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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric Trend 2023-08-312024-08-31
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 187190
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 2023-08-312024-08-31
Current ratio 4.85x4.54x

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

  1. ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION · parent
    1. Ellen MacArthur Foundation Trading Ltd. 100% · England · provides business services relating to the circular economy
    2. Ellen MacArthur Foundation USA, Inc. 100% · Delaware, USA · interpret and deliver our mission in North America
    3. Ellen MacArthur Foundation Brasil · Brazil · manage our Latin American outreach

Significant events

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 PDF
2026-04-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
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 PDF
2025-05-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-16 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-05-16 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-05-16 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-05-16 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-07-25 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-25 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-05-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-05-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-20 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-03-18 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-03-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-06-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-05-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-23 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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