THE CHARLESTON TRUST (BLOOMSBURY IN SUSSEX)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
Cash
£211K
-34.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
88
+41.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£407K
+58.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £863,626 | £630,606 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£989,895 | -£406,501 | |
| Net profit | -£787,082 | -£242,538 | |
| Cash | £323,544 | £211,094 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,973,609 | £7,691,071 | |
| Net assets | £7,933,609 | £7,691,071 | |
| Equity | £7,933,609 | £7,691,071 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 88 | |
| Wages | £1,148,318 | £1,288,384 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -91.1% | -38.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.44x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- THE CHARLESTON TRUST (BLOOMSBURY IN SUSSEX) · parent
- Charleston Enterprises Limited 100%
- Charleston Lewes Limited
Significant events
- “2024 was a year of significant expansion for Charleston both at the home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant in Firle, and at Charleston in Lewes.”
- “Audiences grew by 23% to 100,114 visitors.”
- “Launched the Director's Circle for our regular major donors, who provide unrestricted grants towards our core operating costs.”
- “The Wolfson Foundation awarded a grant of £250,000 towards the development of the National Bloomsbury Gallery at Charleston in Lewes.”
- “Secured gifts and bequests of 14 works previously unknown to us, a significant step towards building a fully representative collection of the Bloomsbury group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, Rachel | Director | 2026-02-06 | Feb 1990 | British |
| DAVEY, Edward | Director | 2024-11-22 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HARRIS, Philippa Jill Olivier, Dame | Director | 2016-01-04 | Mar 1967 | British |
| HESSEL, Katy | Director | 2022-05-04 | Feb 1994 | British |
| JERATH, Rohan | Director | 2022-05-04 | Jan 1992 | British |
| OWEN, Sarah | Director | 2024-11-22 | Jan 1978 | British |
| PATTERSON, Harriet | Director | 2024-11-22 | Feb 1973 | British |
| PRICE, Caroline Fiona | Director | 2018-10-05 | Aug 1964 | British |
| SANDERS, Piers Robert | Director | 2022-07-20 | Jul 1981 | British |
| TAIANO, Paul George | Director | 2025-02-07 | Jul 1956 | British |
| WALKER, Kim | Director | 2022-12-05 | Aug 1984 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGSON, Sarah | Secretary | 2015-11-20 | 2019-12-23 |
| MCKENZIE, Colin | Secretary | 2006-12-08 | 2013-02-15 |
| NICHOLSON, Virginia | Secretary | 2013-02-15 | 2015-11-20 |
| PATTERSON, Jennifer | Secretary | 2024-01-09 | 2025-08-13 |
| ROWNEY, Charles Michael | Secretary | 2018-10-05 | 2020-01-10 |
| RUSSELL, Andrew Neville | Secretary | 2006-02-10 | 2006-12-08 |
| TYRRELL, Julie Dawn | Secretary | 2017-09-15 | 2018-05-31 |
| UPTON, Alastair David | Secretary | 2004-08-23 | 2006-02-10 |
| ZANDSTRA, Louise Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-05-13 | 2024-08-07 |
| ABERGAVENNY, Venetia Jane, Marchioness | Director | 2014-03-07 | 2017-06-01 |
| BELL, Anne Olivier | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2014-09-12 |
| BERRY, Patrick John | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2013-07-26 |
| BREWIS, Jolyon Lawrence | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2026-01-03 |
| BURCH, Mark Lowrie | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2022-05-04 |
| CASSON, Dinah Victoria | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2017-06-23 |
| CHRISTIANSEN, Rupert Elliott Niels | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| COMYN, Judith | Director | 2022-05-04 | 2023-05-13 |
| FARTHING, Michael John Godfrey, Professor | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2021-07-16 |
| GIBBS, Marion Olive | Director | 2017-01-03 | 2022-12-05 |
| HARWOOD, Mark | Director | 2014-03-07 | 2016-02-18 |
| LYNTON, Norbert Casper | Director | 2004-08-23 | 2006-06-25 |
| MARTIN, Simon James | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2021-07-16 |
| MILES, Philip Noel | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2005-08-07 |
| MORRISON, Anne Catherine | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2021-07-16 |
| NEWISS, Hilary Jane | Director | 2005-08-07 | 2015-01-31 |
| NEWTON, Nigel | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2016-06-17 |
| NICHOLSON, Virginia | Director | 2017-09-15 | 2018-10-05 |
| NICHOLSON, Virginia | Director | 2004-08-23 | 2016-06-17 |
| OTOO, Harriet Adjoa Boatchewah | Director | 2021-05-13 | 2024-05-01 |
| PICKARD, David Keith | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2022-05-04 |
| PRICHARD, Jonathan Martin Robin | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| RAUSING, Sigrid Maria Elisabet, Doctor | Director | 2008-07-27 | 2013-04-02 |
| REICH, Diana | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2005-08-07 |
| RUSSELL, Andrew Neville | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| RUTHERFORD, Jessica Marianne Fernande | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2005-08-07 |
| SAUMAREZ SMITH, Charles Robert, Sir | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2015-05-31 |
| SERGEANT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2024-10-01 |
| SHONE, Richard Noel | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| SNOW, Jon George | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2018-03-23 |
| SPALDING, Frances, Dr | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| STITT, Alexander | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2021-11-17 |
| STOCKLEY, David Henry | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2011-07-22 |
| STRACHEY, Nino Natalia O'Hagan | Director | 2022-07-20 | 2023-02-27 |
| STUART-SMITH, Thomas Richard Stephen | Director | 2015-03-07 | 2017-12-08 |
| TRUSS, Lynne | Director | 2006-06-25 | 2011-07-22 |
| WALLACE, Hannah Kate | Director | 2022-05-04 | 2025-12-02 |
| WATERFIELD, Giles Adrian | Director | 2005-08-07 | 2013-09-13 |
| WATNEY, Simon | Director | 2006-06-25 | 2014-09-03 |
| WOLFE, Gillian Anne | Director | 2009-07-17 | 2015-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-27%
£863,626 £630,606
-
Cash
-34.8%
£323,544 £211,094
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£7,933,609 £7,691,071
-
Employees
+41.9%
62 88
-
Profit before tax
+58.9%
-£989,895 -£406,501
-
Wages
+12.2%
£1,148,318 £1,288,384
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