DUKES PLAY HOUSE LIMITED (THE)
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Cash
£323k
-32.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£263k
-38.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
40
+33.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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DUKES PLAY HOUSE LIMITED (THE)·Consumer Discretionary median
DUKES PLAY HOUSE LIMITED (THE)·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1,320,780 | £1,713,240 | £1,870,239 | +9.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£47,632 | -£171,361 | -£167,203 | +2.4% | |
| Cash | £615,220 | £474,795 | £322,511 | -32.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £601,449 | £430,088 | £262,885 | -38.9% | |
| Net assets | £601,449 | £430,088 | £262,885 | -38.9% | |
| Equity | £601,449 | £430,088 | £262,885 | -38.9% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 30 | 40 | +33.3% | |
| Wages | £812,628 | £854,249 | £876,535 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -3.6% | -10.0% | -8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.7% | 38.5% | 56.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.79x | 2.37x | 1.60x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore at the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 111 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, Christopher | Secretary | 2024-10-14 | — | — |
| BANCROFT, William Patrick | Director | 2023-05-23 | Aug 1960 | British |
| COLLINS, Michelle Jane | Director | 2022-11-21 | Mar 1968 | British |
| MURPHY, Georgia Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-21 | Aug 1988 | British |
| RODWELL, Laura Anne | Director | 2025-06-09 | Aug 1985 | British |
| ROGERS, Coralie Jane Maria | Director | 2025-06-09 | Dec 1965 | British |
| THORNBERRY, Sandra, Cllr | Director | 2023-09-19 | Dec 1944 | British |
| TOWNSHEND, Dale Timothy, Professor | Director | 2025-06-09 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 111 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELCHAM, Amanda Anne | Secretary | 1999-05-13 | 2008-01-18 |
| BOOKER, Theresa Jane | Secretary | 2019-02-11 | 2020-11-02 |
| CAWS, Mary | Secretary | 1997-08-18 | 1999-03-25 |
| FISHER, Thomas Michael | Secretary | 2020-11-02 | 2022-03-14 |
| HARTLEY, Jonathan Robert | Secretary | — | 1993-07-03 |
| MCPHILLIPS, Penelope Jane Saville | Secretary | 1994-09-27 | 1997-08-18 |
| MELLOR, Paul Furley | Secretary | 1993-08-01 | 1994-09-27 |
| O'NEILL, Karen | Secretary | 2022-03-14 | 2024-10-14 |
| RUSSELL, Patricia Susan | Secretary | 1999-03-25 | 1999-05-13 |
| SUMSION, Michael Ransome | Secretary | 2008-01-28 | 2014-09-08 |
| WADESON, Ivan | Secretary | 2014-09-08 | 2019-02-11 |
| ARCHER, Evelyn | Director | 2003-07-14 | 2004-02-23 |
| ASHWORTH, June Irene | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2015-03-13 |
| ASHWORTH, June Irene | Director | 2006-04-10 | 2010-08-03 |
| BATTEN, Christopher Thomas Stafford | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2009-11-10 |
| BIDDULPH, Alan, Councillor | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2017-10-31 |
| BLAKELY, James | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2009-05-26 |
| BLAMIRE, Mary Eileen | Director | 2009-06-15 | 2017-09-21 |
| BLAMIRE, Mary Eileen | Director | — | 2008-09-29 |
| BLEZARD, David Howard | Director | — | 1992-01-07 |
| BOOKER, Teresa Jane | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2025-01-07 |
| BRENNAN, Stephen | Director | 1993-07-19 | 1995-10-23 |
| BROOKS-SYKES, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2016-10-04 |
| BROOKS-SYKES, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2012-03-31 |
| CHADWICK, Samantha Alexandra | Director | 2023-05-23 | 2025-06-09 |
| CHARLES, Susan Margaret Georgina | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2017-03-09 |
| CHELL, John Richard | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2020-06-02 |
| CLAY, Andrew Michael | Director | 1996-05-13 | 1999-06-14 |
| CLEGG, Carole Margaret | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2002-10-15 |
| COOPER, Allan | Director | 1996-02-05 | 2002-11-11 |
| COX, Alan Edward | Director | 2023-05-23 | 2025-06-09 |
| COZLER, Claire Emily | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2017-10-31 |
| DIBLEY, Maya Anneke Elsie | Director | 2016-03-10 | 2020-06-02 |
| ENGLAND, Patricia Yvonne | Director | 2000-08-30 | 2000-11-01 |
| EVANS, Terence Edward, Councillor | Director | 1992-09-15 | 2003-05-08 |
| FLETCHER, Jane, Councillor | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2009-11-20 |
| FORREST, Melanie | Director | 2009-11-20 | 2015-05-07 |
| GARDNER, Gillian Frances | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1995-03-31 |
| GARDNER, Julie Karen | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2019-06-17 |
| GARDNER, Paul Malcolm | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2015-05-07 |
| GARROD, Peter James, Mr. | Director | 1996-07-16 | 1999-06-11 |
| GAULD, Roderick Finlay Duncan | Director | 2019-04-15 | 2026-01-05 |
| HALL, Richard Howard | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2014-07-24 |
