THE FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+40.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£490K
+19.5% vs 2024
Employees
8
+33.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£56K
+150.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £514,662 | £844,536 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£110,640 | £56,032 | |
| Net profit | -£104,213 | £79,976 | |
| Cash | £1,041,595 | £1,460,087 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £409,901 | £489,877 | |
| Net assets | £409,901 | £489,877 | |
| Equity | £409,901 | £489,877 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 8 | |
| Wages | £327,597 | £353,645 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -20.2% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.7% | 73.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.13x |
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
- Haines Watts, Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees are happy with the level of reserves and consequently regard the charity as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The year ended 31 January 2025 saw a significant increase in income as the charity steadily expands its activities. We project a further expansion in 2025-6.”
- “Our major programmes were all running as planned and there was increasing demand for our resilience based clinical supervision workshops.”
- “We won a significant commission working with Mental Health Ward Managers, which follows from our "Creating Caring Cultures" improving practice programmes.”
- “On 12th May 2025, the WHO published the second State of the World's Nursing Report (#SOWN), The first report was published in 2020.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOSANQUET MBE, Joanne Paula | Secretary | 2019-06-01 | — | — |
| ALEXANDER CBE, Caroline Jane | Director | 2019-02-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BHARJ OBE, Kuldip Kaur, Dr | Director | 2020-10-19 | Jun 1953 | British |
| CALLAGHAN, Timothy Robert | Director | 2014-04-03 | May 1979 | British |
| HAUGHTON, Alison Mary | Director | 2025-09-22 | Aug 1967 | British |
| LYNCH BEM, Marion, Dr | Director | 2023-09-18 | Feb 1964 | British |
| PRITCHARD OBE, Jo, Professor | Director | 2023-09-18 | Jun 1960 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGLASS, Fay Valentine | Secretary | 1998-06-18 | 2003-07-31 |
| SHAW, Theresa Mary, Dr | Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| BAYLISS-PRATT, Lisa Marie, Dr | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2018-09-10 |
| BELLMAN, Loretta, Dr | Director | 2009-12-07 | 2018-03-06 |
| BEVAN, James Stuart | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2005-01-31 |
| BIRD, Mark | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2025-03-10 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Charles Anthony, Professor | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2018-09-10 |
| CLARKE, Caroline Julia Margaret | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2013-12-09 |
| CORRIGAN, Philomena | Director | 2015-06-08 | 2018-03-06 |
| COSTELLO, Sean Daniel | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2024-09-23 |
| DE WITT, Ronald Wayne, Sir | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2008-09-10 |
| DOWN, Jill Rosemary | Director | 2010-06-07 | 2014-12-08 |
| FOSTER OBE, David William, Dr | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2023-09-18 |
| GADD, John Peter | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2017-06-05 |
| GILLIGAN, Michael Bruce | Director | 2007-09-05 | 2008-12-07 |
| HUNT, Jennifer Mary, Prof | Director | 1999-10-13 | 2008-12-10 |
| IMPEY, Anthony John | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2020-09-08 |
| JOHNSON MBE, Stacy Dianne | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2024-09-23 |
| KABRA, Varun | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2024-09-23 |
| LANDAU, Jonathan | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2020-06-08 |
| LEVIN, Arthur, Doctor | Director | 1998-06-18 | 1999-04-29 |
| MASTERS, Alan Bruce Raymond | Director | 2003-02-06 | 2012-09-03 |
| MCMAHON, Ann Louise, Dr | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2023-03-13 |
| MEYER, Julienne Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2008-12-10 | 2013-03-11 |
| MIRABILE, Geraldine | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2025-09-22 |
| NOBLE, Alexandra Mary | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2020-08-26 |
| OSTERWEIL COHEN, Marie Helene | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2005-09-30 |
| PETTIGREW, Robert | Director | 2023-09-18 | 2026-01-13 |
| REECE, Gordon, Sir | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2001-08-22 |
| RULE, Joanne Catherine | Director | 1999-10-13 | 2005-09-30 |
| SHULDHAM, Caroline Mary | Director | 2009-12-07 | 2018-12-10 |
| SIGSWORTH, Janice Debra, Professor | Director | 2008-12-10 | 2014-12-08 |
| STALLWOOD, Elizabeth | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2006-03-08 |
| STEPHENS, Gillian Margery | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2011-03-07 |
| STONE, Jonathan Michael Lever | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2001-02-07 |
| STURDY, Deborah Ann | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2020-03-10 |
| TOMPKINS, Elizabeth Nancy | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2002-10-17 |
| WEIR-HUGHES, Dickon William, Professor | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2011-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+64.1%
£514,662 £844,536
-
Cash
+40.2%
£1,041,595 £1,460,087
-
Net assets
+19.5%
£409,901 £489,877
-
Employees
+33.3%
6 8
-
Profit before tax
+150.6%
-£110,640 £56,032
-
Wages
+8%
£327,597 £353,645
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