MARY WARD SETTLEMENT
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Cash
£801k
-6.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
-4.6% vs 2024
Employees
72
-5.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£590k
-1,934.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Board approved financial statements on a basis other than Going Concern. An operating deficit of £576k for 2024-25, higher than expected costs for the new Mary Ward Centre, and lower cash receipts led to DfE loan assistance (£500k). A merger with Newham College of Further Education is the most likely outcome to provide financial resilience.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
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Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £5,806,000 | £5,981,000 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£29,000 | -£590,000 | -1,934.5% | |
| Net profit | -£29,000 | -£590,000 | -1,934.5% | |
| Cash | £860,000 | £801,000 | -6.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,815,000 | £26,467,000 | -1.3% | |
| Net assets | £12,447,000 | £11,871,000 | -4.6% | |
| Equity | £12,447,000 | £11,871,000 | -4.6% | |
| Average employees | 76 | 72 | -5.3% | |
| Wages | £2,785,000 | £2,990,000 | +7.4% | |
| 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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.5% | -9.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.5% | 58.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.81x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Board approved financial statements on a basis other than Going Concern. An operating deficit of £576k for 2024-25, higher than expected costs for the new Mary Ward Centre, and lower cash receipts led to DfE loan assistance (£500k). A merger with Newham College of Further Education is the most likely outcome to provide financial resilience.”
Group structure
- MARY WARD SETTLEMENT · parent
- Mary Ward Legal Centre 100%
- Blackfriars Settlement 100%
Significant events
- “The combination of lower average tuition fee income and higher than expected costs of running the new premises led to financial difficulties during the period.”
- “This culminated in a request from the Settlement to the Department for Education for financial support, which was granted in the form of an emergency loan.”
- “The SPA process has resulted in the identification of Newham College of Further Education as a potential merger partner to provide stronger financial resilience.”
- “Due to financial pressures and the need to reduce costs, the Centre closed its community outreach programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 162 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEADE, Carol | Secretary | 2026-04-21 | — | — |
| AKANDE PIERRE-NOEL, Adeola | Director | 2024-06-25 | Aug 1977 | British |
| COLLINS, Graham Keith | Director | 2018-05-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DALY, Veronica | Director | 2024-12-10 | Apr 1974 | British |
| DELGUIDICE, Francesca | Director | 2022-05-10 | Apr 1987 | American |
| ELLIS, Mark Daniel | Director | 2025-12-09 | Jul 1975 | British |
| HENRY, Eva | Director | 2022-05-10 | Apr 1963 | British |
| HUCKER, Timothy Charles Peter | Director | 2022-05-10 | Oct 1959 | British |
| JANMOHAMED, Noor-Ud-Din | Director | 2024-06-25 | Sep 1959 | British |
| MONTOYA BLANCO, Beatriz | Director | 2017-06-28 | Dec 1973 | Spanish |
| TAYLOR, Valerie Susan | Director | 2025-09-05 | Feb 1956 | British |
Show 162 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREESTONE, Patrick Henry | Secretary | — | 2006-08-31 |
| HUTTON, Clive | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2013-12-20 |
| JACKSON, Suzanna | Secretary | 2013-12-20 | 2023-04-18 |
| REINHEIMER-JONES, Therese | Secretary | 2023-04-18 | 2026-03-31 |
| ADLER, Kathleen | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1995-07-03 |
| ANASTASIOU, Andry | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2009-06-25 |
| ASHWORTH, Ruth Mary | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| BADGER, Paul | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| BARBER, Judith Mary | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2014-03-25 |
| BARRETT, Grace Penelope | Director | — | 2001-03-27 |
| BASSETT, Mark Edward Pollard | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2021-11-09 |
| BATES, Frances Clare | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2024-12-10 |
| BATES, Frances Clare | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2021-06-22 |
| BELATRECHE, Ahmed Joseph, Doctor | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2001-03-28 |
| BEWSHER, James Robert | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2017-06-28 |
| BLAKE, Karen Veronica | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2012-12-05 |
| BREWSTER, Maureen Eileen | Director | 2015-05-21 | 2017-10-26 |
| BRIDGE, Madge | Director | 1993-11-17 | 1997-02-18 |
| BURNS, Alison | Director | — | 1998-02-18 |
| BYRNE, Peter Ashby | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
| CADOGAN, Jack | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2008-12-15 |
| CAFFREY, Susan | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2008-12-15 |
| CAMPBELL, Angela | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2002-12-04 |
| CARLILL, Stephen Gerald | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-06-24 |
| CARTNER, Nadine | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2025-06-11 |
