MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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Cash
£7.6m
+42.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+21.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
93
+22.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.1m
+349% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £7,840,308 | £8,769,809 | £11,915,102 | +35.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,581,887 | £586,976 | £1,943,788 | +231.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,697,596 | £477,264 | £2,142,786 | +349% | |
| Net profit | £1,697,596 | £477,264 | £2,142,786 | +349% | |
| Cash | £3,558,932 | £5,330,495 | £7,589,511 | +42.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,656,887 | £10,126,051 | £12,288,837 | +21.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,588,787 | £10,066,051 | £12,208,837 | +21.3% | |
| Equity | £9,588,787 | £10,066,051 | £12,208,837 | +21.3% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 76 | 93 | +22.4% | |
| Wages | £2,371,002 | £3,194,683 | £4,160,376 | +30.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 6.7% | 16.3% | |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 5.4% | 18.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.4% | 5.8% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.0% | 11.2% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.12x | 5.18x | 5.91x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees believe that the charity will continue in existence for at least twelve months following the approval of these financial statements... Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION · parent
- The MCS Service Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2025, the MCS Charitable Foundation was granted Charitable Status in Scotland (SC054191) by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)”
- “Management undertook their annual impairment review on the mixed motive shares held. At 31 December 2025, the shares held in People Powered Retrofit were fully impaired.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLSON, Matthew Benjamin | Director | 2025-06-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| BLACK, Mary Ethna, Professor | Director | 2024-02-01 | May 1958 | British |
| GOSLING, Sarah Kate | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| NEHME, Fabio Silva | Director | 2019-03-14 | Oct 1972 | Brazilian |
| PINDER, David Stuart | Director | 2025-06-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| RITCHIE, Rebecca Evelyn | Director | 2025-06-01 | May 1983 | British |
| SHEARER, Karen Anne | Director | 2022-04-19 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALE, Patricia Benedicta Gaudentia | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2019-03-14 |
| COOK, Grahame Paul | Director | 2018-08-30 | 2018-11-27 |
| FARQHAR, Bruce | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2018-02-01 |
| GOULD, Steven David | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2020-12-22 |
| MCARTHUR, Karen Alison | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2019-03-14 |
| POWELL, Charlotte Emma | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2023-06-11 |
| WALMSLEY, Sandra Elizabeth | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2025-06-19 |
| WHITAKER, Nicholas Moule | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2021-12-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth John | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2024-01-31 |
| ZAROWIECKI, Magdalena Zandra, Dr | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2022-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-24 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-24 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.