITED · parent
   1. Paines Plough Productions Limited 100% · England and Wales · production of theatre tours

Significant events

• “In 2024/25 the company reached: 38,369 audience members, 377 writer development programme participants, 2 writers on attachment, produced the work of 5 commissioned writers, provided employment for 52 freelancers, 6 core staff.”
• “The 2024/25 year began with the main stage transfer at London's Soho Theatre of Strategic Love Play by Miriam Battye, following the huge success of its premiere at the Roundabout and on tour in 2023.”
• “Our second production of the year was a brand new commission, My Mother's Funeral: The Show by Kelly Jones, directed by Charlotte Bennett. The play was identified through an open submissions process during COVID-19 lockdowns.”
• “In 2024 the Roundabout auditorium celebrated its 10th birthday at Edinburgh Fringe, hosting 7 visiting productions, 6 one-off shows, our commission My Mother's Funeral: The Show, and returning favourite Every Brilliant Thing.”
• “In February, Paines Plough celebrated the 50th anniversary since the company was established in 1974 over a pint of Paines bitter, in the Plough pub. To celebrate, we hosted a Gala event at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End.”
• “In January 2025 the fourth iteration of the Women's Prize for Playwriting was launched, receiving a record number of 1,275 submissions before its deadline in April.”
• “In October 2024, the company relocated to Coventry, as part of a Transfer programme agreement with Arts Council England. As a touring organisation with a national remit, this presents an exciting opportunity to deepen the existing partnership with the Belgrade Theatre.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  +68.3%

  £456,171 → £767,893

• Cash

  -17.2%

  £297,603 → £246,330

• Net assets

  +9.5%

  £330,667 → £362,190

• Employees

  -14.3%

  7 → 6

• Wages

  -7.9%

  £302,801 → £278,921

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