British Franchise Association

Active01341267 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
29 November 1977 (48 years)
Industry
Activities of business and employers membership organizations (94110)
Directors
Caroline Jane Gowing
Natalia Shvarts
Controlled by
Philippa Jayne Wilkins
Accounts type
Full
Region
South East
Address
Victoria House
26 Queen Victoria Street
Reading
RG1 1TG

Filing status

Accounts due
30 June 2027
Last accounts
30 September 2025
Conf. stmt due
31 August 2027
Last conf. stmt
17 August 2026

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
1
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 10 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Gowing, Caroline Jane
Director · Appointed 16 December 2025
British
Born March 1972 (54)
Director · Appointed 12 December 2024
Also at Agency Express Limited
British
Born May 1983 (43)
Shvarts, Natalia
Director · Appointed 22 January 2024
British
Born April 1983 (43)
Director · Appointed 8 December 2022
Also at The Children's Adventure Farm Trust Ltd, Swimtime (UK) Ltd
British
Born March 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 20 May 2021
Also at Fun & Fries Ltd · more companies
British
Born November 1963
Director · Appointed 11 December 2019
Also at HI Resales Limited, Home Instead Limited, HI Global Holdings Ltd · more companies
British
Born March 1980 (46)
Coates, Angie
Director · Appointed 6 December 2018
British
Born May 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 7 December 2017
British
Born February 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 6 April 2016
Also at World Franchise Council
British
Born June 1979 (47)
Director · Appointed 1 December 2013
Also at Wirral Care Services Limited, Wirral Care Foundation Limited
British
Born February 1960 (66)
Officer history (134 former)
31 May 2026
Resigned Deary, Kenneth Edward as Director
16 December 2025
Appointed Gowing, Caroline Jane as Director
16 December 2025
Resigned Courtman-Stock, Paul Stewart as Director
12 December 2024
Appointed Brookes, Benjamin John as Director
22 January 2024
Appointed Shvarts, Natalia as Director
31 December 2023
Resigned Shvarts, Natalia as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Kirby, Benjamin Joseph as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Gonsalves, Eve Frances as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Hughes, Shirley as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Spencer, John as Director
8 December 2022
Appointed Shvarts, Natalia as Director
8 December 2022
Appointed Brooks, Rachel Mary as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Watson, John Stephen as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Dehal, Sukhdeep Singh as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Adam, Safvan Ayub as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Stead, Lisa Erin as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Goldstein, Rosalind Jayne as Director
8 December 2022
Resigned Cressall, Sarah Jane as Director
30 October 2022
Resigned Bartholomew, Simon Ashley as Director
9 September 2022
Resigned Graham, Michael William as Director
9 December 2021
Resigned Paulson, David as Director
9 December 2021
Resigned Newman, Lynne Marie as Director
9 December 2021
Appointed Gonsalves, Eve Frances as Director
9 December 2021
Resigned Llewellyn, Mark as Director
9 December 2021
Appointed Stead, Lisa Erin as Director
9 December 2021
Resigned Padmore, David as Director
9 December 2021
Appointed Courtman-Stock, Paul Stewart as Director
20 May 2021
Appointed Moore, Jacqueline Olivia as Director
31 December 2019
Resigned Reader, Carl Stuart as Director
11 December 2019
Appointed Newman, Lynne Marie as Director
11 December 2019
Appointed Dehal, Sukhdeep Singh as Director
11 December 2019
Appointed Brown, Ruth Elizabeth as Director
31 May 2019
Resigned Brocklebank, Trevor John as Director
31 January 2019
Resigned Goldsmith, Sean as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Kirby, Benjamin Joseph as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Coates, Angie as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Paulson, David as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Llewellyn, Mark as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Graham, Michael William as Director
6 December 2018
Resigned Hurley, Michael Arthur as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Adam, Safvan Ayub as Director
