NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU
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Cash
£3.4m
-22.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
-12.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
176
-14.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£175k
+114.7% vs 2025
Net assets
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | £8,820,000 | £2,594,000 | -70.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,192,000 | £175,000 | +114.7% | |
| Net profit | -£545,000 | -£1,192,000 | £175,000 | +114.7% | |
| Cash | £4,740,000 | £4,375,000 | £3,390,000 | -22.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,402,000 | £8,177,000 | £7,160,000 | -12.4% | |
| Net assets | £8,402,000 | £8,177,000 | £7,160,000 | -12.4% | |
| Equity | £8,402,000 | £8,177,000 | £7,160,000 | -12.4% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 206 | 176 | -14.6% | |
| Wages | £5,933,000 | £8,079,000 | £7,451,000 | -7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £407,000 | £551,000 | £568,000 | +3.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £111,427 | £116,218 | £123,772 | +6.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | -13.5% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 35.1% | 35.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | — | — |
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
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking all these factors into consideration Trustees believe it is reasonable to expect that NCB will generate sufficient resources to finance its operations for the foreseeable future and believe there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt the charity's ability to continue. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on the basis that the charity is a going concern.”
Group structure
- NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU · parent
- NCB RIP 100%
- NCB Enterprises Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “NCB has, like others, found the year challenging financially, but we have responded swiftly by identifying savings and setting out how an organisational change programme could place us on a more sustainable footing.”
- “During the year NCB undertook a significant restructure to address its deficit, with the new organisational model going live in July 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 146 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEEDEN, Emma Margaret | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 2001 | British |
| BETER, Onder | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| CROCKER, Steven James | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| HAZEL, Neal, Professor | Director | 2024-01-01 | May 1971 | British |
| HOGGAN, Bethan Myfanwy | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jul 2003 | British |
| HUGMAN, Catriona Lucy, Dr | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1985 | British |
| JAMES, Marjorie Ann | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1958 | British |
| LEIGH, Tayo Louise | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
| MCSHERRY, Dominic Martin, Dr | Director | 2024-07-03 | Aug 1970 | Irish |
| MULLEN, Sarah Margaret | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| OLUSANYA, Jadesola Chiamaka Oluwatobiloba | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 2001 | British |
| PUGH, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2022-01-01 | May 1961 | British |
| SHAH, Nainan Ramanlal | Director | 2020-09-23 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 146 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAMFITT, Louise Anthea Florence, Councillor | Secretary | 1993-10-12 | 1994-01-26 |
| CHUTER, Michael David | Secretary | 2011-05-01 | 2013-12-01 |
| EMERY, Hilary | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | 2014-06-20 |
| ENNALS, Paul Martin, Sir | Secretary | 1998-09-14 | 1999-01-11 |
| FEUCHTWANG, Anna | Secretary | 2015-11-05 | 2017-03-22 |
| HISCOX, Annamarie | Secretary | 2014-06-20 | 2014-10-22 |
| HOLLINGBERY, Denise Julie | Secretary | 1999-01-11 | 2011-03-11 |
| KING, Denis Philip | Secretary | 2014-10-22 | 2015-11-05 |
| REA PRICE, William John | Secretary | 1996-03-01 | 1998-07-31 |
| WEYMAN, Anne Judith | Secretary | — | 1996-03-01 |
| ABRAHAMS, Caroline Susan | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2009-03-26 |
| AKINSULIRE, Rose Idowu Oluwamayokun | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-09-20 |
| BARNES, Pamela Alice | Director | 2001-03-22 | 2003-11-27 |
| BARRITT, Gordon Emerson, Reverend Dr | Director | — | 1995-11-28 |
| BAYRAM, Elizabeth Dunbar | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2010-04-30 |
| BELL, Karen Patricia | Director | 2007-01-11 | 2011-06-30 |
| BENNETT, Julia | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2003-11-27 |
| BERRY, Gwenda Lynne | Director | — | 1993-11-23 |
| BORN, Chris Cookes | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2012-10-18 |
