ASHOKA UK
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£819K
-34.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+9.8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
18
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£141K
+128.8% first positive since 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,184,879 | £2,556,578 | £3,165,409 | £3,037,336 | |
| Operating profit | £12,763 | £642,600 | -£489,659 | £140,961 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,763 | £642,600 | -£489,659 | £140,961 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£489,659 | £140,961 | |
| Cash | £705,049 | £1,346,826 | £1,248,623 | £819,411 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £476,904 | £1,119,503 | £1,434,929 | £1,575,890 | |
| Net assets | £476,904 | £1,119,503 | £1,434,929 | £1,575,890 | |
| Equity | £476,904 | £1,119,503 | £1,434,929 | £1,575,890 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | |
| Wages | — | — | £971,764 | £1,053,024 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £300,938 | £407,948 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-4%
£3,165,409 £3,037,336
-
Cash
-34.4%
£1,248,623 £819,411
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£1,434,929 £1,575,890
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-5.3%
19 18
-
Operating profit
+128.8%
-£489,659 £140,961
first positive since 2023
-
Profit before tax
+128.8%
-£489,659 £140,961
first positive since 2023
-
Wages
+8.4%
£971,764 £1,053,024
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 25.1% | -15.5% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -15.5% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 57.4% | -34.1% | 8.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.68x | 4.64x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite navigating through an uncertain world, we have strong confidence in the Charity's ability to adapt to new challenges. Having considered forecasts for the next 12 months and beyond, the Trustees concluded that Ashoka UK is a going concern, and the uncertainties mentioned above are immaterial to the Charity's ability to continue its operations.”
Significant events
- “2023/24 has been a landmark year for Ashoka. Against a backdrop of persistent global uncertainty, societal fragmentation, and rising inequality, the work of changemakers has never felt more vital.”
- “We elected new Fellows who are redefining how our institutions and Capital cities function. We nurtured deeper relationships with long-standing and new partners, enabling us to strengthen our Fellowship, support changemaking across sectors, and bring transformative education to schools and youth ecosystems. Our team has expanded with incredible new talent, our community has deepened, and our strategic partnerships have multiplied in reach and impact.”
- “What has been particularly inspiring this year is our renewed focus on place-embedding changemaking in cities like Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh, London and Dublin. We've begun laying the groundwork for what it means to be a Changemaker Capital City and or Region, powered by intergenerational leadership, grassroots innovation, and institutional collaboration.”
- “This year marked a step-change in our place-based strategy, with an intensified focus on embedding changemaking in urban ecosystems—starting with Cardiff, Manchester, and London.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Conrad William | Director | 2020-02-15 | Jun 1946 | American |
| PERKINS, Lucy Fitch | Director | 2018-06-28 | Aug 1964 | American |
| SINGH, Yashveer | Director | 2020-07-27 | Jun 1986 | Indian |
| UNDERHILL, Christopher Patrick | Director | 2019-07-01 | Nov 1948 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Geoffrey Howard James | Secretary | 2003-09-18 | 2011-03-25 |
| MATHEW, Jack William George | Secretary | 2011-03-25 | 2019-08-31 |
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-09-18 | 2003-09-18 |
| CHENG, Mark | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2018-06-14 |
| DAVIES, Geoffrey Howard James | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2011-03-25 |
| EMERSON, Ellen | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2007-06-06 |
| FIDOE, Edward Matthew | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2019-11-01 |
| FRISCHEN, Konstanze Maria Bernadette | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2019-11-01 |
| GHOSH, Sushmita | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2008-12-16 |
| GRODZINS, Carol Jan | Director | 2003-09-18 | 2010-02-23 |
| IBEGBUNA, Ruth | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2017-05-19 |
| KAYSER, Olivier Ivan | Director | 2007-06-06 | 2012-11-22 |
| LAMBE, Shauneen Claire | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2019-06-30 |
| MATHEW, Jack William George | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2014-12-09 |
| MERINO, Maria Valeria | Director | 2010-03-09 | 2012-07-01 |
| NEUGEBAUER, Amy Ann-Louise | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2020-07-10 |
| NG, Jonathan | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2016-05-27 |
| OLDENBURG, Felix | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2016-10-12 |
| PRASZKIER, Ryszard | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2010-06-08 |
| SERFATY, Fabienne | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2020-02-04 |
| WEBBER, Michael | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2011-09-28 |
| CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-09-18 | 2003-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.