ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-20 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-72.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
-22.6% vs 2023
Employees
190
+1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£575,000 | -£4,931,000 | |
| Cash | £19,448,000 | £5,282,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,815,000 | £16,884,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,815,000 | £16,884,000 | |
| Equity | £21,815,000 | £16,884,000 | |
| Average employees | 187 | 190 | |
| Wages | £9,554,000 | £10,185,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 4.85x | 4.54x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the charitable group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees have reviewed the forecasts and projections prepared by management for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and are satisfied that the assumptions used in their preparation are reasonable.”
Group structure
- ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION · parent
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation Trading Ltd. 100%
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation USA, Inc. 100%
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation Brasil
Significant events
- “We co-led a Business Coalition with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), working at the intersection of policy and business, to advocate for a high-ambition global plastics treaty.”
- “In fashion, we launched a world-first accelerator that unites leading clothing brands in a mission to scale circular business models that tangibly decouple revenue from new production.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINN, Laura | Secretary | 2024-07-04 | — | — |
| BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron | Director | 2026-04-09 | Sep 1978 | British |
| LEBOVITZ, Michael | Director | 2019-03-08 | Dec 1959 | American |
| MACARTHUR, Ellen Patricia, Dame | Director | 2010-01-26 | Jul 1976 | British |
| METZKE, Robert Manfred | Director | 2026-04-28 | Mar 1973 | German,Dutch |
| MORGAN, Peter | Director | 2009-07-14 | Aug 1959 | British |
| PATEL, Hema | Director | 2023-09-08 | May 1971 | British |
| PATERSON, Hong-Thuy | Director | 2026-03-17 | Jul 1971 | American |
| SELLWOOD, Philip Henry George, Sir | Director | 2009-07-14 | Jan 1954 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTLE, Joanne | Secretary | 2023-05-20 | 2024-07-04 |
| BOOTLE, Joanne Elisabeth | Secretary | 2014-10-10 | 2021-03-11 |
| BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron | Secretary | 2010-01-26 | 2014-10-10 |
| ENSTON, Matthew | Secretary | 2021-03-11 | 2023-05-20 |
| BLAU, Wolfgang, Mr. | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2022-07-14 |
| BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2009-07-14 |
| GREEN, Katherine Louise | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2009-07-14 |
| MOFFATT, James Nicholas Peter | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2011-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Leboritz | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-03-08 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
| Dame Ellen Patricia Macarthur | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
| Mr Philip Henry George Sellwood | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
| Peter Morgan | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-72.8%
£19,448,000 £5,282,000
-
Net assets
-22.6%
£21,815,000 £16,884,000
-
Employees
+1.6%
187 190
-
Wages
+6.6%
£9,554,000 £10,185,000
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