THE BOWES MUSEUM
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-29 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£440K
-30% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+1.9% vs 2024
Employees
82
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£314K
-68.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BOWES MUSEUM 2000-01-13 → present
- BOWES MUSEUM 1999-11-18 → 2000-01-13
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 | £2,104,314 | £2,029,759 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,006,162 | £314,027 | |
| Net profit | £1,019,038 | £269,769 | |
| Cash | £628,146 | £439,998 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,151,857 | £14,421,626 | |
| Net assets | £14,151,857 | £14,421,626 | |
| Equity | £14,151,857 | £14,421,626 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 82 | |
| Wages | £1,505,264 | £1,583,170 |
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 | 48.4% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.7% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.00x | 3.42x |
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
- Clive Owen 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 operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- THE BOWES MUSEUM · parent
- The Bowes Museum (Enterprises) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “96,933 visitors, a 25% increase from previous year”
- “Summer 2024 successfully renewed our Museum Accredited Standard status.”
- “£615,257 funding was secured for strategic projects and programmes.”
- “In Summer 2024, the museum's gas contracts were renegotiated, and together with electricity, we moved all our energy to green 100% renewable sources.”
- “The restructuring process was undertaken and completed in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Simon | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| ALLISON, Karen, Cllr | Director | 2026-03-20 | Oct 1969 | British |
| BLACKWOOD, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2021-08-20 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BROWN, Michelle | Director | 2025-01-24 | May 1974 | British |
| COLLINGWOOD, Jennie | Director | 2021-08-20 | Sep 1976 | British |
| CORBETT, Deborah | Director | 2021-08-20 | Aug 1984 | British |
| FRANCIS, Jennifer Anne | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jul 1959 | British |
| HOWELL, Stephen | Director | 2020-01-24 | Jul 1963 | British |
| LEIGH, Debbie | Director | 2026-03-20 | Oct 1959 | British |
| MORRISON, Gordon Andrew | Director | 2025-01-25 | Feb 1976 | British |
| MOTHERSILL, Peter David Alan | Director | 2010-09-10 | May 1957 | British |
| PARTINGTON, Kenneth | Director | 2019-10-18 | Feb 1955 | British |
| PASCOE, Christina | Director | 2025-01-25 | Feb 1990 | British |
| SMITH, Eliot Graham | Director | 2021-08-20 | Oct 1990 | British |
| THAIN OBE, Alison Christine | Director | 2021-08-20 | Mar 1955 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARGREAVES, Harold Grenville | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2010-05-28 |
| LENG, Matthew Edward | Secretary | 2005-06-24 | 2007-03-31 |
| MACKENZIE, Ian Alexander | Secretary | 1999-11-18 | 2000-08-02 |
| WELSBY, Richard Armstrong | Secretary | 2010-05-28 | 2018-08-17 |
| DICKINSON DEES | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-02 | 2005-06-14 |
| PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-14 | 2006-04-01 |
| ALLEN, Joy | Director | 2019-12-18 | 2021-08-20 |
| ALLEN, Joy | Director | 2013-07-19 | 2015-05-20 |
| ANSTEE, John Howard, Prof | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-10-23 |
| BARTLETT, Keith John, Dr | Director | 2013-12-13 | 2023-07-10 |
| BLACKETT-ORD, Mark | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2024-03-15 |
| BROWN, Robyn Jane | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2024-03-15 |
| CAPLIN, Judy | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2008-09-05 |
| COWIE, Andrew | Director | 2009-12-04 | 2012-09-21 |
| CRACOLICI, Stefano, Professor | Director | 2019-12-18 | 2024-03-15 |
| DAVY, Christopher Peter John | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2024-07-12 |
| DIXON, Peter Eric | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2011-04-08 |
| ECCLES, John Dawson, Viscount | Director | 1999-11-18 | 2008-09-05 |
| FOSTER, Derek, Lord | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2014-10-20 |
| GRAHAM, Lesley | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2022-09-02 |
| GRAY, Juliet Rachel, Lady | Director | 2012-12-14 | 2017-10-20 |
| GRAY, William Hume, Sir | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2004-12-03 |
| HARRISON, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2021-08-20 |
| JAGGER, David Richard | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2010-09-10 |
| JENKINS, Adrian | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2021-08-20 |
| LAING, George William | Director | 1999-11-18 | 2008-09-05 |
| LEVEY, Santina Margaret | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2009-12-04 |
| MCDONNELL, John Beresford William | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2008-09-05 |
| MILLICAN, Peter John | Director | 2012-12-14 | 2017-10-20 |
| MORRISON, Gordon Andrew | Director | 2025-01-24 | 2025-01-24 |
| MORRITT, (Robert) Andrew, The Rt Hon Sir | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2016-07-15 |
| MURRAY, Janice Blair | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2019-09-01 |
| OUGHTRED, Christopher Mclaren | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2024-03-15 |
| PALMER OBE, Susan Lesley | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2020-03-31 |
| PASCOE, Christina | Director | 2025-01-24 | 2025-01-24 |
| PEACOCK, Caroline Patricia | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2023-07-10 |
| PEACOCK, Jonathan Hugh Beauchamp | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2023-07-10 |
| PEMBERTON, Patricia Ann | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2017-10-20 |
| PENDLEBURY, Robert | Director | 2000-03-03 | 2009-12-04 |
| POLLARD, Sandra Joyce | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2011-04-08 |
| PURCELL, Jonathon | Director | 2010-09-10 | 2013-10-18 |
| ROBINSON, Ann-Marie Marie | Director | 2011-09-09 | 2017-01-01 |
| ROBINSON, Bernard | Director | 2005-09-09 | 2015-10-23 |
| ROBINSON, Michael John | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2025-07-25 |
| SCHOON, Adam Nicholas | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2017-10-20 |
| SCOTT, Elizabeth Elton | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2025-09-01 |
| SMITH, Tracie Jane, Cllr | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2019-12-18 |
| STASTNY, George | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2023-11-13 |
| TAIT, Joanna | Director | 2009-12-04 | 2011-09-09 |
| TAIT, Joanna | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2009-12-04 |
| TAYLOR, Lesley | Director | 2002-05-25 | 2011-12-02 |
| TOMLINSON, Eddie | Director | 2009-12-04 | 2013-07-19 |
| TONKS, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2003-06-06 | 2012-09-21 |
| WEARMOUTH, John Edward | Director | 2000-03-20 | 2009-12-04 |
| WRIGHTSON, Charles Mark Garmondsway, Sir | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2018-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-3.5%
£2,104,314 £2,029,759
-
Cash
-30%
£628,146 £439,998
-
Net assets
+1.9%
£14,151,857 £14,421,626
-
Employees
+1.2%
81 82
-
Profit before tax
-68.8%
£1,006,162 £314,027
-
Wages
+5.2%
£1,505,264 £1,583,170
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