THE BROMLEY BY BOW CENTRE

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  As a result of the merger with Family Action, the Bromley by Bow Centre entity is not a going concern as it will cease trading on the date of the merger. However, as the activities of the charity will continue as part of Family Action, the accounts have been prepared on going concern basis (rather than on a break up basis).

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  8 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. THE BROMLEY BY BOW CENTRE 2002-10-29 → present
2. THE BROMLEY-BY-BOW CENTRE 1994-06-27 → 2002-10-29

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

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“As a result of the merger with Family Action, the Bromley by Bow Centre entity is not a going concern as it will cease trading on the date of the merger. However, as the activities of the charity will continue as part of Family Action, the accounts have been prepared on going concern basis (rather than on a break up basis).”

Significant events

• “As a result of a robust process, trustees decided to approve a merger with Family Action, the UK's largest family support charity. The charity is over 150 years old, well-established across the country and delivers over 150 services. Impressively, given the breadth and scale of its services, the majority of Family Action's work is very much embedded in local communities. The merger is an opportunity to preserve all that is good at Bromley by Bow Centre, to strengthen our impact, and to keep delivering support that changes lives across Tower Hamlets. Our service delivery will continue without interruption and we look forward to working with Family Action colleagues to explore how we can extend our reach to even more people locally. We envisage the merger will go through at the start of March 2026.”

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

8

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -18.1%

  £299,000 → £245,000

• Cash

  -50%

  £1,539,000 → £770,000

• Net assets

  -8.1%

  £2,321,000 → £2,134,000

• Employees

  +12.1%

  66 → 74

• Wages

  +8.1%

  £1,865,000 → £2,016,000

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