CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTRE EAST LONDON
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£484K
+1.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+17% vs 2024
Employees
60
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,182,384 | £1,167,410 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£225,850 | £510,483 | |
| Cash | £476,088 | £484,274 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,004,488 | £3,514,971 | |
| Equity | £3,004,488 | £3,514,971 | |
| Average employees | 56 | 60 | |
| Wages | £1,081,291 | £1,229,452 |
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 | -19.1% | 43.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.75x | 4.50x |
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
- HaysMac 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.”
Significant events
- “This year is the second in our strategic plan 'Stories For All' that sees us evolving our building and operations to ensure Discover can serve and inspire its next 1 million visitors. To this end, we took the significant step of closing the centre for the whole of September in order to implement the critical works of repairing our lift (vital for our accessibility), rebuilding our basement toilets and replacing our last-legs gas boilers with environmentally friendly air source heating and cooling.”
- “The opening of our new immersive adventure, 'Monster Funfair', celebrating the colourful, comical and empathetic work of contemporary author-illustrator Nadia Shireen was the centrepiece of our creative year”
- “Other important steps forward include a review of our policies on parental leave, bringing the support for staff in line with our core mission of supporting children and families; introducing paid time off for carers; and the exciting decision to expand our trusteeship by three to bring in additional voices from the Newham community and expertise in early years child development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLDING, Rebekah Anne | Secretary | 2023-04-03 | — | — |
| AGHOGHOVBIA, Oghenevese Sandra | Director | 2021-09-29 | Feb 1988 | British |
| ANJORIN, Ketiwe Elizabeth | Director | 2025-01-28 | May 1989 | British |
| DANCE, Victoria Louise | Director | 2021-09-28 | Feb 1984 | British |
| DUTHIE, Hannah Louise | Director | 2025-01-28 | Oct 1976 | British |
| HOSSAIN, Naseem | Director | 2024-03-27 | Aug 1982 | British |
| KHAN, Vaseem Kayani | Director | 2018-07-18 | Oct 1973 | British |
| MAREMA, Lerato Krystle | Director | 2025-01-28 | Jul 1988 | British |
| MARKS, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2021-12-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
| MASSIE, Graham John | Director | 2022-11-30 | Aug 1957 | British |
| RAMA, Amit Hasmukhlal | Director | 2018-07-18 | Feb 1980 | British |
| ROBINSON, Joe David | Director | 2021-01-27 | Aug 1995 | British |
| STEWART, Giorgia Michelle | Director | 2021-09-29 | Mar 1967 | British |
| TIGHE, Siobhan Marie | Director | 2022-11-30 | Apr 1976 | British |
| WHITEMAN, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-30 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNACLE-BEST, Karla Sally | Secretary | 2021-12-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| COLES, Louise Sonia | Secretary | 2004-11-05 | 2005-10-28 |
| CRAMPTON-HAYWARD, Stephen | Secretary | 2006-05-24 | 2021-12-02 |
| EATHERLEY, Peter Charles | Secretary | 1997-12-11 | 2002-04-24 |
| GOLDSWORTHY, Sally | Secretary | 2005-10-28 | 2006-05-24 |
| GOLDSWORTHY, Sally | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2004-11-05 |
| SALAMAN, Anna | Secretary | 2002-04-24 | 2004-03-31 |
| ACE, Tamsin | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2017-04-12 |
| ACE, Tamsin | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2015-09-23 |
| ALLEN, Gemma Alice | Director | 2015-02-04 | 2018-01-31 |
| BEALE, Katy | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2021-03-17 |
| BLACK, Paul | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2019-03-20 |
| CLARKE, Martin David | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2022-01-26 |
| CRAMPTON-HAYWARD, Stephen | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2021-12-02 |
| CURNO, Paul Anthony | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2003-12-17 |
| FISHER, Helen Frances | Director | 2005-09-28 | 2016-11-30 |
| HEALES, Jeremy William Charles | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2012-09-26 |
| HENDRICKS, Beverley | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2006-01-25 |
| JACKSON, Paul Charles | Director | 2011-07-20 | 2016-01-27 |
| JACOBS, Stephen Melvyn Edward | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2005-03-23 |
| JOBSON, Anna | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2011-09-07 |
| KENWORTHY, Joanne Mahala | Director | 2001-04-25 | 2006-07-26 |
| KINGSLEY, David John | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2006-01-25 |
| LANSDOWN, Gerison | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2004-11-05 |
| LEES, Diane Elizabeth, Dame | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2007-04-01 |
| LOFTS, Gillian | Director | 2008-11-30 | 2009-11-28 |
| MICHAEL, Kerry Kyriacos | Director | 2007-05-23 | 2011-09-28 |
| MUIR, Hugh | Director | 2006-11-29 | 2013-03-19 |
| MURRAY, Andrew John | Director | 2003-12-17 | 2022-11-11 |
| ONDHIA, Harsh | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2000-06-28 |
| PEARCE, Carly | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2016-07-23 |
| REYNOLDS, Richard Christopher | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2004-11-05 |
| ROBERTS, David Colin | Director | 2005-09-28 | 2014-05-14 |
| ROBINSON, David Neil | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2004-11-05 |
| SZE, Winnie W Y | Director | 2001-04-25 | 2007-11-30 |
| THOMAS, Margaret Patricia | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2003-12-17 |
| TOOVEY, Joan | Director | 1997-12-11 | 1999-05-15 |
| WALLS, Dianne | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2010-07-21 |
| WEBSTER, Jacqui | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2014-11-25 |
| WELSMAN, Martine Claire | Director | 2003-12-17 | 2008-11-26 |
| WRIGHT, Michelle Ann | Director | 2016-05-25 | 2022-03-30 |
| WUN, Jasmine | Director | 2018-07-18 | 2021-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-1.3%
£1,182,384 £1,167,410
-
Cash
+1.7%
£476,088 £484,274
-
Net assets
+17%
£3,004,488 £3,514,971
-
Employees
+7.1%
56 60
-
Wages
+13.7%
£1,081,291 £1,229,452
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