BRITISH MUSEUM VENTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
0% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
+3.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BRITISH MUSEUM VENTURES LIMITED 1984-05-01 → present
- BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1984-05-01
- BRITISH MUSEUM PERIODICALS LIMITED 1979-08-09 → 1980-12-31
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 | £11,103,000 | £11,590,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,034,000 | £6,214,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,037,000 | £7,307,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,037,000 | £7,307,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,067,000 | £2,067,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,067,000 | £2,067,000 | |
| Equity | £2,067,000 | £2,067,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 54.3% | 53.6% | |
| Net margin | 63.4% | 63.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 291.9% | 300.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.27x |
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)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, being a minimum of twelve months from when these accounts were approved, and accordingly have applied the going concern basis for preparing its accounts. Uncertainties in relation to international events and economic pressures remain and the Directors continue to monitor the situation closely.”
Significant events
- “Visitor numbers to the British Museum increased from 6.2m in 2023/24 to 6.5m in 2024/25 (their highest since 2015/16), which has driven retail and hospitality sales, alongside ongoing strong performance from the licensing and online sales arms of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Eoin, Dr | Secretary | 2024-01-12 | — | — |
| BUCHANAN, Roderick Macdonald | Director | 2025-06-17 | Jan 1964 | British |
| COOKE, Laura Lucy | Director | 2025-02-04 | Apr 1976 | English |
| MCNICOL, Judith Kenzie | Director | 2025-07-02 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUBLEDAY, Ian Anthony | Secretary | 2012-09-25 | 2019-05-24 |
| HOLFORD, Douglas Allan | Secretary | — | 2000-01-31 |
| WATTS, Helen Kay | Secretary | 2000-01-31 | 2012-09-25 |
| WHITTAKER, Jane Louise | Secretary | 2019-05-24 | 2024-01-12 |
| BARBER, Nicholas Charles Faithorn | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2003-09-25 |
| CAMPBELL, Hugh James Foster | Director | — | 1994-11-23 |
| DOUBLEDAY, Ian Anthony | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2019-05-24 |
| FOSTER, Nicholas | Director | 2024-01-12 | 2025-08-01 |
| FREY, Jessica Lauren | Director | 2024-05-24 | 2025-08-01 |
| GLOUCESTER, Hrh The Duke Of | Director | — | 1998-10-03 |
| GREENE, Graham Carleton | Director | — | 2001-03-19 |
| HARROP, Peter, Sir | Director | — | 1998-10-03 |
| HEMMING, Sukie Mary | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2008-03-28 |
| LLOYD DAVIDSON, Celia Charlotte | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| MARTIN-FISHER, Henrietta Kate Blaxland, Ms. | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2024-07-20 |
| OLDMAN, Brian Leslie | Director | 2007-11-09 | 2012-06-29 |
| STEVENSON, Hugh Alexander | Director | — | 2006-06-16 |
| THATCHER, Andrew John | Director | 2001-12-03 | 2007-09-26 |
| WHITTAKER, Jane Louise | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2024-01-12 |
| WRIGHT, Patrick Michael Mckee | Director | 1994-11-23 | 2001-11-30 |
| YATES, Christopher Paul | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2022-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The British Museum Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+4.4%
£11,103,000 £11,590,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£2,067,000 £2,067,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+3%
£6,034,000 £6,214,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.8%
£7,037,000 £7,307,000
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