GLOBAL WITNESS
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Cash
£5.3m
-35.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.4m
-40.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
104
+9.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £11,050,000 | £15,548,000 | £9,915,000 | -36.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £326,000 | £1,502,000 | -£3,645,000 | -342.7% | |
| Cash | £8,228,000 | £8,094,000 | £5,256,000 | -35.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,068,000 | £5,931,000 | -34.6% | |
| Net assets | £7,568,000 | £9,068,000 | £5,423,000 | -40.2% | |
| Equity | £7,568,000 | £9,068,000 | £5,423,000 | -40.2% | |
| Average employees | 77 | 95 | 104 | +9.5% | |
| Wages | £4,376,000 | £5,725,000 | £6,602,000 | +15.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £657,000 | £764,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.0% | 9.7% | -36.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.6% | 17.4% | 29.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.58x | 5.32x | 3.62x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GLOBAL WITNESS 2013-09-03 → present
- GLOBAL WITNESS LIMITED 1993-11-15 → 2013-09-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hays Mac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the Group's financial position, future plans, scenario assessments and cash flow forecasts. As part of this assessment, the directors have considered the Group's projected cash flows for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- GLOBAL WITNESS · parent
- Global Witness Inc.
- Global Witness ASBL
- Global Witness Projects Limited
- Sauroktonos Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARBYSHIRE, Gabrielle | Director | 2019-02-13 | Jan 1971 | British |
| HAHN, Olaf | Director | 2025-03-27 | Apr 1969 | German |
| HUDSON, Oliver Ewan | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jul 1982 | British |
| KANU, Christine Ekaete | Director | 2021-12-14 | Jul 1977 | British |
| LANG, Kirsty | Director | 2021-05-17 | Jul 1962 | British |
| MELANIDIS, Marina Stavroula | Director | 2022-02-22 | Jul 1995 | Canadian |
| NAKATE, Vanessa | Director | 2025-03-27 | Nov 1996 | Ugandan |
| OWENS, Rachel | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jul 1984 | British,Irish |
| RAMAN, Sushma | Director | 2025-06-19 | Mar 1967 | American |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOOCH, Charmian Penelope | Secretary | 1993-11-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| ALLEY, Patrick | Director | 1993-11-15 | 2026-03-30 |
| ARUN, Chinmayi | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2020-12-10 |
| GOOCH, Charmian Penelope | Director | 1993-11-15 | 2026-03-30 |
| HANNAM, Mark | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2020-09-16 |
| HASSAN, Fatima | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2024-03-07 |
| KADEMAUNGA, Maureen | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2019-06-24 |
| KWEITEL, Juana Magdalena | Director | 2016-10-06 | 2025-09-11 |
| NGUIFFO, Samuel Alain | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2016-12-13 |
| PEEL, Stephen Mark | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2019-02-15 |
| STEPHENS, Mark | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2020-09-23 |
| SURAJU, Olanrewaju Kamoru | Director | 2021-05-24 | 2024-12-12 |
| TAYLOR, Simon Jonathan | Director | 1993-11-15 | 2026-03-30 |
| TOLKAN, Jessica Lehman | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2019-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Alley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-31 |
| Ms Charmian Penelope Gooch | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-31 |
| Simon Taylor | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.