MADAME TUSSAUDS TOURING EXHIBITION LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+179.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£78m
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
34
-12.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.4m
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,539,000 | £7,648,000 | £7,140,000 | -6.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£663,000 | £1,401,000 | £1,922,000 | +37.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,576,000 | £6,203,000 | £6,444,000 | +3.9% | |
| Net profit | £2,065,000 | £5,416,000 | £4,928,000 | -9% | |
| Cash | £2,033,000 | £608,000 | £1,702,000 | +179.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,548,000 | £80,076,000 | £81,412,000 | +1.7% | |
| Net assets | £69,548,000 | £75,465,000 | £77,518,000 | +2.7% | |
| Equity | £69,548,000 | £75,465,000 | £77,518,000 | +2.7% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 39 | 34 | -12.8% | |
| Wages | £2,316,000 | £1,148,000 | £1,927,000 | +67.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.1% | 18.3% | 26.9% | |
| Net margin | 31.6% | 70.8% | 69.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.1% | 11.9% | 12.8% | |
| Current ratio | 6.56x | 7.88x | 6.44x | |
| Interest cover | -10.52x | 37.86x | 7.66x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- MADAME TUSSAUDS TOURING EXHIBITION LIMITED 2012-11-15 → present
- MADAME TUSSAUD'S TOURING EXHIBITION LIMITED 1999-09-15 → 2012-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MADAME TUSSAUDS TOURING EXHIBITION LIMITED · parent
- Merlin Entertainments Hong Kong Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 September 2025, the Merlin Entertainments Group announced the sale of the Group's 29 LEGO Discovery Centres and LEGOLAND Discovery Centres (LDCs) to the LEGO Group. The sale completed on 27 February 2026.”
- “As part of the sale, the Company's subsidiary Merlin Entertainments Hong Kong Limited, which operated the LDC in Hong Kong, received consideration for the sale of LDC Hong Kong, for a value in excess of the Company's investment in Merlin Entertainments Hong Kong Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Amy | Secretary | 2025-01-14 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Amy | Director | 2025-01-14 | Sep 1986 | British |
| JOWETT, Matthew Paul | Director | 2016-02-26 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Colin North | Secretary | 2007-12-11 | 2016-02-26 |
| AUSTIN, Terence Nigel | Secretary | 1999-09-15 | 2000-07-31 |
| COOTE, Sarah | Secretary | 2000-08-01 | 2007-12-11 |
| LESTER, Frances Joan | Secretary | 2002-10-29 | 2003-07-01 |
| ROSE, Fiona Jane | Secretary | 2016-02-26 | 2025-01-14 |
| ARMSTRONG, Colin North | Director | 2012-11-12 | 2016-02-26 |
| CARR, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2007-05-21 | 2009-01-22 |
| CARSON, Peter David | Director | 2000-07-10 | 2001-12-01 |
| EARLAM, Donald Glenn | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2015-06-12 |
| EARLAM, Donald Glenn | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-05-21 |
| FULLER, Edward Hugh Alland | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2007-05-21 |
| JOLLY, Michael Gordon | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2001-06-29 |
| MCKENDRICK, Bruce | Director | 2002-09-25 | 2004-01-01 |
| MONTGOMERY, Fraser | Director | 2009-01-22 | 2015-08-24 |
| PHILLIPSON, Peter William | Director | 2001-08-06 | 2007-05-21 |
| ROGER, Robert | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2007-05-21 |
| ROSE, Fiona Jane | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2025-01-14 |
| TANSLEY, Philip Andrew | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2000-11-27 |
| TAYLOR, Philip Boyd | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2000-12-29 |
| VARNEY, Nicholas John | Director | 2007-05-21 | 2009-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin Entertainments Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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