6 December 2018
Resigned Eyre, Michael as Director
6 December 2018
Appointed Cressall, Sarah Jane as Director
1 October 2018
Resigned Smart, Brian Christopher as Director
31 July 2018
Resigned Harris, Louise Yvonne as Director
29 June 2018
Resigned Berry, Joseph Duncan as Director
1 May 2018
Resigned Brown, Craig Alexander as Director
1 March 2018
Resigned Derrig, Sean Michael as Director
7 December 2017
Appointed Watson, John Stephen as Director
7 December 2017
Appointed Thompson, Lennox Ector Paul as Director
7 December 2017
Appointed Goldsmith, Sean as Director
20 August 2017
Resigned Bramley, Steven as Director
14 July 2017
Resigned Bowman, Anthony Richard as Director
14 April 2017
Resigned Gaffer, Philip John as Director
26 January 2017
Resigned Oyston, Rob James as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Masih, Jane Elizabeth as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Duckett, Brian James as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Berry, Joseph Duncan as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Wiggins, Alistair Lance as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Llewellyn, Mark as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Thorne, Brian Neil as Director
8 December 2016
Resigned Walsh, Stuart Murray as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Spencer, John as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Goldstein, Rosalind Jayne as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Reader, Carl Stuart as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Hughes, Shirley as Director
8 December 2016
Appointed Bowman, Anthony Richard as Director
6 April 2016
Appointed Wilkins, Philippa Jayne as Director
10 December 2015
Resigned Thomson, Shaun William as Director
10 December 2015
Appointed Bramley, Steven as Director
10 December 2015
Resigned Curteis, Lisa as Director
10 December 2015
Appointed Brown, Craig Alexander as Director
10 December 2015
Appointed Harris, Louise Yvonne as Director
10 December 2015
Appointed Deary, Kenneth Edward as Director
30 October 2015
Resigned Marsh, Anthony Edwin as Director
16 January 2015
Resigned Berry, Joseph Duncan as Director
11 December 2014
Appointed Brocklebank, Trevor John as Director
11 December 2014
Appointed Hurley, Michael Arthur as Director
11 December 2014
Resigned Bevis, Kenneth Charles as Director
11 December 2014
Resigned Bader, Pamela Mary as Director
11 December 2014
Appointed Gaffer, Philip John as Director
11 December 2014
Appointed Thorne, Brian Neil as Director
11 December 2014
Appointed Marsh, Anthony Edwin as Director
28 August 2014
Resigned Simpson, Derrick John as Director
28 August 2014
Resigned Harris, Berkeley David as Director
28 August 2014
Resigned Archer, Daniel Robert Jon as Director
28 August 2014
Resigned Calvert, Steven John as Director
28 August 2014
Resigned Goddard, Michael as Director
12 December 2013
Appointed Archer, Daniel Robert Jon as Director
12 December 2013
Appointed Oyston, Rob James as Director
12 December 2013
Appointed Walsh, Stuart Murray as Director
12 December 2013
Appointed Curteis, Lisa as Director
1 December 2013
Appointed Chalton, Catherine Mary as Director
10 October 2013
Resigned Archer, Daniel Robert Jon as Director
6 December 2012
Appointed Berry, Joseph Duncan as Director
6 December 2012
Appointed Archer, Daniel Robert Jon as Director
6 December 2012
Resigned Mann, Jat as Director
6 December 2012
Resigned Brookes, Justin Rupert Anthony as Director
6 December 2012
Appointed Thomson, Shaun William as Director
6 December 2012
Appointed Bartholomew, Simon Ashley as Director
31 March 2012
Resigned Chambers, Kelly as Director
9 December 2011
Appointed Calvert, Steven John as Director
9 December 2011
Appointed Duckett, Brian James as Director
9 December 2011
Appointed Derrig, Sean Michael as Director
9 December 2011
Resigned Lusty, Melvin as Director
9 December 2011
Resigned Pratt, John Hamilton as Secretary
9 December 2011
Resigned Corbett, David John as Director
8 December 2011
Resigned Pitt, Andrew David as Director
8 December 2011
Resigned Simpson, Derrick John as Director
7 December 2011
Appointed Padmore, David as Director
8 September 2011
Resigned Archer, Daniel Robert Jon as Director
15 June 2011
Appointed Masih, Jane Elizabeth as Director
1 May 2011
Resigned Pitt, Andrew David as Director
9 December 2010
