BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

1. BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY 2018-10-24 → present
2. BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST LIMITED 2017-05-09 → 2018-10-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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.”

Significant events

• “In March 2023 the Trust was inspected by Ofsted and as a result social care services in Birmingham are now judged to be Good. This comes after a decade of 'Inadequate' judgements up to 2018.”
• “In March 2023 Birmingham City Council decided that rather than enact the second five year term of our contract they would instead agree a new 10 year contract term.”
• “The DfE Improvement Direction was lifted in May 2023.”
• “The Safe Centre initiative plans to establish a Secure Welfare Children's Home in Birmingham.”
• “On 5 September 2023 the Council issued a Section 114 Notice under the Local Government Finance Act 1988.”
• “During the year, there was a change in terms for a lease agreement and was converted to a peppercorn rent.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.3%

  £310,194,000 → £332,930,000

• Cash

  +154.2%

  £31,126,000 → £79,135,000

• Net assets

  +125.7%

  £8,506,000 → £19,194,000

• Employees

  +1.5%

  2,217 → 2,251

• Operating profit

  +2,893.6%

  £404,000 → £12,094,000

• Profit before tax

  +858.1%

  £1,584,000 → £15,176,000

• Wages

  +8%

  £82,692,000 → £89,347,000

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