MENINGITIS NOW
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-26 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£676K
-41.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-26.2% vs 2024
Employees
49
+16.7% 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 | £2,157,226 | £2,147,388 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£358,489 | -£425,222 | |
| Cash | £1,155,265 | £676,185 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,516,351 | £1,119,504 | |
| Net assets | £1,516,351 | £1,119,504 | |
| Equity | £1,516,351 | £1,119,504 | |
| Average employees | 42 | 49 | |
| Wages | £1,116,833 | £1,289,084 |
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 | -16.6% | -19.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 1.80x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are confident that the Charity remains a going concern and that there are no reasonably foreseeable material uncertainties within the next 12 months that would endanger our ability to continue operating and paying liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- MENINGITIS NOW · parent
- Meningitis Trust Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “April 2024: London Marathon runners raise in excess of £170,000 for Meningitis Now. CEO Tom takes part in an NHS conference on 'Worry and Concern' pilot projects.”
- “May 2024: 25 supporters who have lost loved ones came together for a Forever Weekend in Doncaster. Meningitis Now provided invaluable bereavement support.”
- “June 2024: Midsummer Party held at the Mall Galleries in London. 45 new volunteers recruited through a national recruitment campaign.”
- “July 2024: 'Manifesto for Meningitis' published, outlining seven things Meningitis Now would like to see from the new government.”
- “August 2024: Student campaign launched with press campaign reaching 50,000,000 people and distributing 58,598 awareness materials.”
- “September 2024: 1,400 walkers take on the Five Valleys Walk, raising an incredible £54,000.”
- “October 2024: World Meningitis Day marked by 'lighting the tracks ahead' with Great Western Railway (GWR). A Family Day was held at the Winchester Science Centre.”
- “November 2024: 436 supporters joined the Gloucester Cathedral Carol Concert; Ribbon Appeal supported by 386 people and raised just under £12,000.”
- “December 2024: Bev Corbett leaves after seven years; a new research strategy developed. 11 people join a 'Keep Connected' online event for fatigue after meningitis.”
- “January 2025: New teaching resources launched with the PSHE Association to give young people vital lifelong skills.”
- “February 2025: Rebuilding Futures Fund panel provides financial awards totalling over £53,000 to 166 people.”
- “March 2025: 'No Plan B for MenB' campaign launched. Patient Information Forum (PIF) TICK accreditation quality mark awarded. 12 young people attend Believe & Achieve residential.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADLINGTON, Roderick Piers | Director | 2017-10-12 | Feb 1966 | British |
| BYRNE, Holly Lauren | Director | 2021-10-21 | Jul 1993 | British |
| KROLL, John Simon, Professor | Director | 2019-10-10 | Nov 1952 | British |
| MARSH, Hannah | Director | 2017-10-12 | Jun 1984 | British |
| MARSH, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2019-10-10 | Sep 1980 | British |
| PHILIPSBORN, Christopher Edwin | Director | 2021-10-21 | Mar 1965 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Nikki | Director | 2021-10-21 | Aug 1957 | British |
| SUTCLIFFE, Stephen Alan | Director | 2021-10-21 | Jun 1971 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, James Douglas | Director | 2017-10-12 | Dec 1974 | British |
| THOMAS, Emma Nicole | Director | 2020-12-10 | Jun 1974 | British |
| WEEKS, Randy William Packer | Director | 2021-10-21 | Apr 1952 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOULTON, James Anthony Henry | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| BROWN, Liz | Secretary | 2016-04-01 | 2016-11-22 |
| BUTTERY, Helen Frances | Secretary | 1992-08-31 | 1993-09-03 |
| DAVIE, Sue | Secretary | 2007-01-30 | 2016-03-31 |
