THE BLUECOAT

1. THE BLUECOAT 2008-02-06 → present
2. BLUECOAT ARTS CENTRE LIMITED 1988-04-21 → 2008-02-06

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

Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited

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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Parent Charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE BLUECOAT · parent
   1. Trading at the Bluecoat Limited 100% · England and Wales · to operate catering and hospitality outlets situated within the building. The company also undertakes events and room hire.

Significant events

• “In a year marked by both creative ambition and financial challenge, the Bluecoat has reaffirmed its role as a vital hub for artists and the community.”
• “In April 2024, we were awarded £680,000 from Arts Council England's Capital Improvement Projects Funding Programme to redevelop our first floor Bistro. We were awarded an additional £70,000 from Liverpool City Council's UK Shared Prosperity Fund towards the Project.”
• “The Bluecoat: A Cultural Heritage for Liverpool, funded by a National Lottery Heritage Fund 'Resilience' grant, to test new approaches to using heritage to make the organisation more sustainable.”
• “20525-26 will see the return of the Liverpool Biennial, with The Bluecoat hosting local, national and international artists as part of Bedrock, curated by Marie-Anne McQuay.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1%

  £933,909 → £924,768

• Cash

  -17.2%

  £181,112 → £149,976

• Net assets

  -2%

  £8,213,630 → £8,046,779

• Employees

  +1.1%

  89 → 90

• Wages

  +2.8%

  £1,024,014 → £1,052,512

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