THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
Cash
£27M
+26.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+24.9% vs 2023
Employees
7
+75% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,540,000 | £2,822,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £6,212,000 | £3,404,000 | |
| Cash | £21,228,000 | £26,791,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,406,000 | £16,739,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,406,000 | £16,739,000 | |
| Equity | £13,406,000 | £16,739,000 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 7 | |
| Wages | £521,000 | £549,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 403.4% | 120.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.6% | 39.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 2.48x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are confident that the Charity will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION · parent
- Virgin Unite Trading Limited 1%
- Virgin Unite BVI Limited 1%
- Virgin Unite USA Inc.
- Virgin Unite (Canada) Inc.
- Virgin Unite Australia Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWES, Colin Margetson | Secretary | 2004-08-26 | — | British |
| BRANSON, Holly Katie Templeman, Dr | Director | 2009-11-05 | Nov 1981 | British |
| DEVEREUX, Ivo | Director | 2025-10-02 | Mar 1995 | British |
| HANWAY, Tony | Director | 2025-12-02 | Oct 1967 | Irish |
| HUMPHREY, Nicola Audrey | Director | 2022-08-02 | Oct 1972 | British |
| MWANZA, Angela | Director | 2025-12-02 | Jun 1970 | American |
| SHAH, Shrina | Director | 2024-06-18 | Nov 1982 | British |
| STELLMASZEK, Felix | Director | 2026-03-12 | Jul 1978 | American |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWES, Colin Margetson | Secretary | — | 2002-10-01 |
| RUTHERFORD, David John | Secretary | 2002-10-01 | 2004-08-26 |
| AHMED, Ajaz Khowaj Quoram | Director | 2013-04-04 | 2026-03-12 |
| BARRON, Andrea Marie | Director | 2007-08-14 | 2008-12-21 |
| BARRON, Andrew Mcgregor | Director | 2010-03-09 | 2013-03-14 |
| BERKETT, Neil Anthony | Director | 2007-08-03 | 2009-11-05 |
| BRADY, Jillian Anne | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2022-12-07 |
| BRANSON, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir | Director | — | 2004-08-26 |
| BRANSON, Vanessa Gay | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2024-11-19 |
| BURRIDGE, Simon St Paul | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2009-11-05 |
| CALVIN, Kathryn | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2013-04-04 |
| COHEN, Ben | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2012-12-14 |
| EMERSON, Peter Albert | Director | 1993-08-04 | 2004-08-26 |
| FIGUERES-OLSEN, Jose-Maria | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-05-02 |
| GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2012-04-07 |
| GRADE, Michael Ian | Director | — | 2000-04-10 |
| GREENFIELD, Jerry | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2012-12-14 |
| JACKSON, John Ellis | Director | — | 2004-08-26 |
| MCCALL, Patrick Charles Kingdon | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2014-02-05 |
| NORRIS, Peter Michael Russell | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2021-06-13 |
| OELWANG, Jean Marie | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2025-12-02 |
| RICHARDS, Nathalie Jamila | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2025-06-10 |
| RODDICK, Anita Lucia, Dame | Director | — | 1993-08-04 |
| STIRLING, Amy Elizabeth | Director | 2021-06-13 | 2022-01-27 |
| TEWSON, Jane Susan | Director | 2005-03-10 | 2017-12-17 |
| WEISS, Shai Joseph | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2010-09-14 |
| WHEELER, Peter Spencer William | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2011-06-30 |
| WHITEHORN, William Elliott | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2009-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+83.2%
£1,540,000 £2,822,000
-
Cash
+26.2%
£21,228,000 £26,791,000
-
Net assets
+24.9%
£13,406,000 £16,739,000
-
Employees
+75%
4 7
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Wages
+5.4%
£521,000 £549,000
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