HAY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1M
+131.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.7M
+43.2% vs 2024
Employees
31
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£506K
+27.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,939,283 | £6,430,909 | +8.3% | |
| Operating profit | £395,772 | £505,780 | +27.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £395,772 | £505,780 | +27.8% | |
| Net profit | £395,772 | £505,780 | +27.8% | |
| Cash | £889,589 | £2,058,640 | +131.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,184,795 | £1,675,313 | +41.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,169,533 | £1,675,313 | +43.2% | |
| Equity | £1,169,533 | £1,675,313 | +43.2% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 31 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,406,294 | £1,437,149 | +2.2% | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.4% | 30.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.0% | 29.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 3.34x | |
| Interest cover | 159.71x | 266.20x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HAY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION LIMITED 2016-06-08 → present
- FESTIVALS OF LITERATURE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED 2003-10-14 → 2016-06-08
- THE LONDON FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED 1998-01-09 → 2003-10-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERT, Corisande Charlotte | Director | 2024-02-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| BEJARANO DE LA TORRE, Victoria Eugenia | Director | 2023-11-01 | Oct 1962 | Colombian |
| BUNT, Philip Alan | Director | 2025-08-29 | Jan 1958 | British |
| BUTLER, Nicholas Jones | Director | 2024-02-01 | Nov 1954 | British |
| CLOSS STEPHENS, Elan, Dame | Director | 2024-10-26 | Jun 1948 | Welsh |
| CROSBIE, Mark John | Director | 2026-03-11 | Nov 1959 | British |
| FOLLOWELL, Anthony Paul | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| HUNT, Jacqueline | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1967 | British,Australian |
| KHAN, Suhair Fariha | Director | 2024-02-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| OLUSOGA, David Adetayo | Director | 2024-02-01 | Jan 1970 | British,Nigerian |
| SHEDD, Edward John | Director | 2024-02-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| STEWART, Shakia Asha | Director | 2024-02-01 | Jul 1987 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Lyndy | Secretary | 2001-10-19 | 2016-04-23 |
| SLATER, Catrin, Dr | Secretary | 2016-04-23 | 2021-09-10 |
| SWAINSON, William John Gallienne | Secretary | 1998-01-09 | 2001-10-15 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-01-09 | 1998-06-16 |
| BOYCOTT, Rosel Marie, Secretary | Director | 2001-10-11 | 2025-01-01 |
| BURNS, Terence, Lord | Director | 2022-02-21 | 2024-01-01 |
| BURNS, Terence, Lord | Director | 2015-09-04 | 2018-03-19 |
| CALDER, Elizabeth Nicole | Director | 2002-02-10 | 2009-04-02 |
| DAVIES, John Geraint | Director | 2022-02-21 | 2025-01-01 |
| GODFREY, Jonathan Thomas, Dr | Director | 2022-02-21 | 2024-01-01 |
| GOWING, Nik Keith | Director | 2018-11-24 | 2024-01-01 |
| GUEST ALBERT, Revel Sarah | Director | 2001-10-11 | 2016-03-24 |
| GWYNANT, Catherine Mair | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2024-05-06 |
| JONES, Dylan | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2024-01-01 |
| JONES, Nicholas Keith Arthur | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2022-01-31 |
| MICHEL, Caroline Jane | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2025-01-01 |
| SAATCHI, Maurice, Lord | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2021-10-05 |
| SANDS, Philippe Joseph, Mr. | Director | 2022-02-21 | 2025-01-01 |
| SHERWOOD, Alice Vivien | Director | 2016-09-16 | 2020-10-19 |
| SLOTOVER, Jill | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2001-02-01 |
| SWAINSON, William John Gallienne | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2001-10-10 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Bingham | Director | 1998-01-09 | 2000-04-06 |
| VICTOR, Edward | Director | 1998-01-09 | 2015-09-01 |
| WATERSTONE, Timothy John Stuart | Director | 1998-01-09 | 2001-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.