BBC CHILDREN IN NEED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-42.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£67M
+16.5% vs 2024
Employees
167
+9.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-06-30
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BBC CHILDREN IN NEED 2012-08-09 → present
- THE BBC CHILDREN IN NEED APPEAL 2003-04-04 → 2012-08-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,913,000 | £61,012,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £9,475,000 | £9,448,000 | |
| Cash | £8,137,000 | £4,677,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,746,000 | £84,435,000 | |
| Net assets | £57,152,000 | £66,600,000 | |
| Equity | £57,152,000 | £66,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 152 | 167 | |
| Wages | £6,571,000 | £7,335,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 17.3% | 15.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.0% | 43.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.56x | 2.57x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having taken into account all available information about the future for the period of at least, but not limited to, 12 months from the date on which the accounts are approved, the Trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue. The accounts are therefore prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BBC CHILDREN IN NEED · parent
- Children in Need Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Paddy McGuinness's Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge raised over £10M.”
- “Launch of Pudsey's Pause resource to support children's emotional wellbeing.”
- “Total annual fundraising reached £57.4 million, an increase of £5 million over the previous year.”
- “Hosted a conference titled 'Nurturing Black Beginnings' to learn from approaches to early years and maternal health support in Black communities.”
- “Hosted a large conference on the connection between neurodiversity and mental health issues experienced by children.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOWCROFT, Nicky | Secretary | 2025-01-17 | — | — |
| BIJA, Cherrie Michelle | Director | 2022-05-11 | Mar 1972 | Welsh |
| BRADLEY, Trevor Bryan | Director | 2019-06-26 | Dec 1970 | British |
| BRYAN, Randel | Director | 2022-01-17 | Dec 1985 | British |
| BURNS, Rhona Ann | Director | 2020-05-02 | May 1976 | British |
| CLIFTON, Kieran Oliver Edward | Director | 2019-10-15 | Sep 1971 | British |
| FAIRCLOUGH, James | Director | 2021-10-01 | May 1976 | British |
| HIDALGO, Patricia Reina | Director | 2024-03-01 | Jan 1966 | Spanish |
| IMAFIDON, Kenny | Director | 2019-04-30 | May 1993 | British |
| MUNRO, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2020-05-02 | Jul 1966 | British |
| TAVAZIVA, Leigh | Director | 2022-10-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| THOMAS, Helen Mariam | Director | 2024-03-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| WALLACE, Jo | Director | 2023-10-19 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKOTIE, Anthony | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2025-01-16 |
| RANYARD, Peter | Secretary | 2011-02-08 | 2020-12-01 |
| BROADWAY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-04-04 | 2011-02-08 |
| ADEPITAN, Adedoyin Olayiwola | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2022-06-21 |
| BAKER, Matthew James | Director | 2013-10-21 | 2023-09-30 |
| BERRY, Joanna | Director | 2013-09-11 | 2022-06-21 |
| BHAMRA, Sandeep | Director | 2021-10-14 | 2024-09-30 |
| BLANDFORD, Jacqueline Leigh Hunt | Director | 2009-02-18 | 2010-09-20 |
| BROUGHTON, Alan | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2010-07-13 |
| BULFORD, Anne Christine | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2019-04-05 |
| CHAUHAN, Yogesh | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2010-09-17 |
| COHEN, Daniel Nicholas | Director | 2010-12-07 | 2015-10-28 |
| COOK, Timothy | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2007-01-25 |
| DAVIE, Timothy Douglas | Director | 2005-09-27 | 2013-05-14 |
| DAY, William Michael | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2008-02-18 |
| DOUGLAS, Lesley | Director | 2005-09-27 | 2008-11-18 |
| DUDDY, Terry | Director | 2025-10-21 | 2025-11-18 |
| DUNCAN, Andrew John | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2005-01-12 |
| ELDRED, Nicholas John | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2012-09-26 |
| ELIZABETH, Susan | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2013-09-11 |
| HEGGESSEY, Lorraine Sylvia | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2005-07-01 |
| HODKINSON, Philip Andrew | Director | 2009-02-18 | 2018-08-30 |
| ISHERWOOD, Robert Glyn | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-01 |
| JORDAN, Diane Louise | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2007-01-25 |
| KERSHAW, Michelle | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2004-05-28 |
| KIRKHAM, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2020-07-30 |
| LAMB, Suzanne | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2025-04-10 |
| MACKINNON, Donalda | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2018-09-18 |
| MAHAL, Neena | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2010-09-17 |
| MAYHEW, Christopher Luke | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2021-09-30 |
| MCBRIDE, Peter Arthur James, Professor | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2019-06-26 |
| MILLARD, Rosemary Harriet | Director | 2018-01-17 | 2024-10-28 |
| MILNER, Simon Trevor | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2005-03-14 |
| MONDS, Fabian Charles, Professor | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-01-25 |
| MOORE, Charlotte Alexandra | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2017-10-17 |
| RIVERA, Ralph | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2016-09-13 |
| RYLATT, Caroline Elizabeth Armes | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2004-09-21 |
| SHELDON, Gillian Veronica | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2021-09-30 |
| SHENNAN, Robert Duncan James | Director | 2010-09-17 | 2023-03-31 |
| SMITH OF KELVIN, Robert Haldane, Lord | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2004-12-30 |
| SPRING, Stephanie | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2018-04-30 |
| TEW, Beverley | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2014-12-11 |
| WEBB, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2020-04-01 |
| WOGAN, Terrence Michael | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2010-07-22 |
| WOOD, Stephen | Director | 2003-04-04 | 2008-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+11.1%
£54,913,000 £61,012,000
-
Cash
-42.5%
£8,137,000 £4,677,000
-
Net assets
+16.5%
£57,152,000 £66,600,000
-
Employees
+9.9%
152 167
-
Wages
+11.6%
£6,571,000 £7,335,000
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