THE LOWRY CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-6.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£408K
+290.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
190
-7.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+2.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £254,916 | £6,017,170 | £9,707,540 | £9,581,999 | |
| Operating profit | -£659,339 | £1,159,770 | £1,741,514 | £1,711,507 | |
| Profit before tax | -£658,563 | £1,159,798 | £1,762,603 | £1,803,524 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,762,603 | £1,803,524 | |
| Cash | £2,175,647 | £4,774,425 | £6,989,660 | £6,508,300 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,134,440 | £837,298 | £104,616 | £408,140 | |
| Net assets | £342,013 | £342,013 | £104,616 | £408,140 | |
| Equity | £342,013 | £342,013 | £104,616 | £408,140 | |
| Average employees | 280 | 202 | 206 | 190 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,122,240 | £2,673,200 |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -258.6% | 19.3% | 17.9% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 18.2% | 18.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -58.1% | 138.5% | 1664.7% | 419.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.96x | 1.02x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources available and is therefore able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Lowry celebrates it's 25th Anniversary year in 2025 with celebratory events occurring throughout the year.”
- “The exciting development of the Lowry 360 Immersive, open from mid-May 2025 and the family exhibition of Quentin Blake open from mid-July 2025 are expected to drive footfall throughout the building.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENDERGAST, Michelle Andrea | Secretary | 2022-04-01 | — | — |
| BARKER, Roli Shola | Director | 2023-05-18 | Jan 1975 | British |
| FAWCETT, Julia | Director | 2002-07-26 | May 1965 | British |
| FROST, Angela Jane | Director | 2003-01-29 | Jul 1957 | British |
| FRY, Steven | Director | 2019-09-04 | Aug 1983 | British |
| GIBSON, Fiona Eleanor | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jan 1961 | British |
| KASMIR, Daniel Leonard | Director | 2023-10-19 | Oct 1969 | British |
| LEYLAND, Paul | Director | 2025-05-22 | Nov 1987 | British |
| PENDERGAST, Michelle Andrea | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1967 | English |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRABBIN, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 2002-10-11 | 2022-03-31 |
| HULME, Christopher Gordon | Secretary | 1996-10-22 | 2002-10-11 |
| MULVENNA, Patrick Joseph | Secretary | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-21 |
| ALDRIDGE, Rodney Malcolm, Sir | Director | 2006-12-12 | 2024-12-12 |
| ALSTON, David Ian | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2002-07-31 |
| BRABBIN, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2003-03-31 | 2022-03-31 |
| DANES, Carol Ann | Director | 1996-09-27 | 1997-08-21 |
| DEVITT, Paul | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2001-07-27 |
| GOODEY, Felicity Margaret Sue | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2002-08-30 |
| HINDS, Charles William Victor | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2001-06-01 |
| HOUGH, Robert Eric | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2001-01-29 |
| HYTNER, Joyce Anita | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2000-11-01 |
| KELLY, Paul | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2014-12-11 |
| LANCASTER, David Anthony | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2001-06-01 |
| LAWRENCE, John Edward | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2001-07-27 |
| LEVISON, Charles John Cuthbertson | Director | 2004-12-09 | 2006-07-07 |
| LIGHTUP, Susan Jane | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2015-05-28 |
| LOUGHLIN, Jack | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2016-06-30 |
| MCNERNEY, Shelagh | Director | 2016-10-06 | 2019-03-14 |
| ROBSON, Robert | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2013-09-07 |
| VINKEN, Adrian Charles | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2022-09-30 |
| WALLACE, James Archibald Simpson | Director | 2002-08-30 | 2006-05-08 |
| WALLEY, John Richard | Director | 2004-10-28 | 2009-05-31 |
| WESTWOOD, Alan | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2010-01-22 |
| WILLIS, John Christensen | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2001-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lowry Centre Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-09-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-06 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-1.3%
£9,707,540 £9,581,999
-
Cash
-6.9%
£6,989,660 £6,508,300
-
Net assets
+290.1%
£104,616 £408,140
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-7.8%
206 190
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-1.7%
£1,741,514 £1,711,507
first positive since 2021
-
Profit before tax
+2.3%
£1,762,603 £1,803,524
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-14.4%
£3,122,240 £2,673,200
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