CHILDREN'S LAW CENTRE (NORTHERN IRELAND)

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

  +42.4%

  £709,884 → £1,011,109

• Cash

  +32%

  £495,710 → £654,328

• Net assets

  +19.4%

  £706,571 → £843,832

• Employees

  +6.7%

  15 → 16

  highest in 6 filed years

• Profit before tax

  +196%

  -£142,940 → £137,261

• Wages

  +10.2%

  £554,738 → £611,440

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)

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

GMCG BELFAST

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “The number of issues dealt with by our free advice service - CHALKY - crossed the 3,000 threshold for the first time in Children's Law Centre's history.”
• “We initiated 13 Tier 3 cases seeking formal adjudication and legal remedy for children through the Courts this is the highest number we have undertaken since the peak of the Pandemic.”
• “BBC NI 'Spotlight' produced the 'I Am Not OK' programme in September 2024, highlighting the devastating impact that the lack of respite services has had on children and their families.”
• “arranged for the release of an additional £2M in year to support respite services and agreed a recurrent budget of £13M annually going forward.”
• “We were delighted to secure Lottery funding through Empowering Young People in August 2024, to secure our comms work, support advice work and recruit a new Youth Participation and Advocacy Worker.”
• “Following a successful funding application to the Clothworkers Foundation we have been able to purchase equipment to enhance our communications output through increased video production and introducing podcasting.”
• “In November 2024, Paddy Kelly, founder and Director of the Children's Law Centre, advised the Board of Trustees that after 27 years of continued service she was planning to stand down from her role leading the Centre.”

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

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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