ROCKINGHORSE CHILDREN'S CHARITY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£825K
+9.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+39.9% vs 2024
Employees
10
+11.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ROCKINGHORSE CHILDREN'S CHARITY 2009-01-05 → present
- THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN CENTENARY FUND 1993-02-17 → 2009-01-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £749,956 | £886,640 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £47,740 | £322,926 | |
| Cash | £752,314 | £824,881 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £809,055 | £1,131,982 | |
| Net assets | £809,055 | £1,131,982 | |
| Equity | £809,055 | £1,131,982 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 10 | |
| Wages | £338,503 | £383,783 |
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 | 6.4% | 36.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.1% | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 10.96x | 14.16x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Chariot House Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees believe that the Charity's reserve levels, strong cash holdings, and disciplined budgeting ensure the immediate future of the Charity over the next 12 to 18 months is secure, affirming that the Charity is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “This year we launched our brand-new Wellbeing Service at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital.”
- “This year we launched our very first 12-hour overnight swim event, the Rockinghorse Relay.”
- “One of our fantastic supporters, Brett Mendoza, organised a celebrity vs ex-professionals football match in March at the Worthing Football Stadium, which raised more than £17,000.”
- “In March 2025 we launched our new five-year strategy 'For Every Child'.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLAND, Donna | Secretary | 2024-07-31 | — | — |
| BECK, Elizabeth | Director | 2025-07-29 | Mar 1975 | British |
| CARDEN, Barry Charles | Director | 2018-09-17 | Jul 1966 | British |
| MARSHALL, Scott Bradley | Director | 2020-11-23 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MOULD, Lynne | Director | 2023-09-27 | Jun 1977 | British |
| RAHMAN, Mohammed | Director | 2014-06-16 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Penina | Director | 2024-07-31 | Sep 1967 | British |
| WATKINS, Ryan | Director | 2012-10-22 | Jun 1969 | British |
| WILLIS, Gavin James | Director | 2023-09-27 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, Paula Sophia Georgianna | Secretary | 2009-07-01 | 2012-10-22 |
| BIDWELL, Christopher John Stanley | Secretary | 1993-02-17 | 2009-07-01 |
| COWDREY, Nadia Therese | Secretary | 2022-09-21 | 2024-03-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Martin Glynn | Secretary | 2012-10-22 | 2016-02-22 |
| ARCHER, Paula Sophia Georgianna | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2013-02-18 |
| BIDWELL, Christopher John Stanley | Director | 1993-02-17 | 2013-11-18 |
| BLOOM, Ronald | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2014-02-17 |
| COBB, Timothy Michael | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2010-04-28 |
| COURTNEY, Rosie | Director | 2010-05-11 | 2014-06-16 |
| CROSBIE, Timothy Graham | Director | 2004-04-20 | 2007-04-18 |
| DENNIS, Geoffrey Adrian | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2010-02-04 |
| DENNIS, Joy Anne | Director | 2007-04-18 | 2018-07-23 |
| DIAZ, Gordon Albert Layzell | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2011-09-26 |
| DRAYCOTT, Richard Alwyn | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2008-12-18 |
| EAGLE, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2008-09-05 |
| ERICSON, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2014-06-16 |
| EVANS, Nigel Alwyn Pitt, Dr | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2007-10-31 |
| FRIEL, Alicia Melanie | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2021-01-22 |
| FRIER, Philip Charles | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2022-11-15 |
| GIBSON, Gary Arthur | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2023-03-29 |
| HASKEW, Stephen Clement | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2010-04-14 |
| HATCHER, Geoffrey, Doctor | Director | 1995-03-23 | 2002-09-23 |
| HOPWOOD, Sarah Jane | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2014-02-24 |
| JONES, Glynn, Dr | Director | 2004-04-20 | 2010-02-22 |
| KNOWLES, David John | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-05-27 |
| LYNN, Vera Margaret, Dame | Director | 1993-02-17 | 1996-12-06 |
| MANN, Trevor Philip, Dr | Director | 1993-02-17 | 1996-09-20 |
| MILNER, Gerald | Director | 1993-02-17 | 2007-10-31 |
| MITCHENER, Paul John | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2018-03-19 |
| MOSLEY, Andrew Nowell | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2025-11-04 |
| MOSLEY, Andrew | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2020-03-23 |
| PETERS, Derek Fowler | Director | 1993-02-17 | 1994-02-10 |
| PITTS, Michael Anthony | Director | 1993-02-17 | 1996-11-20 |
| READ, Rosemary Anne | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2024-07-31 |
| REED, Roger William Hampson | Director | 1993-02-17 | 2004-01-20 |
| SIENKIEWICZ, Alexander Pawel | Director | 2010-09-23 | 2012-08-06 |
| THACKER, Peter John | Director | 1996-11-20 | 2006-07-12 |
| THOMAS, Sam Charles | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2024-09-24 |
| TURNBULL-SIMPSON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2022-03-16 |
| WEBB, Martin Jonathan | Director | 2007-04-18 | 2008-12-18 |
| WELLER, Brenda Olive | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2003-01-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Martin Glynn | Director | 2012-10-22 | 2016-02-22 |
| WOODTHORPE, Anthony Edmund | Director | 1993-02-17 | 2008-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Joy Anne Dennis | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+18.2%
£749,956 £886,640
-
Cash
+9.6%
£752,314 £824,881
-
Net assets
+39.9%
£809,055 £1,131,982
-
Employees
+11.1%
9 10
-
Wages
+13.4%
£338,503 £383,783
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