NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHILDREN'S TRUST LIMITED
Operating as a local authority-controlled entity jointly overseen by West Northamptonshire Council and North Northamptonshire Council, the trust provides residential care and social work services for children.
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Cash
£27M
+110.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£3.6M
-27.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,221
+5.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.8M
+16.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £199,450,000 | £213,739,000 | +7.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,368,000 | -£3,286,000 | +2.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,204,000 | -£1,833,000 | +16.8% | |
| Net profit | -£2,204,000 | -£1,833,000 | +16.8% | |
| Cash | £12,819,000 | £27,029,000 | +110.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£2,819,000 | -£3,590,000 | -27.4% | |
| Net assets | -£2,819,000 | -£3,590,000 | -27.4% | |
| Equity | -£2,819,000 | -£3,590,000 | -27.4% | |
| Average employees | 1,155 | 1,221 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | £38,216,000 | £42,687,000 | +11.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £507,000 | £517,000 | +2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.7% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.1% | -0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.94x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, it is the opinion of the Directors, having considered the financial projections and demand risk in the medium term, that sufficient working capital exists to meet the ongoing operational activity of the Trust for the coming twelve months. Accordingly, the Financial Statements of the Trust are prepared on the basis of a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Following a series of earlier statutory directions, on 17 October 2019, the Secretary of State issued a statutory direction (the "Direction") to the Council pursuant to Section 497A (4B) of the Education Act 1996 (the "Act").”
- “A subsequent statutory direction was issued to the Council on 30 June 2020 pursuant to Section 497A (4B) of the Act to (among other things) clarify the timings for the establishment of the Council's arrangements with the Trust.”
- “In June 2019, Northamptonshire Children's Services were inspected by Ofsted and found to be failing to keep children safe.”
- “In November 2021, the Children's Commissioner for Northamptonshire advised the Minister 'Given the progress secured and trajectory the service is on, I believe that a continuing commissioner presence with the statutory powers entailed is more than is necessary as things stand.'”
- “In January 2022, the DfE issued a revised statutory direction which included the appointment of an independent chair of the Council's Children's Service Improvement Board at the end of the Children's Commissioner's tenure.”
- “The last full Inspection of Local Authority Children's Services (ILACS) inspection took place in October 2022 with the overall judgement Requires Improvement to be Good.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLEMAN, Joshua Macer | Director | 2024-03-14 | Jul 1970 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Samantha | Director | 2021-04-19 | Mar 1978 | British |
| FOSTER, Colin James | Director | 2020-12-03 | Nov 1971 | British |
| HICKMAN, Ian Keith | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1959 | British |
| IMUERE, Joshua Emudiaga | Director | 2020-10-08 | Oct 1978 | British |
| LLOYD, Antonia Deborah | Director | 2025-07-16 | May 1964 | British |
| MATTOCK, Deborah | Director | 2024-01-18 | Jun 1965 | British |
| O'BRIEN, John Gerard | Director | 2020-10-08 | Jan 1960 | British |
| REHMAN, Yasmin | Director | 2026-01-15 | Mar 1966 | British |
| TAGG, Andrew | Director | 2021-01-04 | Aug 1970 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Patrick Lucien | Director | 2023-07-10 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WOOSTER, Julian | Director | 2021-01-04 | Dec 1957 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDRECUT, Cornelia | Director | 2020-11-19 | 2025-07-24 |
| BROCK, Amy | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2021-04-18 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Clare Beatrice | Director | 2020-09-16 | 2022-11-30 |
| CHRISTIE, Andrew George, Sir | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2020-06-09 |
| CROSS, Colin Paul | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2024-01-15 |
| CURRYER, Ian Martin | Director | 2020-06-09 | 2020-09-16 |
| DANIELS, Hilary Jane | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2024-03-31 |
| HEAPHY, Clive Andrew | Director | 2020-09-16 | 2020-12-02 |
| HEDGER, Sian | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2020-12-12 |
| HICKMAN, Darren James | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2023-12-31 |
| PURNELL, Rebecca Eleanor | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2025-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Northamptonshire Council | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2021-04-01 | Active |
| North Northamptonshire Council | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2021-04-01 | Active |
| Northamptonshire County Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-28 | Ceased 2021-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.