| BOUSHEL, Margaret | Director | — | 1995-11-28 |
| BOYLE, Louis Francis | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2004-12-01 |
| BRAMFITT, Louise Anthea Florence, Councillor | Director | 1993-10-12 | 1995-05-31 |
| CALLAGHAN, Audrey, Lady | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| CAMPBELL, Stephen Lloyd | Director | 1993-01-14 | 1997-04-22 |
| CAMPBELL, Yvonne | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| CLARK, David William | Director | 2003-11-27 | 2006-07-20 |
| COLLIS, Terrence Ivor | Director | 2014-09-17 | 2020-12-02 |
| COLWILL, Stephen John | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2001-11-08 |
| COOPER, Joan Davies | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| CRACKNELL, David | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| CROUCHMAN, Marion Rose, Dr | Director | — | 1995-11-28 |
| DAVIDSON, Sarah, Dr | Director | 2008-10-24 | 2017-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Edward David Grant, The Honourable | Director | — | 1993-04-21 |
| DAVY, Jennette Margaret | Director | 1997-11-25 | 1999-11-25 |
| DAY, Ruth Elizabeth, Doctor | Director | — | 1993-04-21 |
| DE'ATH, Erica Gold | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2005-11-24 |
| DE'ATH, Erica Gold | Director | — | 1998-11-26 |
| DEWAR, Ian Andrew | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2001-11-08 |
| DHALIWAL, Ajit Singh Roger | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2023-12-31 |
| DIMMOCK, Gary William, Cllr | Director | 1997-11-25 | 2001-11-08 |
| DRUMMOND, Mary Jane | Director | — | 1995-11-28 |
| EISENSTADT, Naomi Helen | Director | 1996-11-26 | 1999-04-13 |
| ELLIS, Robert John Mark | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| ENNALS, Paul Martin, Sir | Director | — | 1998-03-10 |
| FAITHFULL, Lucy, Baroness | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| FARMER, Elaine Rosemary Gordon | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1998-11-26 |
| FITZPATRICK, Siobhan Margaret | Director | 1999-04-13 | 2005-11-24 |
| FORREST, Angela Mary | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2009-11-26 |
| GEORGE, Claudia | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2008-11-27 |
| GIFFORD, Barry Thomas | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2007-11-29 |
| GOLDSMITH, Ann Oriole Monica | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| GOODY, Helen Lesley | Director | 2003-11-27 | 2005-04-06 |
| GRAHAM, Philip Jeremy, Dr | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2000-11-01 |
| GRANT, Edwina Constance | Director | 2008-04-03 | 2009-11-26 |
| GREIG, Mike | Director | 2011-05-17 | 2014-05-15 |
| HANNAN, Edward George Fitzgerald | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2019-06-19 |
| HARDING, James | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2000-11-01 |
| HARRISON, Brian, Councillor | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1997-11-25 |
| HASNAIN, Farhat, Doctor | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2010-11-25 |
| HELD, Catherine Jane | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2015-11-19 |
| HILL, Paul Francis | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2003-02-04 |
| HINDSON, Helen Felicity, Councillor Mrs | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2004-12-01 |
| HOLLINGBERY, Linda Margaret | Director | 2003-07-17 | 2004-12-01 |
| HUGHES, Dewi Rowland | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2015-11-19 |
| HUNTINGTON, Ann Elizabeth | Director | 2003-07-17 | 2006-11-23 |
| JACKSON, Sonia Charlotte | Director | 1997-10-23 | 2000-11-01 |
| JAMIESON, John Hill | Director | 1992-01-14 | 1994-11-29 |
| JEYASHANKER, Thivya | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2021-12-02 |
| JOLLIFFE, Kiri | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2018-11-20 |
| JONES, Barry Clive | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| JONES, Brian Rex | Director | 1994-03-01 | 1997-02-18 |
| JONES, Hugh Arthur | Director | 2003-11-27 | 2009-11-26 |
| JORDAN, Clive, Councillor | Director | — | 1996-11-26 |
| KAHAN, Barbara Joan | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| KAY, Adah, Professor | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1996-11-26 |
| KRYMER, Deirdre Dawn, Dr | Director | 2002-03-18 | 2006-07-20 |
| LANE, David Christopher | Director | 2002-03-18 | 2007-11-29 |
| LAXTON, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2021-09-23 |
| LEE, Eileen Maw Maw Win, Dr | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2007-11-29 |
| LONG, Martyn Howard | Director | — | 1996-11-26 |
| LONGFIELD, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1995-11-28 | 2000-11-01 |
| LOTHIAN, Cecile Veronica, Councillor | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1997-11-25 |
| LOWE, Marion Irene | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1995-05-31 |
| MACKINNON, Helen, Dr | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2013-08-08 |
| MACLEOD, Mary | Director | 2003-11-27 | 2009-11-26 |
