KINGS ACTIVE FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-22 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£557K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£713K
Equity attributable
Employees
118
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KINGS ACTIVE FOUNDATION 2023-12-11 → present
- THE KING'S FOUNDATION 2004-04-08 → 2023-12-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,506,429 | £2,439,274 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£6,463 | -£137,807 | |
| Cash | £213,114 | £557,228 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £850,792 | £712,985 | |
| Net assets | £850,792 | £712,985 | |
| Equity | £850,792 | £712,985 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 118 | |
| Wages | £1,348,628 | £1,514,557 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.3% | -5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.6% | 23.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.58x | 3.92x |
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
- Landin Wilcock & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about both the Group's and the Charities' ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- KINGS ACTIVE FOUNDATION · parent
- KAF Professional Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 KAF, through their Kings Camps brand, delivered an estimated 600,000 hours of activity across 14,346 individual weeks of Kings Camps to 9,254 unique children in 55 UK and international locations.”
- “In 2024, we delivered the most Supporting Families weeks to the highest number of unique children in our history.”
- “2024 also represented the most successful year in our history for providing subsidised places for British Armed Forces families in the UK and abroad delivering Places for 1,376 unique children across 1,922 weeks of camp at 15 military establishments or host schools for Royal Navy, Royal Marine, British Army, RAF and NATO children”
- “In 2024, we trained 500 adults to work safely and actively with children across 55 locations around the UK and internationally”
- “In 2024, we delivered free activity sessions to 9,000 children across 32 school locations around the UK”
- “In 2024, KAF invested to create a more capable, sustainable and thus safe organisation by introducing a new 'management' tier into the organisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANDS, Lynda | Secretary | 2016-05-31 | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG, Timothy John Douglas | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BROWN, Rachel | Director | 2013-10-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| BUXTON, Christine Ann | Director | 2019-03-04 | Feb 1967 | British |
| FARDON, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2011-10-05 | Apr 1965 | British |
| THOMPSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2004-08-03 | Aug 1945 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Richard | Secretary | 2004-08-03 | 2017-05-10 |
| THOMPSON, Colin | Secretary | 2004-04-08 | 2004-08-03 |
| ARROWSMITH, Keith James | Director | 2004-04-08 | 2004-08-03 |
| MCHUGH, Andrew Kevin | Director | 2004-08-03 | 2008-07-14 |
| NINNES, Barry Francis | Director | 2004-08-03 | 2018-12-10 |
| TAYLOR, David Helliwell | Director | 2004-08-03 | 2023-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-12-11 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2023-12-11 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-12-11 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2023-12-11 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31