BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY

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

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -66.8%

  £2,538,000 → £842,000

• Net assets

  -17.8%

  £21,739,000 → £17,870,000

• Employees

  +1,075%

  4 → 47

• Operating profit

  -265.9%

  £2,400,000 → -£3,982,000

• Profit before tax

  -265.9%

  £2,400,000 → -£3,982,000

• Wages

  +714.6%

  £130,000 → £1,059,000

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

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.

1. BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY 2017-10-23 → present
2. BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY 2015-01-23 → 2017-10-23

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Charity has sufficient cash, unrestricted funds and reserves to satisfy all its creditors and to fulfil its commitments for 2025/26. There are therefore no material uncertainties affecting the current year's accounts.”

Group structure

1. BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY · parent
   1. Red Balloon Trading CIC 100% · England and Wales · sells branded and other merchandise and generates commercial income

Significant events

• “Amerdeep Nagra appointed as an Associate Non-Executive Director of BWCNFT's Board in 2023/24.”
• “Fundraising continues for the Children's Hospital's front entrance transformation, with plans for an impressive aquarium.”
• “£1m donation received from George Davies via The George Davies Charitable Trust to create NHS's first maternal and neonatal health simulation suite at the Women's Hospital.”
• “£170,000 Inspiring Spaces Appeal launched to transform environment for patients at Parkview Clinic, BWCNFT's inpatient youth mental health unit.”
• “In July 2024, a £3m public appeal, 'It Starts Here', was launched to transform the Children's Hospital front entrance.”
• “In February 2024, a £50,000 appeal, 'Help A Heart', was launched to fund a quality research role on the Children's Hospital's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).”
• “In 2024/25, the Charity launched a new annual £1m Research Fund to support BWCNFT colleagues.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.