THE CHILDREN'S TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-38.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+8.5% vs 2024
Employees
502
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+168.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 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
- THE CHILDREN'S TRUST 1994-03-01 → present
- TADWORTH COURT TRUST 1983-09-30 → 1994-03-01
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 | £27,396,000 | £29,117,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £564,000 | £1,516,000 | |
| Net profit | £564,000 | £1,516,000 | |
| Cash | £2,216,000 | £1,371,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £17,916,000 | £19,432,000 | |
| Equity | £17,916,000 | £19,432,000 | |
| Average employees | 481 | 502 | |
| Wages | £19,377,000 | £21,212,000 |
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 | 2.1% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.41x |
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
“Taking into account current financial performance, cash flow projections, strategic planning, and external conditions, the Trustees are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE CHILDREN'S TRUST · parent
- The Children's Trust Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following two unexpected deaths of children in June and September 2023, The Children's Trust undertook extensive work to understand what happened, what could be learned and to support the coronial process.”
- “In October 2024 and May 2025, The Children's Trust received Prevention of Future Deaths reports in relation to their deaths in 2023.”
- “During the year, the charity undertook a merger with The Friends of The Children's Trust At Tadworth Court (293862). At its EGM on 16 July 2024, the board of The Friends passed a special resolution to dissolve the charity.”
- “The organisation recruited and welcomed its first Freedom to Speak Up Guardian in March 2025.”
- “The Children's Trust School was rated 'Outstanding' by OFSTED Education in September 2023.”
- “The Children's Trust was awarded the 'Rehab outcome of the year' award at the Neuro Rehab Times Awards 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWNTREE, Olivia | Secretary | 2020-09-02 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Tim John | Director | 2015-10-09 | May 1955 | British |
| FARMER, Helen | Director | 2024-05-31 | Feb 1963 | British |
| FLANAGAN, Stephen David | Director | 2023-07-14 | Sep 1960 | British |
| GUEST, Richard James | Director | 2025-05-19 | Feb 1968 | British |
| HARRIES, Lynn | Director | 2025-11-28 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HARRISON, Philip Roy | Director | 2026-03-27 | May 1975 | British |
| HEWITT, Helen | Director | 2024-05-31 | Aug 1953 | British |
| HOGAN, Philip Richard | Director | 2026-03-27 | Jan 1959 | British |
| POLLOCK, Louise | Director | 2026-03-27 | Feb 1971 | British |
| RALLS, Deborah | Director | 2025-05-19 | May 1977 | British |
| RIVETT, Caroline Jane | Director | 2026-01-23 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLAND, Geoffrey Stuart Alexander | Secretary | 1992-04-10 | 1992-09-01 |
| BROWNING, Simon Christopher | Secretary | 2009-03-31 | 2014-04-11 |
| DICK, James Andrew | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 2004-07-16 |
| GRINT, John Leslie Martin | Secretary | 2004-07-16 | 2006-03-28 |
| HASSELL, Barry Frank | Secretary | — | 1992-04-10 |
| KERR, Colin | Secretary | 2018-01-08 | 2020-09-02 |
| MARTIN, David Russell | Secretary | — | 1995-04-03 |
| WORDEN, Sara Margaret | Secretary | 2006-03-28 | 2009-03-31 |
| BAKER, Elizabeth Sarah | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2022-12-22 |
| BALL, Robert George | Director | — | 1998-11-30 |
| BERKELEY, Viv | Director | 2021-01-29 | 2022-07-29 |
| BOTWRIGHT, Richard Stafford | Director | 1991-04-22 | 1997-05-30 |
