THE PALACE THEATRE WATFORD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-10 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£572K
-2.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-3.2% vs 2024
Employees
59
+13.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 | £2,492,450 | £3,299,130 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£144,439 | -£166,595 | |
| Cash | £586,413 | £571,796 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,197,276 | £5,030,681 | |
| Net assets | £5,197,276 | £5,030,681 | |
| Equity | £5,197,276 | £5,030,681 | |
| Average employees | 52 | 59 | |
| Wages | £1,094,004 | £1,310,449 |
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 | -5.8% | -5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.4% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.17x | 3.04x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn 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 on the 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 PALACE THEATRE WATFORD LIMITED · parent
- The Palace Theatre Watford Productions Limited 100%
- The Palace Theatre Watford Bar Limited 100%
Significant events
- “This has been a year of transformation at Watford Palace Theatre - one of change, renewal, and momentum. We set out to make the Palace a home that truly reflects its community, a place where world-class work and local creativity share the same stage. As the year closes, the building, the programme, and the people who make it all possible feel stronger than ever. The most visible change will be the refurbishment for which we have raised the funds and made the plans: new studios, the 1908 Cabaret, and expanded training spaces to give us the capacity to host more artists, young people, and community groups than ever before.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 70 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARDEN, Jamie | Secretary | 2014-12-08 | — | — |
| AHMED, Aaqil | Director | 2025-09-29 | Jun 1969 | British |
| DEVONISH, Marilyn | Director | 2022-07-04 | May 1968 | British |
| DYCHTON, Agnieszka Katarzyna | Director | 2022-01-26 | Sep 1982 | Polish |
| EVANS, Felicity Emma | Director | 2024-02-19 | Jul 1955 | British |
| FENTON, Anne Beverley | Director | 2016-11-28 | Nov 1953 | British |
| GOLDING, Sarah Louise | Director | 2024-02-19 | Sep 1972 | British |
| GROVES, Howard Deryk | Director | 2022-05-10 | Nov 1957 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Mark Phillip | Director | 2017-09-25 | Oct 1959 | British |
| LINGWOOD, Carol | Director | 2016-03-23 | Aug 1962 | British |
| MAUTHOOR, Bibi Bilqees | Director | 2022-03-14 | Jun 1979 | British |
| MEHTA-PARMAR, Binita | Director | 2017-01-16 | Oct 1990 | British |
| ROWLAND, Giles Richard John | Director | 2023-11-28 | Jun 1973 | British |
| SPENCER, Brett Scott | Director | 2015-11-26 | Dec 1968 | British |
| SPERRY, Kenny Rebecca | Director | 2018-01-24 | Jun 1995 | British |
| TROTMAN, Jayne | Director | 2017-05-02 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 70 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAWS, Mary | Secretary | 2004-06-09 | 2006-05-17 |
| GALLACHER, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2008-05-27 | 2009-04-27 |
| HOLT, Harold Michael | Secretary | 2000-12-27 | 2004-06-09 |
| LARMOUR, Brigid | Secretary | 2006-09-22 | 2007-07-02 |
| MOIR, Alastair | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 2000-12-27 |
| RUSSELL, Mathew James | Secretary | 2009-04-27 | 2014-11-30 |
| STODDART, Patrick | Secretary | 2013-11-26 | 2013-12-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Lucy Elizabeth | Secretary | 2007-07-03 | 2008-05-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Lucy Elizabeth | Secretary | 2006-05-18 | 2006-09-22 |
| ALDRIDGE, Christopher William | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1996-12-19 |
| AVENT, Ian Michael | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-06-09 |
| BAKER, Martin John | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2016-01-28 |
| BALL, Graham | Director | 1999-10-14 | 2001-11-07 |
| BLUSTIN, Oscar Alexander | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2015-03-30 |
| BOAST, Jacqueline Dawn | Director | 2005-12-17 | 2012-05-03 |
| BOTTOM, Alexander Michael | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2018-03-08 |
| CLARKSON, Martin | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2009-02-24 |
| COLLETT, Karen Ann | Director | 2018-06-05 | 2021-03-22 |
| CONLON, Veronica | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-06-20 |
| COOPER, Jennifer Anne | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-02-13 |
| DABIRI, Kafilat Omotola, Dr | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2017-11-28 |
| DEAN, Lee | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2008-09-03 |
| DERBYSHIRE, George | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2018-06-05 |
| FISK, David John, Dr | Director | 1999-12-09 | 2008-12-15 |
| FULLERTON, Sandra Helen | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2014-09-23 |
| GRAHAM, Brian William | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2004-01-27 |
| GRANT, Kim Marie | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2012-09-27 |
| GREEN, Maria | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2000-07-06 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ian Malcolm | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-06-20 |
| HARRIS, Paul Ian | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2014-11-27 |
| HAYES, Deborah Mary | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1998-05-12 |
| HUNT, John Brian | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2025-09-29 |
| JACKSON, Michael | Director | 1997-06-12 | 2009-11-19 |
| JACKSON, Michael | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1996-08-28 |
| JULLIEN, Beverley Gail | Director | 2006-01-10 | 2016-11-28 |
| KHILAY, Sneha | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2016-11-28 |
| LAFFY, Melody Heather | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| LEIGH, Andrew | Director | 2002-07-30 | 2006-06-15 |
| LINCOLN, Deborah | Director | 2015-03-28 | 2022-01-26 |
| LLOYD, David Edward | Director | 2010-09-23 | 2015-01-25 |
| MCINERNEY, Peter Brian Gerard | Director | 2004-06-08 | 2010-11-18 |
| MCMAHON, Katharine | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2015-09-30 |
| MITRA, Alok Kumar | Director | 2011-03-17 | 2016-11-08 |
| MUNN, Patricia Clare | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2016-09-06 |
| O'BRIEN, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2009-04-28 |
| O'CONNOR, Emma Aisling | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2017-07-01 |
| PALLOT, Nicola Marie | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-09-03 |
| PAYNE, Teresa | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2005-06-02 |
| PRICE, Julia Eileen | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2003-10-07 |
| PRITCHARD, John Douglas | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2020-09-23 |
| RAE, Georgina | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2022-03-14 |
| READ, April | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-10-10 |
| ROBERTSON, Alastair | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2014-09-23 |
| RUBASINGHAM, Indhu | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2009-03-23 |
| SCLEATER, Donald Ian | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-06-09 |
| SCOTT, Nicola Jane | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2007-12-12 |
| SHAW, Timothy Michael | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2009-01-26 |
| SINGH SEYAN, Prabkirt | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-06-09 |
| SMILLIE, Sheila | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2010-04-29 |
| STODDART, Patrick Thomas | Director | 2013-11-26 | 2023-11-27 |
| SWABEY, Brian William Harold | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2004-06-09 |
| TOMLEY, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2010-07-22 |
| TOPPER, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2005-12-17 | 2011-11-17 |
| TOWNSEND, Amber Sophia | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2016-01-28 |
| TOWNSEND VILA, Gary Mark | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2019-01-31 |
| TUCKER, Albert | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-06-08 |
| TYRWHITT, Norman Hugh | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2003-05-02 |
| WARD, Denise Erica | Director | 2009-11-19 | 2010-11-09 |
| WARRINGTON, Donald | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-12-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Timothy James | Director | 2018-06-05 | 2022-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+32.4%
£2,492,450 £3,299,130
-
Cash
-2.5%
£586,413 £571,796
-
Net assets
-3.2%
£5,197,276 £5,030,681
-
Employees
+13.5%
52 59
-
Wages
+19.8%
£1,094,004 £1,310,449
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