UK STORYHOUSE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-0.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+5.8% vs 2024
Employees
147
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£64K
+116.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UK STORYHOUSE LIMITED 2018-04-03 → present
- CHESTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LIMITED 2005-08-19 → 2018-04-03
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 | £4,536,112 | £4,171,787 | |
| Operating profit | -£275,718 | £183,450 | |
| Profit before tax | -£392,649 | £64,285 | |
| Net profit | -£392,649 | £64,285 | |
| Cash | £1,650,907 | £1,638,162 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,115,443 | £1,179,728 | |
| Net assets | £1,115,441 | £1,179,725 | |
| Equity | £1,115,440 | £1,179,725 | |
| Average employees | 145 | 147 | |
| Wages | £2,352,554 | £2,583,601 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.1% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | -8.7% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -24.7% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.7% | 61.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | -2.36x | 1.54x |
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
- Champion Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After consideration of all factors, the accounts have therefore been prepared on the basis that the Charity is a going concern.”
Group structure
- UK STORYHOUSE LIMITED · parent
- Storyhouse Catering Company Limited 100%
- Storyhouse Production Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024/25, the business plan was developed from a one year to a four year plan, covering the period up to March 2028.”
- “The original 25 year lease granted in 2017 was extended by 10 years in 2024”
- “In autumn 2024, this [National Portfolio grant funding] was extended to March 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEAKE-JONES, Sharon Louise | Secretary | 2025-03-20 | — | — |
| BURNETT, Leroy Anthony | Director | 2020-08-07 | Oct 1962 | British |
| GROUT, John William | Director | 2022-11-18 | Sep 1962 | British |
| GUEST, Ryan Edward | Director | 2024-03-19 | Oct 2004 | British |
| JONES, Sioned Mererid | Director | 2022-11-18 | Mar 1971 | British |
| LOWE, Kirsty | Director | 2023-11-21 | Nov 1979 | British |
| PERNY, Maria | Director | 2022-11-18 | May 1965 | British,American |
| VENUGOPAL, Vidya | Director | 2022-11-18 | Jul 1984 | Indian |
| WATSON, David Jnr | Director | 2022-11-18 | Apr 1984 | British |
| WATTS, Richard Duncan | Director | 2023-11-21 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Andrew | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2022-11-18 |
| CAMPBELL, Robert Iain | Secretary | 2005-08-19 | 2017-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Rosalyn Cheryl | Secretary | 2022-11-18 | 2024-03-19 |
| TURPIN, Annabel | Secretary | 2025-03-20 | 2025-04-26 |
| TURPIN, Annabel | Secretary | 2024-03-19 | 2025-03-20 |
| NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-08-19 | 2007-05-31 |
| ADAMU, Ngunan Maureen | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2024-12-20 |
| BAKER, Matthew Howard | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2015-09-07 |
| BARLOW, Claire Louise | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2016-07-25 |
| BEACHAM, Richard Mark | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-07-21 |
| BOEKESTEIJN, Erik | Director | 2019-09-24 | 2024-12-05 |
| CAMPBELL, Robert Iain | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2018-01-15 |
| CARPENTER, Katharine Jane | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2011-11-07 |
| CHALLEN, David | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2007-05-31 |
| CLARKE, Judith Madeleine | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2020-01-27 |
| CLIFTON, Geoffrey Andrew | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2022-11-18 |
| DALTON, Michaela Leighanna | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2025-10-21 |
| DAVIDSON, Ruth Alexandra | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2006-06-26 |
| DAVIES, Elizabeth Ann Jane | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2006-03-07 |
| DELARGY, Katrina Mary | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2011-01-10 |
| FERGUS, Willam Andrew | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2025-08-10 |
| FRY, Nicholas John | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2011-01-10 |
| GOLLINS, Daniel, Mr. | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2006-09-26 |
| GRANT, Neil Oliver, Professor | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2017-09-18 |
| GRAY, Therese Catherine Stephenson | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2009-04-30 |
| HOLLOWAY, Adam Geoffrey | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2011-01-10 |
| HOWARD, Jack Christopher, Mx | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-21 |
| HUGHES, William John | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2018-05-14 |
| HYNDMAN, Caroline Jane | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2023-11-21 |
| JONES, Amy Louise | Director | 2020-01-27 | 2023-11-21 |
| KERR, Katrina | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2023-03-10 |
| LEECH, Susan Mary | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2022-11-18 |
| LIN, Huey-Shiuan | Director | 2020-08-10 | 2023-11-21 |
| MATCHETT, Rio Alexandra | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2023-11-21 |
| MCNAE, Hilarie June | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2015-09-07 |
| MEARNS, Peter Malcolm | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2022-11-18 |
| ORSMOND, Phoebe Elizabeth | Director | 2018-03-12 | 2019-03-11 |
| OWENS, Allan Arthur, Professor | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2022-11-18 |
| PLENDERLEATH, Charles Eric, Councillor | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2007-05-31 |
| STRINGFELLOW, Emma Jane | Director | 2015-03-03 | 2017-03-13 |
| STUBBS, Susan Victoria | Director | 2017-11-22 | 2018-10-25 |
| TONKIN, Alisia | Director | 2024-03-19 | 2025-01-20 |
| TOWERS, Louise Clare | Director | 2019-09-24 | 2022-11-18 |
| WENDT, Robin Glover | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2009-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-01 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-01 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-8%
£4,536,112 £4,171,787
-
Cash
-0.8%
£1,650,907 £1,638,162
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£1,115,441 £1,179,725
-
Employees
+1.4%
145 147
-
Operating profit
+166.5%
-£275,718 £183,450
-
Profit before tax
+116.4%
-£392,649 £64,285
-
Wages
+9.8%
£2,352,554 £2,583,601
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