COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-26.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-7.5% vs 2023
Employees
21
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£102K
-142.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS 2014-03-17 → present
- COUNCIL FOR ASSISTING REFUGEE ACADEMICS 1999-06-24 → 2014-03-17
- SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF SCIENCE AND LEARNING LIMITED 1959-11-10 → 1999-06-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £237,920 | -£101,517 | |
| Net profit | £237,920 | -£101,517 | |
| Cash | £3,421,239 | £2,514,789 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,358,059 | £1,256,542 | |
| Net assets | £1,358,059 | £1,256,542 | |
| Equity | £1,358,059 | £1,256,542 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 21 | |
| Wages | £667,681 | £683,209 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.8% | 88.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.31x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Cocke, Vellacott & Hill
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Cara's Syria Programme (SP) closed at the end of August 2024, after eight busy and rewarding years.”
- “The overthrow of the Assad regime in December 2024, combined with wider regional instability and geopolitical changes, raise new questions about Syria's future”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, James Matthew | Secretary | 2025-04-08 | — | — |
| BARRATT, Simon James Knevett | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jun 1958 | British |
| DANDRIDGE, Nicola Whitmont, Professor Dame | Director | 2016-11-25 | Nov 1960 | British |
| DICKSON, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2024-01-18 | Sep 1972 | British |
| EMERY, Vincent Clive, Professor | Director | 2022-06-01 | May 1960 | British |
| MACKAY, Alan John | Director | 2024-01-10 | Jun 1974 | British |
| NEWMAN, Joanna Frances, Professor | Director | 2017-06-07 | Jul 1963 | British |
| PATEL, Naina | Director | 2024-01-15 | Oct 1966 | British |
| SORABJI, Cornelia Katharine, Dr | Director | 2022-06-01 | Dec 1961 | British |
| STERN, Vivienne Esther Catherine | Director | 2022-06-01 | Sep 1976 | British |
| TAK, Mehroosh, Dr | Director | 2024-01-11 | Oct 1988 | Indian |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKKER, John Richard, Professor | Secretary | 1999-11-09 | 2012-04-23 |
| FRASER, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 1991-06-19 | 1999-11-09 |
| WORDSWORTH, Stephen John | Secretary | 2012-04-23 | 2025-04-10 |
| ALEXANDER, Jocelyn, Dr | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2009-05-22 |
| ANGELL, Alan Edward | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| ASHBY, Eric, Lord | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
| ASHWORTH, John Michael, Sir | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2012-06-29 |
| BAKER, Robin William, Professor | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2013-06-17 |
| BEALL, Josephine Dianne, Dr | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2009-05-22 |
| BEGG, Philip, Professor | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2015-06-10 |
| BERLIN, Isaiah, Sir | Director | — | 1997-11-06 |
| BERTHOUD, Jacques Alexandre, Professor | Director | — | 2004-06-24 |
| BOYD, Robert David Hugh, Prof Sir | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2017-02-01 |
| BOYD, Robert David Hugh, Prof Sir | Director | 1993-06-15 | 1999-07-21 |
| BRODA, Paul Martin Andrew, Professor | Director | — | 2017-06-07 |
| BROPHY, Michael Gabriel, Dr | Director | 1998-06-10 | 2013-05-02 |
| BROWN, Peter Wilfred Henry | Director | 1996-08-20 | 2011-09-20 |
| CLARKE, Patricia Hannah, Professor | Director | — | 1999-07-06 |
| COX, Stephen James | Director | 1997-02-13 | 2011-09-20 |
| DE REUCK, Anthony Norman Smith | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| DESAI, Jagdishchandra, Lord Meghnad | Director | 1998-10-10 | 2006-06-01 |
| DOW, Frances Diana, Dr. | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2016-06-11 |