| CARVALHO, Elvia | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2012-07-18 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Jane | Director | 2011-12-13 | 2015-03-24 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Jane | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2010-03-03 |
| CHANDLER, Brian Gerald | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2019-11-11 |
| CHIBUNDU, Victor | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2008-06-07 |
| CHILTON, Charles Frederick William | Director | — | 1996-02-21 |
| CHOWDHURY, Fazlul Karim | Director | 2003-06-18 | 2006-06-07 |
| CLYNE, Peter Robin | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2017-03-21 |
| COLLINS, James Claude | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2024-06-25 |
| COPESTAKE, David | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2002-03-27 |
| COTTON, Roslyn Irina Margaret | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2002-03-27 |
| CRITCHLEY, Anne Caroline | Director | 2008-06-07 | 2009-06-25 |
| CRYNE, Christine | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| DANCEY, Dee | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1996-02-21 |
| DARBY, Gerard | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2022-05-10 |
| DAVIES, Robert Stephen Bryn | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2008-07-06 |
| DE JOIA, Alex | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2004-03-24 |
| DEL TUFO, Peter Rollo | Director | — | 2012-12-05 |
| DINGLE, Ruby Blanche | Director | — | 1996-02-21 |
| DODGSON KATIYO, Pauline | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2013-07-10 |
| DOWD, Susan Irene | Director | 2011-12-13 | 2015-03-24 |
| DUNPHIE, Karen | Director | 1993-11-17 | 1995-07-03 |
| DUONG, Kim Dao | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2024-10-07 |
| ELDRIDGE, Catherine Louise | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1999-02-17 |
| ELLIS, Thomas William Hancock | Director | 1998-02-18 | 1999-02-17 |
| ELSTON, Lydia Maria | Director | — | 1995-07-03 |
| EWEN, Alistair Forbes | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2002-03-27 |
| FROST, Alison Anne Rankin | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2011-02-01 |
| FULBROOK, Julian George Holder, Dr | Director | — | 2002-03-27 |
| GAYTON, Shan | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2007-03-07 |
| GILHOOLY, Clare | Director | 1997-11-12 | 2002-12-04 |
| GOOD, Diana Frances | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2016-03-22 |
| GRAUBART, Michael Herbert | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| GRAUBART, Michael Herbert | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2004-03-24 |
| GREBOVAL, Rolande Emilie Elise | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1999-02-17 |
| GUILLEZ, Laurence Marie Anne Geneviève | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2001-03-28 |
| HAIKEN, Israel Salr | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| HASTINGS, Eveline Dorothy | Director | 1992-11-16 | 2000-03-29 |
| HAWORTH, Anna | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2015-03-24 |
| HAZLEWOOD, Robin | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2005-12-07 |
| HENSBY, Simone Margaret Sarah | Director | — | 2004-03-24 |
| HILL, Austin, Dr | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2022-05-10 |
| HILL, Janet Susan | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2003-06-18 |
| HINDESS, Joyce Aline | Director | — | 2004-03-24 |
| HOPKINS, Colin Roy | Director | 1991-11-25 | 2009-06-25 |
| HORSUP, Alexine | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2020-02-24 |
| HUMPHREYS, Alan Stuart | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2017-06-14 |
| HYDE, Deirdre | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1999-02-17 |
| JACK, Amy | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1995-07-03 |
| JACKSON, Heather Margaret | Director | 2002-12-04 | 2005-06-08 |
| JACKSON, Suzanna | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2001-06-21 |
| JEMALDEEN, Abdul Hadi | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2009-06-25 |
| JENCKS, Pamela Balding | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2012-12-05 |
| JENCKS, Pamela Balding | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2007-03-07 |
| JONES, Gerald Mark | Director | 2001-06-21 | 2006-06-07 |
| JOY, Heather | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2007-03-07 |
| KAR, Nicole Louise | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2017-03-21 |
| KELLY, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2009-06-25 |
| KENNEDY, Mary | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| KERSTENS, Antonius Hendrikus | Director | 1999-02-17 | 2005-03-23 |
| KHAN, Feroz | Director | — | 1995-07-03 |
| KHOKHAR, Luban | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2005-03-23 |
| KINGS, Christine | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2011-02-01 |
| KIRBY, Andy | Director | 1993-11-17 | 2007-03-07 |
| LATHAM, Michael William | Director | — | 1996-02-21 |
| LEE, Fontine Helen Pauline | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2005-03-23 |
| LEE, Jake Leon Justin | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2016-03-22 |
| LESTER, David James John | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2001-03-28 |
| LOWTON, Alison Jane | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2018-01-08 |
