THE GIRLS' DAY SCHOOL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£59M
+259.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£564M
+6.3% vs 2023
Employees
4,616
+1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE GIRLS' DAY SCHOOL TRUST 2003-09-01 → present
- THE GIRLS' DAY SCHOOL TRUST (1872) 1998-04-28 → 2003-09-01
- THE GIRLS' PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL TRUST (1872) 1993-08-25 → 1998-04-28
- GIRL'S PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL TRUST(THE) 1872-06-26 → 1993-08-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £304,776,000 | £327,743,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,172,000 | £21,685,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £9,080,000 | £32,695,000 | |
| Cash | £16,471,000 | £59,249,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £558,317,000 | £634,367,000 | |
| Net assets | £530,985,000 | £564,179,000 | |
| Equity | £530,985,000 | £564,179,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,545 | 4,616 | |
| Wages | £152,443,000 | £162,198,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.6% | 21.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.28x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 5.56x | 6.69x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, after consideration, the Trustees continue to have a reasonable expectation that the Trust and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being a minimum of twelve months from when these financial statements are approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt a going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE GIRLS' DAY SCHOOL TRUST · parent
- GDST Academy Trust
- GDST (Enterprises) Limited
Significant events
- “On 2 September 2024, it was announced that Redmaids' High School for Girls, an independent girls' school in Bristol, will be joining the GDST family of schools. We anticipate that Redmaids' High School for Girls will officially become part of GDST on 1 February 2025.”
- “Following the General Election in July 2024, the new government took steps to introduce tax changes to independent schools, with the application of 20% VAT to fees from January 2025 and the removal of 80% business rate relief from April 2025.”
- “In December 2023, the GDST refinanced a £50.0m loan facility which it has had since December 2020. This new facility has a seven-year term, maturing in December 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITCHISON, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2022-09-28 | Sep 1963 | British |
| CATTORINI, Giselle Vidic | Director | 2022-09-28 | Sep 1980 | British,Argentine,Italian |
| EWING, Hilary Ann | Director | 2019-10-02 | May 1955 | British |
| FLETCHER, Sarah Kate | Director | 2026-01-21 | Feb 1963 | British |
| KARPUKHINA, Seda Yalcinkaya | Director | 2025-05-07 | Jun 1973 | British |
| KING, Jeremy Bennett Biddle | Director | 2024-02-02 | Sep 1981 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Fraser Stewart | Director | 2017-07-05 | May 1970 | British |
| NWOKORIE, Orighomisan Marie | Director | 2024-10-04 | May 1971 | British |
| OLIVER, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2017-07-05 | Aug 1978 | British |
| PLUMMER, Poppy Teresa Scott | Director | 2022-09-28 | May 1978 | British |
| ROSS, Stuart | Director | 2019-03-20 | Oct 1956 | British |
| SMITH, Katherine Lucy | Director | 2024-02-02 | Jan 1964 | British |
| TUCK, Anne Victoria | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jan 1953 | British |
| WHILEY, Gareth Ridgwell | Director | 2026-04-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| WHITELOCK, Emily Aniela | Director | 2025-05-07 | Jul 1988 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOAL, John Colin | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| GERALD, Diana Judith | Secretary | 2009-05-06 | 2010-01-22 |
| HARRISON, Barbara Andrea | Secretary | 2003-01-01 | 2009-05-06 |
| HOARE, Caroline Lucy | Secretary | 2010-01-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| OAKLEY, Michael Anthony Robert | Secretary | — | 1999-12-31 |
| ANGEL, Donald | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| BARRON, Caroline Mary | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| BARTER, Stephen Leslie | Director | 1997-02-26 | 1999-12-31 |
| BELESCHENKO, Alix Ruth | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2006-05-10 |
| BERNARD, Dallas Edmund, Sir | Director | — | 1993-07-29 |
| BISS, Adele | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2003-08-31 |
| BRIDGEMAN, June | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| BROKE, Adam Vere Balfour | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| CHAKRAVERTY, Julie | Director | 2013-12-18 | 2018-08-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Mary Madeline | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2014-10-19 |
