VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS SERVICE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2M
+73.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.7M
+3.2% vs 2024
Employees
47
+9.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£20M
-12.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£20,372,716 | -£19,937,719 | +2.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£17,741,076 | -£19,941,712 | -12.4% | |
| Net profit | -£17,741,076 | -£19,941,712 | -12.4% | |
| Cash | £712,769 | £1,237,672 | +73.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,671,982 | £1,726,270 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £1,671,982 | £1,726,270 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 47 | +9.3% | |
| Wages | £1,731,167 | £1,880,900 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £134,000 | £147,000 | +9.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.5% | 74.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.33x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Northern Ireland Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Financial Statements have been prepared on the assumption that Victims and Survivors Service Limited is a going concern and will continue in operation for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The restoration of the NI Assembly in early 2024 has provided an opportunity for progress in strategic planning and decision making to address the challenges faced by victims and survivors across all areas within our remit.”
- “The Victims and Survivors Service Limited took the lead on a partnership bid for an ambitious €25m PEACEPLUS project, which was approved in May 2024.”
- “On 27 February 2025 the NI Executive agreed a Programme for Government 2024-27 ‘Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most’.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAHILL, John | Director | 2022-10-18 | Sep 1956 | Irish |
| GILFEDDER, Brian Peter | Director | 2023-08-23 | Feb 1962 | Northern Irish |
| HORLEY, Sandra, Dame | Director | 2022-10-18 | Jan 1952 | British |
| MACARTHUR, Catriona, Doctor | Director | 2023-08-21 | Jun 1960 | Irish |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Brenda | Director | 2013-09-09 | 2013-10-21 |
| CLARKE, Beverley | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2021-11-23 |
| DEVITT, Fergus Adrian Connor | Director | 2012-03-27 | 2013-12-20 |
| FULLERTON, Janine | Director | 2013-09-09 | 2013-10-21 |
| GAY, Peter | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2014-06-23 |
| HAREN, Patricia | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| MAGEE, Séamus | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-07-09 |
| MATTHEWS, Marie | Director | 2012-03-27 | 2013-12-20 |
| MC CARTAN, Sinead Maire | Director | 2013-09-09 | 2013-10-21 |
| MCDOUGALL, Bertha | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2023-12-03 |
| MCILVEEN, Stephen Harold | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-02-19 |
| SOLOMON, Richard James N | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2022-03-31 |
| WILKINSON, Oliver Henry | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2024-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Executive Office | Legal person | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-02 | Active |
| Dame Sandra Horley | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-06-01 | Ceased 2025-10-02 |
| Mr Oliver Henry Wilkinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.