THE BRANDON TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+47.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
0% vs 2024
Employees
2,509
+4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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 | £76,256,000 | £77,584,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£531,000 | £209,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £382,000 | £181,000 | |
| Cash | £1,925,000 | £2,842,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,582,000 | £18,778,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,772,000 | £18,778,000 | |
| Equity | £18,772,000 | £18,778,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,398 | 2,509 | |
| Wages | £53,320,000 | £59,308,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.9% | 1.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.77x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trustees are satisfied that the Charity and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months and as a result they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- THE BRANDON TRUST · parent
- Odyssey Care Ltd 100%
- Brandon Trust Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Throughout 2024-25, Brandon's colleagues and supporters celebrated the charity's 30th anniversary year, including through the flagship staff awards and the 30 for 30 fundraising challenge”
- “We have opened a Grief Café - the first of its kind for people with a learning disability and autistic people in Cornwall”
- “In 2024/25 we successfully secured grants for children and young people with a focus on nutrition and wellbeing and an expansion of our Forest School offering.”
- “In 2024/25 we launched our new website and are exploring partnerships to develop our e-commerce capability to support future social enterprise revenue ambitions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLAND, Helen Margaret | Secretary | 2024-09-27 | — | — |
| BODEN, Daniel Robert | Director | 2025-12-11 | Jan 1981 | British |
| BRYANT, John Robert | Director | 2023-12-08 | Apr 1966 | British |
| FEEHILY, Claire Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2021-02-08 | Jun 1962 | British |
| FRANCIS, David Mark | Director | 2021-02-08 | Sep 1973 | British |
| GOYDER, Nicholas Peter, Dr | Director | 2024-09-27 | Nov 1961 | British |
| JOMBO-OFO, Onyinyechi Akudo Ijeabalum | Director | 2024-02-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
| JONES, Rachel Ann | Director | 2024-02-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
| MAROK, Jani | Director | 2025-12-11 | Feb 1964 | British |
| STUPPLES, Mark | Director | 2021-06-18 | Jan 1962 | British |
| TAVARE, Alison Jane, Dr | Director | 2023-12-08 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Stephen Howard | Secretary | 1994-03-29 | 2004-10-02 |
| EASTWOOD, Jeremy Colin | Secretary | 2017-10-12 | 2019-06-27 |
| LEES, Michael Ian | Secretary | — | 1994-03-29 |
| MCGINN, Benjamin John | Secretary | 2019-11-22 | 2024-08-30 |
| PEARCE, Hilary Ann | Secretary | 2004-10-02 | 2017-08-25 |
| POTTS, Stephen Neil | Secretary | 2019-06-28 | 2019-11-22 |
| ADAMS, John David | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2020-09-09 |
| BRAMWELL, Mark Colin | Director | 2021-04-27 | 2024-10-18 |
| BRENDON, John | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2015-08-18 |
| BULLMAN, Nicholas Patrick Baudouin | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-05-08 |
| CARWADINE, Christopher Stephen | Director | — | 1991-05-21 |
| COLLEY, Philip John | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2015-10-18 |
| DAVIES, Gerald Robert Howe | Director | 2012-01-11 | 2019-03-22 |
| DE PASS, Tom | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2013-01-09 |
| DEAN, Bonnie Phillips | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2020-01-01 |
| FASS, Richard Andrew | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2015-06-29 |
| FERGUSON, Leila | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2017-06-01 |
| FLOATE, Merlin Jocelyn | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2021-06-18 |
| GLINWOOD, Mark Stephen | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2021-01-07 |
| GODDARD, Caroline Davinia | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2022-09-30 |
| GRIFFIN, Leigh Russell, Dr | Director | 2021-04-27 | 2025-06-19 |
| GUINN, Michael Ronald | Director | — | 1994-03-11 |
| GULLY, Edward | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2005-01-07 |
| HAMSHAW-THOMAS, Charles William | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2015-10-21 |
| HARRAL, Vincent Columba | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2001-12-11 |
| HARRAL, Vincent Columba | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Peter Kennet Douglas | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2009-01-14 |
| HAWKINS, Richard Sinclair | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2006-12-20 |
| HUDSON, Brian Douglas | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2013-02-25 |
| HUF, Daniel | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| JAYAWICKREMA, Ajith Jayaprakash | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2023-11-22 |
| JENKINS, Carole | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2010-02-25 |
| KANE, Keren Elizabeth | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2015-10-21 |
| KEETLEY, Sara Jennifer | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2012-07-11 |
| LANKESTER, George Edward Cedric | Director | 2003-04-21 | 2013-04-21 |
| LEDBURY, Patricia June | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2003-12-16 |
| MAHOOD, Christopher Peter Robert | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2021-12-10 |
| MARSDEN, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2020-12-31 |
| MATTHEWS-SMITH, Dawn Angela | Director | 2021-04-27 | 2024-10-18 |
| MOHAN, Martin James | Director | 2016-03-11 | 2022-02-25 |
| NICHOLSON, Grahame Royds Gordon | Director | 2003-02-18 | 2006-06-28 |
| NORTH, Judith | Director | 2006-11-22 | 2008-04-21 |
| PALMER, David | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2005-12-13 |
| PIKE, James Robert Provan | Director | 2020-06-19 | 2023-03-03 |
| POOL, John Richard | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1997-11-25 |
| POOL, John Richard | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| PRATTEN, Jean Ruth | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| PUGH, Clive Anthony | Director | 2013-09-11 | 2019-06-21 |
| QUINLIVAN, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2020-05-14 |
| RUST, Lena | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2016-06-15 |
| SADARANGANI, Preeti Lakhmichand | Director | 2021-06-18 | 2024-06-30 |
| SANDILANDS, Heather Patricia | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2021-12-10 |
| SOMMERVILLE, Nigel | Director | 2003-02-18 | 2011-11-09 |
| STENSON, Guy Roger | Director | 2017-07-12 | 2019-03-22 |
| URQUHART, Fern Juliet | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2011-11-09 |
| WADSWORTH, James Graham Hilton | Director | 2006-11-22 | 2009-03-18 |
| WALL, Simon Timothy | Director | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-08 |
| WATTS, Richard Alan | Director | 2012-01-11 | 2013-09-11 |
| WEST, Steven George | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2008-01-15 |
| WHATLEY, Samuel James | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2018-04-03 |
| WRIGHT, Mike | Director | 2009-05-13 | 2014-04-01 |
| WRIGHT, William Andrew, Dr | Director | 2019-03-22 | 2020-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 380 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
+1.7%
£76,256,000 £77,584,000
-
Cash
+47.6%
£1,925,000 £2,842,000
-
Net assets
0%
£18,772,000 £18,778,000
-
Employees
+4.6%
2,398 2,509
-
Operating profit
+139.4%
-£531,000 £209,000
-
Wages
+11.2%
£53,320,000 £59,308,000
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