| LUI, Yeun San | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2005-03-23 |
| LYTTLE, Eileen | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2007-07-11 |
| MCCOY, Michael Francis | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2004-03-24 |
| MCINTOSH, Robert, Dr | Director | 2010-04-21 | 2011-07-31 |
| MCMILLAN, Irene Jane | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2009-06-25 |
| MEDCALF, Lyn | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1995-02-21 |
| MILLINGTON, Caroline Sarah | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2015-03-24 |
| MILLS, Rosalind Elsie | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2013-02-28 |
| MIRCHANDANI, Ravindra Finder | Director | — | 1997-11-12 |
| MONK, Josephine | Director | 2013-03-26 | 2015-03-24 |
| MOORCROFT, Marguerita | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
| MULLOY, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | — | 1993-01-31 |
| MURPHY, Sharon Anne | Director | 1998-02-18 | 1999-12-08 |
| MURRAY, Evelyn Frances | Director | — | 1997-02-18 |
| MURRAY, Robin | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2000-03-29 |
| NADA RAJAN, Raja Rajan | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2018-05-01 |
| NICHOLS, Paul William | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2022-01-06 |
| NICHOLSON, Patricia Anne Mary | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-05-10 |
| NOBLE, Catherine Julia | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2011-07-31 |
| NTE, Sampson Onuwoyat | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2007-03-07 |
| PAGE, Madeline Frances | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2008-12-15 |
| PARRY, Jonathan | Director | 1997-02-18 | 1999-06-23 |
| PAYNE, Irene Ann | Director | 2013-03-26 | 2016-03-22 |
| PECK, Andrew Michael | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2022-05-10 |
| PINE, Lucy Lilian | Director | — | 1996-02-21 |
| PLATT, Caroline | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2009-06-25 |
| REA, John Nicolas, Lord | Director | 1997-11-12 | 2009-06-25 |
| REYNOLDS, Doreen Eveline | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| RICH, Robert Dawson | Director | — | 2005-03-29 |
| ROMERO, Rafeal | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2007-03-07 |
| SACHS, Gloria Mary | Director | 2008-06-07 | 2009-06-25 |
| SACHS, Gloria Mary | Director | 1997-02-18 | 2000-03-29 |
| SCHALLER, Ronald William | Director | — | 1998-02-18 |
| SCOTT, Alan Charles | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1994-06-30 |
| SELZER, Juliana Simone | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2024-06-25 |
| SHAH, Mehul | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2015-10-20 |
| SHAW, Hugh | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| SHELDON, Richard | Director | — | 1992-11-16 |
| SILVESTER, Vanessa Caroline | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1995-07-03 |
| SMEATH, Robert John | Director | 2005-03-23 | 2008-12-15 |
| SMITH, Jonathan Peter Morris | Director | 1997-11-12 | 2008-12-15 |
| SMITH, Lesley Carol | Director | 1994-06-30 | 1996-02-21 |
| SNOW, Penelope Helena | Director | 2019-06-19 | 2021-09-10 |
| SOMPER, Dawn Angela, Councillor | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2006-06-07 |
| SOOTARSING, Shri Kumari Gitaben | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2004-03-24 |
| STEANE, Christopher John | Director | — | 2005-07-06 |
| STOTT, Jane | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1999-02-17 |
| TILL, Barry Dorn | Director | — | 1998-02-18 |
| TODD, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2024-10-07 |
| TOWERS, Brenda | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2003-03-26 |
| TURNER, Lucy | Director | 1997-02-18 | 2000-03-29 |
| VINCENT, Sue | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2009-06-25 |
| VLACHOS, Peter | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2009-06-25 |
| VORHAUS, John Simon | Director | 1997-02-18 | 2007-03-07 |
| WALKER, Andrew | Director | 1993-02-01 | 1994-11-15 |
| WARD, Barbara Jean | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2003-06-18 |
| WATTERS, Kathryn Mary, Dr | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2020-04-06 |
| WEBB, Leonard Henry | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1995-02-21 |
| WHEELER, Margaret Eileen Joyce, Baroness Wheeler Of Blackfriars | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2020-12-08 |
| WIGGINS, Ernest Eustace | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1999-02-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrea | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2020-09-17 |
| WILSON, Catherine Mary | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2013-12-04 |
| WILSON, Catherine Mary | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-01-01 |
| WOOD, Mary Patricia | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1997-02-18 |
| WOODS, Dorothy | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1997-06-30 |
| WRIGHT, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| WYATT, Emma Victoria | Director | 2016-10-25 | 2021-11-09 |
| ZERA, Annette | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2007-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 466 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-30 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.