WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE (1982) LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-12 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-19.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+13.7% vs 2024
Employees
114
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£228K
+230% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,269,631 | £10,368,370 | |
| Operating profit | -£388,903 | £81,306 | |
| Profit before tax | -£175,278 | £227,918 | |
| Net profit | £167,859 | £490,522 | |
| Cash | £5,696,451 | £4,601,008 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,195,560 | £4,769,801 | |
| Net assets | £4,195,560 | £4,769,801 | |
| Equity | £4,195,560 | £4,769,801 | |
| Average employees | 114 | 114 | |
| Wages | £2,032,008 | £2,114,101 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.2% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.3% | 1.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.17x |
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
- Muras Baker Jones Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Overall, the directors have concluded that the financial statements should continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE (1982) LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Trading Ltd 100%
- Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Productions Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “It has been a year of leadership change at the theatre. We were delighted to welcome the theatre's first female Chief Executive when Karen Smallwood became CEO in May.”
- “The Grand's self-produced pantomime Beauty & The Beast achieved the highest attendance for its festive offering since before lockdown.”
- “A highlight of the year was the visit of Marie and Rosetta, with the theatre securing a week in Wolverhampton for a production that was originally scheduled to visit only two venues before a possible West End run.”
- “The year saw the first inclusion of British Sign Language interpretation for an amateur production, with a BSL interpreted performance of West Bromwich Operatic Society's Charlie and The Chocolate Factory one of 18 delivered.”
- “The theatre's partnership with The National Theatre has sadly ended after eight years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENNAN, Anne-Marie | Secretary | 2023-03-01 | — | — |
| BOURTON-PAYNE, Ben | Director | 2024-04-25 | Mar 1982 | British |
| GRANT, Kiri Anne | Director | 2026-01-22 | Feb 1987 | British |
| HUDMAN, Samuel James | Director | 2021-07-22 | Aug 1982 | British |
| JONES, Duncan Charles Allan | Director | 2023-10-17 | Jun 1964 | British |
| KHUTAN, Ranjit Kumar, Dr | Director | 2025-11-20 | Sep 1972 | British |
| RANA, Major Singh | Director | 2022-01-18 | Aug 1966 | British |
| TATHAM, Bridget Anne | Director | 2025-11-20 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WORTHINGTON, Tracy Katrina | Director | 2025-07-17 | Oct 1963 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Frances Margery Dillon | Secretary | — | 2016-09-30 |
| MASKEW, Luke | Secretary | 2017-11-03 | 2023-03-01 |
| ANDERSON, Frances Margery Dillon | Director | — | 2016-09-30 |
| BABINGTON, Karen Ann | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2017-02-16 |
| BANSAL, Dawinder Kaur | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2022-10-15 |
| BARNETT, Philip Jonathan | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2025-04-24 |
| BILSON, Peter Alan, Cllr | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2019-04-25 |
| BILSON, Peter Alan, Cllr | Director | 1992-05-20 | 1999-06-16 |
| BLAIR, Kevin James | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2016-05-17 |
| BLAIR, Kevin James | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2014-07-29 |
| BROWN, Jeremy Norman | Director | — | 2016-04-21 |
| COLLINGS, Christine | Director | — | 2015-11-25 |
| DAVIES, Norman George | Director | 2000-06-08 | 2002-05-30 |
| DAVIS, John, Councillor | Director | 1995-06-14 | 1997-06-11 |
| HAMPTON, Geoffrey Leslie, Sir | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2025-04-24 |
| HOLDCROFT, Matthew, Councillor | Director | 2012-07-14 | 2014-07-29 |
| HOLDCROFT, Matthew, Councillor | Director | 2008-05-14 | 2009-02-04 |
| HUGHES, Graham Christopher | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2016-08-01 |
| INGLIS, James Rennie | Director | — | 1994-09-06 |
| JENNINGS, Michael John | Director | 1995-06-14 | 1998-06-02 |
| JENNINGS, Michael John | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Roger Charles, Dr | Director | — | 1992-05-20 |
| LUPINO, Hayleigh | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2024-01-25 |
| MASKEW, Luke | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2024-10-09 |
| MOORE, Leonard Francis, Dr | Director | 1999-06-16 | 2000-06-08 |
| MORRISON, Ian David | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2019-11-12 |
| O'KANE, Nuala Mary | Director | 2017-03-21 | 2026-01-22 |
| PATTEN, Patricia Anne | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2016-04-08 |
| REYNOLDS, John Charles | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2006-06-27 |
| SMITH, Ralph James | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2015-07-30 |
| STEVENSON, Joan Mary Catherine | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2012-05-03 |
| STEVENSON, Joan Mary Catherine | Director | 1997-06-11 | 2008-09-17 |
| TOMLINSON, Michael | Director | 1994-10-12 | 2017-03-21 |
| TOMLINSON, Robert Peter | Director | — | 1994-08-03 |
| TURLEY, Philip John | Director | 1994-09-06 | 1995-06-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Gordon James | Director | — | 2016-04-21 |
| WORTHINGTON, Tracy Katrina | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2023-02-16 |
| THE WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE( 1982) LTD | Corporate Director | 2009-05-13 | 2009-05-13 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE | Corporate Director | 2009-05-13 | 2009-05-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-18 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+11.9%
£9,269,631 £10,368,370
-
Cash
-19.2%
£5,696,451 £4,601,008
-
Net assets
+13.7%
£4,195,560 £4,769,801
-
Employees
0%
114 114
-
Operating profit
+120.9%
-£388,903 £81,306
-
Profit before tax
+230%
-£175,278 £227,918
-
Wages
+4%
£2,032,008 £2,114,101
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