BOW ARTS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+75% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+34.2% vs 2024
Employees
42
+13.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+93.4% vs 2024
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 | £3,592,543 | £5,051,179 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £701,854 | £1,357,504 | |
| Net profit | £701,854 | £1,356,129 | |
| Cash | £2,183,148 | £3,820,836 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,329,839 | £6,557,320 | |
| Net assets | £3,961,653 | £5,317,782 | |
| Equity | £3,961,653 | £5,317,782 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 42 | |
| Wages | £766,782 | £847,870 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 19.5% | 26.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.33x | 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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RPG Crouch Chapman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operations for the foreseeable future. Churn and void rates for studios pose the greatest risk with potential impact on reserves, but the position is currently strong and is continuously monitored.”
Group structure
- BOW ARTS TRUST · parent
- Bow Arts Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ending 31 March 2025, we now provide a total of 1,004 affordable studios and live/work flats across the portfolio.”
- “In April 2025, Bow Arts put down a 50% up-front payment for new studios in the Notting Hill Genesis Hackney Yards development. Still in the process of being built, these will provide 38 affordable studios from late 2026.”
- “In June 2025, we will complete on the purchase of the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead, securing the future of 41 artist studios in perpetuity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAETTIG, Marcel Andre | Secretary | 1995-03-10 | — | British |
| BUSS, Christopher James | Director | 2024-04-02 | Aug 1955 | British |
| COLES, Martyn Phillip | Director | 2007-12-03 | May 1951 | British |
| LEWIS, John Michael | Director | 2023-09-20 | Aug 1965 | British |
| MARSHALL, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2007-04-18 | Mar 1946 | British |
| MASUNDA, Tamirira | Director | 2023-09-20 | Oct 1987 | Canadian |
| NIBBS, Sophie | Director | 2023-09-20 | Mar 1988 | British |
| PALLISTER, Stephen | Director | 2018-09-29 | Jan 1963 | British |
| RHODES-TAYLOR, Tania Tina Thelma | Director | 2023-09-20 | Aug 1967 | British |
| SMALES, Nicholas William | Director | 2010-10-14 | Dec 1964 | British |
| SMITH, Catherine Phillippa | Director | 2017-10-11 | Aug 1963 | British |
| TUCKER, Benjamin Patrick | Director | 2023-09-20 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAETTIG, Marcel Andre | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1995-07-01 |
| BLUNDELL, Myriam | Director | 2008-10-22 | 2013-09-12 |
| BURY, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2005-11-19 |
| BURY, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 1998-06-28 | 1999-12-12 |
| CALLAGHAN, Philip Sean | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2007-06-20 |
| CUBEY, Michael John | Director | 2007-04-18 | 2009-05-07 |
| DURRANT, Ryan | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1995-07-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Holly | Director | 2004-12-18 | 2007-04-18 |
| ELSON, Sarah | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2018-08-01 |
| FAULL, Michele Jean | Director | 2011-09-28 | 2019-09-25 |
| FITZPATRICK, Declan Anthony | Director | 1998-06-28 | 2000-11-01 |
| HILDEBRAND, John Anthony | Director | 2002-04-07 | 2007-05-10 |
| HILLS, John Alan | Director | 2007-04-18 | 2011-09-28 |
| JOHNSON, Christopher Robert | Director | 2010-01-18 | 2011-09-28 |
| JONES, Peter Ashton | Director | 1998-09-06 | 1999-12-12 |
| KILBURN, Jeremy Dunbar, Professor | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2015-01-31 |
| KING, Emma Louise | Director | 2005-04-28 | 2006-09-01 |
| LEE, Jane Helen | Director | 2004-12-18 | 2007-05-10 |
| MADAN, Rajen | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2025-03-24 |
| MIDDLETON, John Andrew | Director | 2002-09-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| MOTANI, Habib Noorali | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2021-03-10 |
| MUIR, Fergus James | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2005-02-18 |
| O'KEEFFE, Andrew | Director | 2004-12-18 | 2007-05-10 |
| OWENS, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2021-03-10 | 2024-09-25 |
| PAGE, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1997-10-07 |
| REGAN, Michael | Director | 1995-03-10 | 2000-04-04 |
| RELPH, Nigel William | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2010-10-14 |
| RHODES-TAYLOR, Tania Tina Thelma | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2016-12-08 |
| SANDERSON, Penelope | Director | 1995-03-10 | 2001-03-01 |
| SMITH, Brian David | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2024-09-25 |
| SWIFT, Claire Louise | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2025-03-19 |
| ULLAH, Monuhar | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2019-02-12 |
| WARWICK, Margaret | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2004-01-18 |
| WINCKLE, Alison | Director | 1998-09-27 | 2004-01-18 |
| WINSKILL, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2016-10-05 |
| WOLFE, Suzanne Catherine | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2009-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sheena Jane Etches | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-05 | Ceased 2019-06-17 |
| Mr Michael John Cubey | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-17 |
| Ms Angela Clementine Law | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-05 |
| Mr Marcel Andre Baettig | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+40.6%
£3,592,543 £5,051,179
-
Cash
+75%
£2,183,148 £3,820,836
-
Net assets
+34.2%
£3,961,653 £5,317,782
-
Employees
+13.5%
37 42
-
Profit before tax
+93.4%
£701,854 £1,357,504
-
Wages
+10.6%
£766,782 £847,870
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