THE DESIGN MUSEUM
Operating as a registered charity in Kensington, London, the organisation runs a museum exhibiting product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design, supported by its commercial trading subsidiary.
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Cash
£4.3M
+45.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
+8.1% vs 2024
Employees
191
+6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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 | £12,448,300 | £17,177,844 | +38% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,485,212 | £2,317,482 | +256% | |
| Cash | £2,995,590 | £4,345,998 | +45.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,579,063 | £35,823,749 | +6.7% | |
| Net assets | £28,579,063 | £30,896,548 | +8.1% | |
| Equity | £28,579,063 | £30,896,548 | +8.1% | |
| Average employees | 180 | 191 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | £4,656,142 | £5,184,532 | +11.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £714,339 | £708,573 | -0.8% |
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% | 13.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.76x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees and Management of the Design Museum have assessed the Museum's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Based on this review, and considering current forecasts, and stress-tested downside scenarios, the trustees are satisfied that the Museum remains a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE DESIGN MUSEUM · parent
- Design Museum Enterprises Limited
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOLLIMORE, Richard | Secretary | 2025-12-09 | — | — |
| AZUMI, Tomoko | Director | 2024-06-18 | Aug 1966 | Japanese |
| BOSTER, Susan Arleen | Director | 2022-03-16 | Jan 1970 | British,American |
| CONRAN, Sebastian Orby | Director | 2008-11-19 | Apr 1956 | British |
| DANA, Dahlia | Director | 2022-05-09 | Dec 1976 | British |
| FIELD, Dominic James | Director | 2021-10-13 | Oct 1968 | British |
| JIRICNA, Eva Magdalena | Director | 2022-05-10 | Mar 1939 | British |
| KHAN, Suhair Fariha | Director | 2022-10-19 | Nov 1983 | American |
| LITTLER, Jenna Caroline | Director | 2023-10-05 | Mar 1978 | British,German |
| OGUNDEHIN, Michelle | Director | 2021-04-26 | Nov 1967 | British |
| RODEN, Stuart | Director | 2023-06-05 | Mar 1963 | British |
| VON MALLINCKRODT, Davina Anne Lore | Director | 2017-06-14 | Aug 1962 | British |
| ZENIOS, Jonathan David | Director | 2023-12-13 | Jan 1970 | British |
Show 67 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Alice | Secretary | 2012-02-07 | 2014-04-23 |
| BOWNES, Anna | Secretary | 2001-12-06 | 2003-09-24 |
| DERRY, Lucinda | Secretary | 2010-11-01 | 2012-02-07 |
| HENDRY, John Alexander | Secretary | — | 1994-11-15 |
| HILL, James | Secretary | 2005-12-01 | 2010-10-31 |
| KOSTYN, Michael Neil | Secretary | 1999-12-06 | 2001-12-06 |
| LANE, Suzanne Elizabeth | Secretary | 1998-03-16 | 1999-12-06 |
| SMEATON, Linda | Secretary | 1994-11-15 | 1998-03-16 |
| TAYLOR, Phoebe Roka | Secretary | 2003-09-24 | 2005-11-30 |
| WATKINS, Philip John | Secretary | 2014-04-23 | 2025-12-09 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-03-14 | 2014-04-23 |
| ANDERSON, Carl Thomas | Director | 2022-03-16 | 2026-03-19 |
| ARNOLD, Luqman Philip Vasa | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2017-02-28 |
| BAKALA, Zdenek | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2021-02-18 |
| BECKER, Wendy | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2022-04-30 |
| BICHARD, Michael George, Lord | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2011-12-08 |
| BLACKBURN, David Michael | Director | 2006-12-04 | 2011-03-30 |
| BULL, Nicholas James Douglas | Director | 2012-02-07 | 2024-03-25 |
| BULL, Nicholas | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1993-03-03 |
| CANTACUZINO, Sherban | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1998-12-07 |
| CARTER, Ronald David, Professor | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1995-06-22 |
| CASSANI, Barbara | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2001-06-25 |
| CHAPMAN, Honor Mary Ruth | Director | 2006-09-12 | 2009-08-24 |
| CONRAN, Sebastian Orby | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2005-12-31 |
| CONRAN, Terence Orby, The Executors Of Sir | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2020-09-12 |
| CONSTANTINE, David Peter | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2017-01-26 |
| DAVISON, Morny | Director | 1993-08-13 | 2005-06-16 |
| DEVLIN, Hugh Gerard | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2020-12-11 |
| DYSON, James | Director | 1997-09-08 | 2004-09-14 |
| EARLE, Joe | Director | 1993-08-13 | 2002-03-11 |
| FRAYLING, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 2010-01-14 | 2019-02-12 |
| FRAYLING, Christopher John, Sir | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2004-03-08 |
| HEGARTY, John Kevin, Sir | Director | 1996-03-11 | 2019-02-12 |
| HINDMARCH, Anya Susannah, Dame | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2019-02-12 |
| HOLLICK OF NOTTING HILL, Clive Richard, Lord | Director | 1994-03-28 | 1997-09-08 |
| HUGHES, Philip Arthur Booley | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1996-06-03 |
| HUTH, Johannes Peter | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2020-08-01 |
| JOHNSTON, Alexander Dewar Kerr | Director | 2012-02-07 | 2017-02-28 |
| JOLL, James Anthony Boyd | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2005-09-16 |
| JOLLANT KNEEBONE, Fraccoise | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2005-06-16 |
| KHAN, Asif Amir | Director | 2015-06-09 | 2025-06-24 |
| KINGSMILL, Denise Patricia Byrne, Baroness | Director | 2000-06-20 | 2010-04-27 |
| MANDELSON, Peter Benjamin, Lord | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2023-07-11 |
| MARSHALL, John Jeremy Seymour | Director | 1996-03-11 | 2005-12-31 |
| MCCALLUM, Andrew Graham Stewart | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2002-06-26 |
| MEDDA, Ambra | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2019-02-12 |
| MOGGRIDGE, William Grant | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1995-12-07 |
| NAZAR, Saba | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2022-04-30 |
| ORMEROD, John | Director | 2006-12-04 | 2011-02-07 |
| PALUMBO, Peter Garth, The Lord | Director | 1995-12-11 | 2005-06-27 |
| PARKER, Peter, Sir | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1998-12-07 |
| PECK, Michael Alexander | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2023-12-13 |
| PFEFFER, John Lindell Philip | Director | 2020-06-02 | 2022-04-30 |
| POLIZZI, Olga, The Hon | Director | 1996-09-26 | 2005-09-01 |
| RAWSTHORN, Alice | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2001-08-12 |
| RIFKIND, Charles Gabriel | Director | 2012-02-07 | 2019-02-12 |
| RITBLAT, Jillian Rosemary, Lady | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2019-02-12 |
| ROGERS, Richard George, Lord | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1994-06-21 |
| SACHS, Rolf Wilhem Albert | Director | 2007-12-10 | 2019-02-12 |
| SEYMOUR, Richard William | Director | 1999-03-15 | 2011-12-08 |
| SEYMOUR, Richard William | Director | 1994-03-28 | 1998-03-16 |
| STENHAM, Cobb | Director | 1992-12-05 | 1996-02-08 |
| TAVERNE, Suzanna | Director | 2007-12-10 | 2012-02-07 |
| TREGER, Julian Andre | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2022-04-30 |
| TUSA, John | Director | 1999-03-15 | 2000-12-12 |
| VOGEL, Julian Andrew | Director | 2012-06-21 | 2020-12-11 |
| WIGLEY, Robert Charles Michael | Director | 1992-12-05 | 2000-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.