Resigned Moss, Andrew John as Director
9 December 2010
Appointed Chambers, Kelly as Director
9 December 2010
Appointed Mann, Jat as Director
9 December 2010
Appointed Wiggins, Alistair Lance as Director
9 December 2010
Resigned Jones, Graeme David as Director
9 December 2010
Resigned Houlston, Clive Chilton as Director
9 December 2010
Resigned Lewis, Brian Clifford as Director
9 December 2010
Appointed Llewellyn, Mark as Director
9 December 2010
Resigned Waterer, Ralph Rory as Director
9 December 2010
Appointed Harris, Berkeley David as Director
30 June 2010
Resigned Pratt, John Hamilton as Director
31 May 2010
Resigned Joyce, Caroline as Director
18 February 2010
Appointed Brookes, Justin Rupert Anthony as Director
18 February 2010
Appointed Bevis, Kenneth Charles as Director
18 February 2010
Appointed Jones, Graeme David as Director
3 December 2009
Appointed Pitt, Andrew David as Director
3 December 2009
Appointed Simpson, Derrick John as Director
3 December 2009
Resigned Duckett, Brian James as Director
3 December 2009
Appointed Pitt, Andrew David as Director
3 December 2009
Appointed Simpson, Derrick John as Director
7 April 2009
Resigned Bradley, Ian Anthony as Director
11 December 2008
Appointed Joyce, Caroline as Director
11 December 2008
Resigned Harvey, Mark Kevin as Director
11 December 2008
Appointed Waterer, Ralph Rory as Director
11 December 2008
Appointed Archer, Daniel Robert Jon as Director
11 December 2008
Appointed Bader, Pamela Mary as Director
20 May 2008
Resigned Gillam, Christopher Derek as Director
12 May 2008
Resigned Behl, Judith Mary as Director
12 May 2008
Resigned Emmerson, Stephen Charles as Director
7 December 2007
Resigned Edwards, Richard Mark as Director
7 December 2007
Resigned Keen, Marilyn Susan as Director
7 December 2007
Appointed Bradley, Ian Anthony as Director
7 December 2007
Resigned Toplis, Nigel Clive as Director
6 December 2007
Appointed Harvey, Mark Kevin as Director
6 December 2007
Appointed Houlston, Clive Chilton as Director
6 December 2007
Appointed Moss, Andrew John as Director
5 December 2006
Appointed Behl, Judith Mary as Director
5 December 2006
Resigned Woolfenden, Max as Director
5 December 2006
Appointed Duckett, Brian James as Director
5 December 2006
Appointed Lusty, Melvin as Director
5 December 2006
Resigned Rafferty, Tony as Director
5 December 2006
Resigned Scott, Mark as Director
5 December 2006
Appointed Eyre, Michael as Director
5 June 2006
Appointed Goddard, Michael as Director
13 April 2006
Resigned Derrig, Sean Michael as Director
13 April 2006
Resigned Stojic, Nick as Director
31 January 2006
Resigned Gray, Leslie John as Director
8 December 2005
Resigned Cox, Kevin as Director
8 December 2005
Appointed Keen, Marilyn Susan as Director
8 December 2005
Appointed Emmerson, Stephen Charles as Director
8 December 2005
Appointed Edwards, Richard Mark as Director
8 December 2005
Resigned Taylor, Mark Andrew as Director
8 December 2005
Appointed Rafferty, Tony as Director
1 August 2005
Resigned Harrison, Patrick James as Director
30 June 2005
Resigned Lusty, Melvin as Director
9 December 2004
Appointed Derrig, Sean Michael as Director
9 December 2004
Resigned Jones, Alick John Richard as Director
9 December 2004
Appointed Scott, Mark as Director
9 December 2004
Appointed Cox, Kevin as Director
9 December 2004
Resigned Cartwright, Lesley as Director
9 December 2004
Resigned Bussey, John Philip as Director
6 September 2004
Appointed Taylor, Mark Andrew as Director
30 June 2004
Appointed Pratt, John Hamilton as Secretary
30 June 2004
Resigned Smith, Robert as Director
30 June 2004
Resigned Smith, Philip Norman as Director
30 June 2004
Resigned Bates, Anton as Secretary
30 June 2004
Appointed Harrison, Patrick James as Director
30 June 2004
Appointed Pratt, John Hamilton as Director
30 June 2004
Resigned Mylchreest, Graham Sorbie as Director
11 December 2003
Appointed Jones, Alick John Richard as Director
11 December 2003
Appointed Stojic, Nick as Director
11 December 2003
Appointed Gillam, Christopher Derek as Director
11 December 2003
Appointed Toplis, Nigel Clive as Director
25 June 2003
Resigned Howorth, Terence Arthur as Director
5 December 2002
Resigned Cheesebrough, Dennis as Director
5 December 2002
Resigned Hulme, Simon Charles Edward as Director
5 December 2002
Resigned Hendrie, William Thomson as Director
5 December 2002
Appointed Lewis, Brian Clifford as Director
