THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

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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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements... we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY · parent
   1. The Children's Society (Services) Limited 100% · England and Wales · provide funded direct services for the beneficiaries
   2. The Children's Society (Trading) Limited 100% · England and Wales · carry out commercial activities that generate funds

Significant events

• “The board of trustees approved a refresh to our strategy for the second half of this decade. Central to our ambition is the public launch in 2026 of a major appeal to raise more income - to increase our reach and grow our campaign to transform children's wellbeing for good.”
• “Central to our strategy has been the development of early support hubs, and our first such hub, Time for young people, opened in Newham in September 2024.”
• “The Children's Society being awarded £1 million from BBC Children in Need, the largest single grant they have ever made.”
• “This will enable us to roll out our new Space to grow early support for children aged 8 to 11 years. Significantly this is our first UK-wide project, and we are thrilled to work with our partners Children First in Scotland and MACS in Northern Ireland.”
• “Our Young Carers festival, working in partnership with our friends at YMCA Fairhorne, continues to give this group of remarkable young people space to have fun and share their voice about what needs to change.”
• “Our 13th Good Childhood Report published in August 2024 showed a continued decline in children's wellbeing. In fact, it included the sobering finding that, according to OECD Pisa data, British teenagers have the lowest wellbeing in Europe.”
• “Alongside the Good Childhood Report 2024, we also published our Action before Crisis report outlining the key policy changes we believe are needed to truly shift the dial for children.”
• “A number of changes we have campaigned for to improve safeguarding were included in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (currently going through Parliament), along with provisions to tighten the law affecting school uniform costs, something we have campaigned on for many years.”
• “Our call for a national measurement of children's wellbeing has also gained traction, with a growing movement of partners and supporters joining us in this important venture.”
• “Our work to call for new criminal offences around child criminal exploitation was included in the Crime and Policing Bill (also going through Parliament).”
• “The Children's Society has been a proud member of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) Changemakers group which is a coalition of over 60 charities committed to campaigning to ensure the final recommendations of the IICSA are implemented. In the autumn, we had a positive meeting with the new Safeguarding Minister, who has indicated the Government will shortly publish a roadmap to implement these recommendations.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.2%

  £11,772,000 → £11,626,000

• Cash

  -58.7%

  £1,936,000 → £800,000

• Net assets

  -2%

  £45,965,000 → £45,064,000

• Employees

  +7.4%

  793 → 852

• Wages

  +8%

  £22,830,000 → £24,661,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers