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THE BRONTE SOCIETY

#00073855 · Active · Group / consolidated · Registered charity #529952 · Incorporated 1902-05-28 (124y 5m) · Last filing 2026-09-01 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 91020 · R Arts, Entertainment & Recreation · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-12-31 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-06-16 (in 8 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£518k

+3.1% vs 2025

Net assets

£8.4m

+1.1% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

42

+5% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£69k

-83.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £314,674£1,773,122£1,686,789 -4.9%
Operating profit —£417,798£68,596 -83.6%
Profit before tax £402,984£417,798£68,596 -83.6%
Net profit £410,791£414,867£88,796 -78.6%
Cash £802,187£502,212£517,852 +3.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £7,886,736£8,301,603£8,390,399 +1.1%
Net assets £7,886,736£8,301,603£8,390,399 +1.1%
Equity £7,886,736£8,301,603£8,390,399 +1.1%
Average employees 334042 +5%
Wages £649,770£741,317£826,597 +11.5%
Directors' remuneration £0£0£0 —
Highest paid director £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 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin —23.6%4.1%
Net margin 130.5%23.4%5.3%
Return on capital employed —5.0%0.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 1.2%1.8%1.7%
Current ratio 9.55x5.20x4.48x

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

  1. THE BRONTE SOCIETY 1992-08-17 → present
  2. INCORPORATED BRONTE SOCIETY,(THE) 1902-05-28 → 1992-08-17

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Clive Owen LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. THE BRONTE SOCIETY · parent
    1. The Bront Genius Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · The gift shop in the Bront Parsonage Museum

