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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-12 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-28
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+9.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-43% vs 2024
Employees
407
-8.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VSO 2023-10-30 → present
- VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS 1961-09-18 → 2023-10-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,974,000 | £24,673,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,190,000 | -£5,940,000 | |
| Cash | £1,847,000 | £2,026,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,024,000 | £8,624,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,819,000 | £7,879,000 | |
| Equity | £13,819,000 | £7,879,000 | |
| Average employees | 447 | 407 | |
| Wages | £11,463,000 | £10,610,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -11.4% | -24.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.7% | 32.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.22x | 3.63x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The financial statements continue to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- VSO · parent
- VSO (Ireland) Limited
- Stichting VSO Nederland
- VSO USA, Inc.
- VSO Trading Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 93 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASHIR-ALI, Mashaer | Director | 2024-07-23 | Jul 1980 | British |
| CHEFFIK, Belay Addise | Director | 2024-06-13 | Nov 1978 | Ethiopian |
| HICKEY, Susan Laura | Director | 2020-07-14 | Jan 1963 | British |
| LALLA-MAHARAJH, Julia | Director | 2020-07-14 | Feb 1970 | British |
| MUIR, Janet Marie | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jun 1974 | Irish |
| MUWANGUZI, Christopher | Director | 2019-09-19 | Jul 1979 | British,Ugandan |
| SKINGSLEY, Geoffrey | Director | 2020-11-01 | Oct 1958 | British |
Show 93 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORTCOSH, Siham | Secretary | 2004-03-02 | 2008-01-02 |
| CALDWELL, Kenneth Mathieson | Secretary | — | 1994-12-13 |
| KNOWLES, Joanna Mary | Secretary | 2008-01-02 | 2009-09-01 |
| MERCHANT, John Richard | Secretary | 1994-12-13 | 2004-03-02 |
| OWEN, Jennifer Margaret | Secretary | 2014-06-30 | 2025-08-20 |
| OWENS, Tricia Claire | Secretary | 2010-11-12 | 2014-05-22 |
| ABANI, Charles Paul | Director | 2017-03-20 | 2020-05-15 |
| ADEFARATI, Maryam Abisola | Director | 2024-02-28 | 2025-11-23 |
| AGUILING DALISAY, Grace, Dr | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2012-11-29 |
| AIRD, Susan | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| ALMOND, Francis Reginald | Director | 1994-10-26 | 2005-10-07 |
| ALVAREZ, Enrique | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2011-11-25 |
| AMOS, Valarie, Baroness | Director | 1997-10-14 | 1998-07-31 |
| ANGEL, Lifelile Nthobakae | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2013-07-12 |
| ARMSTRONG, Hilary | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2018-07-18 |
| ARMSTRONG, Hilary Jane, Rt Hon | Director | 2008-03-16 | 2011-11-25 |
| ASTARITA, Mark Edward | Director | 2008-03-16 | 2013-11-22 |
| BARNETT, Geoffrey Grant Fulton | Director | — | 2000-10-18 |
| BASON, John George | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2017-07-06 |
| BEUMING, Bernardus Petrus Johannes | Director | 1997-12-23 | 1999-10-14 |
| BEZANSON, Keith Arthur, Doctor | Director | 2003-11-13 | 2008-03-14 |
| BURALL, Simon Charles | Director | 1997-10-14 | 2007-10-30 |
| BUTTERFIELD, Stewart David | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2008-11-14 |
| CARVER, Thomas | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2015-07-10 |
| CHAKRABARTI, Sumantra, Sir | Director | 2008-03-16 | 2011-11-25 |
| CHANDLER, Geoffrey, Sir | Director | — | 1996-10-30 |
| CHARLEBOIS, Cameron | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2011-11-25 |
| CHOUDHURY, Rasheda | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2015-07-10 |
| COCKERILL, Grant Melvyn | Director | 1994-02-22 | 1995-10-10 |
| COX, George Edwin | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2008-03-14 |
| CUBIE, Andrew, Sir | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2014-11-21 |
| CULPEPPER, Pamela | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2015-07-10 |
| DINKIN, David | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2011-11-25 |
| DOGBE, Dzidzinyo Kwesi | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2004-09-13 |
| ESKENS, Gustaaf Teunis Franciscus | Director | 2018-03-22 | 2023-04-01 |
| FOSTER, David Hugh Martin | Director | 1995-10-10 | 1997-10-14 |
| FOSTER, Stephen | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1997-01-25 |
