THE WORLD OF GLASS (ST HELENS) LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +24.6%

  £71,232 → £88,726

• Cash

  -74.5%

  £313,328 → £79,978

• Net assets

  -12.5%

  £4,568,377 → £3,997,804

• Employees

  +37.5%

  8 → 11

  highest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  -1,196.5%

  -£44,150 → -£572,389

• Wages

  +41.4%

  £158,764 → £224,450

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.

1. THE WORLD OF GLASS (ST HELENS) LIMITED 1999-01-06 → present
2. HOTTIES SCIENCE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED 1991-03-18 → 1999-01-06

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BK Plus Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees believe, having taken into account all information that could reasonably be expected to be available, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE WORLD OF GLASS (ST HELENS) LIMITED · parent
   1. The World of Glass Enterprises Limited 100% · England and Wales · Museum activities

Significant events

• “The World of Glass recognised that its future was at risk due to the lack of free reserves. Therefore, after the year end, the Board and Executive Director decided to officially put itself down as a 'museum at risk' with Museum Development, a government funded partnership which works to secure the development and sustainability of museums across England.”
• “With their support we were able to build relationships with funders like Arts Council England and we were successfully awarded £286K to spend in the 2025/26 financial year to top up our reserves, alleviate any shortfall in our operational budget, and to fund some development activities to support future sustainability.”
• “On top of this we went public with a fundraising campaign. This raised over £66K through Crowdfunding, corporate and other public donations, with more donations likely to come in. We have also registered for Gift Aid for the first time this year, effectively raising further funding on top of this. As a result of our funding success, we have now been taken off the Museums at Risk register.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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