CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+9.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+14.6% vs 2024
Employees
76
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£432K
-1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,808,342 | £2,934,286 | |
| Operating profit | £436,038 | £431,729 | |
| Profit before tax | £436,038 | £431,729 | |
| Net profit | £436,038 | £431,729 | |
| Cash | £2,656,088 | £2,918,006 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,090,173 | £3,498,861 | |
| Net assets | £2,959,494 | £3,391,223 | |
| Equity | £2,959,494 | £3,391,223 | |
| Average employees | 74 | 76 | |
| Wages | £1,492,543 | £1,636,425 | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.5%
£2,808,342 £2,934,286
-
Cash
+9.9%
£2,656,088 £2,918,006
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£2,959,494 £3,391,223
-
Employees
+2.7%
74 76
-
Operating profit
-1%
£436,038 £431,729
-
Profit before tax
-1%
£436,038 £431,729
-
Wages
+9.6%
£1,492,543 £1,636,425
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 12.3% | |
| Current ratio | 11.01x | 17.21x |
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
- CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIMITED 2010-10-13 → present
- SHEERNESS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CENTRE LIMITED 2002-12-12 → 2010-10-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the trustees can confirm their assumption that the charity is still a going concern and no significant uncertainty exists in this respect.”
Group structure
- CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIMITED · parent
- Children and Families Childcare Limited 100%
- FareShare Kent C.I.C. 100%
- Children and Families Children's Centres Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year Kent County Council (KCC) announced its intention to move away from a granting to a contracting method of procurement for these services.”
- “In March 2025 we learnt that we were among the few successful organisations who tendered, to be included on the Dynamic Purchasing Scheme (DPS) that will be used from summer 2025.”
- “KCC also launched a consultation in July 2024 to de-commission Seashells and our friends at Millmead as Family Hubs. We led a campaign against the proposal but the Cabinet Member for Children Young People & Education decided to end the contract nonetheless, despite very significant opposition from the community and other council members.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARTORIO DUNCAN, James | Secretary | 2002-12-12 | — | British |
| BUCKETT, David John | Director | 2013-01-01 | Sep 1950 | British |
| JONES, Colin David | Director | 2022-07-19 | Jan 1952 | British |
| NEDDERMAN, Vanessa | Director | 2024-07-09 | Oct 1965 | British |
| RABBATTS, Lauren | Director | 2014-02-10 | Feb 1973 | British |
| WHITE, Christine Anne | Director | 2008-05-08 | Jan 1952 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELANEY, Steven | Secretary | 2002-12-12 | 2002-12-12 |
| INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-12-12 | 2002-12-12 |
| BAYFORD, Alan William | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2017-07-18 |
| BROMILEY, John Charles, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2021-07-13 |
| DELANEY, Steven | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2003-12-05 |
| EVANS, Pamela | Director | 2003-11-10 | 2006-07-11 |
| FOWLER, John Gawith | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2013-07-09 |
| HALL, Irene Vanessa | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2008-05-08 |
| RATCLIFFE, Garry John | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2022-11-02 |
| INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-12-12 | 2002-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.