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BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (THE)

#00982041 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1970-06-12 (56y 3m) · Last filing 2026-08-13 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 94120 · S Other Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-06-30 (in 10 months) · Confirmation due 2027-04-21 (in 7 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£1.9m

-26.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£3.9m

-18.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

317

-6.2% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£858k

-387.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30 Δ vs prior
Total income £23,811,040£25,082,738£21,778,262 -13.2%
Operating profit £163,629£240,495-£948,093 -494.2%
Profit before tax £203,904£298,276-£858,388 -387.8%
Net profit £163,865£277,334-£870,048 -413.7%
Cash £3,043,222£2,607,409£1,915,047 -26.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £4,709,122£4,814,468£3,944,420 -18.1%
Net assets £4,709,122£4,814,468£3,944,420 -18.1%
Equity £4,709,122£4,814,468£3,944,420 -18.1%
Average employees 343338317 -6.2%
Wages £19,028,255£19,791,813£17,623,359 -11%
Directors' remuneration £54,230£49,450£53,029 +7.2%

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 2023-09-302024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin 0.7%1.0%-4.4%
Net margin 0.7%1.1%-4.0%
Return on capital employed 3.5%5.0%-24.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 30.1%27.4%31.7%
Current ratio 1.67x1.71x1.28x

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
Dains Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“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 Group's or the Parent Association'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.”

Group structure

  1. BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (THE) · parent
    1. Venture Press Limited · England and Wales · dormant company
    2. The College of Social Work · England and Wales · dormant company
    3. The National College of Social Work · England and Wales · dormant company
    4. The BASW Trust · England and Wales · charitable status
    5. Social Work Employment Services Limited · England and Wales · not-for-profit umbrella company employing agency social workers

