GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL EVENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
Cash
£13M
+10.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+57.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
105
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8M
+29.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £68,371,504 | £75,197,277 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £4,702,948 | £6,286,635 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,934,349 | £7,679,508 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £4,444,642 | £5,702,177 | |
| Cash | £8,373,125 | — | — | £11,606,630 | £12,776,559 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,938,708 | £15,640,885 | |
| Net assets | £3,122,533 | — | — | £9,938,708 | £15,640,885 | |
| Equity | £3,122,533 | — | — | £9,938,708 | £15,640,885 | |
| Average employees | 26 | — | — | 96 | 105 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,267,688 | £3,662,408 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £241,442 | £325,681 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+10%
£68,371,504 £75,197,277
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Cash
+10.1%
£11,606,630 £12,776,559
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
+57.4%
£9,938,708 £15,640,885
highest in 3 filed years
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Employees
+9.4%
96 105
highest in 3 filed years
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Operating profit
+33.7%
£4,702,948 £6,286,635
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Profit before tax
+29.4%
£5,934,349 £7,679,508
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Wages
+12.1%
£3,267,688 £3,662,408
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.9% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 6.5% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 47.3% | 40.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 62.6% | 51.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.60x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 414.44x |
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 13 times since incorporation
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL EVENTS LIMITED 2015-12-15 → present
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2016 LIMITED 2015-11-30 → 2015-12-15
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2015 LIMITED 2014-09-23 → 2015-11-30
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2014 LIMITED 2013-11-19 → 2014-09-23
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2013 LIMITED 2012-10-09 → 2013-11-19
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2011 LIMITED 2010-09-21 → 2012-10-09
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2010 LIMITED 2009-10-17 → 2010-09-21
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2009 LIMITED 2008-11-26 → 2009-10-17
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2008 LIMITED 2008-01-09 → 2008-11-26
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2007 LIMITED 2006-10-31 → 2008-01-09
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2005 LIMITED 2004-12-14 → 2006-10-31
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2004 LIMITED 2004-02-05 → 2004-12-14
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2003 LIMITED 2002-11-04 → 2004-02-05
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2002 LIMITED 2002-01-07 → 2002-11-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Old Mill Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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.”
Significant events
- “Since 2009 the company has maintained a policy of retained profits in order to provide a float for the next year's Festival as well as mitigate the potential impact of unforeseen events.”
- “The company's policy of retaining profits to build a financial buffer proved crucial in managing the significant losses incurred following the cancellation of the Festival in 2020 due to COVID, as well as on-going losses resulting from being unable to stage the Festival again in 2021 due to the pandemic.”
- “Since the Festival's return in 2022, the company has once again looked to rebuild this float to safeguard against similar future events such as extreme adverse weather conditions, as well as allowing the company to purchase land to protect the future of the Festival.”
- “Following 4 successful festival since COVID there is a planned fallow year in 2026. Plans for 2027 are already underway.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICK, Aoife Sarah | Secretary | 2023-10-05 | — | — |
| BENN, Melvin John | Director | 2021-11-05 | Oct 1955 | British |
| BLACKBURN, Joanne | Director | 2023-10-05 | May 1962 | British |
| DEWEY, Nicholas George | Director | 2018-09-06 | Dec 1971 | British |
| DONOHUE, Katharine Joanne | Director | 2021-11-05 | Dec 1976 | British |
| EAVIS, Emily Rose | Director | 2016-01-04 | Jul 1979 | British |
| EAVIS, Michael | Director | 2002-01-07 | Oct 1935 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAVIS, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2002-01-07 | 2023-10-05 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-01-07 | 2002-01-07 |
| BENN, Melvin John | Director | 2002-01-11 | 2012-10-01 |
| DONOHUE, Katharine Joanne | Director | 2018-09-06 | 2018-09-10 |
| LATHAM, Paul Robert | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2021-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Emily Rose Eavis | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-22 | Active |
| Mr Michael Eavis | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.