| BROOKES, Christina Nicole | Director | 2023-07-14 | 2024-07-29 |
| BROWN, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2002-11-29 | 2010-10-08 |
| CASEY, Anne | Director | 2003-01-31 | 2008-07-18 |
| CHANG, Caroline H-Wai | Director | 2015-10-09 | 2018-10-05 |
| CHARLES-EDWARDS, Imelda | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2018-10-05 |
| COPP, Andrew John, Professor | Director | 2004-11-26 | 2007-09-25 |
| FOSTER, Roy William John | Director | 1991-03-15 | 1998-09-25 |
| GEDDES, John Anthony | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2008-09-26 |
| GERCKE, Michael David | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2020-09-11 |
| GILBERTSON, Moyna Patricia | Director | — | 1998-09-25 |
| GLADMAN, Shirley Joan | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2008-09-26 |
| GLASPER, Edward Alan, Professor | Director | — | 2001-09-28 |
| GRANT, Nicolas | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2018-10-05 |
| GRAY, Robert John | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2015-10-09 |
| GREENWAY, Mary, Dr | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2014-10-10 |
| GRIGSBY, Melissa | Director | 2019-07-05 | 2021-01-29 |
| HICKS, Margaret Aileen | Director | 1996-05-31 | 2002-02-27 |
| HILL, Brian John, Sir | Director | 1997-09-26 | 2008-11-28 |
| HITHERSAY, Medora Ann | Director | — | 1997-09-26 |
| INGRAM, Duncan George | Director | 2012-09-04 | 2023-09-28 |
| KERR, Colin William | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2020-09-21 |
| KHAN, Yasmin, Doctor | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2011-11-03 |
| LEGATE, Roger Adrian | Director | 2015-05-08 | 2018-10-05 |
| MAJOR, Christopher Ian | Director | 2004-11-26 | 2015-10-09 |
| MARTIN, David Russell | Director | 1992-09-01 | 1993-11-10 |
| MATTHAMS, Denise Elizabeth | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2025-08-12 |
| MAY, Diana Elizabeth | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-09-25 |
| MAYSTON, Margaret Joy, Dr | Director | 2006-03-28 | 2008-02-01 |
| MOIR LITHERLAND, Rory | Director | 2023-07-14 | 2025-11-28 |
| MULLINS, Toby Jonathan | Director | 2015-05-08 | 2025-11-28 |
| MYER, Carol | Director | — | 1991-09-22 |
| NORMAN, Archibald Percy, Dr | Director | — | 1997-11-28 |
| PETHYBRIDGE, Timothy John | Director | 2002-05-17 | 2012-10-12 |
| PICKARD, Penelope Jane, Lady | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2006-10-10 |
| PINCHIN, Malcolm Cyril | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| RIDLEY, Marian Clare | Director | 2023-06-16 | 2026-03-27 |
| ROBOTHAM, Diana Elizabeth | Director | — | 1996-09-27 |
| SCOTT, Nigel Keith Lethbridge | Director | 2015-10-09 | 2025-08-01 |
| SCRUTTON, David Ramsay | Director | 1996-07-12 | 2005-09-27 |
| SHERIDAN, Fiona | Director | 2020-01-31 | 2026-03-27 |
| SONKSEN, Patricia Mary, Dr | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2012-05-18 |
| TATE, Simon Anthony | Director | 2004-11-26 | 2011-10-17 |
| THOMSON, Samuel Peter | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2023-09-28 |
| TRACEY, Christopher Richard | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2016-10-07 |
| WALKER, Katherine Anne | Director | 2016-03-11 | 2023-07-14 |
| WHITE, Adrian Edwin | Director | 2008-07-18 | 2012-04-30 |
| WOOD, Christopher Bryan Somerset, Professor | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2006-10-10 |
| YEO, Timothy Stephen Kenneth | Director | — | 1991-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 259 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charles court order extend with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
+6.3%
£27,396,000 £29,117,000
-
Cash
-38.1%
£2,216,000 £1,371,000
-
Net assets
+8.5%
£17,916,000 £19,432,000
-
Employees
+4.4%
481 502
-
Profit before tax
+168.8%
£564,000 £1,516,000
-
Wages
+9.5%
£19,377,000 £21,212,000
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