| COCKING, Joan Lorna | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2014-08-31 |
| COHEN, Janet, Baroness | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1995-09-14 |
| COLLINS, Jane Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2014-01-22 |
| DANCE, Stephen William | Director | 2000-10-24 | 2013-10-31 |
| DAVIS, Kathryn Ruth | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2024-12-11 |
| DHUT, Rita | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2023-07-10 |
| ELIAS, Elisabeth | Director | — | 2007-08-31 |
| FILDES, David Christopher | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| FIRTH, Gay Virginia Arabella | Director | — | 1994-03-21 |
| FOWLER, Helen Rosa | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| FREEMAN, Clara Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| GALBRAITH, Isobel Elizabeth Gibson | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| GIBBONS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2017-11-27 |
| GORDON, Maria Vladimirovna | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2025-07-02 |
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| HARRIS, Richard John | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2022-09-19 |
| HENLEY, Douglas Owen, Sir | Director | — | 2000-08-31 |
| HOCKADAY, Anne Mary | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2022-09-19 |
| HOGG, Anne Patricia, Dr | Director | — | 2000-08-31 |
| HOUSTON, Margaret Anne | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| HUMPHRIES, Juliet Claire | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2023-07-10 |
| IVERSEN, Susan Diana, Professor | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2014-01-22 |
| JAY, John Philip Bromberg | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 1993-04-07 | 1999-07-14 |
| KNIGHT, Angela Ann | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2004-08-31 |
| MACGILCHRIST, Barbara Anne, Professor | Director | 1994-03-02 | 1998-03-27 |
| MACGREGOR, Jean Mary Elizabeth | Director | — | 2008-08-31 |
| MALBON, Katherine Mary, Dr | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-11-04 |
| MALTBY, Victoria Angela Valerie | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2007-12-05 |
| MCCRICKARD, Sarah Jane | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| MILLER, Timothy John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| MURRAY, Rosemary, Dame | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| NICKOLDS, Paula Margaret | Director | 2013-03-13 | 2016-11-02 |
| NISSEN, George Maitland | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| NORTH, Stephanie, Lady | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| PEERS, James Roger | Director | 1999-07-06 | 2008-08-31 |
| PERRIN, Gillian Margaret | Director | — | 2006-06-27 |
| RALPH, Philip Pyman | Director | 1997-09-22 | 2003-12-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Jane Miranda | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| ROGERS, Martin John Wyndham | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| ROSEWELL, Bridget | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-02-13 |
| SHUARD, Hilary Bertha | Director | — | 1992-12-24 |
| SIMONS, Judith Ann, Professor | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2023-09-29 |
| SMITH, Rosemary Ann | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| SONDHEIMER, Janet | Director | — | 2002-08-31 |
| STUART, Nicholas Willoughby | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| TALBOT, Marianne | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2007-12-05 |
| WARNOCK, Helen Mary, Baroness | Director | — | 2001-09-01 |
| WARREN, Peter Tolman, Dr | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| WEBSTER, Margaret | Director | — | 1992-03-25 |
| WHEARE, Thomas David | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Helen Mary | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2019-08-31 |
| WILSON, Robert Julian | Director | 1994-09-01 | 2008-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anne Victoria Tuck | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2023-08-03 | Active |
| Ms Juliet Claire Humphries | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 317 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-25 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£304,776,000 £327,743,000
-
Cash
+259.7%
£16,471,000 £59,249,000
-
Net assets
+6.3%
£530,985,000 £564,179,000
-
Employees
+1.6%
4,545 4,616
-
Operating profit
+78.2%
£12,172,000 £21,685,000
-
Wages
+6.4%
£152,443,000 £162,198,000
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