THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000
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Cash
£7.6m
-0.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£37m
+19% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
378
+14.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8m
+33.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,423,709 | £15,973,187 | £16,315,674 | +2.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£681,016 | £3,092,931 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£866,875 | £2,874,344 | £3,825,698 | +33.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,245,535 | £5,206,309 | £5,920,477 | +13.7% | |
| Cash | £9,023,517 | £7,709,809 | £7,644,722 | -0.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,763,580 | £37,131,654 | £43,980,778 | +18.4% | |
| Net assets | £25,919,544 | £31,125,856 | £37,046,333 | +19% | |
| Equity | £25,919,544 | £31,125,856 | £37,046,333 | +19% | |
| Average employees | 370 | 331 | 378 | +14.2% | |
| Wages | £8,505,095 | £7,624,674 | £7,673,279 | +0.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,429,822 | £1,399,421 | £1,405,312 | +0.4% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.4% | 19.4% | — | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 32.6% | 36.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.1% | 8.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.6% | 29.7% | 26.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 2.57x | 2.90x | |
| Interest cover | -3.66x | 14.15x | — |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000 · parent
- The Old Vic Theatre Company (The Cut) Limited 100%
- The Old Vic Services Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Practical completion of Backstage was achieved in July 2025 and the new building opened in Autumn 2025. The Backstage achieved a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating in August 2025.”
- “The commercial mortgage with HSBC has been settled.”
- “2025-2027 will be a period of change for the theatre with the opening of Backstage (Autumn 2025) and a change in both Artistic Director and Chair. Rupert Goold will succeed Matthew Warchus as Artistic Director in 2026 after 11 years successfully leading the Almeida Theatre.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEATH, Laura Frances | Secretary | 2023-10-13 | — | — |
| ALEXANDROU, Tina | Director | 2019-03-28 | Nov 1964 | British |
| ATIM, Sheila | Director | 2019-03-28 | Jan 1991 | British |
| BRODIE, Imogen Kate | Director | 2026-05-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| COOPER, Pavita | Director | 2021-01-21 | Mar 1968 | British |
| DAVIES, Helen Louise | Director | 2023-05-22 | May 1969 | British |
| GOPALAN, Geeta | Director | 2021-02-10 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HENDERSON, David Norman | Director | 2021-02-23 | May 1977 | British |
| JENKINS, John Huw Gwili | Director | 2021-09-21 | Feb 1958 | British |
| JOHN, Peter Charles | Director | 2021-01-21 | Oct 1966 | British |
| STENNING, Emma | Director | 2026-05-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| WARSHAW, Simon David | Director | 2025-05-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANES, Alan Lawrence | Secretary | 1998-11-10 | 2019-12-05 |
| BARBER, Caroline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2021-07-08 | 2023-10-12 |
| VAN DER PAS, Sara | Secretary | 2019-12-05 | 2021-03-12 |
| ATTENBOROUGH, Richard Samuel, (Estate Of) | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2006-12-18 |
| BANES, Alan Lawrence | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2020-10-01 |
| BOURNE, Robert Anthony | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2023-04-04 |
| CLARRY, Nicholas James | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2025-07-08 |
| COOPER, Nicholas George | Director | 2007-12-11 | 2014-01-30 |
| DALDRY, Stephen | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2018-01-29 |
| EYRE, Richard Hastings Charles, Sir | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2005-07-31 |
| EYRE, Richard Hastings Charles, Sir | Director | 2000-01-20 | 2000-03-12 |
| FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD, Lynn, Lady | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2006-12-18 |
| FOX, Robert Michael John | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2003-02-17 |
| FOX, Robert Michael John | Director | 2000-01-26 | 2000-03-12 |
| GIBBON, Anthony David | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2019-03-13 |
| GILCHRIST, Susan Georgina | Director | 2014-12-12 | 2016-02-09 |
| GREENE, Sally Anne | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2023-04-04 |
| HAYDEN, Susan Frances | Director | 1999-02-12 | 2003-11-12 |
| HODGES, Glenda May | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2021-02-23 |
| HOROWITZ, Anthony John | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2018-07-17 |
| HORTON, Katherine Veronica | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2021-12-09 |
| HYTNER, Joyce Anita | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2018-10-11 |
| JOHN, Elton Hercules, Sir | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2007-07-31 |
| JOSEPH, Richard | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-02-26 |
| LEET, Kenneth Harold Matthew | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2013-10-11 |
| LEWIS, Gavin | Director | 2021-02-25 | 2024-06-12 |
| LORD BERNSTEIN OF CRAIGWEIL, Alexander | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2002-02-26 |
| LURY, Rebecca Anna-Marie | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2021-07-31 |
| MCGRATH, Kevin David | Director | 2012-07-19 | 2021-07-31 |
| PEYTON-JONES, Julia | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2018-07-17 |
| PLESHETTE MURPHY, Annie | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2025-03-18 |
| POWELL, Ian Clifford | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2022-05-31 |
| SAMUEL, Elizabeth Ann, Lady | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2016-02-09 |
| SPACEY, Kevin | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2004-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Anne Greene | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.