THE FOSTER CARE CHARITY
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Cash
£1.6m
+1% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.9m
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
30
-9.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care 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 | £2,716,761 | £4,215,480 | £4,083,859 | -3.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,578,212 | £69,051 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,625,166 | — | £153,423 | — | |
| Cash | £2,010,239 | £1,564,303 | £1,580,300 | +1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,625,166 | £4,704,311 | £4,857,734 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,625,166 | £4,704,311 | £4,857,734 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £4,625,166 | £4,704,311 | £4,857,734 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 37 | 33 | 30 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | £720,157 | £1,184,550 | £1,087,580 | -8.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 170.2% | — | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 21.37x | 15.61x | 19.61x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ormerod Rutter Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees are of the view that the charity is a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE FOSTER CARE CHARITY · parent
- The Foster Care Property Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, on 24 June 2026, the charity exchanged contracts for the purchase of a property for £545,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONK, Kenneth John | Secretary | 2023-10-01 | — | — |
| CHINNECK, Patricia Mary | Director | 2022-11-09 | Feb 1955 | British |
| EGERTON, Simon David | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
| JACKMAN, Donna Patricia | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jul 1956 | British |
| MONK, Kenneth John | Director | 2022-11-09 | Sep 1949 | British |
| O'CONNELL, Brian Joseph Noel | Director | 2022-11-09 | Dec 1950 | British |
| TUDGE, Jeremy James | Director | 2022-11-09 | Aug 1945 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTTON, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-11-09 | 2023-09-30 |
| HUTTON, Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2023-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Foster Care Co-Operative Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-09 | Ceased 2023-10-01 |
| Mr Brian Joseph Noel O'Connell | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-11-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.