THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-01 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+10.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+9.6% vs 2024
Employees
129
+8.4% 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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,490,547 | £4,469,854 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £138,573 | £170,240 | |
| Cash | £1,926,219 | £2,130,296 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,771,254 | £1,941,493 | |
| Net assets | £1,771,254 | £1,941,493 | |
| Equity | £1,771,254 | £1,941,493 | |
| Average employees | 119 | 129 | |
| Wages | £1,640,657 | £1,525,527 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.1% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.2% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.42x | 5.34x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- THE RAILWAY CHILDREN · parent
- Railway Children Trading Limited 100%
- Railway Children Africa 100%
- Railway Children India 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-0.5%
£4,490,547 £4,469,854
-
Cash
+10.6%
£1,926,219 £2,130,296
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£1,771,254 £1,941,493
-
Employees
+8.4%
119 129
-
Wages
-7%
£1,640,657 £1,525,527
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