THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£353K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
10
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-04-30
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION 2012-11-16 → present
- FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION 1992-10-27 → 2012-11-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £706,702 | £829,327 | |
| Operating profit | -£516,963 | -£396,981 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£191,222 | -£366,226 | |
| Cash | £313,291 | £353,222 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,272,783 | £5,699,804 | |
| Net assets | £6,066,030 | £5,699,804 | |
| Equity | £6,066,030 | £5,699,804 | |
| Average employees | 11 | 10 | |
| Wages | £444,079 | £429,980 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -73.2% | -47.9% | |
| Net margin | -27.1% | -44.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.1% | -7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 0.38x | |
| Interest cover | -6.23x | -5.37x |
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 SORP
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- 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 about the group's or parent charitable company'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
- THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION · parent
- Furniture Makers' Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTBROOKE, Jonathan Charles | Secretary | 2012-05-01 | — | — |
| BURBIDGE, Benedict James | Director | 2021-11-23 | Jul 1967 | British |
| DAVIES, Hayden Thomas | Director | 2022-11-29 | Jan 1960 | British |
| GARFORTH-BLES, Hugh | Director | 2017-10-05 | Jan 1951 | British |
| HINDLE, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2021-11-23 | Aug 1961 | British |
| VERNON, Charles | Director | 2018-06-12 | Jan 1953 | British |
| VON DER HEYDE, Paul Heinrich Sigismund | Director | 2016-06-23 | Jun 1953 | British |
| WARING, Amanda Jane | Director | 2025-12-02 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE, Nigel Malcolm Anthony | Secretary | 2008-06-03 | 2009-05-19 |
| HINDMARSH, Thomas Joseph, Group Captain | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 1999-05-20 |
| KERRIGAN, Charles Patrick | Secretary | 2009-05-19 | 2012-05-01 |
| MARIS, Gordon Charles | Secretary | 1992-10-27 | 1993-08-31 |
| SEDDON-BROWN, Jonathan Lovett, Colonel | Secretary | 1999-05-20 | 2008-06-03 |
| ALLEN, John Thomas | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1995-05-04 |
| ANNABLE, Charles Patrick George | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2012-02-08 |
| ATTARD, Anrthony | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2019-04-30 |
| ATTARD, Anthony John William | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2012-02-08 |
| BARBER, Eric Crompton | Director | 1994-05-24 | 1997-06-18 |
| BARKER, Pamela Jeanne | Director | 1994-05-24 | 1996-06-13 |
| BLACK, Maurice | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1995-05-04 |
| BLAKE, Nigel Malcolm Anthony | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2016-04-30 |
| BLAKE, Nigel Malcolm Anthony | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2008-06-03 |
| BLANEY, Roger Vaughan | Director | 1996-05-23 | 2010-04-01 |
| BRAID, Andrew David | Director | 2005-05-26 | 2008-05-20 |
| BRINTON, Michael Ashley Cecil | Director | 1995-05-04 | 1998-06-17 |
| BURBIDGE, David Lovell | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2014-06-17 |
| CHRISTOPHER, Colin Albert | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1997-06-18 |
| CLARE, Michael George | Director | 2005-05-26 | 2008-03-14 |
| CLARK, Adam | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2004-08-12 |
| COHEN, Paul Clive | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2003-08-07 |
| COLLINS, Jonathan | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2008-05-22 |
| CORT, Philip Hinton | Director | 2004-03-04 | 2005-08-11 |
| DANBY, Sandra | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2001-02-22 |
| DAVIES, Philip | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2006-03-02 |
| DUNCAN, John Alexander | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2006-03-02 |
| GARDNER, Stanley Albert William | Director | 1992-10-27 | 1995-03-11 |
| GILHAM, Michael Stuart | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2010-04-01 |
| GRANT, John Mclaren | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1996-06-13 |
| HANCOCK, John Anthony | Director | 2002-05-23 | 2006-08-10 |
| HAYES, Nicholas | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2010-04-04 |
| HEAD, Peter Douglas | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2023-04-30 |
| HILL, Lewis | Director | 1992-10-27 | 1995-05-04 |
| IMRIE, David James Gordon | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2008-07-15 |
| JOHNSON, Victor William | Director | 1992-10-27 | 1995-09-23 |
| JOURDAN, Martin Hubert Thomas | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2018-06-12 |
| KELSEY, Peter Anthony | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2021-04-30 |
| KHAIRA, Sanjeev | Director | 2005-03-03 | 2006-07-19 |
| LAWRENCE, Joy Gwendolen | Director | 1996-05-23 | 1998-06-17 |
| LEBUS, Oliver Hart Herman | Director | 1992-10-27 | 1994-05-24 |
| LEIGH, Raymond Hugh | Director | 1997-10-23 | 2002-10-13 |
| LEWIS, Shaun William | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2012-02-08 |
| LIDDIE, John Graham | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2000-05-19 |
| MANN, David William | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2001-02-01 |
| MANNING, Christopher Patrick | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2010-06-22 |
| MARRINER, Charles Owen | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1994-05-24 |
| MILLER, Margaret Mary | Director | 2009-12-05 | 2014-06-17 |
| MURRAY, Peter Oldfield | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2012-02-08 |
| NEWSTEAD, Patrick John Michael | Director | 1999-05-20 | 2003-04-15 |
| RAY, George William | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1996-06-13 |
| RICHARDS, Stephen Hugh | Director | 1994-05-24 | 1998-06-17 |
| RICHARDSON, Roger Hart | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2013-03-21 |
| RISBY-ROSE, Jane Kevan | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2005-03-02 |
| SPINKS, Peter Douglas | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2012-02-08 |
| STOCKWELL, Christopher Derek | Director | 1992-10-27 | 1994-05-24 |
| TADROS, Edward Randolph | Director | 1996-02-29 | 2022-04-30 |
| TAYLOR, Brian Ernest John | Director | 1995-05-04 | 1996-06-13 |
| THIRKELL, Clive Nicholson | Director | 1994-05-24 | 2012-02-08 |
| TRACEY, David Frank | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2007-10-12 |
| VAUGHAN, Andrew Richard | Director | 2008-08-07 | 2012-02-08 |
| WEBSTER, Ernest Mark | Director | 2004-03-04 | 2007-05-24 |
| WHITE, George Thomas | Director | 1992-10-27 | 1999-01-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Brian Herbert | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2001-08-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Penelope Janet Wendy Victoria | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2012-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-01-19 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-17 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30