NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
Cash
£13M
+9.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£11M
-13.7% vs 2023
Employees
410
+5.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,550,186 | £51,353,761 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£2,415,927 | £942,314 | |
| Cash | £12,247,295 | £13,428,987 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,880,273 | £13,010,683 | |
| Net assets | -£9,753,343 | -£11,090,011 | |
| Equity | -£9,753,343 | -£11,090,011 | |
| Average employees | 389 | 410 | |
| Wages | £23,481,447 | £23,634,276 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -5.0% | 1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 124.5% | 126.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.15x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees do not consider there are any material uncertainties concerning future activities or events that would create going concern difficulties.”
Significant events
- “In January 2024, our operations teams... were relocated to a modern fit-for-purpose facility in Romford, a few miles from the former location.”
- “NatCen International, was awarded a £1.3m grant from the Wellcome Trust for a project involving partners in Vietnam, shining a light on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable labour.”
- “During this reporting period, we also established a new Centre for Gambling Research.”
- “At the beginning of our financial year, we were pleased to welcome Professor Sundari Anitha... and John Mohan... to NatCen's Board of Trustees.”
- “More recently, NatCen's Chief Executive of some eight years, Guy Goodwin, left the organisation in May 2024 to enjoy semi-retirement.”
- “We have appointed Guy's successor, Michael Davis, who has joined NatCen from Kantar in August 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANITHA, Sundari, Professor | Director | 2023-07-20 | Oct 1973 | British |
| BARNARD, Helen Jane | Director | 2022-06-21 | Aug 1976 | British |
| BROOKS, James | Director | 2025-11-13 | Mar 1968 | British |
| DUKE, Mark | Director | 2019-11-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| ETHERINGTON, Stuart James, Sir | Director | 2021-02-24 | Feb 1955 | British |
| FOSTER, Oliver James | Director | 2022-06-21 | Aug 1979 | British |
| GABBITAS, Saratha Rajeswaran | Director | 2022-06-21 | May 1982 | British |
| GORDON, Bruce Malcolm | Director | 2022-06-21 | Nov 1959 | British |
| MACFARLANE, Phyllis Joan | Director | 2019-11-01 | Jun 1948 | British |
| PARK, Alison Macdonald | Director | 2025-11-13 | Jul 1966 | British |
| RIVERS, Ian | Director | 2025-11-13 | Mar 1968 | British |
| SKERO, Nina | Director | 2025-11-13 | Mar 1990 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCLAY, Meriel | Secretary | 2002-03-12 | 2012-05-29 |
| FINNEY, Victoria | Secretary | 2012-05-29 | 2014-04-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Rasheda | Secretary | 2015-05-26 | 2016-11-30 |
| TENNANT, Rosalind | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| BAIN, Neville Clifford, Dr | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2006-06-30 |
| BECKETT, Barbara Ann | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-10-01 |
| BERRY, Gwenda Lynne | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2008-10-31 |
| BOTTERILL, Alan William | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2020-02-20 |
| BURGESS, Robert George, Prof | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2021-02-24 |
| CALDWELL, Kenneth Mathieson | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-11-16 |
| CORMACK, Walter James | Director | 2016-08-19 | 2020-05-26 |
| CULPIN, Robert, Sir | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2012-02-23 |
| DEYES, Nicholas | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2016-07-29 |
| DIAMOND, Ian David, Sir | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-02-14 |
| DIXON, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2015-08-07 |
| DUFFY, Maureen Frances | Director | 2016-01-08 | 2018-07-16 |
| EGAN, Stephen Joseph | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2016-02-03 |
| ENGLAND, Jude | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2026-02-18 |
| FINCH, Janet Valerie, Dame | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2012-02-23 |
| FORD HUTCHINSON, Sally Mary Ann | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| HALLETT, Christine Margaret, Professor | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| HAVELOCK, Peter Richard David | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2025-07-22 |
| HEATH, Sue, Professor | Director | 2017-10-27 | 2022-11-08 |
| LIEVESLEY, Denise Anne, Professor | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2011-08-31 |
| LOPEZ, Desirée | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2026-02-18 |
| MATHESON, Jilian Norma, Dame | Director | 2016-01-08 | 2022-02-22 |
| MCRONE, David, Professor | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2006-10-31 |
| MOHAN, John, Professor | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2025-02-20 |
| MOSER, Claus, Lord | Director | 2002-03-12 | 2007-11-30 |
| NEWBY, Howard Joseph, Sir | Director | 2002-03-12 | 2007-02-01 |
| NOBLE, Barbara | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2022-02-22 |
| O'HIGGINS, Michael | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2011-05-20 |
| SIZER, John, Professor | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2007-07-23 |
| THICKETT, James Robert | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2022-02-22 |
| WALKER, David Frederick | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2009-05-01 |
| WEST, Stephen Raymond | Director | 2016-01-08 | 2025-02-20 |
| WILES, Paul, Professor | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2017-02-15 |
| WISTRICH, Ernest | Director | 2002-03-12 | 2002-07-08 |
| WRIGHT, Alison Elizabeth Graeme | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
+5.8%
£48,550,186 £51,353,761
-
Cash
+9.6%
£12,247,295 £13,428,987
-
Net assets
-13.7%
-£9,753,343 -£11,090,011
-
Employees
+5.4%
389 410
-
Wages
+0.7%
£23,481,447 £23,634,276
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