WINGS FOR LIFE UK SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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Cash
£2.4m
-55.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.6m
+27.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
7
+16.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £4,580,985 | £4,760,522 | £7,012,487 | +47.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,939,885 | £1,448,498 | £2,071,000 | +43% | |
| Cash | £6,529,689 | £5,427,998 | £2,424,334 | -55.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,570,270 | £10,239,971 | +19.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,073,438 | £7,521,936 | £9,592,936 | +27.5% | |
| Equity | £6,073,438 | £7,521,936 | £9,592,936 | +27.5% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | 7 | +16.7% | |
| Wages | £300,302 | £356,726 | £408,772 | +14.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £112,855 | £138,688 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 64.2% | 30.4% | 29.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 23.4% | 23.5% | |
| Current ratio | 11.88x | 7.85x | 5.46x |
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
- WINGS FOR LIFE UK SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2016-06-25 → present
- WINGS FOR LIFE SPINAL CORD RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2010-09-09 → 2016-06-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees confirm that they are of the opinion that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In March 2025, Wings for Life agreed €3,000,000.00 funding for a major new clinical trial: 'SPROUT' is the First-in-Human (FIH) clinical trial that will for the first time investigate the effects of NG004 in acute, incomplete cervical SCI patients.”
- “In March 2026, conditional to the ATP Executive Board final approval, Wings for Life agreed €2,350,000.00 funding for a major new clinical trial: 'REDEPLOY' (PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES, Peter James | Director | 2019-05-30 | Apr 1978 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Rupert Edmund Ivo | Director | 2018-08-13 | Aug 1964 | British |
| GERHARDTER, Anita | Director | 2010-09-09 | Jul 1965 | Austrian |
| GLEW, Mandy | Director | 2025-04-11 | Nov 1971 | British |
| INGHAM, Stephen John | Director | 2023-02-27 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MARTHINSSON, Seth | Director | 2016-02-03 | May 1952 | Swedish |
| MITSCH, Dominik Alexander | Director | 2012-09-17 | Feb 1979 | Austrian |
| RAKE, Jamie Paul | Director | 2017-10-19 | Mar 1974 | British |
| STEWART, Paul Alden | Director | 2015-06-24 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, Ross Patrick | Director | 2018-08-13 | 2020-04-20 |
| HORNBY, David Neil | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2017-10-31 |
| KINIGADNER, Heinz | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2011-02-10 |
| KRIEGLSTEIN, Tim | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2017-01-23 |
| SHAW, Andrew | Director | 2012-06-12 | 2018-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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