V&A shops: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
V&A Enterprises Limited has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to March 2026 it reported turnover of £25m.
- In the year to March 2026, V&A shops had turnover of £25m, up 20.7% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £3m, keeping £10.12 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 1,109 people, with staff costs of £6m.
- These figures are from V&A Enterprises Limited's accounts for the year to March 2026, filed at Companies House on 26 July 2026.
- Registered name
- V&A ENTERPRISES LIMITED
- Company number
- 01955898
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 7 November 1985
- Registered office area
- South West London
- Industry code on the register
- 47610: Retail trade
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 26 July 2026
What does V&A shops do?
V&A Enterprises is the trading company of the Victoria and Albert Museum, running the V&A's shops, online shop, publishing and licensing. It sells gifts, books, jewellery and homewares inspired by the collections in the museum shops and through the online V&A Shop. It also publishes books, licenses designs from the museum's archive to manufacturers and sells image reproduction rights. It is wholly owned by the museum's trustees and passes its profits to the V&A.
In brief: trading arm of the V&A · museum shops and online shop · publishing and brand licensing · profits to the museum
Source: V&A shops' own website, retrieved 27 September 2026.
Who owns V&A shops?
V&A Enterprises Limited, company number 01955898, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs V&A shops?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for V&A Enterprises Limited.
All 5 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Timothy Iain Reeve | 26 September 2013 |
| Anthony Laurence Misquitta | 4 July 2016 |
| Dr Tristram Julian William Hunt | 10 March 2017 |
| Marc David St John | 28 June 2019 |
| Nicola Suzanne Huet | 14 February 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did V&A shops file?
V&A Enterprises Limited reported turnover of £25m in the year to March 2026. That was up 20.7% on £21m the year before.
It reported 1,109 employees. The year before it reported 1,032.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £0.8m the year before.
Staff costs came to £6m. That is an average of £5,000 a head. It ended the year with £1.4m at the bank and net assets of £3m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25m | £21m |
| Pre-tax profit | £3m (filed) | £0.8m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,109 | 1,032 |
| Staff costs | £6m | £6m |
| Average staff cost per head | £5,000 | £5,000 |
| Bank and cash | £1.4m | £2m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3m |
| Interest received | £41k | |
| Directors' pay | £0.2m |
Read the accounts to March 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against V&A shops?
V&A Enterprises Limited has registered 2 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 5 October 2020 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How V&A shops compares
Of the 9 museum trading arms, V&A shops is 5th on turnover, 6th on profit margin and 1st on growth. Historic Royal Palaces shops keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £31.81.
| Rank | Museum trading arms | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Royal Collection Trust shops | £72m | £12.15 |
| 5th | V&A shops | £25m | £10.12 |
| + 7 more museum trading arms ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
V&A shops files as V&A Enterprises Limited, with turnover of £25m in its latest filed year.
Questions about V&A shops
What does V&A shops do?
V&A Enterprises is the trading company of the Victoria and Albert Museum, running the V&A's shops, online shop, publishing and licensing. It sells gifts, books, jewellery and homewares inspired by the collections in the museum shops and through the online V&A Shop. It also publishes books, licenses designs from the museum's archive to manufacturers and sells image reproduction rights. It is wholly owned by the museum's trustees and passes its profits to the V&A.
How does V&A shops compare with its rivals?
By turnover, V&A shops is 5th of the 9 companies in our battle of the museum trading arms, behind Royal Collection Trust shops. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the museum trading arms →
Who owns V&A shops?
V&A Enterprises Limited has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does V&A shops make?
V&A Enterprises Limited reported turnover of £25m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m.
How many people work at V&A shops?
V&A Enterprises Limited reported 1,109 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs V&A shops?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for V&A Enterprises Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from V&A Enterprises Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01955898, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “V&A shops: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/va-enterprises/. Figures from Companies House filings for V&A ENTERPRISES LIMITED (01955898).
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