THE BORROW FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+33.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£54M
+94.8% vs 2024
Employees
10
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£25M
+25,663.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BORROW FOUNDATION 2002-08-23 → present
- BORROW DENTAL MILK FOUNDATION 1997-01-17 → 2002-08-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,407,598 | £1,310,228 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £97,409 | £25,096,015 | |
| Net profit | £978,705 | £26,452,025 | |
| Cash | £1,139,835 | £1,517,985 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,040,692 | £54,371,601 | |
| Net assets | £27,915,586 | £54,367,611 | |
| Equity | £27,915,586 | £54,367,611 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 10 | |
| Wages | £329,316 | £359,002 |
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 | 69.5% | 2018.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.48x | 26.58x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having carried out the assessment, the trustees / directors are satisfied that both the charity and subsidiary company have sufficient reserves to meet their obligations over the period in question, there are no material uncertainties over the viability of the two entities, and the financial statements should be prepared using the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- THE BORROW FOUNDATION · parent
- Borrow Investments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 15 September 2017, Borrow Investments Limited entered into an option agreement to sell 37.5 hectares (approximately 93 acres) of farmland... the developer, Bloor Homes Limited, purchased the land on 17 May 2024, for £24.5 million.”
- “On 17 May 2024 Borrow Investments Limited also entered into a new option agreement with Bloor Homes Limited for the sale of additional farmland, comprising approximately 80 hectares (197 acres). An option fee of £1 million was received upon completion of the agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORROW, Nigel Frederick | Director | 1997-01-17 | Jul 1963 | British |
| MACPHERSON, Lorna Margaret Davidson, Professor | Director | 2023-03-29 | Jun 1959 | British |
| MEURMAN, Jukka Heikki, Professor | Director | 2024-02-29 | Sep 1947 | Finnish |
| NEWTON, Jonathon Timothy, Professor | Director | 2023-06-07 | Jun 1963 | British |
| RUGG GUNN, Andrew John, Professor | Director | 2003-03-11 | Jun 1939 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, Valerie | Secretary | 1997-02-26 | 1998-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, John Trefor Price | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2004-09-16 |
| GD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-09-16 | 2021-04-08 |
| BANOCZY, Jolan, Professor | Director | 1997-02-26 | 2013-11-14 |
| BENDALL, William John | Director | 1997-02-26 | 2000-03-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Peter Colin, Dr | Director | 2001-01-18 | 2009-04-15 |
| ROBERTS, John Trefor Price | Director | 1997-02-26 | 2020-11-05 |
| STECKSEN-BLICKS, Ulla Maria Christina, Professor | Director | 2013-11-30 | 2024-02-05 |
| THOMAS, Nigel Martin | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2023-02-17 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Norman Harold | Director | 2000-06-07 | 2003-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Ulla Maria Christina Stecksen-Blicks | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-03-29 | Ceased 2023-06-07 |
| Professor Lorna Margaret Davidson Macpherson | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-03-29 | Ceased 2023-06-07 |
| Professor Andrew John Rugg-Gunn | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-11-05 | Ceased 2023-06-07 |
| Mr Nigel Frederick Borrow | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-11-05 | Ceased 2023-06-07 |
| Mr Nigel Martin Thomas | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-05 | Ceased 2023-02-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-6.9%
£1,407,598 £1,310,228
-
Cash
+33.2%
£1,139,835 £1,517,985
-
Net assets
+94.8%
£27,915,586 £54,367,611
-
Employees
0%
10 10
-
Profit before tax
+25,663.5%
£97,409 £25,096,015
-
Wages
+9%
£329,316 £359,002
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