GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
Cash
£275M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£409M
Equity attributable
Employees
323
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
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
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 | £139,300,000 | £140,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£231,200,000 | -£230,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£218,900,000 | -£209,700,000 | |
| Cash | £272,006,000 | £275,376,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £444,856,000 | £442,719,000 | |
| Net assets | £411,407,000 | £409,006,000 | |
| Equity | £411,407,000 | £409,006,000 | |
| Average employees | 314 | 323 | |
| Wages | £17,737,000 | £17,999,000 | |
| 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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -166.0% | -164.0% | |
| Net margin | -157.1% | -149.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -52.0% | -52.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.3% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 14.93x | 15.50x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY · parent
- Great Ormond Street International Promotions Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Stacey | Secretary | 2024-09-02 | — | — |
| AHMED, Masood, Dr | Director | 2023-09-25 | Jun 1970 | British |
| AITCHISON, Kevin Michael | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1966 | British,Irish |
| ALLEN, Christopher John | Director | 2024-01-15 | Sep 1973 | British |
| BETHLEHEM, Jennifer | Director | 2017-01-10 | Jun 1965 | British |
| BRODY, Leigh Pauline, Dr | Director | 2026-01-28 | Sep 1983 | American |
| CRITCHLEY, Joshua Charles Macdonald | Director | 2024-01-15 | Sep 1970 | British |
| GERMAIN, David | Director | 2021-09-16 | Apr 1976 | British |
| JUSTHAM, Louise | Director | 2020-02-05 | Jun 1979 | British |
| ROCHFORD, Lee Michael | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| ROSS, Fiona Mary, Professor | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1951 | British |
| THOMPSON, Kevin John | Director | 2020-01-13 | Jul 1959 | British |
| TURNBULL, Douglas Matthew, Professor Sir | Director | 2022-06-27 | May 1953 | British |
| WISEMAN, Michael Andrew | Director | 2022-04-11 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIVERS, Ian | Secretary | 2015-03-11 | 2020-03-31 |
| FAN, Juanita | Secretary | 2024-07-01 | 2024-09-02 |
| JONKER, Jan-Willem | Secretary | 2014-12-03 | 2015-03-11 |
| ROBSON, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2023-12-15 |
| SHANMUGARAJAH, Sai Shanker | Secretary | 2023-12-15 | 2024-06-28 |
| BIBBY, Nina Stephanie | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2021-11-25 |
| BISHOP, Nicky | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2026-01-09 |
| BULFORD, Anne Christine | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| BURNS, Susan | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| CLAYDON, David John | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-09-21 |
| CONNOLLY, John Patrick | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2019-09-30 |
| CRAIG, David William Ian | Director | 2020-05-04 | 2023-11-23 |
| DUNSTAN, Diana Rosemary | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2018-03-31 |
| EWING, Margaret | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| FAHMY, Karima | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2025-09-30 |
| FENN-SMITH, Kaela Deanne | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| HODSON, Alan Charles | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2015-09-30 |
| HOLGATE, Stephen Townley, Professor | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| KATWALA, Sandeep | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2023-07-18 |
| LLEWELYN, Hugo William John | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| MARRINAN, Michael Timothy | Director | 2017-02-16 | 2022-07-31 |
| MURPHY, Frances Mary | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-05-25 |
| SARTORI, Mark Peter | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2024-04-18 |
| SHARP, Steven Mark, Dr | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2016-12-23 |
| SPRATLING, Christopher John | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Margaret Ewing | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
| Mr John Connolly | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.