CHILD LIGHT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-09 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£588K
-18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+8.8% vs 2024
Employees
57
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,570,570 | £2,629,637 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £113,617 | £114,177 | |
| Cash | £719,343 | £588,493 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,994,434 | £6,992,543 | |
| Net assets | £1,291,472 | £1,405,649 | |
| Equity | £1,291,472 | £1,405,649 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 57 | |
| Wages | £1,352,818 | £1,352,171 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.7% | 80.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 2.43x |
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
- Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “With effect from 1 January 2025, UK school fees became subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) in accordance with changes to UK VAT legislation.”
- “During 2024-25, the election of a Labour government and the implementation of VAT on independent school fees, together with the loss of business rates relief for charities and an increase in employer national insurance contributions impacted the company.”
- “In summer 2025, it became apparent that Amazing Grace School is no longer suitable for our donations due to their governance structure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Jason Whitaker | Secretary | 2007-09-20 | — | American |
| ALDERSON, David Edward Charles | Director | 2007-09-20 | Jun 1965 | British |
| ANIFALAJE, Tolulope Ifeoluwa | Director | 2023-03-13 | Mar 1979 | British |
| HOUGH, Felicity Jane Elizabeth Livingston | Director | 2023-03-17 | Oct 1957 | British |
| MARTIN, Paul Anthony John, Dr | Director | 2024-06-10 | Aug 1961 | British |
| MCDONALD, Robert, Revd Dr | Director | 2019-12-03 | Nov 1972 | British |
| MEAKIN, Catherine Mary | Director | 2018-12-04 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELLOWS, Andrew | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 2007-09-20 |
| MACAULAY, Ranald Corrigall | Secretary | 1994-05-13 | 1995-06-02 |
| AMIES, Thomas George Timothy | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2026-04-10 |
| DUNN, Ian Mcculloch | Director | 2013-08-31 | 2018-06-27 |
| DUNN, Ian Mcculloch | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2013-08-31 |
| LECKIE, Douglas | Director | 2018-12-04 | 2022-12-05 |
| LOE, Beryl Ann | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2019-09-17 |
| MACAULAY, Ranald Corrigal, Rev | Director | 1994-05-13 | 2021-12-06 |
| MACAULAY, Susan | Director | 1994-05-13 | 2020-03-03 |
| STONE, Mark Joseph | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2018-09-18 |
| STONE, Rebecca Elisabeth Ashley | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2018-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jason Whitaker Fletcher | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-13 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-11-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-11-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+2.3%
£2,570,570 £2,629,637
-
Cash
-18.2%
£719,343 £588,493
-
Net assets
+8.8%
£1,291,472 £1,405,649
-
Employees
-1.7%
58 57
-
Wages
0%
£1,352,818 £1,352,171
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