FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£813K
+151.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£941K
+106.2% vs 2024
Employees
68
-1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£485K
+645.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD 2008-04-24 → present
- SURE START SPEKE LIMITED 2001-06-27 → 2008-04-24
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 | £1,808,841 | £2,290,959 | |
| Operating profit | £66,323 | £486,128 | |
| Profit before tax | £65,073 | £484,878 | |
| Net profit | £65,073 | £484,878 | |
| Cash | £323,160 | £812,977 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £472,880 | £948,106 | |
| Net assets | £456,367 | £941,245 | |
| Equity | £456,367 | £941,245 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 68 | |
| Wages | £1,138,359 | £1,269,656 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 21.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 21.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 51.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.73x | 22.15x | |
| Interest cover | 53.06x | 388.90x |
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
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Susan | Secretary | 2002-06-27 | — | British |
| BOSTOCK, Paul Robert | Director | 2007-04-19 | Nov 1953 | British |
| FREEMAN, Patricia Marion | Director | 2015-08-26 | Nov 1959 | British |
| HUGHES, Annemarie | Director | 2008-01-28 | Apr 1968 | British |
| ORD, Mark William | Director | 2005-07-07 | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCKERS, Francis Stephen | Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2002-06-27 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2001-06-27 |
| BOSTOCK, Paul Robert | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2004-01-16 |
| BROWNE, Mary | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2003-01-13 |
| CLARKE, Natalie | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2017-01-23 |
| DAVISON, Robert | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2005-06-17 |
| DOYLE, Karen | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2008-01-28 |
| DUCKERS, Francis Stephen | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2007-04-19 |
| DUNMORE, Doreen Ann | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2006-02-07 |
| HEMNELL, Michelle | Director | 2004-09-17 | 2006-02-07 |
| LEAH, Jenny | Director | 2004-09-17 | 2006-02-07 |
| LYNSKEY, Deirdre Moira | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2018-03-28 |
| MCGINLEY, Yvonne | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2004-01-16 |
| MUOTOH, Audrey Elaine | Director | 2001-06-27 | 2003-05-01 |
| PRESCOTT, Beverley | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2022-06-07 |
| SMITH, Trevor | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2005-05-27 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-06-27 | 2001-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Susan Bernadette Roberts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2017-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+26.7%
£1,808,841 £2,290,959
-
Cash
+151.6%
£323,160 £812,977
-
Net assets
+106.2%
£456,367 £941,245
-
Employees
-1.4%
69 68
-
Operating profit
+633%
£66,323 £486,128
-
Profit before tax
+645.1%
£65,073 £484,878
-
Wages
+11.5%
£1,138,359 £1,269,656
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