HASTINGS CONTEMPORARY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£72K
-49.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£357K
+59.2% vs 2024
Employees
23
-8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HASTINGS CONTEMPORARY 2019-06-12 → present
- JERWOOD GALLERY 2016-10-21 → 2019-06-12
- THE FRIENDS OF THE JERWOOD GALLERY 2012-09-06 → 2016-10-21
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 | £248,912 | £229,046 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£254,461 | £132,903 | |
| Cash | £142,618 | £71,642 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £224,491 | £357,394 | |
| Net assets | £224,491 | £357,394 | |
| Equity | £224,491 | £357,394 | |
| Average employees | 25 | 23 | |
| Wages | £506,660 | £523,037 |
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 | -102.2% | 58.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.31x | 2.59x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Victoria Anderson BA (Hons) FCA DCHA, Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have concluded that the charitable group is a going concern for at least 12 months following the signature of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HASTINGS CONTEMPORARY · parent
- Hastings Contemporary Trading Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024-2025 Hastings Contemporary delivered a truly world-class programme, celebrating the creative and social power of visual arts. The Spring/Summer season ran from 16 March 2024 to 8 September 2024. We welcomed 2190 Family Day visitors (average attendance 243) and engaged 477 visitors, including Pearls of the Sea families with our free ticket scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPFM LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-07-29 | — | — |
| BROWN, Bruce George, Professor | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1949 | British |
| CHOWNEY, Peter Donald James | Director | 2022-05-06 | Mar 1954 | British |
| CORBETT-NOLAN, Andrew Charles Robert Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2019-02-18 | Mar 1961 | British |
| COURTAULD, Clara | Director | 2024-07-08 | Aug 1982 | British |
| FARTHING, Michael John Godfrey, Professor | Director | 2024-07-08 | Mar 1948 | British |
| MILLETT, Patricia Mary Nathalie | Director | 2022-05-06 | Sep 1962 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Joni | Director | 2019-10-25 | Feb 1979 | Irish,British |
| PHILLIPS-PAKENHAM, Aderonke | Director | 2021-06-03 | Jan 1962 | British |
| ROGERS, David Maurice | Director | 2024-03-25 | Oct 1946 | British |
| SANDFORD-BEAL, Kay Elizabeth | Director | 2024-07-08 | Sep 1968 | British |
| URBAN, Benjamin William | Director | 2025-04-14 | Apr 1995 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGBY-BELL, Christopher Harvey | Director | 2012-09-06 | 2019-02-27 |
| FOX, Esther Mary Louise | Director | 2018-08-16 | 2024-12-10 |
| GHATE, Deborah Rose, Dr | Director | 2022-05-06 | 2024-03-02 |
| GILMORE, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2022-03-31 |
| GRIEVE, Alan Thomas | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2019-01-22 |
| GRIEVE, Alan Thomas | Director | 2012-09-06 | 2014-12-17 |
| HETHERINGTON, Peter Andrew | Director | 2012-09-19 | 2012-12-29 |
| HOGAN-HERN, Philippa Mary | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2019-01-22 |
| HOPWOOD, Sarah Jane | Director | 2022-05-06 | 2024-02-27 |
| KOWITZ, Sarah Helena | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2022-04-30 |
| MACLEAN, Nicholas Francis | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2023-07-28 |
| PENNOCK, David Roderick Michael | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2023-11-20 |
| SMYTH, Kevin Gerald | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2019-10-09 |
| URBAN, Benjamin William | Director | 2024-07-08 | 2024-12-10 |
| WARDLE, Lara Louise | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2019-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Harvey Digby-Bell | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-22 |
| Mr Kevin Gerald Smyth | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-22 |
| David Roderick Michael Pennock | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
-8%
£248,912 £229,046
-
Cash
-49.8%
£142,618 £71,642
-
Net assets
+59.2%
£224,491 £357,394
-
Employees
-8%
25 23
-
Wages
+3.2%
£506,660 £523,037
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