THE CRITERION THEATRE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+5.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-8.7% vs 2023
Employees
38
-11.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£232K
-153.6% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,254,492 | £2,882,550 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £383,161 | -£304,150 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £433,487 | -£232,212 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £433,487 | -£232,212 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £3,069,231 | £3,233,255 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,681,643 | £2,449,431 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £2,681,643 | £2,449,431 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £2,681,643 | £2,449,431 | |
| Average employees | 41 | 26 | 29 | 41 | 43 | 38 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,162,599 | £1,164,601 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 11.8% | -10.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 13.3% | -8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 14.3% | -12.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 4.28x | 2.81x |
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
- Gerald Edelman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the company's financial forecasts and expected future cash flows, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next twelve months. Thus the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Group structure
- THE CRITERION THEATRE TRUST · parent
- Criterion Theatre Piccadilly Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of the theatre with the Trust running a series of activities: a Gala celebration performance in June commemorating productions from the theatre's past. Free theatre history talks and backstage tours, and free tickets through the Spring and Summer for performances of Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York under the Trust's 150Tix Scheme.”
- “Improvement works in the building continued as an ongoing programme around busy performance and event schedules.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANES, Alan Lawrence | Secretary | 1992-11-21 | — | British |
| BANES, Alan Lawrence | Director | 1992-11-21 | Jul 1946 | British |
| BOURNE, Lily Louisa | Director | 2022-02-21 | Jun 1986 | British |
| EDWARDS-JONES, Imogen Carmen | Director | 2023-11-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| FRY, Stephen John | Director | 2012-09-15 | Aug 1957 | British |
| GREENE, Sally Anne | Director | 2010-04-30 | May 1954 | British |
| ROSEN, Stephen | Director | 2020-09-09 | Aug 1950 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTENBOROUGH, Richard Samuel, (Estate Of) | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2010-10-15 |
| BOURNE, Robert Anthony | Director | 1992-11-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| CLAYTON, Peter Jonathon | Director | 2010-05-24 | 2018-06-18 |
| HYTNER, Joyce Anita | Director | 1998-06-05 | 2020-06-19 |
| LIDDIMENT, David | Director | 1998-06-10 | 2006-09-18 |
| PUWANARAJAH, Prasanna | Director | 2018-01-18 | 2020-09-08 |
| RAYMOND, Crispin Piers | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1998-01-01 |
| WINGATE, Roger Christopher | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2000-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Anne Greene | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Sally Anne Greene | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Sally Anne Greene | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-11.4%
£3,254,492 £2,882,550
-
Cash
+5.3%
£3,069,231 £3,233,255
-
Net assets
-8.7%
£2,681,643 £2,449,431
-
Employees
-11.6%
43 38
-
Operating profit
-179.4%
£383,161 -£304,150
-
Profit before tax
-153.6%
£433,487 -£232,212
-
Wages
+0.2%
£1,162,599 £1,164,601
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