WELLCHILD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£585K
-2.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£978K
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
29
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WELLCHILD 2012-07-13 → present
- THE WELLCHILD TRUST 2002-12-19 → 2012-07-13
- CHILDREN NATIONWIDE MEDICAL RESEARCH FUND 1985-04-02 → 2002-12-19
- CHARICO 1984-05-11 → 1985-04-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,440,579 | £1,862,195 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£439,965 | £68,264 | |
| Cash | £597,786 | £585,146 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,193,461 | £1,127,820 | |
| Net assets | £910,073 | £978,337 | |
| Equity | £910,073 | £978,337 | |
| Average employees | 30 | 29 | |
| Wages | £901,117 | £910,745 |
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 | -30.5% | 3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.9% | 51.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.30x | 2.30x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Godfrey Wilson Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have worked closely with the Senior Management Team on budget planning and risk assessing and are confident that the ongoing contingency planning within the organisation will ensure that WellChild is able to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future and, therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on this basis.”
Group structure
- WELLCHILD · parent
- WellChild Enterprises Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “We launched two WellChild Nurse posts in Staffordshire and Birmingham and undertook our biggest Helping Hands community garden transformation project to date in Portsmouth...We hosted more fun family events than ever before and proudly launched 'In Your Area' - an online directory...The WellChild Awards once again provided a powerful platform.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Emily Sara | Secretary | 2020-01-16 | — | — |
| BEDFORD, Benjamin James | Director | 2026-01-15 | Sep 1992 | British |
| EVANS, Hazel Jean, Dr | Director | 2025-07-03 | Apr 1969 | British |
| FISHER, Nicholas | Director | 2016-11-29 | Jun 1958 | British |
| FUTTER, Rosalind Charlotte | Director | 2018-04-16 | May 1978 | British |
| HARDY, Simon | Director | 2020-04-17 | Apr 1968 | British |
| HATCH, David Craig | Director | 2019-04-23 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JONES, Anna Ruth | Director | 2023-06-12 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WATSON, Claire Louise | Director | 2023-12-18 | Sep 1972 | British |
| WILKINSON, Amanda Claire | Director | 2024-01-18 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYER, Colin | Secretary | 2009-06-17 | 2013-10-18 |
| HENDERSON, Emily Sara | Secretary | 2019-11-27 | 2019-11-27 |
| MARTIN, Kedge | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2007-04-19 |
| PENFOLD, Ernest Alfred Charles | Secretary | — | 2000-06-21 |
| SNELL, Vanessa Anne | Secretary | 2013-10-18 | 2019-11-27 |
| SNELL, Vanessa Anne | Secretary | 2013-10-18 | 2020-01-16 |
| WARD, Alan Edward | Secretary | 2000-06-21 | 2002-11-18 |
| ST JAMES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-04-19 | 2009-07-27 |
| AVELLINI, Lisa Caterina Irene | Director | 2014-09-19 | 2019-01-14 |
| BAKER, James Richard | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2007-08-29 |
| COOPER, Jayne Faith | Director | 2023-06-12 | 2025-01-23 |
| COOPER, Leanne Marie | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2026-01-28 |
| DYER, Colin | Director | 2009-06-17 | 2009-11-06 |
| EVANS, John William Gerald | Director | 2009-01-29 | 2019-07-03 |
| EVANS, John William Gerald | Director | 2002-09-19 | 2008-09-10 |
| GOSPER, Brett | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2003-02-06 |
| HENDERSON, George | Director | — | 2003-10-20 |
| JACKSON, Michael Anthony | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2005-09-30 |
| JENKINS, Huw Ritchie, Dr | Director | 2017-07-05 | 2025-07-03 |
| JONES, Trevor | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2019-03-01 |
| KITCATT, Martin David | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2016-06-27 |
| KITCATT, Martin David | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2009-06-15 |
| LARKIN, James Albert | Director | — | 2004-02-28 |
| LUDER, Harold Owen | Director | 1997-10-17 | 2000-04-17 |
| MACARTHUR, Francesca Ann | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2004-03-01 |
| MACPHERSON, Fiona Rose | Director | 2014-09-19 | 2019-01-14 |
| MORGAN, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2023-07-06 |
| NUNNELEY, Richard Alexander Hewlett | Director | 2008-09-10 | 2009-01-15 |
| OSBORNE, Andrew Simon Charles | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2021-07-06 |
| PADFIELD, John Malcolm, Dr | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2006-04-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Paul Donald | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2020-04-27 |
| ROGERS, Rosemary | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2020-07-01 |
| SEYMOUR, Ruth | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2022-11-21 |
| TAYLOR, Sian Elizabeth | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2019-01-15 |
| TOLLET, Paul | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2009-01-13 |
| VICK, Anthony John | Director | 2003-07-17 | 2010-08-01 |
| WARD, Alan Edward | Director | — | 2002-11-18 |
| WARDLE, Graham Clifford | Director | 1998-09-30 | 2002-11-06 |
| WEBB, James Edward Terence | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| WEBB, Penelope Jayne | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2014-03-07 |
| WIGMORE, Andrew Bruce | Director | 2011-04-14 | 2016-01-21 |
| WILSON, Winifred Mary | Director | — | 2001-09-03 |
| WOZNIAK, Edward Richard, Dr | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2016-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+29.3%
£1,440,579 £1,862,195
-
Cash
-2.1%
£597,786 £585,146
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£910,073 £978,337
-
Employees
-3.3%
30 29
-
Wages
+1.1%
£901,117 £910,745
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