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ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES(THE)

#00030157 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1889-11-15 (136y 11m) · Last filing 2026-09-18 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 94120 · S Other Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-08-02 (in 9 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£3.3m

-16.7% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£12m

-1.2% vs 2024

Employees

92

-2.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£140k

-145.2% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £10,672,414£11,320,350£11,535,394 +1.9%
Operating profit -£352,336-£481,124-£1,014,440 -110.8%
Profit before tax -£235,033£309,989-£140,080 -145.2%
Net profit -£235,033£309,989-£140,080 -145.2%
Cash £4,249,120£3,965,317£3,305,074 -16.7%
Total assets less current liabilities £11,348,713£11,679,007£11,539,177 -1.2%
Net assets £11,348,713£11,679,007£11,539,177 -1.2%
Equity £11,348,713£11,679,007£11,539,177 -1.2%
Average employees 929492 -2.1%
Wages £5,206,453£5,102,716£5,077,710 -0.5%
Directors' remuneration £758,568£700,465— —

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -3.3%-4.3%-8.8%
Net margin -2.2%2.7%-1.2%
Return on capital employed -3.1%-4.1%-8.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 10.1%10.9%11.2%
Current ratio 3.65x3.19x2.62x

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.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES(THE) 1983-04-20 → present
  2. ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES(THE) 1889-11-15 → 1983-04-20

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Goodman Jones LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Having reviewed the financial position and future plans, the RCM Board reasonably expects that the company has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES(THE) · parent
    1. The Royal College of Midwives Trust 100% · England and Wales · charity to promote and advance the art and science of midwifery
    2. RCM Trust Trading Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · conducts business and donates its profits to the RCMT
    3. RCM Information Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · conducts business and donates its profits to the RCMT

