ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-20
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-72.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
-22.6% vs 2023
Employees
190
+1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-20.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£575,000 | -£4,931,000 | |
| Cash | £19,448,000 | £5,282,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,815,000 | £16,884,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,815,000 | £16,884,000 | |
| Equity | £21,815,000 | £16,884,000 | |
| Average employees | 187 | 190 | |
| Wages | £9,554,000 | £10,185,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-72.8%
£19,448,000 £5,282,000
-
Net assets
-22.6%
£21,815,000 £16,884,000
-
Employees
+1.6%
187 190
-
Wages
+6.6%
£9,554,000 £10,185,000
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 4.85x | 4.54x |
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
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the charitable group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees have reviewed the forecasts and projections prepared by management for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and are satisfied that the assumptions used in their preparation are reasonable.”
Group structure
- ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION · parent
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation Trading Ltd. 100%
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation USA, Inc. 100%
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation Brasil
Significant events
- “We co-led a Business Coalition with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), working at the intersection of policy and business, to advocate for a high-ambition global plastics treaty.”
- “In fashion, we launched a world-first accelerator that unites leading clothing brands in a mission to scale circular business models that tangibly decouple revenue from new production.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINN, Laura | Secretary | 2024-07-04 | — | — |
| BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron | Director | 2026-04-09 | Sep 1978 | British |
| LEBOVITZ, Michael | Director | 2019-03-08 | Dec 1959 | American |
| MACARTHUR, Ellen Patricia, Dame | Director | 2010-01-26 | Jul 1976 | British |
| METZKE, Robert Manfred | Director | 2026-04-28 | Mar 1973 | German,Dutch |
| MORGAN, Peter | Director | 2009-07-14 | Aug 1959 | British |
| PATEL, Hema | Director | 2023-09-08 | May 1971 | British |
| PATERSON, Hong-Thuy | Director | 2026-03-17 | Jul 1971 | American |
| SELLWOOD, Philip Henry George, Sir | Director | 2009-07-14 | Jan 1954 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTLE, Joanne | Secretary | 2023-05-20 | 2024-07-04 |
| BOOTLE, Joanne Elisabeth | Secretary | 2014-10-10 | 2021-03-11 |
| BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron | Secretary | 2010-01-26 | 2014-10-10 |
| ENSTON, Matthew | Secretary | 2021-03-11 | 2023-05-20 |
| BLAU, Wolfgang, Mr. | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2022-07-14 |
| BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2009-07-14 |
| GREEN, Katherine Louise | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2009-07-14 |
| MOFFATT, James Nicholas Peter | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2011-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Leboritz | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-03-08 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
| Dame Ellen Patricia Macarthur | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
| Mr Philip Henry George Sellwood | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
| Peter Morgan | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.