PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-06 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-23
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
-18.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
73
+14.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£997K
-85.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 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
- PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE 2004-08-25 → present
- PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED 1953-01-20 → 2004-08-25
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 | £2,587,828 | £3,373,409 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,945,079 | £997,337 | |
| Net profit | £7,620,979 | £1,721,128 | |
| Cash | £7,083,082 | £5,778,590 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,846,547 | £22,567,675 | |
| Net assets | £20,846,547 | £22,567,675 | |
| Equity | £20,846,547 | £22,567,675 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 73 | |
| Wages | £1,951,761 | £2,414,371 |
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 | 294.5% | 51.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.72x | 5.38x |
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
- CT Audit Limited
- 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 or parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE · parent
- Pitlochry Theatre Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In September 2024, to an almost audible gasp from theatres across Scotland and beyond, we announced the appointment of Alan Cumming as our new Artistic Director.”
- “The financial year 2024-25 was a pivotal year for Pitlochry Festival Theatre Group. This was the final year of major work on the Vision capital programme and consequential disruption to core operations. The Theatre building was substantially closed in the first months and the last quarter of the financial year which had a material impact on our box office and trading revenues, however, we emerge from the prolonged period of disruption with increased theatre capacity, enhanced and refurbished audience facilities and with a more efficient venue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 67 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Stephen Mark | Director | 2024-12-09 | Apr 1963 | British |
| BENJAMIN, Diane Susan | Director | 2026-03-06 | Mar 1960 | British |
| BISSETT, Graeme | Director | 2021-01-18 | Feb 1958 | British |
| CAMERON, Douglas Hutton | Director | 2026-01-05 | Sep 1971 | British |
| GARNISH, Robert Andrew James | Director | 2023-02-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| HEPPEL, Catriona Ann | Director | 2023-02-01 | May 1966 | British |
| JACK-HOOIJENGA, Lorna Burn | Director | 2025-12-05 | Aug 1962 | British |
| MARTIN, Helen Jane | Director | 2021-09-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| MIELL, Dorothy Evelyn, Professor | Director | 2025-12-05 | Mar 1957 | British |
| ROXBURGH, Caroline | Director | 2024-10-01 | Apr 1959 | British |
| TILLEY, Helen Catrin | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1955 | British |
| WARING, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2024-12-09 | Dec 1970 | British |
| WILSON, Jane Deborah | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 67 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| J & H MITCHELL WS | Corporate Secretary | — | 2024-11-30 |
| ARCHIBALD, Myra | Director | 1992-05-13 | 1996-03-31 |
| BARBOUR, Alec Walter | Director | — | 2001-08-09 |
| BARR, Alistair Stuart, Councillor | Director | 1999-06-03 | 2005-09-21 |
| BOYD, Anne Margaret | Director | 2002-01-29 | 2014-10-07 |
| BROWN, Malcolm Robert Fleming | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2025-12-05 |
| BRYCE, Kris | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-01-05 |
| BUCHAN, Hamish Noble | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2015-08-03 |
| CAMERON, John Charles Finlay | Director | 1991-08-08 | 2000-08-17 |
| CAMPBELL, Ian Robert, Councillor | Director | 2017-05-14 | 2018-02-06 |
| CARTER, George Jeffrey | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2013-08-08 |
| COOK, Michael, Councillor | Director | 1999-06-03 | 2003-05-01 |
| COURTS, Walter Stoddart | Director | 1992-05-11 | 1996-03-31 |
| CULLENS, John D | Director | — | 1992-05-11 |
| CULLIVEN, John | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2007-05-03 |
| CULLIVEN, John | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2003-05-01 |
| CUMMING, Duncan Edward | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1999-06-03 |
| DALE, Michael Delanoy | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2021-11-08 |
| DOUGLAS, William Gavin | Director | 2016-10-25 | 2025-12-05 |
| DOUGLAS, William Robin | Director | — | 2002-05-24 |
| DUFF, John Cameron | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2019-11-07 |
| ELLEN, Julie | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2017-10-24 |
| FALCONER, William George | Director | — | 2001-11-17 |
| FLEMING, Malcolm Robert | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2016-12-13 |
| GILLIES, Crawford Scott | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2026-03-05 |
| GORDON, Georgina Emma | Director | 2019-11-12 | 2024-12-06 |
| GRANT, Elizabeth Amelia | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2012-05-23 |
| HALLEWELL, Gordon Charles | Director | — | 2006-10-13 |
| HELLER, Martin Fuller Vernon | Director | 1989-12-07 | 2005-08-23 |
| HODGE, Blackwood Samuel | Director | 2005-12-27 | 2008-02-28 |
| HOWIE, Eleanor Jane | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2007-12-26 |
| HOWIE, Kathleen Marion | Director | 2008-05-02 | 2021-11-08 |
| JAMIESON, Norman Keith Paterson | Director | — | 1995-05-30 |
| JONES, Ian Quayle | Director | 2002-01-29 | 2005-12-15 |
| JONES, Ian Quayle | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2000-10-31 |
| KELLAS, John Loverock, Councillor | Director | 2007-05-03 | 2017-05-04 |
| KUENSSBERG OBE, Nicholas Christopher Dwelly, Professor | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2016-02-19 |
| LAMB, John James, Lt Col | Director | — | 1991-08-08 |
| LIDDELL, Andrew Colin Macduff | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2022-05-20 |
| LOVE, Gary | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2022-12-08 |
| LOVE, Gary | Director | 2006-08-09 | 2009-12-09 |
| LYALL, Kenneth Innes, Councillor | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2007-05-03 |
| MACKAY, John Stewart | Director | — | 2000-08-17 |
| MACKENZIE ROSS, Philip Beverley | Director | — | 1998-08-07 |
| MARQUIS MBE, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 1994-06-02 | 2014-10-07 |
| MARTIN, Helen Jane | Director | 2021-08-09 | 2021-08-23 |
| MATHIESON, John Moir | Director | — | 1992-05-11 |
| MCIVER O.B.E, Malcolm | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2011-10-20 |
| MITCHELL, David Ross | Director | 2004-08-23 | 2020-11-10 |
| MURRAY, Alexander | Director | — | 1999-06-03 |
| PALLIN, Gail Anne | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2022-09-08 |
| PENKER, Erhard Jakob | Director | — | 2003-08-28 |
| PIGHILLS, Christopher David | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2011-10-20 |
| PIGHILLS, Christopher David | Director | — | 1993-10-07 |
| RAMAGE, John Gordon | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2011-10-20 |
| REID, Derek Donald | Director | 2003-08-28 | 2011-11-05 |
| ROBERTSON, Bryan Edward | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2023-03-04 |
| SCOTT, Kathleen | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| STUART, Heather Christine | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2024-12-06 |
| SWEETMAN, Richard John | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2016-12-12 |
| TAYLOR, Maurice Vincent | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2020-01-16 |
| THOMSON, Alastair Gordon | Director | — | 2005-08-23 |
| TRICKEY, Adrian John | Director | 2007-08-10 | 2010-12-20 |
| VAUGHAN OBE, Barbara, Councillor | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2017-05-04 |
| WILLIAMSON, Michael James | Director | 2017-05-14 | 2019-11-07 |
| WOOD, Jane Frances | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2010-10-21 |
| WOOD, Malcolm James | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2014-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 293 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+30.4%
£2,587,828 £3,373,409
-
Cash
-18.4%
£7,083,082 £5,778,590
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£20,846,547 £22,567,675
-
Employees
+14.1%
64 73
-
Profit before tax
-85.6%
£6,945,079 £997,337
-
Wages
+23.7%
£1,951,761 £2,414,371
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