FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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Cash
£2.5m
+8.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£2.8m
+1.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
However, we are tendering for 10 years of grant funding from DfE, the outcome of which could affect whether Foundations is a going concern at the end of the 2026/27 financial year.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £9,194,313 | £7,174,583 | £8,777,402 | +22.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £20,361 | £125,814 | £30,882 | -75.5% | |
| Cash | £2,559,536 | £2,297,640 | £2,494,827 | +8.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,638,665 | £2,764,479 | £2,795,362 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,638,665 | £2,764,479 | £2,795,362 | +1.1% | |
| Equity | £2,638,665 | £2,764,479 | £2,795,362 | +1.1% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 70 | 67 | -4.3% | |
| Wages | £3,798,912 | £3,654,406 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £78,000 | £17,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,680 | £780 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £78,000 | £17,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.2% | 1.8% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.4% | 28.8% | 46.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.13x | 3.43x | 2.14x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 2023-06-08 → present
- FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LTD 2023-05-31 → 2023-06-08
- WHAT WORKS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AND CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE 2022-12-19 → 2023-05-31
- WHAT WORKS FOR CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE 2019-08-02 → 2022-12-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, we are tendering for 10 years of grant funding from DfE, the outcome of which could affect whether Foundations is a going concern at the end of the 2026/27 financial year.”
Group structure
- FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES · parent
- The Evidence Quarter C.I.C 100%
Significant events
- “Rental income dropped due to vacating former premises as the Lease expired.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Hilary, Baroness | Director | 2024-11-20 | Nov 1945 | British |
| AULADIN, Reshard Sheik Mahmad | Director | 2022-12-15 | Dec 1954 | British |
| BAIG, Rashida Akhtar | Director | 2025-10-16 | Oct 1963 | British |
| BEAVER, Kelly Anne Michelle | Director | 2022-12-15 | Jan 1983 | British |
| BIRCH, Martin | Director | 2025-10-16 | Sep 1970 | British |
| PATEL, Krupesh Vinodkumar | Director | 2025-10-16 | Feb 1972 | British |
| PEARCE, Nicholas Robin, Professor | Director | 2022-12-15 | May 1968 | British |
| RAMCHANDANI, Paul Gulab, Professor | Director | 2022-12-15 | Jan 1968 | British |
| WHITE, Sam | Director | 2024-10-07 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT-JONES, Beverley Rose | Director | 2021-05-30 | 2023-05-25 |
| BRECKON, Jonathan Warwick | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2021-03-20 |
| BURLINGTON, Sally Jane | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2023-05-25 |
| BUTLER, Lucy | Director | 2021-05-30 | 2023-05-25 |
| COLES, Jenny | Director | 2021-05-30 | 2025-09-11 |
| FEINSTEIN, Leon, Professor | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-07-08 |
| FEINTUCK, Jack | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-09-21 |
| JOHNSON, Fiona Helen | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-05-25 |
| KEMP, Sharon Jane | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2023-05-25 |
| LUCAS, Ben | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2023-05-25 |
| MACALISTER, Joshua | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2024-05-22 |
| MCCANN, Lauren | Director | 2021-05-30 | 2023-05-25 |
| MENAKAYA, Jideofor, Dr | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2023-05-25 |
| OTUDEKO, David | Director | 2023-11-30 | 2025-07-04 |
| PILGRIM, Martin George | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2024-02-28 |
| ROWE, Sally Amanda | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2021-03-20 |
| SHARLAND, Elaine, Professor | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-10-25 |
| SHORTHOUSE, Ryan Paul | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2023-05-25 |
| STARR, Michael Darren | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-03-20 |
| SWARBRICK, Ailsa | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| TROWLER, Isabelle | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2021-03-20 |
| WALKER, Stephen | Director | 2021-05-30 | 2023-05-25 |
| WOOD, Alan Thorpe Richard | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2021-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.