NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHILDREN'S TRUST LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +7.2%

  £199,450,000 → £213,739,000

• Cash

  +110.9%

  £12,819,000 → £27,029,000

• Net assets

  -27.4%

  -£2,819,000 → -£3,590,000

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  +5.7%

  1,155 → 1,221

• Operating profit

  +2.4%

  -£3,368,000 → -£3,286,000

• Profit before tax

  +16.8%

  -£2,204,000 → -£1,833,000

• Wages

  +11.7%

  £38,216,000 → £42,687,000

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

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.

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.