| HARDMAN, Jo Marcus Richard | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2007-05-14 |
| HATTON-YEO, Alan John, Dr | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2022-07-19 |
| HENIG, Chris, Co Councillor | Director | 2013-07-11 | 2017-03-09 |
| HENIG, Ruth Beatrice, Baroness | Director | — | 1997-06-19 |
| HOLTOM, Christopher John, Cllr | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2013-07-11 |
| HOOPER, Richard Colin | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2011-12-01 |
| ILES, Paul Raymond | Director | — | 1995-01-30 |
| IZZA, Anna Maria Dolores | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2014-09-15 |
| JOHNSON, Sian Elisabeth | Director | 2007-05-14 | 2015-05-13 |
| KERR, David | Director | 2005-01-20 | 2006-04-10 |
| KIRK, Graeme | Director | 1996-02-05 | 2002-11-11 |
| KIRKMAN, Janie Elizabeth | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2007-06-21 |
| KIRKUP, Nigel Norman | Director | 2012-07-19 | 2013-12-05 |
| KNIGHT, David John | Director | — | 1993-02-09 |
| KNIGHT, Kate Sarah | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2020-06-02 |
| KONDRAS, Paul Richard | Director | 2003-01-27 | 2003-08-11 |
| LAURIE, Jean | Director | 2006-07-25 | 2012-08-06 |
| LAWRENSON, Jim Ralph Cedric, County Councillor | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2017-03-09 |
| LEYSHON, James Joseph, Cllr | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2017-09-25 |
| LOGAN MCLEAN, James | Director | 2003-01-29 | 2005-01-21 |
| MACDONALD, Sheena Mairi | Director | — | 1999-01-21 |
| MARSLAND, Geoffrey Roy | Director | 2010-08-03 | 2011-05-31 |
| MELLOR, Christopher | Director | 2006-07-25 | 2007-11-01 |
| MELLOR, Paul Furley | Director | — | 1996-01-31 |
| MORRIS, Paul Malcolm | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2000-08-31 |
| NEWMAN-THOMPSON, Richard John | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2013-11-20 |
| NEWNS-WOOD, Caroline Mary Joanna | Director | 2012-07-19 | 2014-09-15 |
| ODON, Akanimo Peter, Dr | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2023-01-24 |
| PEASNELL, Ken Vincent | Director | — | 1993-02-16 |
| PENNEY, Nicola Diane, County Councillor | Director | — | 2017-03-09 |
| PLOWRIGHT, Marion Elizabeth | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2006-07-24 |
| PRESTON, David | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1996-02-06 |
| RAINFORD, Margaret Mary, Councillor Mrs | Director | 1992-07-27 | 1993-02-09 |
| RAWNSLEY, James Ernest | Director | — | 1991-05-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2019-07-22 |
| RICHARDS, Jeffrey Michael, Professor | Director | — | 1991-02-15 |
| RIGBY, David | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2023-07-18 |
| ROACH, Keith | Director | — | 1991-02-15 |
| ROBERTS, Elaine Frances | Director | 2011-05-03 | 2015-05-02 |
| ROGERS, Colin George, Professor | Director | — | 2006-07-24 |
| ROGERSON, Sylvia Anne | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2011-06-17 |
| RYCROFT, Gary Francis | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2017-07-20 |
| RYE, Pat, Councillor | Director | 1997-06-07 | 1999-05-06 |
| SAMPSON, Peter William | Director | — | 1997-08-18 |
| SANDS, Ronald | Director | 2003-01-27 | 2011-01-26 |
| SAVILLE, Anthony John | Director | — | 1995-05-01 |
| SCOFFIN, Richard Barry | Director | 1992-10-19 | 1993-02-09 |
| SHEDWICK, John Samuel Clarke, Cllr | Director | 2006-04-11 | 2015-07-09 |
| SHEPHERD, Richard Henry | Director | — | 2006-04-11 |
| STAFFORD, Arthur Edward | Director | 1996-02-05 | 1998-03-05 |
| STANLEY, Derrick Bannister | Director | — | 1997-11-24 |
| STURGESS, Keith Malcolm | Director | — | 1993-12-02 |
| THOMAS, Malcolm, Cllr | Director | 2003-05-05 | 2009-06-19 |
| THWAITE, Mark David | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2021-09-21 |
| TOTTON, Rachel Mary | Director | — | 1991-03-25 |
| TOWNSEND, Neil James | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2024-10-14 |
| TRUEMAN, Christopher | Director | 2006-05-31 | 2008-05-06 |
| TURNER, Mark Anthony | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2006-02-13 |
| TYRER, Charles Benjamin Alexander | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2023-01-24 |
| WATSON, Nicholas Julian | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2009-07-29 |
| WHALLEY, Peter | Director | 1996-05-13 | 2002-11-11 |
| WHITEHEAD, Melanie-Claire | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2022-05-16 |
| WHITTAKER, Alan, Mr. | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2009-06-08 |
| WILKINSON, James Clifford | Director | — | 1996-02-06 |
| WILSON, Geoffrey Kenneth | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2001-07-11 |
| WILSON, Michael Raymond | Director | 1993-04-26 | 1995-06-30 |
| WINGRAVE, Patricia Rosalind | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2007-05-14 |
| YATES, Jean Elizabeth | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2009-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 313 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.