5 December 2002
Resigned Mills, Stephen as Director
5 December 2002
Appointed Smith, Robert as Director
1 January 2002
Appointed Cartwright, Lesley as Director
6 December 2001
Resigned Grant, Martin James as Director
6 December 2001
Resigned Mundella, Anthony John as Director
6 December 2001
Resigned Cox, Kevin John as Director
1 June 2001
Appointed Hendrie, William Thomson as Director
31 December 2000
Resigned Jubb, Anthony William as Director
1 June 2000
Resigned Bader, Pamela Mary as Director
1 March 2000
Resigned Bright, John William as Director
9 December 1999
Resigned Sutton, Gary as Director
9 December 1999
Resigned Roy, Julie Ann as Director
9 December 1999
Resigned Chaplin, John Bernard as Director
9 December 1999
Appointed Hulme, Simon Charles Edward as Director
9 December 1999
Appointed Jubb, Anthony William as Director
9 December 1999
Appointed Smith, Philip Norman as Director
1 December 1999
Appointed Grant, Martin James as Director
15 March 1999
Appointed Mundella, Anthony John as Director
1 February 1999
Resigned Ratcliffe, Lorraine Ann as Director
1 January 1999
Appointed Sutton, Gary as Director
10 December 1998
Resigned Gent, Anthony Peter as Director
10 December 1998
Appointed Roy, Julie Ann as Director
23 January 1998
Resigned Gillam, Christopher Derek as Director
12 January 1998
Resigned Harris, Gordon David as Director
1 January 1998
Resigned Garner, Brian Stephen as Director
1 January 1998
Appointed Cheesebrough, Dennis as Director
1 January 1998
Appointed Ratcliffe, Lorraine Ann as Director
1 January 1998
Appointed Harris, Gordon David as Director
12 December 1997
Appointed Cox, Kevin John as Director
12 December 1997
Appointed Lusty, Melvin as Director
11 December 1997
Resigned Rose, Graham William as Director
4 September 1997
Resigned Oliver, Keith George as Director
4 September 1997
Resigned Chivers, Ivor Michael as Director
4 September 1997
Appointed Gillam, Christopher Derek as Director
1 July 1997
Resigned Mundella, Anthony John as Director
6 December 1996
Appointed Garner, Brian Stephen as Director
6 December 1996
Appointed Mills, Stephen as Director
6 December 1996
Appointed Rose, Graham William as Director
6 December 1996
Appointed Corbett, David John as Director
19 November 1996
Resigned Bell, Paul Antony as Director
19 November 1996
Resigned Street, Geoffrey Graham as Director
1 November 1996
Resigned Gerstenhaber, Moshe as Director
15 August 1996
Resigned Sherriff, Anthony Charles as Director
8 December 1995
Appointed Bussey, John Philip as Director
8 December 1995
Appointed Mundella, Anthony John as Director
1 March 1995
Resigned Robertson, James as Director
1 January 1995
Appointed Mylchreest, Graham Sorbie as Director
10 December 1994
Resigned Wormull, John Arthur as Director
9 December 1994
Appointed Chivers, Ivor Michael as Director
9 December 1994
Appointed Oliver, Keith George as Director
8 November 1994
Resigned Kinnersly, Philip Edward Alan as Director
2 February 1994
Appointed Street, Geoffrey Graham as Director
2 February 1994
Appointed Bell, Paul Antony as Director
1 January 1994
Appointed Gent, Anthony Peter as Director
1 January 1994
Resigned Mottershead, Derek Stuart as Director
31 December 1993
Resigned Rudge, Donald Henry as Director
31 December 1993
Resigned Summerville, Neil as Director
1 December 1993
Resigned Ezra Of Horsham, Derek, Lord as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Chaplin, John Bernard as Director
1 June 1993
Resigned Deslandes, Rodney John as Director
25 January 1993
Resigned Dell, Jonathan as Director
11 December 1992
Appointed Bright, John William as Director
11 December 1992
Resigned Watson, James Wilson as Director
11 December 1992
Resigned Swan, Christopher Paul Mckinley as Director
11 December 1992
Resigned Mcghee, Michael Edward as Director
11 December 1992
Appointed Gray, Leslie John as Director
11 December 1992
Appointed Howorth, Terence Arthur as Director
11 December 1992
Appointed Robertson, James as Director
11 December 1992
Appointed Kinnersly, Philip Edward Alan as Director
11 December 1992
Appointed Rudge, Donald Henry as Director
3 August 1992
Resigned Cowler, Michael Anthony as Director
6 December 1991
Appointed Woolfenden, Max as Director
6 December 1991
Appointed Bader, Pamela Mary as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Individual · Notified 6 April 2016
Has significant influence or control
British
Born June 1979 (47)

