MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK.
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
-£1M
-118.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-18.1% vs 2024
Employees
90
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK. 1986-12-08 → present
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION (UK) 1986-06-26 → 1986-12-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,156,946 | £11,923,462 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,966 | -£871,596 | |
| Cash | -£609,218 | -£1,333,562 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,808,431 | £3,936,835 | |
| Equity | £4,808,431 | £3,936,835 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 90 | |
| Wages | £3,527,580 | £3,723,401 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.0% | -7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 0.70x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trustees are confident that implementation of our strategy, supported by real time data from our CRM system, will enable us to monitor performance and adjust our course as necessary. There are sufficient reserves to enable the charity to adapt in a timely and considered way, should we be unable to operate as planned in 2025/26.”
Group structure
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK. · parent
- Make-A-Wish Promotions Limited 100%
- Make-A-Wish Play Limited 100%
- Make-A-Wish Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We granted the wishes of 1,200 children in 2024/25, (1,272 wishes granted in 2023/24).”
- “We generated gross income of £11.5m.”
- “The average cash cost per wish was £2,155.”
- “In 2024/25, an incredible 674 volunteers actively contributed to Make-A-Wish's mission (2023/24: 470), donating over 14,500 hours of their time.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURRIS, Elizabeth Mary | Secretary | 2024-09-18 | — | — |
| ARMITAGE, Schellion Jill | Director | 2025-05-06 | Jan 1978 | British |
| HINNIGAN, Lin | Director | 2020-08-03 | Nov 1952 | British |
| JOHNSON, Emma | Director | 2024-05-07 | Dec 1969 | British |
| KEEBLE, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2024-01-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| MILLAR, Sara Nadia | Director | 2026-02-10 | Jun 2003 | British |
| PRATAP, Nicolas Robert | Director | 2024-01-01 | Apr 1976 | British |
| RAHIM, Kiran Ufaque, Dr | Director | 2025-07-08 | Jun 1986 | British |
| ROOKE, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2025-05-06 | Oct 1972 | British |
| SAFFURI, Nina Elizabeth | Director | 2022-05-03 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULLER, Denis John Sanderson | Secretary | 1993-02-08 | 2000-11-11 |
| JONES, Neil Pilkington | Secretary | 2006-11-23 | 2015-03-27 |
| MACKINTOSH, Lynne Patricia | Secretary | 2015-03-27 | 2015-04-15 |
| SCOTT, Norma Catherine | Secretary | 2000-11-11 | 2002-09-27 |
| SELL, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2020-04-06 | 2021-03-08 |
| SHRUBB, Christopher John | Secretary | 2002-09-27 | 2005-12-19 |
| STEDMAN, David Gurney, Mr. | Secretary | 2006-05-18 | 2006-11-23 |
| TAYLOR, Lisa | Secretary | 2016-04-15 | 2020-02-29 |
| TERREY, Edward Mark | Secretary | 2020-03-01 | 2020-04-06 |
| WATSON, Sarah Lee | Secretary | 2021-03-08 | 2024-03-11 |
| WOODFORD, Doreen Anne | Secretary | — | 1993-01-15 |
| ANSCOMBE, Anthony | Director | — | 1995-06-20 |
| ANSCOMBE, Penelope Jane | Director | — | 1999-12-13 |
| AUSTIN, Lynda Christine | Director | 1995-06-12 | 2003-11-30 |
| BALDWIN, John Malcolm | Director | 1993-02-08 | 1994-03-07 |
| BARHAM CARTER, Clive | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2007-12-17 |
| BEASLEY, Ernita | Director | 1999-06-21 | 2004-12-21 |
| BRAUN, Simon Peter | Director | 1997-11-19 | 1998-10-12 |
| BUXTON, Anne-Catherine | Director | 2007-10-21 | 2013-12-16 |
| CARTE, Pippa | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2017-12-04 |
| CASH, Michael Leo Damien | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2012-12-17 |