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

People

14 active · 200 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MONRO, Joanna Secretary 2026-04-28 — —
BALD, Caroline Janette, Dr Director 2025-06-04 Jun 1973 British
CHEATHAM, Lisa Ann Director 2025-06-04 Nov 1966 British
FOX, Joanne Ruby Director 2025-06-04 Nov 1964 British
HO, Annie Sai Ki Director 2021-09-16 Nov 1964 British
JOSEPH, Merlin Director 2023-07-01 Oct 1964 British
MCDONALD, Caroline Director 2022-10-07 Nov 1979 Scottish
OKPAJE, Oluwatoyin Yetunde Director 2024-06-05 Jul 1967 Irish
PENNINGTON, Andrew Director 2022-10-07 Aug 1963 Welsh
ROBERTS, Lewis Owen Director 2024-11-22 Apr 1984 British
ROMEO, Lynette Pauline Director 2024-07-10 Sep 1955 British
ROSS, Julia Mary Director 2019-11-20 Jan 1945 British
THOMAS, Shantel Bianca Director 2025-11-01 Oct 1977 British
WALKER, Janet Ann Clare, Dr Director 2022-06-14 Jan 1957 British
Show 200 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARKLEY, Sally Secretary 1994-07-18 2000-12-05
DAWSON, Thomas Hilton Secretary 2009-06-10 2012-09-18
JOHNSTON, Ian Hamish Secretary 2000-12-05 2009-06-09
JONES, David Noel Secretary — 1994-07-15
KONSTANDIS, Shirley Linda Secretary 2012-09-19 2016-05-19
RYAN, Faith Secretary 2016-05-20 2017-04-28
ALDER, Charlotte Director 2013-06-28 2015-04-30
ALLAN, David Mckay Director 2016-11-03 2017-09-20
ANDERSON, Mary Helen Director 1997-06-22 2002-12-05
ANDERSON, Sarah Elizabeth Director 2023-11-15 2024-10-22
BAFF, Carey Margaret Director 2002-06-13 2004-05-19
BAFF, Carey Margaret Director 1992-09-14 2002-04-12
BAICHER, Neeta Singh Director 2017-09-29 2024-06-05
BAMFORD, Terence Donald Director 2012-06-15 2016-04-27
BARNES, Ronald John Director 2007-05-02 2014-06-11
BARNES, Ronald Director 1999-03-27 2003-04-04
BARTOLI, Angelina Director 2017-05-12 2021-12-07
BEAGLEY, Janet Director — 1992-04-09
BEECH, Christian Lloyd Director 2018-07-17 2024-06-05
BEST, Lesley Anne Director 2021-09-16 2023-06-14
BHADURI, Reba Director 1999-03-27 1999-11-01
BIRCHALL, James Director 2000-04-14 2012-06-14
BIRCHALL, James Director 1996-11-21 1999-03-27
BIRCHALL, James Rodney Director 1992-06-01 1993-05-31
BRANDON, Allen David Director 1994-10-01 1996-09-30
BROWN, Alistair William Director 2013-09-23 2015-04-30
BROWN, Frank Director — 1993-04-01
BURCHELL, David Henry James Director 1993-04-02 1994-04-14
BURGESS, Kate Director 2003-12-05 2006-02-09
BUTTLE, John Director 2000-04-14 2000-08-30
CHAPMAN, Michael Stanley Director 2016-11-16 2017-04-26
CHARNOCK, David John Director 1992-06-01 1994-04-14
CHITTLEBURGH, Timothy William John Philip Director 2008-02-11 2010-04-28
CHOWDHURY-ALLEN, Camelia Ahmed Director 2021-05-12 2024-04-10
COLLIER, Felicity Elaine Director 2006-05-11 2007-09-12
CONWAY, Robert Lindsay Director 1995-04-07 2000-09-30
COOPER, Dean Director 2024-06-05 2025-06-03
CURRIE, Judith Esther Director 2020-04-28 2024-06-05
DARRAGH, Eithne Director 2007-12-12 2009-04-30
DOSSETT DAVIES, John William Director 1995-11-01 2001-06-14
DOSSETT DAVIES, John William Director 1993-09-13 1994-09-30
DRURY, Keith Director 2008-04-30 2013-04-19
DUDLEY, Jonathan Peter Director 2015-07-06 2021-09-15
DUNN, Alyson Director 2001-04-07 2003-04-04
EAGLESON, Helen Director 2003-04-04 2005-05-25
ELLERY, Andrew Harvey Director 2014-06-11 2015-07-29
ELLISON, Ian David Director 2015-08-20 2016-08-03
ELLISON, Ian David Director 2013-04-22 2015-04-30
EVANS, Sally Ann Director 1993-06-07 1995-04-07
FAROOQI, Rukhsana, Dr Director 2021-09-16 2021-11-02
FAWCETT, Brian James Director 2002-06-13 2002-12-05
FAWCETT, Brian James Director 1998-04-01 2002-04-12
FAWCETT, Judith Ann Director 1992-06-01 1995-02-28
FOSTER, Adrian Mark Director 1993-06-07 1994-09-30
FOULDS, Janet Susan Director 2002-04-12 2009-04-30
FRANKLIN, Joan Elizabeth Director 2011-05-27 2013-06-27
FRANKLIN- LESTER, Rupert Director 2006-05-11 2010-03-05
FULLER, Frances Director 2016-04-28 2020-09-15