| GILBERT, Sarah Goodwin | Director | 1996-10-30 | 1998-10-27 |
| GILLIVER, Sally Frances | Director | 1996-12-16 | 1998-10-27 |
| GLYN-JONES, Adam | Director | 1995-10-10 | 1997-10-14 |
| GOHIL, Arvinda | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2008-11-14 |
| GOODWIN, Shirley Ann | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| HANSON, John Gilbert, Sir | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1997-12-31 |
| HEELEY, Ruth Mary | Director | — | 1993-09-12 |
| HIND, Andrew Fleming | Director | 1995-10-10 | 1998-10-27 |
| HOWELL, John, Professor | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| JHUTTY, Hardeep | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2019-07-16 |
| KALEEBA, Noerine, Dr | Director | 2014-03-21 | 2020-07-14 |
| KELLY, Antony Gerard | Director | 1998-10-27 | 2000-10-18 |
| KELLY, Antony Gerard | Director | 1995-10-10 | 1997-10-14 |
| KHOSLA, Superna | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2011-11-25 |
| LAIBUTA, Kibaya Imaana | Director | 2007-10-30 | 2012-11-29 |
| LANKESTER, Timothy Patrick | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| LAWRIE, James Cameron Seymour | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2010-11-12 |
| LEE, Adam Geoffrey | Director | — | 1993-12-07 |
| LOWRY, Stella Russell, Dr | Director | 1995-10-10 | 1997-10-14 |
| MAKOLOO, Maurice | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2023-11-09 |
| MARRES, Pieter | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2011-11-25 |
| MARTIN, Roger John Adam | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| MAYLIN, Penny | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2003-11-13 |
| MERRY, Christopher James | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2021-07-14 |
| MILLER, Sally Louise | Director | — | 1995-10-10 |
| MOORE, Janet Sarah | Director | 1998-10-27 | 2001-11-07 |
| MORTIMORE, Peter John, Professor | Director | — | 2002-03-05 |
| MOTHOLO, Vincent Mohau | Director | 2024-06-13 | 2025-11-22 |
| MYERS, D'Arcy Charles Francis | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1996-02-27 |
| NAQUSHBANDI, Lara Hennah | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2022-09-02 |
| NEEDHAM, Antony Neil | Director | 1996-12-16 | 1998-10-18 |
| NELEMANS, Bettina Marianne, Doctorandus | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| NWOSU, Chiaka Mba | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1997-10-14 |
| ODEMBO, Elkanah | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2007-10-30 |
| OF UNDERCLIFFE, Baroness Warwick | Director | 1994-12-13 | 2003-11-13 |
| ONEILL BYRNE, Katrina, Dr | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| PATRICK, Pamela Lesley | Director | 1996-10-30 | 1998-10-27 |
| PENDERS, Jean | Director | 1999-10-14 | 2011-03-25 |
| PIDGEON, Stephen Meredith | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2019-07-16 |
| POVEY, Jean | Director | — | 1993-10-12 |
| PRINGLE, Anne | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1998-10-27 |
| RANDEL, Judith Mary | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1996-05-08 |
| RICHARDSON, Hugh | Director | 1996-10-30 | 2004-03-16 |
| RIDER-DOBSON, John Timothy | Director | 1993-10-12 | 1997-10-14 |
| ROBERTSON QC, Wayne | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2011-11-25 |
| ROWLATT, Amanda | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2021-07-14 |
| ROWLEY, Rajamani | Director | — | 1994-10-26 |
| RUTHERFORD, Caroline | Director | 1997-10-14 | 1998-10-27 |
| SANDHU, Bhupinder Kaur, Prof | Director | 1997-10-14 | 2005-03-31 |
| SEATON, Andrew James | Director | — | 1995-01-09 |
| SELLARS, John Stephen | Director | — | 1993-10-12 |
| SEN, Anjali | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2018-03-22 |
| SEWARD, Shirley | Director | 1997-10-14 | 2003-04-16 |
| SHACKLETON, Dorothy Barbara | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1997-10-14 |
| SIMONEN, Mari | Director | 2011-11-25 | 2018-07-18 |
| SINGLETON, Alastair Graham | Director | — | 1998-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 391 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-14 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-10-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-21 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2023-12-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-14 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-10-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-21 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-22 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-11.8%
£27,974,000 £24,673,000
-
Cash
+9.7%
£1,847,000 £2,026,000
-
Net assets
-43%
£13,819,000 £7,879,000
-
Employees
-8.9%
447 407
-
Wages
-7.4%
£11,463,000 £10,610,000
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