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 148 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
AGBAGWARA-OSUJI, Benedicta Obiageri Director 2021-09-01 Mar 1968 British
DACK, Eileen Bridget Director 2025-09-01 Aug 1973 British
DAVIS, Melissa Director 2023-09-01 Feb 1984 British
DOUGAN, Cherylene Director 2023-09-01 Oct 1973 Scottish
JONES-CHARLES, Carla Director 2025-09-01 Nov 1968 British
KUYPERS, Barbara Christine Director 2023-09-01 May 1959 British
MATTHEWS, Wendy Elizabeth Director 2025-09-01 Jul 1963 British
OYLER, Angharad Director 2023-09-01 May 1976 Welsh
SYMINGTON, Declan Marius Director 2023-09-01 Feb 1981 British
WARRINGTON, Wanda Janina Director 2025-09-01 Oct 1966 British
Show 148 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ALLISON, Julia Secretary 1994-04-01 1997-01-18
ASHTON, Ruth Mary Secretary — 1994-03-31
DAVIS, Karlene Cecile, Dame Secretary 1997-01-01 2008-10-31
WARWICK, Catherine Lilian, Professor Secretary 2008-11-01 2011-09-07
ACKERMAN, Belinda Director 1998-09-01 2011-08-31
ACKERMAN, Belinda Director — 1996-12-31
AGNEW, Anna Director 2002-10-10 2005-08-31
AKEJU, Dorcas Olanike Director 1998-09-01 2005-08-31
ALLISON, Julia Director — 1994-03-31
ANDREWS, Shirley Maria Director 2007-09-01 2011-08-31
ARTHUR, Sandra Joy Director 1993-06-01 1998-08-31
ASPINALL, Mary Elizabeth Director 1996-01-01 1998-08-31
BAKER, Karen Lyn Director 2005-09-01 2007-08-31
BAKER, Karen Lyn Director 1997-01-01 1999-08-31
BALLINTINE, Janet Karen Director 2019-09-01 2023-08-31
BARRETT, Keelie Lorraine Director 2019-09-01 2025-01-20
BEACOCK, Michelle Director 2017-09-01 2023-08-31
BEAK, Joyce Anne Director — 1993-12-31
BRAIN, Margaret Anne Director — 1996-12-31
BROWN, Linda Kathleen Director 1994-01-01 1996-12-31
BROWN, Margaret Director — 1992-07-22
BROWN, Maria Angela Director 2001-09-01 2011-08-31
BROWN, Wendy Director 1998-09-01 2001-08-31
BRYCE, Linda Ann Director 1993-11-15 1998-08-31
BURLEIGH, Amanda Jayne Director 2015-09-01 2018-01-20
BYROM, Sheena Catherine Director 2015-09-01 2017-02-01
CALDWELL, Catherine Joan Director 1995-07-31 2004-05-18
CALDWELL, Catherine Joan Director — 1993-12-31
CANNING, Angela Director 2005-09-01 2009-08-31
CASEY-HARDMAN, Corina Anastasia Director 2007-09-01 2013-08-31
CHARLTON, Douglas Director 1998-09-01 2005-08-31
CHESNEY, Margaret Director 1998-09-01 2006-08-31
CLARKE, Ruth Mary Director — 2009-08-31
COOPER, Tracey Suzanne Director 2003-09-01 2011-08-31
COULSON, Celia Anne Director 1994-01-01 1996-12-31
CRANNA, Rosemary Director 1995-01-01 2003-02-28
CRONK, Mary Watson Director 1999-09-01 2003-08-31
CUTLAN, Melissa Claire Director 1996-01-01 2011-08-31
DAGGE BELL, Fiona Director 2003-09-01 2005-08-31
DAVIE, Mary Director 2005-09-01 2009-08-31
DAVIES, Daren Kim Director 2019-09-01 2025-09-01
DAVIES, Esther Jean Director 1994-01-01 1995-06-01
DAVIS, Catherine Director 2004-05-18 2008-05-06
DAVIS, Catherine Director 1997-01-01 2003-08-31
DONACHIE, Elena Director — 1992-07-22
DUNCAN, Jane Susan Director 1994-01-01 1998-04-28
ELLIOTT, Margaret Anne Director 1997-05-09 2003-08-31
EVANS, Kate Director 2017-09-01 2021-08-31
EXTON, Rosemary Janet Director 2007-09-01 2013-08-31
FERGUSON, Polly Director — 1993-01-04
FINNERTY, Gina Director 2005-09-01 2007-08-31
FLEMING, Sheila Margaret Director — 1993-12-31
FLETCHER, Alison Elizabeth Director 1995-01-01 1995-10-31
FLINT, Caroline Janet Director — 1997-10-27
FOSTER, Miriam Gwendoline Eunice Director 1992-07-22 1998-08-31
FOX, Sarah Director 2003-09-01 2007-08-31
GARRICK, Carole Floreen Director 2007-09-01 2013-08-31
GILLEN, Patricia Ann, Dr Director 2011-09-01 2015-08-31
GORZANSKI, Julia Claire, Mrs. Director 1999-09-01 2003-08-31
GOULD, Deborah Jane Director 2001-09-01 2011-08-31
GREENWOOD, Joan Director — 1993-12-31
GUTTERIDGE, Kathryn Elizabeth Ann, Dr Director 2005-09-01 2008-04-23
HALL, Jennifer Susan, Dr Director 2017-09-01 2018-05-17
HALL, Jennifer Director 1997-01-01 1998-02-06
HARLEV-LAM, Birte Director 2017-09-01 2018-11-30
HEATLEY, Susan Elizabeth Director 1994-01-01 1996-12-30
HEPBURN, Katrina Laura Director 2005-09-01 2009-08-31
HERVE, Jane Elizabeth Director 2003-09-01 2007-08-31
HILLAN, Edith, Professor Director 1998-09-01 2001-08-31
HODGSON, Hilary Ann Director 1992-07-22 1998-08-31
HUGHES, Deborah Jane Francis Director — 1993-12-31
HUNT, Sheila Catherine, Professor Director 2005-09-01 2007-08-31
HUTCHERSON, Amanda Jane Director 2007-09-01 2011-08-31
