DREAMS COME TRUE CHARITY

1. DREAMS COME TRUE CHARITY 1990-09-21 → present
2. DREAMS COME TRUE CHARITY LIMITED 1988-10-03 → 1990-09-21

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Significant events

• “Expansion of dream delivery programme reaching 10,538 deserving children this year.”
• “Launched an initiative focused on the North West of England, centred in Blackpool.”
• “New partnership with The Big Table Group.”
• “Welcomed Paralympian table tennis stars Will Bayley MBE and Bly Twomey as Ambassadors.”
• “Launched a refreshed brand identity, including a vibrant new logo and 'magic-making' characters.”
• “Outstanding fundraising efforts from Dream Ball and Italian Job bike ride.”
• “Received a five-year dream expansion grant from The Kentown Wizard Foundation.”
• “Partnership with Child Bereavement UK (CBUK) to strengthen family support.”
• “London Marathon 2024 with 64 runners raised £115,000.”
• “UK Charity All Stars Ice Hockey team raised £14,500.”
• “The Italian Job bike ride raised over £98,000.”
• “Dreams Come True Ball on 21st November achieved £129,000 net profit.”
• “100% subsidiary, Dreams Come True Services Limited, was dissolved on 7th January 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +45.3%

  £904,690 → £1,314,230

• Cash

  +2.2%

  £459,947 → £470,168

• Net assets

  +11%

  £442,273 → £491,121

• Employees

  +9.1%

  11 → 12

• Wages

  +11.7%

  £463,568 → £517,798

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