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THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST
Cash
£1M
-2.1% vs 2022
Net assets
£4M
+13.3% vs 2022
Employees
102
-1.9% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£490K
-26.1% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 02705172
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1992-04-08
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 88990
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
2-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST
THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST
THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST
THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST
Accounts
2-year trend · latest 2023-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,448,274 | £3,900,227 | |
| Operating profit | £665,275 | £486,450 | |
| Profit before tax | £663,384 | £490,194 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £1,496,312 | £1,465,056 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,900,067 | £4,339,477 | |
| Net assets | £3,679,694 | £4,169,888 | |
| Equity | £3,679,694 | £4,169,888 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 102 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Alliotts LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Fortunately cash levels remained buoyant during the year and the latest cash flow projections considered by the trustees indicate the group has sufficient resources available to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statement and hence they continue to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Chickenshed Trading Limited · 1% held · UK · operates the in-house catering facilities and all commercial trading operations carried on at the Chicken Shed Theatre Trust, as well as some major events held at external locations.
Significant events
- “On 6 April 2025, the Trust's IT systems were subject to a cybersecurity incident and ransomware attack, which temporarily disrupted parts of the network. Critical services, including telephones and booking, were unaffected, and operations continued throughout, supported by the rapid engagement of specialist forensi”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
18 active · 51 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEACOCK, Daniel Leslie | Secretary | 2015-06-03 | — | — |
| ALLFORD, Simon | Director | 2019-06-27 | Feb 1961 | British |
| CONSTANTI, Peter Panagiotou | Director | 2016-06-07 | Jun 1966 | British |
| CROFT, Richard | Director | 2022-03-16 | Nov 1969 | British |
| DE PURY, Chris | Director | 2020-12-03 | Feb 1968 | British |
| GIBBON, Anthony David | Director | 2012-07-06 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HALL, Kathleen Margaret | Director | 2021-03-17 | Dec 1954 | British |
| KERR, Brendan Martin, Mr. | Director | 2022-03-16 | Aug 1965 | Irish |
| LAHHAM, Aref Hisham | Director | 2019-06-27 | Feb 1965 | British |
| LOCK, James Robert | Director | 2019-06-27 | Jan 1976 | British |
| MILLICAN, Nicholas Luke | Director | 2019-06-27 | Aug 1981 | British |
| MULDOON, Ashley Thomas Edward | Director | 2019-03-14 | Nov 1971 | Australian |
| ORR, Murray Leonard | Director | 2024-09-26 | Aug 1958 | Irish |
| RAYNE, Jane Antonia Frances, Lady | Director | 1992-06-24 | Aug 1932 | British |
| RAYNE, Natasha Deborah | Director | 2000-05-17 | Mar 1966 | British |
| SERGIOU, Theo | Director | 2021-12-02 | May 2001 | British |
| SHALIT OBE, Jonathan Sigmund, Professor | Director | 1996-10-09 | Apr 1962 | British |
| WARD, Marcus | Director | 2025-03-05 | May 1990 | British |
Show 51 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALCOMBE, David Thomas | Secretary | 2005-03-17 | 2009-12-08 |
| BULL, John | Secretary | 1992-06-24 | 2005-03-17 |
| CRAWLEY, Patrick Hugh Stewart | Secretary | 1992-04-08 | 1992-06-24 |
| SHILLINGLAW, Wendy | Secretary | 2012-06-01 | 2015-06-03 |
| BACON, David Michael | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2013-04-17 |
| BERGER CBE, Joshua Adam, Mr. | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2021-12-02 |
| BRAMBLE, Terence Michael | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1996-06-30 |
| CAMPSIE, Nicholas James | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2019-03-05 |
| COLEMAN, Sylvia May | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2011-05-25 |
| CRAWLEY, Patrick Hugh Stewart | Director | 1992-04-08 | 1992-06-24 |
| CREAN, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 1995-07-11 | 1997-06-23 |
| DENCH, Judith Olivia, Dame | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2025-02-10 |
| FILBY, Anthony | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2006-09-28 |
| FILBY, Stanley Hereward | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2000-10-21 |
| GAFSEN, Martin David | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2025-08-25 |
| GIBBON, Anthony David | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2011-03-31 |
| GRANGER, Derek Harold | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2013-10-08 |
| GRIFFIN, Jacky | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2020-09-29 |
| HART, Josephine | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1996-04-16 |
| HEYWORTH, Malcolm Bevan | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2011-05-18 |
| HOSKINS, Linda | Director | 1998-09-15 | 2011-05-25 |
| JORDAN, Diane Louise | Director | 2002-09-18 | 2007-10-02 |
| LANE, Nancy Jane, Dr | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1996-10-21 |
| LEWIS, Leonard Richard | Director | 1998-02-11 | 2011-05-16 |
| MAGNUS, Ems | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-10-01 |
| MAIN, Lesley, Dr | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2022-11-12 |
| MARSH, Emma Katherine | Director | 1994-01-20 | 1996-10-09 |
| MASON, Christine Hansine | Director | 2001-02-27 | 2021-06-23 |
| MCCALLUM, Martin | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1997-04-23 |
| MILLSOM, Walter | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2001-11-19 |
| NUNN, Trevor Robert | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2019-02-01 |
| PALUMBO, Peter Garth, The Lord | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2001-05-03 |
| PARFITT, David John | Director | 1997-09-16 | 2011-05-25 |
| PATERSON-TODD, Jane | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-07-27 |
| PRESS, Wendy Gail | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2011-05-30 |
| RITCHIE, Alison | Director | 2003-04-10 | 2016-12-08 |
| ROSE, Matthew Saul | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2025-01-16 |
| SHALIT, Jonathan Sigmund | Director | 1996-10-09 | 1997-06-23 |
| SHANE, Roger Alan | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2013-04-17 |
| SMEETH, Jeremy | Director | 2004-12-08 | 2008-03-06 |
| SONING, Angela Susan Francis, Mrs. | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2013-06-11 |
| SONING, Angela Susan Francis, Mrs. | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2011-04-05 |
| SUZMAN, Janet | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1997-03-27 |
| SWAN, Richard Roland Seymour | Director | 1992-04-08 | 1996-04-19 |
| SWEETBAUM, Anne Betty Leonie | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1997-08-04 |
| TYRRELL, Jude | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2020-07-02 |
| VARAH, Kate Elizabeth | Director | 2010-06-22 | 2016-06-07 |
| VELA-HITCHCOX, Phoebe | Director | 2018-06-17 | 2025-06-18 |
| WARD, Manus | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2011-03-14 |
| WESTON, Caroline | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2011-04-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael | Director | 1992-06-24 | 2001-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No PSC data extracted yet.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 240 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-09-29 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-03 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-06-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-03-31
-8.38
DISTRESS
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.547 × 6.56 = +3.59
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.127 × 6.72 = +0.85
- Book equity / Total liabilities -12.214 × 1.05 = -12.82
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory
Activity Score not yet computed for this company.