FULLER, Frances Director 2009-05-01 2014-06-11
GANDHI, Pushpa Director 1995-11-01 1999-03-27
GARLAND, Arlene Joyce Director 2017-05-11 2019-06-21
GARLAND, Harry Metchell Director — 1995-04-07
GEGG, Ann Director — 1994-04-14
GEOGHEGAN, Luke, Rev Dr Director 2014-06-11 2016-10-13
GILL, Andrew Nicholas Director 2017-05-11 2022-05-31
GILL, Mandeep Director 2020-09-02 2022-10-07
GOODALL, Peter Melvyn Director 1992-04-24 1993-04-01
GORDON, Janine Director 2024-06-05 2026-02-13
GREEFF, Roger Jeremy Director 2001-04-07 2006-05-10
GRIFFITHS, Mary Director 2000-04-14 2002-02-11
GRIST, Amanda Clare Director — 1992-09-30
HALL, Patricia Ruth Jose Director 2012-06-15 2013-07-16
HALL, Peter Director 2002-09-09 2006-05-10
HALL, Stella Director 1998-04-01 2000-03-01
HANSON, Sumayya Emily Director 2023-06-28 2024-01-15
HARRIS, Kathryn Director — 1992-04-09
HARROP, David Director 2009-05-01 2015-06-04
HAYES, David Alexander Director 2024-06-05 2026-02-13
HAYS, Patricia Blaxland Director 2011-05-27 2013-02-11
HINDLEY, Ruth Director 1994-10-01 1996-09-30
HOGARTH, George Russell Director 2024-10-22 2024-10-22
HOLLAND, Christine Elizabeth Director 1998-02-01 1999-03-27
HOLLAND, Christine Elizabeth Director 1994-10-01 1996-09-30
HOPKINS, Jeffrey Sidney Director 1997-11-30 1999-03-27
HUNTER, Helen Director 2003-04-04 2005-05-25
IRWIN, Marjorie Stephanie Director 1997-11-04 1999-03-27
JACKSON, Katherine Elizabeth Director 2022-04-25 2024-06-05
JANKINSON-HARRIS, Lesley Director — 1996-05-10
JONES, David Noel Director 2017-09-19 2021-09-15
JONES, Gordon Director 2004-05-19 2009-04-30
JONES, Gordon Director 1999-03-27 2003-04-04
KERR, Christian Director 2024-11-28 2026-01-25
LEAKE, Gillian Heather Director 2003-07-15 2007-05-02
LEGGETT, Richard Director — 1992-06-01
LEONARD, Marcella Mary Director 2014-08-06 2018-11-21
LEWIS, Jillian Rose Director 2001-04-07 2001-07-14
LITTLECHILD, Brian, Professor Director 2004-08-09 2010-05-21
LITTLECHILD, Brian Director 2000-04-14 2004-05-19
LOCKERBIE, Gordon Director 2007-06-20 2008-04-30
LOVELL, Nick Director 2015-12-23 2018-04-19
LOVELL, Nick Director 2006-05-11 2014-06-11
MACDONALD, Andrew John Latham Director 2015-07-06 2017-04-26
MADDEN, Gerard Director 2011-05-27 2014-06-11
MAHONEY, Jacqueline Director 2024-06-05 2025-06-05
MALAHLEKA, Susan Brendah Director 1994-10-01 1997-04-30
MALCOLM, Charmaine Rosaline Director 2020-09-16 2023-01-20
MALCOLM, Charmaine Rosaline Director 2019-12-13 2020-05-04
MARTIN, Ruth Director 2018-01-24 2018-10-03
MC'AULEY, Margaret Colette Director 1994-04-14 1995-04-07
MCDOWELL, Margaret Lesley Director 2016-01-20 2017-09-20
MCDOWELL, Margaret Lesley Director 2010-04-28 2014-06-11
MCGIBBON, Gareth Director 2018-11-21 2020-02-11
MCGIBBON, Orlaith Director 2020-02-11 2024-06-05
MCGOWAN, John Director 2011-05-26 2012-06-14
MCGREGOR, Matt Director 2008-04-30 2011-01-07
MCKENDRICK, David Director 1997-02-12 1999-03-27
MCKITTERICK, William Henry Director 2006-05-10 2010-05-21
MEASURES, Philip James Director 2000-04-14 2001-06-16
MEASURES, Philip James Director 1998-11-01 1999-03-27
MEASURES, Philip James Director 1994-10-01 1995-09-04
MELLON, Margaret Mary Director 2014-06-11 2016-04-27
MELVILLE, Kate Director 1994-10-01 1998-04-01
MELVIN, Shirley Ann Director 2018-08-14 2020-06-29
MILLER, Alison Director 1994-10-01 1995-09-14
MITCHELL, Fraser Director 1999-03-27 1999-09-01
MOIR, Ann Director 2020-05-13 2025-06-04
MONAGHAN, Mark Anthony Director 2019-06-21 2020-09-15
MOORE, Jacqueline Margaret Director 2005-05-18 2007-05-02
MORGAN, Patrick Jude Director 2016-09-14 2018-06-14
MORTIMER, Kate Director — 1992-04-09
MOULSTER, Robin Director 2008-06-03 2010-05-21
MOULSTER, Robin Director 2003-04-04 2007-05-02
MUSA, Roselyn Ranti Director 2002-06-13 2003-12-10
MYERS, Derek Director — 1992-04-09
NIVEN, Robert David Graham Director — 1996-09-30
NOSOWSKA, Geraldine Mary Patricia Director 2018-06-13 2022-10-07
ORGILL, Jennifer Director 2006-05-11 2007-09-12