Financials

Balance sheet as at 30 September 2025 · full accounts

Net Assets
£1,020,729
Cash
£1,089,443
Turnover
£1,703,217
Profit Before Tax
£28,646
Employees
16
Profit Margin
2%
Return on Equity
3%

Trend

Turnover
£0 £500k £1.0M £1.5M £2.0M 2021 2022 2024 2025 £1,257,972 £1,646,669 £1,703,377 £1,703,217
Balance sheet detail
20252024202320222021
Fixed Assets£159,995£224,883£118,932£181,831
Current Assets£1,313,190£1,341,371£1,009,667£869,989
Debtors£223,747£274,692£134,606£260,771
Cash£1,089,443£1,066,679£875,061£609,218
Creditors (< 1 year)£574,171£528,372£340,864£313,816
Net Current Assets£860,734£767,200£668,803£556,173
Net Assets£1,020,729
Shareholder Funds£1,020,729£992,083£787,735£738,004
Turnover£1,703,217£1,703,377£1,646,669£1,257,972
Cost of Sales£401,366£392,056£467,206£205,738
Gross Profit£1,301,851£1,311,321£1,179,463£1,052,234
Admin Expenses£1,280,791£1,201,308£1,121,342£844,021
Staff Costs£694,681£750,663£660,810£484,267
Operating Profit£110,013£49,150£208,213
Profit Before Tax£28,646£126,978£49,731£208,274
Tax£0£0£0
Profit for Period£28,646£126,978£49,731£208,274

Filings 406

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
19 August 2026Confirmation statement with no updates17 August 2026
5 June 2026Termination of appointment of a director
30 January 2026Full accounts30 September 2025
22 December 2025Termination of appointment of a director
22 December 2025Appointment of a director
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