THE ENGLISH & MEDIA CENTRE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-16 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£280K
-3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-23.2% vs 2024
Employees
14
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE ENGLISH & MEDIA CENTRE 1990-11-21 → present
- THE ENGLISH CENTRE 1990-02-02 → 1990-11-21
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 | £873,659 | £674,077 | |
| Operating profit | -£247,750 | -£287,997 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£159,513 | -£321,710 | |
| Cash | £288,337 | £279,546 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,388,375 | £1,066,665 | |
| Net assets | £1,388,375 | £1,066,665 | |
| Equity | £1,388,375 | £1,066,665 | |
| Average employees | 14 | 14 | |
| Wages | £488,409 | £419,901 |
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 | -28.4% | -42.7% | |
| Net margin | -18.3% | -47.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.8% | -27.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.11x | 3.13x |
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
- Anthony Armstrong FCA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the demand for, and the charity's ability to continue to provide, these services, and accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “2024/25 was a landmark year for the English and Media Centre, marking the 50th anniversary of its founding (as the English Centre) in 1975.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALLUM, Andrew | Secretary | 2014-03-13 | — | — |
| GUPTA, Vinay | Director | 2021-11-30 | Feb 1968 | British |
| JAIN, Anurag | Director | 2025-12-01 | Dec 1975 | British |
| JOHNSON, Simon Arthur | Director | 2022-03-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| LONG, Richard | Director | 2019-09-19 | Jan 1977 | British |
| LORD, Martha | Director | 2024-11-04 | Nov 1979 | British |
| MARSHALL, Myfanwy | Director | 2021-11-30 | May 1990 | British |
| MIAH, Kabir | Director | 2015-11-16 | Apr 1975 | British |
| WORSLEY, Laura | Director | 2020-10-08 | Jul 1957 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMONS, Michael | Secretary | — | 2014-03-13 |
| BARKER, Raymond Leslie | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2018-11-19 |
| BARROW, Sarah Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2018-09-17 |
| BROWN, Joanna Theresa | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2021-03-30 |
| BUCKINGHAM, David Dennis, Professor | Director | 2009-11-12 | 2014-07-03 |
| CRUMP, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2021-07-05 |
| ELLIS, Sue | Director | 2009-11-12 | 2018-11-19 |
| FURLONG, Terence John | Director | — | 2002-06-01 |
| GIBBONS, Simon James, Dr | Director | 2006-01-05 | 2011-10-11 |
| HANCOCK, Helen Inez | Director | 2007-01-10 | 2008-10-12 |
| HICKMAN, John Ronald | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2021-07-05 |
| MILLER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | — | 2007-01-10 |
| NEWSAM, Peter, Sir | Director | — | 2005-04-30 |
| OGBORN, Jane | Director | — | 2013-07-04 |
| SARCHET, Anna Ettaline | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2019-03-07 |
| SHAH, Mehrunissa | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2024-07-24 |
| SHEPPARD, David Brendon | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2022-06-13 |
| SOCRATES, Lisa, Dr | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2024-09-08 |
| STARKIE, St.John James | Director | 2010-10-06 | 2014-10-15 |
| TURVEY, Anne Marie | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2021-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-22.8%
£873,659 £674,077
-
Cash
-3%
£288,337 £279,546
-
Net assets
-23.2%
£1,388,375 £1,066,665
-
Employees
0%
14 14
-
Operating profit
-16.2%
-£247,750 -£287,997
-
Wages
-14%
£488,409 £419,901
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