ARTICHOKE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+92.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-16.7% vs 2024
Employees
17
-19% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£702K
+55.7% 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 | £3,417,931 | £1,149,034 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,582,339 | -£701,522 | |
| Net profit | -£325,773 | -£301,522 | |
| Cash | £640,948 | £1,236,686 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,806,115 | £1,504,593 | |
| Equity | £1,806,115 | £1,504,593 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 17 | |
| Wages | £947,907 | £818,764 |
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 | -9.5% | -26.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.7% | 11.5% | |
| Current ratio | 6.00x | 8.71x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The review of our financial position, reserves levels and future plans gives Trustees confidence that Artichoke remains a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- ARTICHOKE TRUST · parent
- Artichoke Productions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024/25 Artichoke delivered two projects: Babylon Gamelan and The Gallery.”
- “The Gallery: we are planning Season 5 of The Gallery in collaboration with the British Council (Brazil) to coincide with the COP 30 Climate Change summit, which will be held in Belen.”
- “Lumiere 2025: the biennial Lumiere light art biennial has been recommissioned by Durham County Council for a 9th season in November 2025.”
- “We are working with the Roald Dahl Story Company to deliver a large-scale UK-wide event in May 2027 which will celebrate the 21st anniversary of Artichoke's inaugural production, Royal de Luxe's The Sultan's Elephant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABU, Dalwardin | Director | 2017-12-07 | Jun 1963 | British |
| BOUD, Janice Evelyn | Director | 2011-06-01 | Jul 1952 | British |
| CLARKE NOBLE, Desirée Ann | Director | 2022-04-22 | Aug 1972 | New Zealander |
| FLANDERS, Stephanie | Director | 2014-09-09 | Aug 1968 | British |
| GASCH CASALS, Laia | Director | 2022-04-22 | Feb 1972 | British,Spanish |
| HEATON, Tony James | Director | 2022-04-22 | Oct 1954 | British |
| KITSON, Richard Philip | Director | 2010-03-17 | Nov 1950 | British |
| MARRIAGE, Helen Corder | Director | 2008-07-01 | Feb 1958 | British |
| RODRIGUES, Shirley Ann | Director | 2022-04-22 | Aug 1961 | British |
| SCHANDORF, Nephertiti Oboshie | Director | 2022-04-22 | Nov 1982 | Central African |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROADLEY, Andrew John | Secretary | 2015-05-07 | 2017-03-02 |
| WEBB, Nicola Patricia | Secretary | 2005-04-19 | 2013-12-17 |
| AUKIN, David | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2013-03-04 |
| CHAN, Judith Valerie | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2021-03-16 |
| COOK, Allan | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2024-03-04 |
| COOP, Sarah Louise | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2021-11-28 |
| DAWNAY, Ivo Nicholas Payan | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2020-09-29 |
| FREEMAN, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2018-12-04 |
| GILLIES CREASEY, Felix | Director | 2018-01-18 | 2020-01-17 |
| GISBY, Jonathan Hugh | Director | 2009-01-13 | 2017-03-02 |
| HOGARTH, Ruth Anne | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2022-12-13 |
| HOWARD BOYD, Emma | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2010-11-23 |
| HUDSON, Tailah-Rae Chloe | Director | 2018-01-18 | 2020-01-17 |
| KENYON, Ghislaine | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2019-07-02 |
| KHAN, Keith | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2006-03-09 |
| LEE, Ben Paul | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2024-12-13 |
| LEVY, Juliet Leony | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2010-12-28 |
| MANAZ, Medea Elan | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2024-12-13 |
| MARLOW, Timothy John | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2019-09-25 |
| MICKLEM, David Charles | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2022-06-14 |
| MUSISI, Hannah Kathleen Kabeyu Naggayi, Dr | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2014-06-10 |
| PARSONS, Olivia | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2022-02-25 |
| PELTZ, Daniel | Director | 2009-09-22 | 2017-03-02 |
| RAYDEN, Paul | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2013-12-17 |
| RUTHERFURD BEST, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2007-09-12 | 2009-11-25 |
| SACKEY, Nii | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2018-12-04 |
| SIMONS, Justine Mary | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2017-03-02 |
| SIMONS, Justine Mary | Director | 2007-12-11 | 2008-12-02 |
| STORER, Robert Andrew | Director | 2007-12-11 | 2009-09-22 |
| WEBB, Nicola Patricia | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2013-12-17 |
| WHITWORTH-JONES, Camilla Ruth | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2012-12-11 |
| YASIN, Rumaanah | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2022-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
-66.4%
£3,417,931 £1,149,034
-
Cash
+92.9%
£640,948 £1,236,686
-
Net assets
-16.7%
£1,806,115 £1,504,593
-
Employees
-19%
21 17
-
Profit before tax
+55.7%
-£1,582,339 -£701,522
-
Wages
-13.6%
£947,907 £818,764
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