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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-11 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-27

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£1M

+87.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£17M

+10.9% vs 2024

Employees

130

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

Period ending 2025-03-31

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £4,696,316£5,128,375
Operating profit £422,839£440,545
Profit before tax
Net profit £631,300£910,346
Cash £785,373£1,474,998
Total assets less current liabilities £15,705,976£17,412,668
Net assets £15,705,976£17,411,924
Equity £15,705,976£17,411,924
Average employees 130130
Wages £2,417,961£2,773,493

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 9.0%8.6%
Net margin 13.4%17.8%
Return on capital employed 2.7%2.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 1.8%2.1%
Current ratio 3.02x4.19x

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
HPH Chartered Accountants
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Trustees have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic climate and its potential impact on the sources of income and planned expenditure. They have a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources are available to enable the charity to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and have adequate contingency plans in the event that income streams are reduced. Consequently the financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

11 active · 31 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HUDSON, Eleanor Secretary 2024-07-15
ANELAY, Charles Thomas Director 2020-06-03 Mar 1959 British
ARIF, Nafees Director 2026-01-13 Apr 1973 British
ASPINALL, Colin Paul Director 2017-03-27 Jan 1974 British
HOGSTON, Susan Maureen Director 2026-01-13 Jan 1965 British
LESLIE, Stuart James Director 2026-02-03 Mar 1983 British
MWANGI, Anne Wanjiru Director 2021-01-19 Feb 1960 British
SHANKS, Christopher Raymond Director 2025-11-11 Nov 1991 British
THOMPSON, Emma Joanne Director 2025-11-11 Oct 1977 British
THOMPSON, Kate Director 2024-07-23 Jul 1973 British
WALLACE, Elizabeth Anne Director 2024-07-23 Aug 1968 British
Show 31 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CROWTHER, Philippa Ann Secretary 2013-03-01 2024-07-15
MCKEE, Alan Keith Secretary 2001-06-04 2013-03-01
BEATTIE, Andrew Quentin Alexander Director 2001-06-04 2014-01-28
CARTER, Jane Director 2023-10-24 2024-05-21
CLUDERAY, Stephen James Director 2012-10-30 2024-11-26
CORDIER, Roger Charles Director 2004-07-12 2015-11-10
COWELL, Simon Jonathan Director 2013-06-04 2024-11-26
CROWTHER, Philippa Ann Director 2024-07-23 2025-11-11
DENNIS, John Cedric Director 2001-06-04 2004-03-31
DUNNE, Eamon Joseph Director 2019-03-07 2022-05-30
FIELD, Muriel Kathleen Director 2001-06-04 2011-11-01
GARLAND, Kenneth Director 2001-06-04 2007-09-18
GOODEY, Keith Director 2011-05-10 2021-10-26
GOODEY, Keith Director 2011-05-10 2011-05-10
GRIERSON, Elizabeth Stewart Director 2009-10-27 2020-06-03
HAND, Kym Phillip Director 2011-08-08 2012-10-30
HAWKESWORTH, Sue Director 2013-09-10 2024-11-26
HOWLAND, Edward Director 2002-01-14 2011-11-01
JONES, Stephen Charles Director 2001-06-04 2011-11-01
KENNEDY, John Patrick Director 2004-05-10 2019-02-07
KNOWLES, Andrew Director 2023-11-06 2026-01-31
LARCUM, Keith Director 2016-08-02 2023-10-24
MANNERS, Timothy David Director 2007-07-16 2012-03-21
MARSH, Andrew Martin Director 2001-06-04 2009-10-27
MEAL, David Whiteley Director 2001-06-04 2002-03-31
ROBINSON, Abbie Director 2021-04-01 2021-10-26
ROBINSON, Maria Director 2023-10-24 2025-11-11
SEWARD, Faith Maureen Director 2001-06-04 2009-05-23
TWISS, Lionel Graham Director 2001-06-04 2016-05-01
WILLINK, John Dingle Director 2001-09-10 2010-08-24
YOUNG, Stuart Director 2023-10-24 2026-02-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mrs Eleanor Hudson Individual Significant influence 2024-08-28 Active
Ms Philippa Ann Crowther Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-11-26

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 146 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-02-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-12-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-07 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2025-02-07 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-12-12 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-12-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-11-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
11

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
5

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

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

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

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