| CAUTER, Kara Leigh | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| CHAUDRY, Usman Ahmed | Director | 2022-05-03 | 2025-05-06 |
| COOK, James Bingham | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2017-12-04 |
| COOK, Timothy Robert | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2016-04-04 |
| FULLER, Denis John Sanderson | Director | 1993-02-08 | 1999-12-13 |
| GABRIEL, George | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-02-21 |
| GENT, Susan Jane | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2017-06-03 |
| GEORGE, Jayne Francine | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2021-11-13 |
| GOLD, David Jeremy | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2021-11-01 |
| GRADWELL, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 1993-02-08 | 1995-06-07 |
| HARKJAER, Per | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2020-08-03 |
| HAY, Rosemary | Director | 1995-06-12 | 2003-12-01 |
| HINDS, James Henry Charles | Director | 2008-02-06 | 2011-12-19 |
| HOCKLEY, David | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2019-12-03 |
| HOLLIDAY, Gregory John | Director | — | 1997-06-18 |
| HOWARD, Frances Marianne, Dr | Director | 1998-12-07 | 2003-11-30 |
| JACOBS, Peter | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2011-12-19 |
| JACOBS, Peter | Director | 2000-05-08 | 2002-11-11 |
| JONES, Malcolm Vaughan | Director | 2007-10-18 | 2013-12-16 |
| KHAN, Zafar Iqbal | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2016-11-17 |
| LATHEY, Ian Andrew | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2015-07-28 |
| LEIGH, John Simon | Director | — | 1995-06-13 |
| MALONEY, David Ossian | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2015-02-23 |
| OLIVER, Craig Stewart, Sir | Director | 2018-09-26 | 2024-08-06 |
| ORRISS, John Edward | Director | 2011-07-20 | 2017-12-04 |
| RICKMAN, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2007-12-17 |
| ROBINSON, Brian Edward | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2019-02-15 |
| ROWE JONES, Julian Mark, Dr | Director | 2004-10-12 | 2006-06-22 |
| SALTER, Catherine Helena | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2023-11-07 |
| SCHNEIDER, Kathleen | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2008-12-15 |
| SEIDENSTEIN, Thomas Ross | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-12-19 |
| SHRUBB, Christopher John | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2005-12-19 |
| SMITH, Edward Charles | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2023-11-07 |
| SPICE, Helen Braidwood | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2025-11-11 |
| STAPLETON, Graham Barry | Director | 2011-07-20 | 2017-12-04 |
| STEDMAN, David Gurney, Mr. | Director | 2005-12-19 | 2011-12-19 |
| STEDMAN, David Gurney, Mr. | Director | 1999-07-12 | 2005-12-09 |
| THORNTON, Edward Damian Charles | Director | 2017-02-06 | 2022-05-03 |
| WALTERS, Peter Alan | Director | — | 1993-10-05 |
| WATERS, Philip Frederick | Director | 1998-02-20 | 2000-10-12 |
| WATSON, Jayne Anne | Director | 2003-10-13 | 2012-12-17 |
| WESTON, Paul | Director | 2003-02-10 | 2009-12-17 |
| WHITE, Peter John Richard | Director | 1998-12-07 | 2004-12-21 |
| WHITING, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2013-11-18 |
| WOODFORD, Doreen Anne | Director | — | 1993-01-15 |
| WRENCH, Regina Clara | Director | 1995-06-12 | 2001-01-08 |
| WRIGHT, Matthew James | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2007-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Linda Jane Hinnigan | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-08-03 | Active |
| Mr Per Harkjaer | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 267 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-26 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-1.9%
£12,156,946 £11,923,462
-
Cash
-118.9%
-£609,218 -£1,333,562
-
Net assets
-18.1%
£4,808,431 £3,936,835
-
Employees
+3.4%
87 90
-
Wages
+5.6%
£3,527,580 £3,723,401
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