EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE COMPANY
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-21 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-07
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-12.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£947K
-8% vs 2024
Employees
71
+6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£83K
-952.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE COMPANY 2013-08-19 → present
- EN THEATRE COMPANY 2013-02-07 → 2013-08-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,272,806 | £3,375,369 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,875 | -£82,879 | |
| Net profit | -£7,875 | -£82,879 | |
| Cash | £1,246,090 | £1,093,862 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,029,656 | £946,777 | |
| Net assets | £1,029,656 | £946,777 | |
| Equity | £1,029,656 | £946,777 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 71 | |
| Wages | £1,171,515 | £1,433,038 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.2% | -2.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 1.86x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE COMPANY · parent
- ENT Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “production of The Commotion Time in September 2024”
- “pantomime, Cinderella, which entertained record numbers over the Christmas period.”
- “More than 1,000 children and young people came to Romeo & Juliet”
- “Ramps on the Moon cohort a network committed to embedding anti-ableism in the way we work”
- “launched two new Northcott Young Company (NYC) classes”
- “new Artists' Assembly, giving local artists a formal voice in shaping our future planning.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHONY-EDWARDS, James Gordon | Director | 2019-12-09 | Mar 1979 | British |
| BALCOMBE, David Thomas | Director | 2019-12-09 | Feb 1959 | British |
| BEGBIE, Thomas Paul, Dr | Director | 2023-09-25 | Sep 1977 | British |
| BERRY, Lauren Elizabeth | Director | 2025-02-24 | Oct 1995 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Rebecca | Director | 2021-06-14 | Jul 1960 | British |
| CLAY, Andrew Paul | Director | 2025-02-24 | Sep 1966 | British |
| ELGHADY, Sarah | Director | 2021-06-14 | Apr 1989 | British,Mauritanian |
| FITZ-GERALD, Eleanor | Director | 2025-02-24 | Sep 1995 | British |
| JAYASEKERA, Kingsley | Director | 2025-02-24 | Apr 1966 | British |
| KING, Lauren | Director | 2025-02-24 | Apr 1986 | British |
| LITTLER, Thomas Richard | Director | 2026-02-26 | Aug 1984 | British |
| MILLING, Jane Rebecca, Professor | Director | 2022-09-26 | Jul 1967 | British |
| PEKA, Linda | Director | 2026-03-05 | Oct 1964 | British |
| STONEMAN, Julian Philip | Director | 2025-02-24 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYRRELL, Katharine Sarah | Secretary | 2013-02-07 | 2014-12-31 |
| BALKWILL, Lara Gwendoline Mary | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| BLACKBURN, Jacob Daniel | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| BOWDEN, Craig Paul Lee | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2024-12-16 |
| BRASINGTON, Francesca | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2014-01-21 |
| DABOO, Jerri, Professor | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2014-08-01 |
| FARR, Janet Karen | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2022-12-12 |
| FISHER, Lydia | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2024-06-24 |
| GILES, Jyothi | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2015-01-31 |
| GILL, Joanna Ruth, Professor | Director | 2020-03-09 | 2022-06-13 |
| GOLA, Swati, Dr | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2024-06-24 |
| GOODRIDGE, Catherine | Director | 2020-05-04 | 2022-09-26 |
| GOODWIN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-08-22 |
| HARTSTEIN, Helen Jane | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2022-02-24 |
| HARVEY, Olivia | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-06-14 |
| HATFIELD, Megan Phoebe | Director | 2023-09-25 | 2024-06-24 |
| HAY, Andrew Duncan | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-09-23 |
| HOAR, Christopher John | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2024-03-26 |
| HODGE, Mia Katja | Director | 2024-09-30 | 2025-06-23 |
| HUDSON, Lisa Julie | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| IVORY-CASTILE, Amanda Christine | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2024-12-16 |
| JEPSON, Paul Ewart | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2014-12-31 |
| JINKS, Dominic John | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2019-01-07 |
| KING, Catharine Elizabeth | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| LEYLAND, Joseph Thomas | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2023-11-21 |
| LITTLER, Thomas Richard | Director | 2025-02-24 | 2026-02-24 |
| MACBETH, Fiona Catherine | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCCAY-HINES, Roisin | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2021-06-14 |
| MCWALTER, Ian Hugh | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| MONKS, Ben Qasim | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2023-03-02 |
| NAGLE, Joshua | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-06-10 |
| PAPWORTH, Sara Jane | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2019-06-10 |
| PEKA, Linda | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2026-02-25 |
| PRIMROSE, Jonathan Gordon | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2018-04-03 |
| PRINGLE, Robert Geoffrey | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2015-07-31 |
| REEVE, Harry | Director | 2014-01-21 | 2015-01-31 |
| SHORE-NYE, Mike | Director | 2019-09-10 | 2023-09-25 |
| SMITH, Alice Louise | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2022-12-12 |
| SPRINGATE, Leo James | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2014-01-21 |
| STUDHOLME, Sarah Lucy Rosita, Lady | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2021-06-14 |
| TAYLOR, Gillian | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2020-06-08 |
| THISTLETON, Estelle Linda Grace | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2013-12-01 |
| THORPE, Andrew James, Professor | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-12-09 |
| TYRRELL, Kate Sarah | Director | 2013-02-07 | 2014-12-31 |
| VICINANZA, Giuseppe | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Exeter | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+3.1%
£3,272,806 £3,375,369
-
Cash
-12.2%
£1,246,090 £1,093,862
-
Net assets
-8%
£1,029,656 £946,777
-
Employees
+6%
67 71
-
Profit before tax
-952.4%
-£7,875 -£82,879
-
Wages
+22.3%
£1,171,515 £1,433,038
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