| MARKS, Sandy | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1995-07-01 |
| MAXWELL, Shirley Elizabeth | Director | 1995-11-28 | 1998-11-26 |
| MCEWAN, Jean Elizabeth | Director | 1998-07-23 | 1999-04-13 |
| MCFERRAN, Fergal Patrick | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-07-03 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Hugh, Professor | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2012-10-18 |
| MCNALLY, Bernadette | Director | 2005-01-21 | 2008-11-27 |
| MCQUAID, Linda Doreen | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2006-11-23 |
| MEEK, Stephen Graham | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2006-02-01 |
| MEESON, Kenneth Ian | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2018-12-31 |
| MEESON, Kenneth Ian | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2010-11-25 |
| MOORE, Robert | Director | — | 1993-04-21 |
| NORRIS, June | Director | 1998-04-21 | 1999-11-25 |
| NYAME-SATTERTHWAITE, Page | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2021-12-02 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Alison | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| ORPIN, Louise | Director | 2005-01-21 | 2007-11-29 |
| PERRY, Christopher James | Director | 1994-08-18 | 1997-07-17 |
| PHIPPEN, Peter Sangster | Director | 2011-10-20 | 2014-07-23 |
| PINKERTON, John Robert, Professor | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2009-11-26 |
| PITT, Robert | Director | 1993-06-29 | 1997-11-25 |
| PODMORE, Karl Trevor | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2018-09-28 |
| PRYCE-JONES, Elizabeth, Doctor | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2000-11-01 |
| PUGH, Gillian Mary, Dame | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2012-10-18 |
| RAILTON, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2023-12-31 |
| RAJNISH, Shubhi Amar | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2023-09-20 |
| RANA, Sarbjit | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2026-07-16 |
| RICE, Margaret Ann | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1996-11-26 |
| RIDGWAY, Grethe Christine | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2000-11-01 |
| RIMINGTON, David Blackett | Director | 2007-11-29 | 2013-10-24 |
| ROWAN, Patricia Adrienne | Director | 1997-04-22 | 2003-11-27 |
| SCOTT, Bernard Macaulay | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1998-05-08 |
| SCOTT, Bernard, Councillor | Director | — | 1994-01-25 |
| SEALEY, Angela Diana | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| SHAIKH, Aman Ullah | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2004-12-01 |
| SHOOTER, Mike, Dr | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2009-11-26 |
| SIMPSON, Elaine Veronica | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2018-12-31 |
| SIRAI-BLATCHFORD, Iram | Director | — | 1996-11-26 |
| SMITH, Marjorie Ann, Professor | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2004-12-01 |
| SOFER, Anne | Director | 1996-11-26 | 2006-11-23 |
| SPARKS, Ian Leslie | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1997-01-23 |
| STAUGHTON, Joanna Susan Elizabeth, Lady | Director | — | 1997-11-25 |
| STEPHENSON, David Michael | Director | — | 1993-07-14 |
| STRINGFELLOW, Rita | Director | — | 1994-01-25 |
| SUMMERS, Yvette | Director | 2007-11-29 | 2010-04-08 |
| SYRAD, Kiki, Dr | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-12-02 |
| THOMPSON, Kate | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2011-10-20 |
| THORPE, James Michael | Director | 2001-03-22 | 2003-11-27 |
| TIESSEN, Anita Diane | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2019-12-03 |
| WALBY, Christine Mary | Director | 2003-07-17 | 2006-11-23 |
| WALL, Kate | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2009-11-26 |
| WARD, Barbara | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| WATERSTON, Anthony John Ross, Doctor | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2004-12-01 |
| WHALLEY, Margaret, Dr | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2001-11-08 |
| WHELAN, Robert | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2024-12-31 |
| WHITTLE, Brendan | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-03-24 |
| WISEMAN, Vanessa Diane | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2008-11-27 |
| WISEMAN, Vanessa Diane | Director | 1995-01-26 | 2000-11-01 |
| WOODCRAFT, Teresa Honor | Director | — | 1993-11-23 |
| WORTHINGTON, Cecil | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2017-12-31 |
| WRIGHT, Cecile Yvonne, Professor | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2015-02-04 |
| WRIGHT, Helen Watson | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2005-11-24 |
| WRIGLEY, Susan Jane | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2000-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 454 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-19 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.