THE OLD DART FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+234.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
-16.9% vs 2023
Employees
7
+40% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,284,510 | £2,525,484 | |
| Operating profit | -£11,915,198 | -£12,501,754 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£15,202,346 | -£8,437,933 | |
| Cash | £2,465,971 | £8,254,756 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,736,998 | £41,617,607 | |
| Net assets | £50,076,817 | £41,617,607 | |
| Equity | £50,076,817 | £41,617,607 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 7 | |
| Wages | £173,336 | £194,210 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -362.8% | -495.0% | |
| Net margin | -462.8% | -334.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.7% | -30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | -9.98x | -17.69x |
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
- Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Whilst the Trustees are committed to spend down the resources of the Foundation, cash flow forecasting exercises anticipate is planned to happen in 2029. It is therefore considered that preparation of financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate as the Foundation will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The ongoing geopolitical conflicts and economic impacts thereof have created operational and financial pressures for many organisations. The Trustees have considered the contingency plans in place, the level of funds held, the expected level of income and expenditure and cash flow forecasts for 12 months from authorising these financial statements for signing and believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees consider the adoption of the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE OLD DART FOUNDATION · parent
- Fraserview Investment Limited 100%
- Fraserview Investment (Camley Street) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After more than ten years of service at the Foundation, Caroline Perry stepped down from her role as trustee in November.”
- “In March 2024 the Latin America Annual workshops were once again held in person at the offices of one of our partners, Universidad Marcelino de Champagnat, in central Lima.”
- “Over the course of 2024, the Old Dart Foundation grew to a staff of eight, with an additional South America Senior Programme Officer and an Executive Foundation Assistant both starting at the beginning of the year. The Foundation Manager left her role in March, and the Grants Manager was subsequently promoted to replace her. As such, a new Grants Manager was hired in April. The Foundation hired its first PNG staff this year, with a part-time PNG Programme Manager starting in role in September and assisting the London team with supporting the Foundation's partners in country.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAERTL, Luis Jose | Director | 2024-07-18 | Mar 1955 | Peruvian |
| LOUDON, Archibald Geoffrey | Director | 2013-06-11 | Oct 1942 | Australian |
| LUTYENS, Charles Patrick | Director | 2013-07-15 | Nov 1949 | British |
| O'REILLY, Katherine Mary, Dr | Director | 2013-11-25 | May 1974 | British |
| RABBETT, Marie Elizabeth | Director | 2018-09-19 | May 1950 | Irish |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-11-25 | 2014-02-27 |
| BAERTL, Luis Jose | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2023-09-27 |
| BROGAN, Michael Patrick Charles | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2013-11-25 |
| COLLINS, Susan Elizabeth Granger | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2013-11-25 |
| LOUDON, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2018-09-19 |
| PERRY, Caroline | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2024-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
-23.1%
£3,284,510 £2,525,484
-
Cash
+234.7%
£2,465,971 £8,254,756
-
Net assets
-16.9%
£50,076,817 £41,617,607
-
Employees
+40%
5 7
-
Operating profit
-4.9%
-£11,915,198 -£12,501,754
-
Wages
+12%
£173,336 £194,210
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