JAMIESON, Lea Elizabeth Director — 1993-12-31
JONES, Kathleen Director 2001-09-01 2011-08-31
JONES, Sarah Louise Director 2019-09-01 2025-09-01
KEATS, Jean Director 1991-10-08 1995-12-20
KELSALL, Jennifer Margaret Director — 1999-08-31
KIRTLEY, Nerys Elaine Director 2021-09-01 2025-09-01
KUYPERS, Barbara Christine Director 2011-09-01 2017-08-31
LABRIOLA, Giuseppe Paolo Director 2017-09-01 2023-08-31
LEE, Gabrielle Anne Director 1997-05-09 1999-08-31
LEIGHTON, Janice Director — 1992-05-13
LEWIS, Paul, Prof Director 2007-09-01 2013-08-31
LEWIS, Paul Anthony Director 1992-09-07 1996-05-01
LINDER, Natalie Director 2015-09-01 2021-08-31
LINDSAY, Julie Director 1997-01-01 1998-02-06
LINGEN-STALLARD, Andrew Phillip Director 2003-09-01 2007-08-31
MACDONALD, Susan Elaine Director 1999-09-01 2003-01-25
MACKAY, Elizabeth Margaret Director 1992-07-22 2005-08-31
MARCHANT, Sally Director — 1996-02-21
MARSHALL, Helene Alexandra Director 2013-09-01 2019-08-31
MCCANN, Geraldine Director 1998-09-01 2002-04-09
MCCOMISH, Heather Elizabeth Director 1998-09-01 2001-08-31
MCDONALD, Marie Director 2011-09-01 2015-08-31
MCIVOR, Marian Director 2001-09-01 2009-08-31
MCIVOR, Marion Director 1997-01-01 1999-08-31
MCKENZIE, Frances Christina Director 2011-09-01 2014-10-05
MCMURRAY, Frances Elizabeth Director — 1992-07-22
MILLER, Tracy Ann Director 2017-09-01 2021-08-31
MONTAGU, Sarah Director 2001-09-01 2005-08-31
MOORE, Elizabeth Jacqueline Director — 1992-07-27
MUIRHEAD, Lorna Elizabeth Fox, Dame Director 1994-01-01 2004-05-18
MURPHY BLACK, Tricia, Dr Director — 1993-12-31
NEILE, Euranis Director 1997-01-01 2002-03-06
NEWMAN, Carol Ann Director 1992-07-22 1995-12-20
NOTMAN, Maggie Director 1995-01-01 1996-02-20
O'BRIEN, Margaret Anne Director 2004-05-18 2008-05-06
OCKENDEN, Sheralyn Donna Director 2011-09-01 2012-09-03
PACANOWSKI, Lynne Caroline Director 2013-09-01 2017-08-31
PACANOWSKI, Lynne Caroline Director 2009-09-01 2011-08-31
PAGE, Lesley Ann, Dr Director 2011-09-01 2013-08-31
PHILLIPS, Sharon Director 2001-09-01 2004-07-13
RICHARDS, Julie Diane Director 2015-09-01 2019-08-31
RICHENS, Rehana Director 2023-09-01 2025-09-01
ROCH, Sarah Eugenie Gwynta Director 1994-01-01 1996-12-31
RUSSELL, Kim Elizabeth Director 2007-09-01 2011-08-31
SANDALL, Jane, Professor Director 2013-09-01 2017-09-05
SAUTER, Susan Mary Director — 1992-07-22
SAVAGE, Julia Margaret Director — 1992-07-22
SHAND, Vanessa Gwendoline Director 2011-09-01 2016-02-29
SHASHA, Anna Natalie Director 2011-09-01 2015-08-31
SHAW, Brona Director 2013-09-01 2014-09-15
SILVERTON, Louise Isabelle Director — 1994-04-11
SINCLAIR, Marlene Katrina, Dr Director 2003-09-01 2011-08-31
SPENCE, Dale, Dr Director 2005-09-01 2011-08-31
SPENCE, Joan Seaton Director 1992-07-22 1993-07-01
STEEN, Mary Patricia, Dr Director 2003-09-01 2005-09-19
STEPHENS, Elizabeth Director 1998-09-01 2011-08-31
STEVENSON, Valerie Margaret Elizabeth Director — 1992-07-22
STONE, Yvonne Janet Director — 1996-12-31
THOMPSON, Monica Director 2001-09-01 2009-08-31
TODD, Jane Director 1992-07-22 2001-08-31
TOMLIN, Neil Scott Director 2019-09-01 2023-08-31
TRUTTERO, Suzanne Janet, Professor Director 2003-09-01 2011-08-31
TWIGG, Pauline Anne Director 2017-09-01 2023-08-31
UPRICHARD, Mary Director — 1993-12-31
WALFORD, Diane Director 1998-09-01 2001-08-31
WALKER, Margaret Director 1992-07-22 1995-01-01
WALMSLEY, Kate Director 1997-01-01 1999-08-31
WALTON, Gillian Debra Director 2007-09-01 2011-08-31
WALTON, Gillian Debra Director 1999-09-01 2003-08-31
WATTERS, Phyllis Director — 1996-12-31
WAY, Susan, Dr Director 2013-09-01 2017-08-31
WELLS, Sascha Hilary Director 2019-09-01 2021-05-19
WINSHIP, Evelyn Jane Director — 1998-12-31
WONDERGEM, Catharina Petronella Maria Director 1999-09-01 2003-08-31
WOODBRIDGE, Shani Director 2023-09-01 2025-11-11

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Rcm Board Corporate entity Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust) 2016-07-26 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 385 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-07-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-09-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-02-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-09-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

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

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