LIVELY MINDS
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Cash
£4m
+96.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4.6m
+106.8% vs 2023
Employees
108
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£281,090 | £2,372,901 | +944.2% | |
| Cash | £2,013,526 | £3,954,206 | +96.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,221,952 | £4,594,854 | +106.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,221,952 | £4,594,854 | +106.8% | |
| Equity | £2,221,952 | £4,594,854 | +106.8% | |
| Average employees | — | 108 | — | |
| Wages | £1,205,688 | £1,427,142 | +18.4% | |
| 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.5% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | 17.16x | 39.71x |
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
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LIVELY MINDS · parent
- Lively Minds (Ghana)
- Lively Minds (Uganda)
Significant events
- “In 2024, a major milestone was achieved in Ghana: the full rollout of the GES Lively Minds programme across all 64 rural districts in the northern half of the country.”
- “Uganda has also become a testbed for innovation, focused on strengthening sustainability.”
- “Lively Minds was finalist for the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize.”
- “Lively Minds has been selected as one of the most innovative and impactaful education practices globally by the 2024 HundrED Global Collection.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGAFONOVA, Ganna | Director | 2025-09-15 | Apr 1978 | German |
| ATHIENO, Jackline Martina | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 1977 | Kenyan |
| BRETT, Remus | Director | 2019-02-18 | Apr 1973 | British |
| CARVER, Gordon Antony, Dr | Director | 2019-02-18 | Jan 1980 | British |
| RYAN, Peter John | Director | 2021-04-28 | Mar 1952 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBAYE, Lydia | Secretary | 2021-04-28 | 2025-06-17 |
| AKAFIA, Esther | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2024-02-21 |
| BEMPAH, Maame-Yaa | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2022-11-30 |
| BUTAH, Suzanne | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2024-09-12 |
| HART, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2022-10-18 |
| HILLS, Olivia | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2023-02-27 |
| MULRONEY, Bradley Peter | Director | 2023-05-15 | 2025-07-18 |
| OBAYE, Lydia | Director | 2025-06-24 | 2026-02-18 |
| SCOTT, Brian, Dr | Director | 2019-02-18 | 2020-07-02 |
| WARNOTTE, Marie-Claude Lucie Therese | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2023-12-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Erin Elizabeth | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2026-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.