THE QUILTERS' GUILD OF THE BRITISH ISLES
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-10-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £335,461 | £352,666 | £352,130 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£27,265 | £63,057 | +331.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£100,786 | -£26,589 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£98,340 | -£23,673 | — | — | |
| Cash | £637,517 | £646,400 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £488,486 | £464,813 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £488,486 | £464,813 | — | — | |
| Equity | £488,486 | £464,813 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 13 | 8 | — | — | |
| Wages | £242,454 | £168,588 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -7.7% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | -29.3% | -6.7% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -5.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 39.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.39x | — |
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
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the twelve months from date of signing the financial statements. In addition, the Trustees have no intention to wind the company up in the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE QUILTERS' GUILD OF THE BRITISH ISLES · parent
- Festival of Quilts Limited 100%
Significant events
- “An individual has left a bequest to the Chairty. The Charity is awaiting a decision from the high court on the legal position as there are several beneficiaries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 61 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOSLING, Anne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| BATCHELOR, Susan Mary | Director | 2025-05-10 | Jun 1964 | British |
| BONE, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2026-05-09 | Jan 1957 | British |
| INGLE, Elizabeth | Director | 2026-05-09 | Oct 1949 | British |
| ROMAIN, Yvonne Gail | Director | 2025-05-10 | Jun 1951 | British |
| TANTON, Philipa Merrill | Director | 2022-04-02 | Aug 1955 | Welsh |
| WILLIAMS, Melanie Jane | Director | 2020-06-09 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 61 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELLOWS, Jane Gray | Secretary | 1997-10-10 | 2008-01-31 |
| GREENSMITH, Michael Charles | Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2023-03-15 |
| ALLSTON, Janice Martin | Director | 2016-05-03 | 2017-12-31 |
| ALLWOOD, Fay Marion | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| ATKINSON, Jacqueline Mary, Professor | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2016-04-30 |
| BAIRD-PARKER, Dorothy Pennie | Director | 1997-10-10 | 2001-04-30 |
| BARKER, Judith Ann | Director | 1997-11-15 | 1998-08-17 |
| BICKNELL, Penelope Anne | Director | 2000-04-10 | 2001-04-28 |
| BILSBORROW, Linda | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2020-06-10 |
| BLACKBURN, Jane Charmian | Director | 2019-11-12 | 2026-05-09 |
| CHRISTIE, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2024-05-11 | 2025-09-06 |
| COURSE, Shirley Elizabeth | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2007-01-20 |
| DAYMOND, Angela Jayne | Director | 2022-04-02 | 2024-12-02 |
| DIAMOND, Barbara Joan | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2008-05-01 |
| DURSLEY, Stephanie Judith | Director | 2013-11-26 | 2019-05-11 |
| EDWARDS, Linda Joyce | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2013-06-20 |
| EVANS, Sheila | Director | 2018-01-17 | 2025-05-10 |
| FINCH, Vivien Anne | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2016-04-30 |
| FISHER, Kathleen Florence | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2013-04-30 |
| GOODISON, Diana | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2008-12-22 |
| GOSLING, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2019-05-11 |
| GUNNER, Janice Evelyn | Director | 2004-04-17 | 2007-05-01 |
| HALL, Jennifer Enid | Director | 2019-05-11 | 2025-05-10 |
| HANNON, Pauline | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| HARDCASTLE, Anne, Dr | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| HOLDEN, Jill | Director | 2019-05-11 | 2020-02-10 |
| HUGHES, Margaret | Director | 2004-05-08 | 2007-05-01 |
| HURRELL, Lesley | Director | 2009-02-04 | 2010-01-30 |
| INGLE, Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2024-05-11 |
| JENKINS, Margaret Ann | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| JERMEY, Ann | Director | 1997-10-10 | 1999-10-28 |
| KELLY, Shona Jessie Maureen, Dr | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2024-05-11 |
| KIRK, Christina Edna Judith | Director | 2024-05-11 | 2025-05-10 |
| LISTER, Valerie Janet | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2005-12-05 |
| LONG, Bridget | Director | 1997-11-15 | 2001-05-01 |
| LOVETT, Marilyn | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| MARKLAND, John Anthony | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2019-05-11 |
| MCCRINDLE, Marion Jessie Crawford | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| MCEWEN, Christina Lynn | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| MELBOURNE WEBB, Barry | Director | 2001-04-22 | 2003-08-31 |
| MORGAN, Annette Elizabeth | Director | 1999-11-14 | 2003-04-23 |
| NEWSON, Georgina Zofia | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| NICHOLLS, Patricia Anne | Director | 1997-10-10 | 1999-04-17 |
| ORLOWSKA, Rosalind Mary | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| POWELL, Claire | Director | 2019-09-18 | 2022-11-30 |
| PRINGLE, Helen Margaret | Director | 2019-05-11 | 2025-05-10 |
| PURNELL, Liane Sara | Director | 1998-11-15 | 2001-04-30 |
| RAE, Janet Kay | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2012-04-30 |
| ROBERTS, Sheena Lesley | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2023-02-11 |
| ROSE, Gillian Rosemary | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2004-04-18 |
| SHIRLEY, Catherine | Director | 1997-10-10 | 1998-09-17 |
| SMITH, Kate | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2005-05-01 |
| STEWARD, Jane | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2012-04-30 |
| UNWIN, Kathryn Ilene, Dr | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2019-05-11 |
| VIVIAN, Helen | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2022-04-02 |
| WARREN, Sherrilyn Bain | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2021-11-13 |
| WATSON, Jan | Director | 2000-04-10 | 2002-05-01 |
| WHEELER, Constance Mary | Director | 2016-05-03 | 2016-05-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Janice Susan Laura | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| WURTHMANN, Isabella Sheena, Dr | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| YEODAL, Marion Claire | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2023-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | 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
- 2
- 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.