THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-21 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-07
Watchouts
Cash
£45K
-69.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+7.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £58,080 | -£143,699 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £762,695 | £973,367 | |
| Cash | £149,244 | £45,294 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,969,446 | £13,942,813 | |
| Net assets | £12,969,446 | £13,942,813 | |
| Equity | £12,969,446 | £13,942,813 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 31.02x | 5.09x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In January 2024 the charity received a donation of £150,000 (2023 - £150,000) from The Barbara Ward Family Trust.”
- “In January 2025 the charity received a further donation of £150,000 from The Barbara Ward Family Trust.”
- “Since the end of 2024 the trustees have also approved eight one-off grants totalling £56,000 that have been paid in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-10 | — | — |
| BAILEY, David Christopher | Director | 2008-01-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
| BANKS, John Christopher | Director | 2001-05-10 | Mar 1950 | British |
| BROWN, Christopher Geoffrey | Director | 2014-12-18 | Dec 1957 | British |
| LOWE-LAURI, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2025-06-10 | Apr 1958 | British |
| PARKER, Kenneth Ralph | Director | 2001-05-10 | Aug 1948 | British |
| SHARLAND, Ian Frederick | Director | 2025-06-10 | Dec 1957 | British |
| SHARLAND, Keeley Anne | Director | 2025-06-10 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WALTERS, Brian Michael | Director | 2001-05-10 | Sep 1941 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Alan Murray | Director | 2006-02-02 | 2019-03-31 |
| LIPWORTH, Henry | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2005-10-26 |
| PRICE, Richard Peter Jeremy | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2003-05-31 |
| WAIGHT, Mark Michael | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-07-10 |
| WARD, Barbara Irene | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2026-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Christopher Banks | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-19 | Active |
| Mr. Richard Peter Jeremy Price | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-19 |
| Barbara Ward | Individual | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-11-10 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-11-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-05-07 | 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
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-69.7%
£149,244 £45,294
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£12,969,446 £13,942,813
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-347.4%
£58,080 -£143,699
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