HEADLONG THEATRE LIMITED
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Cash
£212K
-57% vs 2024
Net assets
£749K
+22.2% vs 2024
Employees
10
+25% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £562,460 | £693,395 | +23.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £67,017 | £136,159 | +103.2% | |
| Cash | £493,809 | £212,092 | -57% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £612,704 | £748,864 | +22.2% | |
| Net assets | £612,704 | £748,864 | +22.2% | |
| Equity | £612,704 | £748,864 | +22.2% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 10 | +25% | |
| Wages | £447,075 | £422,764 | -5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £148,548 | £159,258 | +7.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 11.9% | 19.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.40x | 3.04x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HEADLONG THEATRE LIMITED 2006-06-13 → present
- OXFORD STAGE COMPANY LIMITED 1987-08-06 → 2006-06-13
- ANVIL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1974-05-28 → 1987-08-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has therefore considered and discussed the company's financial future, and considers Headlong Theatre Limited a going concern, with no material uncertainties about Headlong's going concern status.”
Significant events
- “2024-25, our 50th anniversary year, has been a year of change and celebration for Headlong. As part of a revised operational model, we worked with Oxford Playhouse and the Cultural Programme at Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities to relocate company headquarters to Oxford while creating Associate Partnerships with Leeds Playhouse and Octagon Theatre Bolton to cement our nationwide presence.”
- “We reached 102,047 audience members in eight towns and cities across the UK; Chichester, Leeds, Oxford, Nottingham, Manchester, London, Kingston, and Stratford-Upon-Avon.”
- “Our year-long Headlong Origins artist development programme supported five early-career directors while our third Writer in Residence took part in an 18-month bespoke attachment.”
- “Our Strategic Plan April 2024 to March 2027 outlined a new operational model to achieve stability, innovation, and growth while upholding the company's mission of creating exhilarating theatre that asks questions and provokes debate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 66 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOLLIMADA, Keerthi Rajiv | Secretary | 2023-10-17 | — | — |
| DICKENS, Katherine Eleanor | Director | 2023-06-13 | Aug 1971 | British |
| DILLON, Patrick George | Director | 2022-12-06 | Nov 1962 | British |
| HARVEY, Lucinda Anne | Director | 2022-12-06 | Feb 1969 | British |
| HEAD, Julia | Director | 2022-04-21 | Feb 1997 | British |
| HEANEY, Claire Helen | Director | 2023-06-14 | Nov 1981 | British |
| HURT, Jacqueline Mary | Director | 2018-05-22 | Aug 1963 | British |
| ISAAC, Prime | Director | 2023-01-25 | Aug 1999 | British |
| STONE, Rhashan | Director | 2025-06-10 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 66 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCHILL STONE, Andrew | Secretary | 2000-05-10 | 2005-07-13 |
| COAKLEY, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1998-09-21 | 2000-05-10 |
| FATHERS, Donald Charles | Secretary | 2005-07-13 | 2009-01-15 |
| FOULSHAM, Anthony James | Secretary | 1994-09-22 | 1998-09-21 |
| FOULSHAM, Beverly Jean | Secretary | — | 1994-09-22 |
| ADAMSON, Samuel | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2012-07-17 |
| ALDEN, John Frederick | Director | — | 1994-09-22 |
| ANDERSON, Beverly Jean | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| ANDERSON, Lesley Jane | Director | 1993-11-04 | 1998-09-21 |
| ASHCROFT, Catherine Mary | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2000-07-21 |
| AUDIBERT, Justin | Director | 2022-04-12 | 2023-12-05 |
| BARTLETT, Michael Frederick | Director | 2012-10-23 | 2016-06-13 |
| BENNETT, Jana Eve | Director | 2019-06-12 | 2022-02-11 |