| EASTWOOD, John Bannister, Dr | Director | 1999-09-07 | 2008-06-26 |
| ELTON, Lewis Richard Benjamin, Professor | Director | — | 2011-09-20 |
| FELDBERG, Wilhelm Sigmund, Professor | Director | — | 1993-10-23 |
| FREELAND, Jane | Director | — | 1994-07-05 |
| GARDNER-CHLOROS, Penelope Helen, Professor | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2022-06-01 |
| GARRETT, Terence | Director | 1994-12-21 | 2003-05-13 |
| GHODSE, Hamid, Professor | Director | 2009-05-22 | 2013-01-08 |
| GIRDWOOD, Alison Frawles | Director | 1994-07-05 | 1996-07-09 |
| GOLDIN, Ian Andrew, Professor | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2014-05-27 |
| GOLDSTROM, Joachim Max, Dr | Director | 2000-02-07 | 2002-06-26 |
| GOWING, Margaret Mary, Professor | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| GRANT, Colin Barr, Professor | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2023-03-08 |
| HAMMOND, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2023-06-07 |
| HARRIS, Martin Best, Sir | Director | 2009-05-22 | 2012-09-03 |
| HAYMAN, Walter Kurt, Professor | Director | — | 2004-06-24 |
| HILLENBRAND, Carole, Dr | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2009-05-22 |
| HOFFENBERG, Raymond | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| HOPKIN, Deian Rhys, Sir | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2022-06-01 |
| JOLIBOIS, Lilia | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2023-06-06 |
| KEAY, Ronald William John, Dr | Director | — | 1998-04-07 |
| KENNY, Anthony John Patrick, Sir | Director | — | 1993-05-13 |
| KING, Kenneth James, Prof | Director | 1994-08-03 | 2007-06-21 |
| LIGHT, Margot, Professor | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2016-06-11 |
| LONSDALE, Anne Mary | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2022-12-10 |
| MANNING, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2009-05-22 | 2015-04-21 |
| MARKS, Shula, Professor | Director | — | 2012-10-01 |
| MCCARTHY, Alan John, Professor | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2024-10-25 |
| NAUGHTON, John Joseph, Professor | Director | 2016-10-06 | 2019-06-05 |
| NEUBERGER, Albert, Professor | Director | — | 1996-07-09 |
| NICE, Tabitha | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2021-11-12 |
| O'NEILL, Onora Sylvia, Baroness | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2012-10-10 |
| PETRIE, Nigel Fredrick Thomas Hugh | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2022-05-12 |
| PHILLIPS, Alan David John | Director | 1998-06-02 | 2007-08-01 |
| POLACK, Kenneth | Director | — | 1995-07-10 |
| PYLE, David Leo, Professor | Director | — | 2008-03-24 |
| PYNSENT, Robert Burton, Professor | Director | 1994-08-17 | 2016-09-19 |
| ROMAN, Stephan | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2021-06-03 |
| ROSSELLI, John, Dr | Director | — | 1994-07-05 |
| SAGOVSKY, Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2009-05-22 | 2018-06-06 |
| SIMPSON, Esther, Dr | Director | — | 1996-11-19 |
| UCKO, Peter John, Emeritus Professor | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2007-06-14 |
| URE, David Granger | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2023-09-13 |
| WARREN, Peter Tolman, Dr | Director | — | 2002-05-15 |
| WEBSTER, Ben | Director | 2024-03-22 | 2026-05-06 |
| WEINDLING, Paul Julian, Dr | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2025-07-19 |
| WELLBY, Mark | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2012-06-29 |
| WOMACK, Joanna Mary | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2000-02-07 |
| WORTON, Michael, Professor | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2023-06-09 |
| YUDKIN, Michael David | Director | — | 2013-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 271 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-26.5%
£3,421,239 £2,514,789
-
Net assets
-7.5%
£1,358,059 £1,256,542
-
Employees
+5%
20 21
-
Profit before tax
-142.7%
£237,920 -£101,517
-
Wages
+2.3%
£667,681 £683,209
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