OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL LIMITED
Get an alert when OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-11
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£332K
-1.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
19
-9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-11.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,106,890 | £1,266,469 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£61,950 | £23,015 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£61,950 | £30,633 | |
| Cash | — | £336,949 | £331,776 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,046,076 | £2,076,709 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,046,076 | £2,076,709 | |
| Equity | — | £2,046,076 | £2,076,709 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 21 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | £330,249 | £336,509 | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+14.4%
£1,106,890 £1,266,469
-
Cash
-1.5%
£336,949 £331,776
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£2,046,076 £2,076,709
-
Employees
-9.5%
21 19
-
Operating profit
+137.2%
-£61,950 £23,015
-
Wages
+1.9%
£330,249 £336,509
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -5.6% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | — | -5.6% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -3.0% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 7.0% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.18x | 6.79x |
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
- OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL LIMITED 2015-04-28 → present
- OPEN HOUSE TRADITIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL LTD 2002-03-28 → 2015-04-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- GMCG BELFAST
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL LIMITED · parent
- Open House Trading Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “2024/25 was a busy and successful year of events for Open House Festival.”
- “During July and August 2024, Open House Festival delivered a full arts festival throughout Bangor city centre.”
- “The charity completed its second full year of activity in the restored Court House venue on Bangor seafront.”
- “The Court House delivered a varied programme of 465 arts events, including music, comedy, film, theatre, spoken word, and visual art, showcasing 1,432 artists, and welcoming audiences of 46,818.”
- “The Court House received accreditation as a Living Wage Employer and continued to invest in a staff training programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Patricia | Director | 2024-03-29 | Mar 1967 | British |
| DUNLOP, Stephen John | Director | 2014-12-09 | Aug 1958 | British |
| EDWARDS, Rachel | Director | 2022-08-18 | Feb 1985 | Irish,British |
| FLEETWOOD, Martin Christopher | Director | 2023-01-20 | May 1963 | British |
| HERRON, Tim | Director | 2022-08-10 | Apr 1984 | British |
| JONES, Sarah Alice | Director | 2020-12-03 | Aug 1980 | Irish |
| LENNON, David Gerard | Director | 2018-04-05 | Aug 1961 | British |
| MCCREERY, Christopher | Director | 2022-08-18 | Sep 1984 | British |
| MOORE, Jonathan | Director | 2020-12-03 | Feb 1971 | British |
| ROYCROFT, Stephen Thomas William | Director | 2014-12-09 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYLE, Catherine | Secretary | 2002-03-28 | 2015-03-11 |
| GORDON, Alison Rosemary | Secretary | 2016-01-15 | 2018-09-18 |
| BATEMAN, Colin Michael | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2017-03-27 |
| BOYLE, Catherine | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2015-03-11 |
| BYRNE, Conor | Director | 2009-01-29 | 2011-03-27 |
| COULTER, Rachel Anne | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2017-03-27 |
| DONAGHY, Deirdre | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2012-12-13 |
| FLYNN, Paul | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2013-12-19 |
| GARBUTT, Nicholas | Director | 2018-04-05 | 2023-05-15 |
| GILMORE, Kieran Patrick | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2009-01-29 |
| GORDON, Alison | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2003-05-23 |
| GUNN-SMITH, Sara Catherine | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2018-03-27 |
| MCELVANNA, Louise | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2018-03-27 |
| MCELVANNA, Louise | Director | 2009-01-29 | 2010-12-02 |
| MCHUGH, Rosemarie | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2015-03-11 |
| MURRAY, Seonaid | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2011-09-29 |
| O'HARE, Meabh Roisin | Director | 2003-05-23 | 2009-01-29 |
| RAINEY, Jim | Director | 2009-01-29 | 2017-03-27 |
| SHEERMAN, Janette | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2018-10-23 |
| SHERLOCK, Tom | Director | 2003-05-23 | 2009-01-29 |
| THOMSON, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2022-11-30 |
| TIMONEY, Joanne | Director | 2018-06-08 | 2022-11-30 |
| VALLERY, Eithne | Director | 2003-05-23 | 2011-02-24 |
| VANCE, Lynda | Director | 2018-06-08 | 2020-07-30 |
| WALKER, Craig William | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2017-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charles court order extend with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.