THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-21 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-07
Watchouts
Cash
£45K
-69.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+7.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £58,080 | -£143,699 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £762,695 | £973,367 | |
| Cash | £149,244 | £45,294 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,969,446 | £13,942,813 | |
| Net assets | £12,969,446 | £13,942,813 | |
| Equity | £12,969,446 | £13,942,813 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-69.7%
£149,244 £45,294
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£12,969,446 £13,942,813
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-347.4%
£58,080 -£143,699
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 31.02x | 5.09x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In January 2024 the charity received a donation of £150,000 (2023 - £150,000) from The Barbara Ward Family Trust.”
- “In January 2025 the charity received a further donation of £150,000 from The Barbara Ward Family Trust.”
- “Since the end of 2024 the trustees have also approved eight one-off grants totalling £56,000 that have been paid in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRACLIFFE COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-10 | — | — |
| BAILEY, David Christopher | Director | 2008-01-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
| BANKS, John Christopher | Director | 2001-05-10 | Mar 1950 | British |
| BROWN, Christopher Geoffrey | Director | 2014-12-18 | Dec 1957 | British |
| LOWE-LAURI, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2025-06-10 | Apr 1958 | British |
| PARKER, Kenneth Ralph | Director | 2001-05-10 | Aug 1948 | British |
| SHARLAND, Ian Frederick | Director | 2025-06-10 | Dec 1957 | British |
| SHARLAND, Keeley Anne | Director | 2025-06-10 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WALTERS, Brian Michael | Director | 2001-05-10 | Sep 1941 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Alan Murray | Director | 2006-02-02 | 2019-03-31 |
| LIPWORTH, Henry | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2005-10-26 |
| PRICE, Richard Peter Jeremy | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2003-05-31 |
| WAIGHT, Mark Michael | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-07-10 |
| WARD, Barbara Irene | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2026-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Christopher Banks | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-19 | Active |
| Mr. Richard Peter Jeremy Price | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-19 |
| Barbara Ward | Individual | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-11-10 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-11-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.