ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL LIMITED
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Cash
£8m
+31.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£279k
-36.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3.5m
+1.8% 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
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 | £14,772,020 | £15,825,890 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,067,191 | £3,192,405 | +4.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,425,823 | £3,487,308 | +1.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,709,255 | £2,842,328 | +4.9% | |
| Cash | £6,061,401 | £7,995,762 | +31.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £437,040 | £279,368 | -36.1% | |
| Net assets | £437,040 | £279,368 | -36.1% | |
| Equity | £437,040 | £279,368 | -36.1% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 20.8% | 20.2% | |
| Net margin | 18.3% | 18.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 701.8% | 1142.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.0% | 96.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.03x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL LIMITED 2017-03-01 → present
- HAMSARD 3426 LIMITED 2016-07-27 → 2017-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A dividend of £3,000,000 was declared and paid during the year.”
- “Melvin J Benn resigned as director on 28 February 2025.”
- “Simon J Moran resigned as director on 19 December 2025.”
- “Lynn Lavelle was appointed as director on 28 February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMENY, Selina | Secretary | 2017-03-15 | — | — |
| DESMOND, Denis James | Director | 2017-03-15 | Jul 1953 | Irish |
| DOUGLAS, Stuart Robert | Director | 2018-08-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| GIDDINGS, Caroline | Director | 2017-03-15 | Jan 1965 | British |
| GIDDINGS, John Blair Timothy | Director | 2017-03-15 | May 1953 | British |
| LAVELLE, Lynn | Director | 2025-02-28 | Aug 1977 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-07-27 | 2017-02-24 |
| BENN, Melvin John | Director | 2018-05-21 | 2025-02-28 |
| CROSSLEY, Peter Mortimer | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-02-24 |
| DOUGLAS, Stuart Robert | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2018-05-21 |
| EMENY, Selina Holliday | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| LATHAM, Paul Robert | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2018-08-01 |
| MORAN, Simon James | Director | 2018-05-30 | 2025-12-19 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Festival Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Ln-Gaiety Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-02-24 | Ceased 2025-04-01 |
| Squire Patton Boggs Directors Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-07-27 | Ceased 2017-02-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.