BERNARD SUNLEY FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-20 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+386.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£168M
-2.7% vs 2024
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BERNARD SUNLEY FOUNDATION 2021-02-04 → present
- THE BERNARD SUNLEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 2005-03-30 → 2021-02-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,954,000 | £3,032,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £18,634,000 | -£4,690,000 | |
| Cash | £2,211,000 | £10,766,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,836,000 | £168,021,000 | |
| Net assets | £172,406,000 | £167,716,000 | |
| Equity | £172,406,000 | £167,716,000 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | £188,000 | £176,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 630.8% | -154.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.2% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 1.99x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Susanne | Secretary | 2018-08-06 | — | — |
| EVANS, Lucy Pauline Alexandra | Director | 2017-11-08 | Jun 1970 | British |
| KNIGHT, Anabel Mary Louise | Director | 2007-10-16 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MARTIN, Brian Wardley, Dr | Director | 2005-03-30 | Oct 1942 | British |
| PATERNINA, Inigo | Director | 2012-11-07 | Sep 1967 | Spanish |
| SUNLEY, Bella | Director | 2005-03-30 | Jul 1938 | British |
| TICE, William | Director | 2007-10-16 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, Digby Theodore | Secretary | 2016-11-19 | 2018-07-13 |
| RIMINGTON, John Anthony, Captain | Secretary | 2005-03-30 | 2016-11-18 |
| GOSLING, Frederick Donald, Sir | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2016-03-31 |
| SUNLEY, John Bernard | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2011-02-14 |
| TICE, Joan Mary | Director | 2005-03-30 | 2019-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-02-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-02-04 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2021-02-04 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-02-04 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2021-02-04 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2021-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-04-02 | 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
+2.6%
£2,954,000 £3,032,000
-
Cash
+386.9%
£2,211,000 £10,766,000
-
Net assets
-2.7%
£172,406,000 £167,716,000
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Wages
-6.4%
£188,000 £176,000
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