| KIRBY, Philip Adrian | Secretary | 1999-12-09 | 2006-12-22 |
| NICHOLLS, Celine Josephine | Secretary | 1998-02-02 | 1999-07-29 |
| ROBERTS, Carolyn Heather | Secretary | 1994-07-01 | 1995-08-10 |
| ROBINSON, Rachel | Secretary | 2016-11-23 | 2017-03-15 |
| TOMLINSON, John Michael | Secretary | — | 1992-08-31 |
| BLACKIE, Samantha Louise | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2024-09-13 |
| BRAZIER, Marilyn Lesley | Director | — | 1994-08-12 |
| CARROLL, Michael Anthony | Director | 2008-12-10 | 2010-09-22 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Keith Anthony Vincent, Professor | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2013-03-31 |
| CLARKE, Virginia Mary | Director | — | 1996-09-12 |
| COTTREL, Claude David | Director | — | 1994-06-25 |
| CURTIS, Algernon John Newman | Director | — | 1991-05-06 |
| DEVINE, Suzanne | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2010-02-23 |
| EDMOND, Basil | Director | 1996-07-05 | 2006-10-19 |
| FLETCHER, Andrew | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2021-10-21 |
| FOSTER, Lesley Denise | Director | 1996-07-05 | 2000-10-19 |
| FREEMAN, Anna Jane | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2018-10-11 |
| GAZARD, Stephen Charles | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2021-10-21 |
| GILLETT, Richard Neal | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2014-09-25 |
| GREEN, Leslie Ernest | Director | 2005-10-20 | 2013-03-31 |
| GREEN, Robert Charles | Director | 1996-07-05 | 1998-10-12 |
| GREENHALGH, Richard David | Director | 2008-12-10 | 2017-10-12 |
| GRIFFITHS, Alison Louise | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-10-12 |
| HAIGH, Susan Joan | Director | — | 1994-04-18 |
| HALL, Michael Anthony | Director | 1999-04-29 | 2013-03-31 |
| HARVEY-JONES, Michelle Teresa | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2013-12-18 |
| HURLEY, Malcolm Roy | Director | 1996-07-05 | 2001-09-26 |
| IRVINE, Alastair Charles Hamilton | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2018-10-11 |
| JOHNSON, Peter James | Director | 2000-06-22 | 2013-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Brian | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2013-03-31 |
| JONES, Craig Martin | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2020-12-10 |
| JONES, Richard | Director | 1993-07-14 | 1998-12-10 |
| KILMISTER, James Ivor | Director | 2008-12-10 | 2013-03-31 |
| LEITHEAD, Leslie | Director | 1993-07-14 | 1994-04-19 |
| MCGHIE, Bernadette Julia | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2013-03-31 |
| MORTIMORE, Jennie May | Director | — | 1995-09-12 |
| MUIR, Dani | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2017-01-15 |
| NEALE, Paul | Director | — | 1994-10-18 |
| NEALE, Susan Iona | Director | — | 1994-07-06 |
| NOBLE, Gillian Mae | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2014-09-25 |
| OLPIN, Mary Isabel | Director | — | 1995-10-26 |
| PRICE, Gary | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2020-12-10 |
| SEWELL, Yvonne | Director | — | 1995-06-08 |
| SHAW, Albert Geoffrey | Director | 1997-02-27 | 2008-10-15 |
| SHAW, Rod Michael Ian | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-10-12 |
| SIMMONS, Graham John | Director | — | 1991-05-05 |
| STANDFIELD, Graham Elam | Director | — | 1991-01-03 |
| STRATTON, Jolyon | Director | — | 1993-07-14 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Beryl Anne | Director | 2000-06-22 | 2007-03-09 |
| WEAVER, Christopher Paul | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2002-11-15 |
| WEAVER, Christopher John | Director | 1995-12-19 | 1996-10-08 |
| WELLS, Jane Susan | Director | — | 2008-04-23 |
| WILSON, James William Edward | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2013-03-31 |
| WOLFE, Mitchell Berkeley | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2019-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-0.5%
£2,157,226 £2,147,388
-
Cash
-41.5%
£1,155,265 £676,185
-
Net assets
-26.2%
£1,516,351 £1,119,504
-
Employees
+16.7%
42 49
-
Wages
+15.4%
£1,116,833 £1,289,084
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