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THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Profile
- Company number
- 03265496
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1996-10-18
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 88990
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Subsidiaries
- Railway Children Trading Limited · 100% held · UK · trading activities
- Railway Children Africa · 100% held · Tanzania · manages our operations
- Railway Children India · 100% held · India · manages our operations
Significant events
- “This year has seen Railway Children rise to the challenge of a shifting an often-unforgiving global landscape.”
- “In Tanzania, the legacy of our colleague and Executive Director Mussa lives on. His sudden passing was a profound loss”
- “In January 2025, three of the nine communities were demolished at short notice by the Indian Army who own the land on which they were located.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
15 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHURST LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2012-10-28 | — | — |
| ALLAN, Richard Graham | Director | 2024-10-09 | Mar 1973 | British |
| BILD, Emily Jane | Director | 2022-10-06 | Mar 1977 | British |
| BIRD, Joanne Denise | Director | 2023-01-26 | Dec 1973 | British |
| BROWN, Malcolm | Director | 2014-12-04 | Mar 1967 | British |
| BULBROOK, Mohini | Director | 2018-11-08 | Dec 1957 | British |
| BURLES, Jamie Neil Peter | Director | 2024-10-09 | Nov 1972 | British |
| FLOY, Valerie | Director | 2023-10-12 | Jun 1959 | British |
| FORSTER, Craig Joseph | Director | 2025-12-17 | Feb 1976 | British |
| GALLINETTI, Jacqueline Susan, Dr | Director | 2023-10-12 | Jan 1971 | Italian |
| KUMARARAJAN, Annalingam | Director | 2026-02-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| MEPANI, Bharti | Director | 2023-10-12 | Dec 1971 | British |
| NTABEJANE, Ria Diana | Director | 2024-07-03 | Jul 1992 | British |
| SIMPSON, Fraser Ross | Director | 2022-10-06 | Feb 1982 | British |
| WRIGHT, Patricia Ann | Director | 2016-07-07 | May 1967 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Lucy | Secretary | 2010-07-01 | 2012-09-07 |
| JUDD, Stanley George Sidney | Secretary | 1996-11-15 | 2002-12-04 |
| KEENE, Terina | Secretary | 2002-12-04 | 2003-12-03 |
| STRICKLAND, Keith Vickery | Secretary | 2003-12-03 | 2010-06-30 |
| WORRALL, Terence Paul | Secretary | 1996-10-18 | 1996-11-15 |
| ABBOTT, Haydn Turner | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2023-01-26 |
| ALDRIDGE, Peter Colin | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2012-12-06 |
| BENNETT, Elizabeth Rachel | Director | 2006-07-26 | 2016-11-23 |
| BENNETT, Elizabeth Rachel | Director | 2000-12-06 | 2005-12-07 |
| BRIGHOUSE, Robert William | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2017-11-14 |
| BROOK, Anita | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2017-11-14 |
| BUCKTON, Paula | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2011-10-20 |
| CLARKE, Henry Benwell | Director | 2002-12-04 | 2017-11-14 |
| CROWTHER, Dyan | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2018-11-08 |
| DAY, Rosemary | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2015-10-08 |
| DUTIA, Gopal | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2014-12-04 |
| EDMONDSON, Richard Hunter | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2006-02-01 |
| HARTLEY, Timothy | Director | 2008-07-16 | 2023-01-26 |
| HOLDEN, Michael Peter, Sir | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2018-11-08 |
| HORSMAN, James Barry | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2018-11-08 |
| JAGO, Christopher Trelawney | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2007-12-05 |
| JUDD, Stanley George Sidney | Director | 1996-11-15 | 2006-12-06 |
| KELLY, Jacob Henry | Director | 2015-10-08 | 2017-11-14 |
| KLUG, Rebecca Brenda Jennifer | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2010-12-09 |
| LISTER, Judith Anne | Director | 2017-04-06 | 2022-02-03 |
| LISTER, Judith Anne | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2015-12-03 |
| MAIDMENT, David John | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2010-12-09 |
| MCCOLL, Steven Gary | Director | 1996-11-13 | 1999-12-01 |
| MCGINNES, Steven | Director | 2001-12-05 | 2002-08-20 |
| MINTON BEDDOES, Andrea Marianne Jane | Director | 2018-11-08 | 2024-01-31 |
| MLEWA, Donald Timothy, Dr | Director | 2022-02-03 | 2025-03-26 |
| MUTTREJA, Arun | Director | 2013-03-26 | 2023-01-26 |
| NEWTON, Roger Stone | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2011-12-08 |
| PETTITT, Gordon Charles | Director | 1996-11-15 | 2006-02-01 |
| POP, Delia-Mara Mara | Director | 2018-11-08 | 2022-02-03 |
| ROY, Nikhil | Director | 2002-12-04 | 2004-12-01 |
| STEPHENS, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2001-12-05 |
| TAYLOR, Christine Vanessa | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2024-01-31 |
| TROTTER, Andrew Stewart | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2015-12-03 |
| VEGA-LOZANO, Helena | Director | 2023-10-12 | 2024-07-03 |
| WINTER, Trevor James | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2022-02-03 |
| WOLMAR, Christian | Director | 1996-11-13 | 2013-12-05 |
| WORRALL, Terence Paul | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2004-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
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Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-08-04 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-01-17 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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