SAFE PLACES FOR CHILDREN SECRETARIAT
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Cash
£53k
+63.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£254k
-203.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
51
+21.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£170k
-720.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
At 31 December 2025 the Group has net liabilities of £253,639 (2024: £83,475) and the parent charity has net liabilities of £332,403 (2024: £350,276). Its parent entity, Safe Places Australia Limited, has agreed to provide support to the Group and charity to ensure it can fulfill its current liabilities
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care 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 | £1,798,144 | £2,204,361 | £2,344,268 | +6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,079,815 | £27,441 | -£170,164 | -720.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,070,065 | £27,441 | -£170,164 | -720.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,070,065 | £27,441 | -£170,164 | -720.1% | |
| Cash | £79,353 | £32,105 | £52,521 | +63.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£110,916 | -£73,475 | -£243,639 | -231.6% | |
| Net assets | -£110,916 | -£83,475 | -£253,639 | -203.9% | |
| Equity | -£110,916 | -£83,475 | -£253,639 | -203.9% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 42 | 51 | +21.4% | |
| Wages | £1,381,565 | £1,497,133 | £1,743,578 | +16.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £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 | 60.1% | 1.2% | -7.3% | |
| Net margin | 59.5% | 1.2% | -7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 121.6% | 115.6% | 148.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.23x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.35x | — |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“At 31 December 2025 the Group has net liabilities of £253,639 (2024: £83,475) and the parent charity has net liabilities of £332,403 (2024: £350,276). Its parent entity, Safe Places Australia Limited, has agreed to provide support to the Group and charity to ensure it can fulfill its current liabilities”
Group structure
- SAFE PLACES FOR CHILDREN SECRETARIAT · parent
- Safe Places for Children UK 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Errol | Director | 2025-05-26 | Apr 1965 | Australian |
| THOMPSON, Anthony | Director | 2022-03-21 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Amanda | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2022-03-30 |
| HARRIS, Kirralee | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2022-03-30 |
| KEARNEY, Peter James | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2025-04-14 |
| O'MEARA, Petra | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2020-07-16 |
| THOMPSON, Anthony | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2020-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Adelen Claire Wilson | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-07-16 | Active |
| Ms Petra O'Meara | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-02-29 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
| Safe Places For Children Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-26 | Ceased 2024-02-29 |
| Ms Petra O'Meara | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-26 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| Mr Anthony Thompson | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.