THE CHESTER BLUECOAT CHARITY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£316K
+25% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+0.3% vs 2023
Employees
6
+50% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£24K
-48.5% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £46,312 | £23,841 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £46,312 | £23,841 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £252,673 | £315,809 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,695,989 | £9,721,375 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £0 | £9,273,365 | £9,297,205 | |
| Equity | — | — | £0 | £9,273,365 | £9,297,205 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 6 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £81,464 | £125,534 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+25%
£252,673 £315,809
-
Net assets
+0.3%
£9,273,365 £9,297,205
-
Employees
+50%
4 6
highest in 4 filed years
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Profit before tax
-48.5%
£46,312 £23,841
-
Wages
+54.1%
£81,464 £125,534
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.87x | 1.16x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Champion Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A key development milestone has been the opening of Calm Coffee CIC's wellbeing hub. As the first initiative of its kind, it involved transforming unused space within the Bluecoat building to support Calm Coffee CIC in its start-up and launch. This hub now serves as a vital resource for delivering wellbeing services to the community.”
- “The bursary provision at both The King's and The Queen's Schools has been discontinued for new pupils following the September 2024 intake.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERLAIN, Paul, Councillor | Director | 2023-07-27 | Jan 1957 | British |
| DANBY, Susan Claire | Director | 2025-05-28 | Mar 1970 | British |
| FARRALL, Andrew George | Director | 2021-03-31 | Apr 1958 | English |
| FEARNALL, Laura Jane | Director | 2019-11-08 | Jul 1979 | British |
| RICE-JONES, Justin | Director | 2021-03-31 | Sep 1957 | British |
| SNAPE, Michael Joseph | Director | 2025-05-28 | Jan 1972 | British |
| SYMONS, Hannah, Dr | Director | 2024-07-24 | Sep 1990 | British |
| THOMAS, Nigel Brian, Dr | Director | 2025-05-28 | May 1965 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Shuhin | Director | 2020-09-09 | 2021-02-16 |
| BISSET, Robert, Councillor | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2025-11-28 |
| CATHERALL, Peter John | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2020-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Julia | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2024-11-27 |
| DAVIES, Neil Cranstoun | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2023-12-31 |
| DIXON, Samantha Kate, Councillor | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2022-12-18 |
| EBO, John Brian | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2023-10-10 |
| FEARNALL, Mark Arthur Heber | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| GILL, Robin Jon | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2023-04-26 |
| HARVEY, Jacqui | Director | 2024-07-24 | 2026-01-22 |
| HASSETT, Kevin | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| MAKINSON, Alexander James | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2024-11-27 |
| MANN, Timothy | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2023-10-10 |
| RICHARDS, Patricia | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2023-04-23 |
| RUDD, Robert George | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2019-11-08 |
| RUSSELL, Christine Margaret | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2023-10-10 |
| STRINGFELLOW, Emma Jane | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2022-10-04 |
| WOOD, Nicholas Hardwick | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2019-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.