THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE
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Cash
£1.5M
-63.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£32M
-5.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
472
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.2M
-276.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,797,384 | £29,233,725 | £27,506,462 | -5.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,066,472 | £1,216,945 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,014,349 | £1,216,945 | -£2,152,742 | -276.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,103,221 | £1,404,954 | -£1,999,881 | -242.3% | |
| Cash | £5,709,224 | £4,251,825 | £1,533,202 | -63.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,658,974 | £40,227,752 | £38,159,796 | -5.1% | |
| Net assets | £32,658,974 | £34,063,928 | £32,064,047 | -5.9% | |
| Equity | £32,658,974 | £34,063,928 | £32,064,047 | -5.9% | |
| Average employees | 443 | 483 | 472 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £14,029,469 | £15,292,479 | £15,720,605 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £722,853 | £802,211 | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.1% | 4.2% | — | |
| Net margin | -5.3% | 4.8% | -7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.3% | 3.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.4% | 27.4% | 28.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.22x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | -54.19x | 61.83x | — |
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
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees having reviewed the financial position and financial forecasts have concluded that there are sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of a least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A new Labour government, elected in July 2024, brought promise of change within the landscape of education and health funding. The year ending August 2025 was the penultimate year of Closing the Gap - Anna Freud's first organisational-wide strategy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIMANI, Dorothy | Secretary | 2025-08-11 | — | — |
| POSOCCO, Louise | Secretary | 2026-04-20 | — | — |
| BEDFORD, Catherine Anne | Director | 2019-11-12 | Dec 1971 | Canadian |
| CADOGAN, Victoria-Rose | Director | 2023-03-09 | Feb 1975 | British |
| COWDRY, Antonia | Director | 2023-09-19 | Jul 1971 | British |
| EVANS, Andrew Raymond | Director | 2023-03-09 | Jun 1976 | British |
| HUBY, Anne-Marie | Director | 2023-03-09 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Pamela Susan | Director | 2020-12-08 | Nov 1966 | British |
| KAMDAR, Namrata Nayyar | Director | 2023-03-09 | Sep 1976 | British |
| MAYES, Linda, Professor | Director | 2003-07-21 | Oct 1951 | American |
| OPPENHEIMER, Peter | Director | 2008-10-30 | Nov 1963 | British |
| PELTZ, Daniel | Director | 2013-02-26 | Mar 1961 | British |
| PILLING, Stephen, Professor | Director | 2020-07-01 | May 1955 | English |
| SAMUEL, Michael John, The Honorable | Director | 1999-11-04 | Nov 1952 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDMEAD, Rosalind | Secretary | 2024-12-13 | 2025-08-11 |
| BIDMEAD, Rosalind | Secretary | 1999-08-05 | 2017-12-13 |
| FOWLER, David | Secretary | 2017-08-03 | 2022-03-31 |
| KANU, Ekaete Christine | Secretary | 2022-03-31 | 2024-12-13 |
| ASTOR, Francis David Langhorne, The Honourable | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2001-12-06 |
| ASTOR, Richard David | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2004-01-30 |
| BLOM-COOPER, Louis, Sir | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2003-07-21 |
| CAIRNS, Sally | Director | 2018-02-22 | 2022-09-12 |
| CAPE, John Donald, Dr | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2020-05-20 |
| CHATFIELD, Melanie Jane | Director | 2018-09-12 | 2021-09-07 |
| COLONNA, Alice, Assistant Professor | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2008-03-06 |
| EMANUEL, John Clive Lloyd | Director | 1999-08-05 | 2013-02-26 |
| GOLDSMITH, Hanna Geller | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2013-09-13 |
| JARMAN, Brian, Professor Sir | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2012-07-31 |
| KANTOR, Viatcheslav, Dr | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2022-03-16 |
| KAZDIN, Alan E, Professor | Director | 2004-04-28 | 2006-08-02 |
| KRIS, Anton O, Professor | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2013-02-26 |
| LOFTUS, Nicole | Director | 2018-11-13 | 2021-04-14 |
| SACHER, Elisabeth | Director | 1999-08-05 | 2013-02-26 |
| SANDLER, Anne-Marie | Director | 1999-08-05 | 2013-02-26 |
| SHORTHOUSE, Dominic Hugh | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2024-12-03 |
| SLAYMAN, Carolyn, Prof | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2013-07-15 |
| SOLNIT, Albert J, Professor | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2002-06-21 |
| WAX, Ruby | Director | 2011-11-03 | 2019-06-24 |
| WAY, Adam Gerald Richmond | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2017-10-12 |
| WESTABY, Mark | Director | 2001-05-19 | 2002-12-04 |
| WOOD, Sarah Florence, Dr | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2025-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-04 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-04 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.