THE DRW FOUNDATION
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Cash
£995K
+129.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.9M
+57.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,820,000 | £2,400,720 | +31.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,173,828 | £1,625,356 | £1,900,421 | +16.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,276,926 | £1,625,356 | £1,900,421 | +16.9% | |
| Cash | £153,328 | £433,772 | £995,434 | +129.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,154,778 | £4,945,340 | +56.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,282,026 | £3,126,541 | £4,912,340 | +57.1% | |
| Equity | £1,282,026 | £3,126,541 | £4,912,340 | +57.1% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 89.3% | 79.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 89.3% | 79.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 51.5% | 38.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 4.6% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.70x | 3.58x | 5.58x |
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
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties in respect of the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 2 March 2026 David Woodburn donated Management Shares in the AKO Fund Limited with a value of £1,250,000 to the Foundation.”
- “On 2 March 2026 Ruth Woodburn donated Management Shares in the AKO Fund Limited with a value of £125,000 to the Foundation.”
- “On 18 March 2026 the David Woodburn Family Trust, a Trust of which David and Ruth Woodburn are the trustees, donated £10,000, including a tax credit of £4,500, to the Foundation.”
- “On 9 April 2026 the David Woodburn Family Trust donated £300,000, including a tax credit of £135,000, to the Foundation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAT, Richard James Anthony | Director | 2022-04-26 | Apr 1962 | British |
| WOODBURN, David Matthew | Director | 2022-04-26 | Feb 1962 | British |
| WOODBURN, Ruth Caroline | Director | 2022-04-26 | Aug 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Matthew Woodburn | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-04-26 | Active |
| Ruth Caroline Woodburn | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-04-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-29 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-11-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-07 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-31 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-07 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-31 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.