THE UK CAREER ACADEMY FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
Cash
£395K
-34.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£475K
+19.3% vs 2024
Employees
43
-30.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,421,347 | £2,734,587 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£583,048 | £76,749 | |
| Cash | £602,703 | £394,720 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £397,868 | £474,617 | |
| Net assets | £397,868 | £474,617 | |
| Equity | £397,868 | £474,617 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 43 | |
| Wages | £2,435,988 | £1,644,886 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -17.0% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.4% | 33.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 3.01x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the charitable company's forecasts and action plans, the Trustees do not believe that there is a material uncertainty in relation to going concern and consider it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The charity's CEO, Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa, decided to step away during the summer due to personal family matters. The Board of Trustees will begin the process of appointing a new CEO in 2026 and the work of Career Ready will be led by Anne Wexelstein and Sian Robertson as Interim Co-CEOs, supported by the Senior Management Team.”
- “Career Ready recruited eight new team members during the year to strengthen key functions and maintain operational capacity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Jane | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| BARDRICK, James David Kempster | Director | 2011-09-29 | Nov 1962 | British |
| COLE, Olivia Louise | Director | 2016-10-19 | Aug 1963 | British |
| MACLEOD, Mary | Director | 2018-10-04 | Jan 1969 | British |
| MINNICAN, Ruth | Director | 2026-01-29 | Jul 1966 | British |
| O'HARA, Daniel | Director | 2026-01-29 | Aug 1989 | British |
| RAYNER, Alison Jane | Director | 2026-01-29 | Apr 1972 | British |
| SAVANI, Shilpen Suryakant | Director | 2022-05-19 | Feb 1972 | British |
| SMILEY, Mark Richard | Director | 2026-01-29 | Aug 1977 | British |
| STEWART, John William | Director | 2026-01-29 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Lucy | Secretary | 2025-03-18 | 2025-09-30 |
| DRAIN, Martyn Nigel | Secretary | 2008-06-10 | 2017-10-05 |
| GAULTER, Andrew Martin | Secretary | 2002-04-30 | 2008-06-09 |
| ROBERTSON, Sian | Secretary | 2024-06-10 | 2025-03-18 |
| WILKINSON, Trefor Shaw | Secretary | 2017-10-05 | 2024-04-02 |
| BEGBIE, Alexander Hugh Mccormack | Director | 2016-10-19 | 2024-10-23 |
| BENISTY, Maurice | Director | 2014-06-02 | 2026-04-30 |
| BISCHOFF, Winfried Franz Wilhelm, Sir | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2013-03-27 |
| BUCKNALL, David James | Director | 2014-06-02 | 2022-10-06 |
| CHAMBERS, Richard Wedlake | Director | 2004-11-26 | 2011-09-29 |
| CHEN, Shen | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2025-07-10 |
| DANIELS, John Eric | Director | 2008-06-10 | 2012-04-19 |
| FERRANDINO, John | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2007-05-29 |
| HALL, Simon Andrew Dalton | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2011-09-29 |
| HOYE, Jondel | Director | 2007-05-29 | 2015-03-26 |
| M GREGOR, Heather Jane, Dr | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2016-04-07 |
| MILLS, William Joseph | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2012-04-19 |
| PALMER, Jeremy David Fletcher | Director | 2014-06-02 | 2018-02-08 |
| SANDERS, Richard Andrew | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2025-06-30 |
| SANYAL, Debasish Satya | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2014-03-27 |
| SILVER, Ruth Muldoon, Dame | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2004-11-17 |
| SWANNELL, Robert William Ashburnham | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2010-09-30 |
| TROTT, David Richard | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2023-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
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Turnover
-20.1%
£3,421,347 £2,734,587
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Cash
-34.5%
£602,703 £394,720
-
Net assets
+19.3%
£397,868 £474,617
-
Employees
-30.6%
62 43
-
Wages
-32.5%
£2,435,988 £1,644,886
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