| BLATCHFORD, Roy Terence | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1998-09-21 |
| BODINETZ, Gemma | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2016-12-01 |
| BOSTOCK, Jennifer Marie | Director | — | 1994-09-22 |
| BUCKLE, David John | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| CARLISLE, Ming | Director | 1995-09-11 | 1999-02-10 |
| CHURCHILL STONE, Andrew | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2005-07-13 |
| CLARKE, Ronald Carl | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2015-06-15 |
| COAKLEY, Susan Mary | Director | 1997-04-04 | 2000-05-10 |
| CORNELIUS, Anna Elizabeth | Director | 2023-06-14 | 2025-05-01 |
| DONALD, Caroline Phillippa | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2023-12-05 |
| DURDEN-SMITH, Mark Richard | Director | 1992-03-04 | 2003-05-22 |
| EGAN, Sean William Dermot | Director | 2010-01-02 | 2017-11-20 |
| ELLIS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2025-05-01 |
| FATHERS, Donald Charles | Director | — | 2009-01-15 |
| FOULSHAM, Anthony James | Director | — | 1998-09-21 |
| GARTZKE, Karin Sophie Hedwig | Director | 1997-04-04 | 2001-11-22 |
| GILSENAN, Michael Dermot Cole, Professor | Director | 1993-11-04 | 1995-09-11 |
| HADLEY, Jessamy Kate | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2005-02-23 |
| HIBBERT, Guy | Director | — | 1997-01-23 |
| HITCH, Susan Jennifer Magdalen | Director | 1993-11-04 | 1994-12-13 |
| HUGHES, Violet Margaret | Director | — | 1993-11-04 |
| HUNT, Sarah Louise | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2013-02-26 |
| HUNTRODS, Richard Stuart | Director | 2013-10-14 | 2022-12-06 |
| JACKSON, Russell Bennett, Dr | Director | 1996-05-20 | 1998-04-03 |
| JONES, Nicola | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2023-06-14 |
| JOSEPH, Paterson Davis | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2013-08-22 |
| KENNEDY, Joanna Patricia | Director | 1995-09-11 | 2009-06-23 |
| LAMBLEY, Laura Abigail | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2025-10-21 |
| LUCIE, Doug | Director | 1998-12-09 | 2001-03-02 |
| LUSCOMBE, Christopher David | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2010-01-01 |
| MAUDE, Caroline | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2017-11-20 |
| MAUDE, Caroline Ann | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2014-03-05 |
| MUNDAY, Donna Jane | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2023-06-14 |
| NEILD, Martin John | Director | 1997-06-02 | 2000-05-16 |
| PAXTON, Robin Peter | Director | 2009-03-28 | 2020-03-18 |
| PHILLIPS, Mark Trevor, Sir | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2024-09-01 |
| POWER, Benjamin James | Director | 2012-10-23 | 2017-07-10 |
| PREECE, Sarah | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2010-09-30 |
| PTASZYNSKI, Andre Jan | Director | — | 1998-09-21 |
| PUWANARAJAH, Prasanna | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2020-11-19 |
| RACKLIN, Toni Rochelle | Director | 2022-12-06 | 2024-09-01 |
| RHYMES, Rupert John | Director | — | 1997-09-22 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Frank, Professor | Director | 1991-11-07 | 1997-09-22 |
| SCUTT, Tom | Director | 2012-10-23 | 2015-06-22 |
| SHEPHERD, Lynn Barbara | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2005-02-23 |
| SIVALINGAM, Viknendran | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2013-09-04 |
| SPON, Wendy Janet | Director | 2006-03-11 | 2012-02-16 |
| STARR, Nicholas Frederick | Director | 2006-03-11 | 2007-03-14 |
| STENNING, Emma | Director | 2008-06-12 | 2017-11-20 |
| TWEEDY, Colin David | Director | — | 2012-10-23 |
| WAN, Lesley | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2025-05-01 |
| WHITLUM, Maggie | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2022-11-01 |
| WOOD, Denise | Director | 2001-03-02 | 2004-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 269 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.