THE DRW FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-09 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£434K
+182.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+143.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,173,828 | £1,625,356 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,276,926 | £1,844,515 | |
| Cash | £153,328 | £433,772 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,282,026 | £3,126,541 | |
| Equity | £1,282,026 | £3,126,541 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 3.70x | 3.58x |
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
- Charities SORP FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the trustees believe that there is a reasonable expectation that the Foundation will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future; they have thus continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 3 March 2025, David Woodburn made donations to the Foundation of Management Shares in the AKO European Long-only Fund Limited and the AKO Fund Limited with values of, respectively, £1,374,854 and £475,866.”
- “On 1 April 2025 David Woodburn donated Management Shares in the AKO Fund Limited with a value of £350,000 to the Foundation.”
- “On 3 March 2025 Ruth Woodburn donated Management Shares in the AKO Fund Limited with a value of £200,000 to the Foundation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAT, Richard James Anthony | Director | 2022-04-26 | Apr 1962 | British |
| WOODBURN, David Matthew | Director | 2022-04-26 | Feb 1962 | British |
| WOODBURN, Ruth Caroline | Director | 2022-04-26 | Aug 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Matthew Woodburn | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-04-26 | Active |
| Ruth Caroline Woodburn | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-04-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-29 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-11-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-07 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-31 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-07 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-31 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-04-26 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+182.9%
£153,328 £433,772
-
Net assets
+143.9%
£1,282,026 £3,126,541
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+38.5%
£1,173,828 £1,625,356
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