ORRICK, Allan Director 2013-02-12 2017-04-26
ORRICK, Allan Director 2006-05-11 2008-04-30
PARK, John Director — 1992-09-01
PARKINSON, Karen Director 2012-06-15 2013-11-25
PEACH, Donna Director 2017-04-26 2020-06-29
PREVATT GOLDSTEIN, Beverley, Dr Director 2008-12-10 2012-06-14
PRICE, Joel Nathan Director 2024-06-05 2025-01-29
PRIOR, Pauline, Dr Director 1999-03-27 2001-04-07
PRYDE, Catherine Director — 1993-04-01
RACASAN, Ioan Nicolae Director 2023-11-15 2024-10-22
RANDALL, Jenni Director 1996-10-01 2000-02-01
READ, Nicola Director 2005-05-19 2007-05-02
REES, Alan Tait Director 1995-11-01 1998-04-01
REID, Andrew Colin Director 2014-11-26 2020-02-11
REILLY, Isobel Mary Director 1993-04-21 1994-04-14
REITH, Margaret Director 2001-09-20 2004-05-19
RICE, Jennifer Director 2010-07-16 2011-05-27
RICE, Paul Henry Avington Director 1993-09-08 1994-09-30
RIZZA, Graeme Charles Director 2011-05-26 2014-06-11
ROBB, Bridget Noel Director 2001-04-07 2003-04-04
ROBERTS, Lewis Owen Director 2020-09-02 2022-04-25
ROSS, Christine Craig Director 1994-10-01 1996-09-30
SANDELL, Sharon Director 2002-06-13 2003-04-04
SERVIAN, Richard Director 2018-06-13 2020-09-15
SERVIAN, Richard Director 2007-06-20 2009-04-30
SEWELL, Harold Lawrence Director 2020-06-30 2024-10-22
SEXTON, Mar Jo Director 2020-09-14 2024-06-05
SHARMA, Virendra Kumar Director 2001-01-22 2002-04-12
SHEARS, Jane Suzanne Director 2016-05-25 2017-09-19
SHEARS, Jane Suzanne, Dr Director 2015-06-16 2016-04-27
SHENNAN, Guy Leonard Director 2014-06-11 2018-06-14
SHERIDAN, John Joseph Director 2022-03-08 2024-06-05
SIDHU, Narinder Kaur Director 2019-12-16 2021-01-27
SIMPSON, Judith Anne Director 2012-03-13 2014-06-11
SMITH, Stanley Eric Director 2003-04-14 2005-05-25
STATHAM, Daphne Director 2000-06-14 2005-05-19
SUTHERLAND, Dorothy Director 1999-09-14 2001-04-07
SWARBRICK, Charlotte Director 2015-07-06 2016-12-04
TAFFURELLI, Catherine Helen Cerys Director 2014-06-11 2015-11-05
TAMPA, Vava Malakani Director 2022-05-03 2025-10-10
TARBUN, Janet Mary Director 1995-11-01 1999-03-27
TAYLOR, Julian Richard Bush Director — 1996-05-10
TERRY, Kenneth John Director 2006-05-11 2010-03-05
THOMPSON, Graham Neville Director 1992-04-11 1995-04-07
THOMSON, David Director 2014-06-11 2020-06-29
TIMMS, Elizabeth Anne Director 2011-05-27 2015-04-30
TIMMS, Elizabeth Anne Director 2004-08-09 2008-04-30
TIMMS, Elizabeth Anne Director 1995-04-07 2004-05-19
TODD, Brian Director 1999-03-27 2000-02-25
TODD, Brian Director 1994-10-01 1998-01-22
TOMPSETT, Hilary Margaret Director 2016-04-27 2020-09-15
TUCKER, Gail Caroline Director 1999-03-27 2003-04-04
UNWIN, Peter Frederick Director 2014-06-11 2016-04-27
VAGHELA, Kanaksinh Jashvantsinh Director 2004-08-09 2007-12-12
WARRENDER, Stuart Alun Director 2016-04-28 2018-06-14
WASSELL, Julia Denise Director 2010-07-06 2014-06-11
WHEELER, John Douglas Spencer Director 2007-06-20 2008-02-11
WHEELER, John Douglas Spencer Director 1999-03-27 2001-11-19
WHITE, Josephine Marie Director 2007-06-20 2010-11-24
WHITEHEAD, Malcolm Director 1992-10-01 1994-12-15
WOOLRICH, Ian Director 2007-06-20 2009-04-30
YOUNG, Lindsey Anne Director 2020-09-14 2022-05-31
YOUNG, Niell Director 1992-09-13 1993-04-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 555 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-08-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-08-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-08-04 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-04-28 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-02-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2025-10-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-03-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-03-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-02-26 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

last 12 months

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

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