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

12 active · 112 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BEARE, Laura Joanne Director 2021-09-05 Aug 1989 British
GALLAGHER, Ciara Martina Director 2021-09-05 Jul 1983 British
HENDRY, Thomas James Director 2024-10-05 Feb 1992 British
JENKINS, Penelope Anna Director 2021-09-05 Mar 1974 British
KEEL, Eleanor Clare Director 2024-10-05 Nov 1991 British
MELLER, Helen Clare Director 2018-06-09 Apr 1965 British
MIDGLEY, Andrew John Director 2021-06-23 Nov 1961 British
NUGENT, Marguerite Katherine Director 2026-05-21 Apr 1971 British
POWRIE, Lucy Georgina Director 2023-05-18 Oct 1999 British
WALSH BARNES, Morag Director 2026-05-21 Dec 1972 British
WATSON, Lauren Margaret Director 2024-10-05 Jul 1995 British
WILD, Alexandra Alice Eve Director 2026-05-21 Mar 1995 British
Show 112 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BATTYE, Ruth Margaret Secretary 1992-09-05 1995-06-10
GELDARD, Catherine Mary Secretary — 1992-07-04
GLADING, Lyn Christine Secretary 1999-06-05 2010-06-05
GLADING, Lynda Christine Secretary 2015-06-06 2015-12-16
HARRIS, Doreen Mary Secretary 2011-06-04 2015-06-06
LOFTUS, Stephen Secretary 1995-06-10 1999-06-05
ASHTON, Peter Alastair Director 2006-12-02 2010-06-05
AYKROYD, Susan Director 2012-06-09 2021-09-05
AYKROYD BART, James, Sir Director 2015-06-06 2018-06-09
BARBER, Stephen John Director 2004-06-05 2007-02-01
BARI, Shahidha Kazi Director 2020-11-07 2025-10-04
BARNARD, Mary Louise Director 1999-06-05 2005-06-04
BARNARD, Robert, Professor Director 2008-06-07 2012-06-09
BARNARD, Robert, Professor Director 2000-06-03 2006-06-03
BARNARD, Robert, Professor Director — 1999-06-26
BATTYE, Ruth Margaret Director 2010-06-05 2013-06-08
BATTYE, Ruth Margaret Director 2004-06-05 2007-12-12
BATTYE, Ruth Margaret Director 1995-06-03 2002-06-08
BELLAMY, Joan Director 1998-06-06 2005-06-04
BERRY, Margart Lesley Director 2005-06-25 2007-06-01
BETTONEY, Stella Jane Director 2009-06-06 2015-06-06
BLAND, Judith Mary Director 2007-06-02 2011-08-15
BROADLEY, David Director 2015-12-21 2019-06-08
BROOK, Stacey Director 2012-11-24 2015-06-06
BULL, Jean Marilyn Director 1993-06-05 2008-02-22
BULLING, Wendy Hilda Director 1999-06-05 2002-06-08
BURKE, Vanessa Director 2012-06-09 2012-11-01
BURLTON, Sheilagh Patricia Joy Director 1996-06-01 1997-06-26
BURTON, Lewis, Reverend Doctor Director — 2000-06-03
CHITHAM, Edward Harry Gordon Director 1993-06-05 1996-06-01
COAKER, Rachel Elizabeth Director 2019-06-08 2020-03-20
COLLINS, Sarah Frances Director 2019-06-08 2020-05-08
COPPOCK, Fleur Elisabeth Director — 1993-11-30
CORY, Lalage Charlotte Yseult, Doctor Director — 1995-06-03
CURRY, Michael Andrew Director 2010-06-05 2011-12-03
DUCKETT, Robert John Director — 2005-06-04
DUNBAR, Richard Lee Director 2023-07-12 2024-02-22
DUNN, Jenny Hazel Elizabeth Director 2003-06-07 2009-06-06
EADY, Elina Maano Kasoondy Director 2019-02-12 2022-04-02
EAST, Alfred George Henry Director 1994-06-04 2010-06-05
ELLIS, Samantha Naomi Director 2018-06-09 2021-09-05
FERMI, Sarah Director 2007-06-01 2015-06-06
FISHWICK, Audrey Director — 1997-06-07
GLADING, Lyn Christine Director — 2010-06-05
GRAHAM, Frances Janine Director 1997-06-07 2000-06-03
GRATION, Jonathan Roy, Dr Director 2021-09-05 2024-10-05
GREEN, Dudley Edmund Coryton Director — 2003-06-07
GURNEY, Patricia Margaret Director 2016-06-11 2022-09-10
HAKES, Belinda Jane Director 2014-09-06 2015-12-16
HALL, Audrey Winifred Director 2000-06-03 2003-06-07
HALL, Audrey Winifred Director — 1998-06-06
HARRIS, Doreen Mary Director 2008-06-07 2015-06-06
HARTLEY, Arthur Director — 1994-01-15
HENRY, Elizabeth Diana Director 2011-06-04 2015-09-15
HEWITT, Peggy Director 1997-06-07 2000-11-30
HOLMES, George Anthony Director 1994-06-04 1996-06-01
LATHANGUE, Angela Rosecruw Director 1998-06-06 2005-06-04
LEE, Janice Mc Devitt Director 2015-06-06 2017-07-22
LEMON, Charles Harry Director — 2002-06-08
LESLEY, Alexandra Director 2010-06-05 2015-12-16
LESLEY, Alexandra Director — 2009-06-06
LOFTUS, Stephen Director 1994-06-04 1999-06-05
MARSDEN, Imelda Director 2016-06-11 2017-01-02
MARSDEN, Imelda Ann Director 2002-06-08 2005-06-04
MAYO-SMITH, Peter, Rev Director 2015-06-06 2019-09-28
MCCARTHY, Margaret Elizabeth Director 2010-06-05 2011-06-04
MCCARTHY, Margaret Elizabeth Director — 2008-02-16
MCDONALD, Sheila Aka Sally Patricia Director 2007-06-02 2015-06-06
ONEILL, Jane Deirdre Director 1995-06-03 1995-09-29
PAMPIGLIONE, Danai Katharine Director 2013-06-08 2015-07-20
PARK, Diane Director 2018-06-09 2020-05-09
POWELL, Anne Rosemary Perugini Director 2019-06-08 2022-09-10
RAYNER, Catherine Director 2015-06-06 2018-06-09
RAYNER, Catherine Director 2014-06-14 2014-07-13
RAYNER, Catherine Director — 1998-06-06
ROBERTSON BROWN, Geraldine Director 1998-06-06 2001-12-15
ROBERTSON BROWN, Geraldine Director 1996-06-01 1997-06-07
ROGERS, Michelle Anne Director 2015-12-14 2019-06-08
RUSHTON, Virginia Susan Medlycott Director 2013-06-08 2014-07-18
RUSHTON, Virginia Susan Medlycott Director 2008-06-07 2012-06-09
RUSHTON, Virginia Susan Medlycott Director 2000-06-03 2003-03-13
RUSHTON, Virginia Director — 1997-06-07
SANDERS, Valerie Ruth, Professor Director 2021-09-05 2024-10-05
SELLARS, Jane Director 2007-06-02 2011-05-06
SELLARS, Rosamund Jane Director 2020-05-10 2020-11-22
SHARPS, John Geoffrey Director 2000-06-03 2002-06-08
SHARPS, John Geoffrey Director 1996-06-01 1997-06-07
SHARPS, John Geoffrey Director — 1995-06-03
SIMPSON, Anne Director 2010-06-05 2018-09-13
SLADDIN, Julian Mark Director 2021-09-05 2025-09-26
SLATER, Paul John, The Rt Revd Director 2000-06-03 2003-06-07
SWINDELLS, Robert Edward Director 1993-06-05 1993-10-12
THIRLWELL, John Derek Director 2015-06-06 2021-09-05
THOMPSON, Valerie Ann Director 2005-06-04 2010-06-05
THOMPSON, Valerie Ann Director 1996-06-01 2004-06-05
TURNER, Coreen Director 2002-06-08 2010-06-05
TURNER, John Robert Director 2002-06-08 2006-03-15
VAN SCOYOC, Stephen Lane Director 1999-06-05 2000-05-05
WADDINGTON-FEATHER, John Joseph, Reverend Director 1994-06-04 2000-06-03
WALKER, Arthur Dennis Director 1997-06-07 1998-06-06
WATSON, Stephen Russell Director 2013-06-08 2015-06-06
WAXMAN, Rosemary Director 2011-06-04 2013-06-08
WENT, Christine Director 2011-06-04 2014-10-02
WHITAKER, Maureen Director 1993-06-05 1998-11-09
WHITEHEAD, Barbara Maude Director 2004-06-05 2006-10-01
WHITEHEAD, Stephen Richard Director 2008-06-07 2012-06-13
WHITTON, Kenneth Robert Director 1998-06-06 2002-06-08
WILCOCKS, Richard Director 1997-06-07 2007-06-24
WILLETS, Trevor Director 1993-06-05 1998-02-05
WINNIFRITH, Thomas John, Dr Director 1993-06-05 1999-06-05
WOODS, Angela Crow Director 2011-06-25 2013-07-03
WOODS, Angela Crow Director 2006-06-03 2007-09-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 303 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-06-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-06-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-06-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-06-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-06-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-06-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-06-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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