CHALLENGE PARTNERS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+2.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£655K
+21.8% vs 2024
Employees
26
-3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,319,768 | £3,289,577 | |
| Operating profit | £108,319 | £117,328 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £108,319 | £117,328 | |
| Cash | £2,829,330 | £2,912,066 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £537,517 | £654,845 | |
| Net assets | £537,517 | £654,845 | |
| Equity | £537,517 | £654,845 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 26 | |
| Wages | £1,266,270 | £1,279,747 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 17.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.5% | 81.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.22x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the funding facilities available to the Charity together with the expected demand and proven high renewal rates across the network and the resulting projected cash flows, the Board of Trustees have no material uncertainties with respect to the going concern status of the organisation and have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 15 December 2025, Challenge Partners was awarded an unrestricted grant totalling £173,379 (€200,000) from The Permira Foundation Growth Fund. This award is the first instalment of a four-year unrestricted grant amounting to £823,550 (€950,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGBANIYAKA, Folake Jumoke Anike | Director | 2025-09-24 | Nov 1963 | British |
| BANSAL, Pavandeep | Director | 2022-09-21 | Jul 1991 | British |
| BEANE, Alison Linda | Director | 2020-02-11 | Jul 1952 | British |
| CHHATWAL, Katherine Sarah, Dr | Director | 2018-04-03 | Apr 1976 | British |
| DUGGAN, Heather | Director | 2025-09-24 | Mar 1977 | British |
| EASTHAM, Susanna Jane | Director | 2020-05-19 | Mar 1973 | British |
| HARGREAVES, Rachel Louise | Director | 2025-09-24 | Dec 1977 | British |
| HARION, Janine | Director | 2021-02-09 | Jan 1981 | German |
| INGRAM, Lucinda Eleanor | Director | 2022-09-21 | Mar 1987 | British |
| LEWIS, Gary John | Director | 2022-09-21 | Jul 1969 | British |
| LOTT, Candice Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-21 | Sep 1985 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODCHILD, Mark | Secretary | 2012-10-24 | 2018-04-01 |
| BERWICK, George Thomas | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2018-03-31 |
| BEVAN, Yasmin | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2020-02-11 |
| COLES, Jonathan Andrew, Sir | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2021-08-01 |
| DAVISON, Christopher John | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2025-04-15 |
| HANDFORTH, Gary Trevor | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2022-09-21 |
| JOHN, Susan Elizabeth, Dame | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2015-06-18 |
| JONES, Arwel Baines | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2025-04-15 |
| LOW, Maxine, Mrs. | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2020-02-11 |
| PASRICHA, Nitin | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2020-12-03 |
| PATEL, Vijita Sharad | Director | 2021-05-18 | 2025-06-25 |
| PATERSON, Vicki, Dame | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2021-05-18 |
| SESLI, Gulcin | Director | 2022-12-07 | 2023-11-22 |
| WOLSEY, Louise | Director | 2021-05-18 | 2025-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-0.9%
£3,319,768 £3,289,577
-
Cash
+2.9%
£2,829,330 £2,912,066
-
Net assets
+21.8%
£537,517 £654,845
-
Employees
-3.7%
27 26
-
Operating profit
+8.3%
£108,319 £117,328
-
Wages
+1.1%
£1,266,270 £1,279,747
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