BRIGHTON COLLEGE

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. BRIGHTON COLLEGE · parent
   1. Brighton College International Schools Limited 100% · England and Wales · monitoring and implementing the College's strategy to promote education and develop and support schools and colleges in other countries.
   2. Brighton College Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · non-charitable trading activities gifting profits to the College for use by the College in pursuit of its objects (hires out the College's estate and runs after school and holiday clubs for children).
   3. Brighton College Hong Kong Charitable Foundation Limited 100% · Hong Kong · advance and promote philanthropy to aid the College's development for the benefit of pupils
   4. St Christopher's School, Hove 100% · England and Wales · education
   5. Newells School Trust Limited 100% · England and Wales · advancement and promotion of education (traded as Handcross Park School)
   6. Handcross Park Commercial Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · non-charitable trading activities, gifting profits to Newells School Trust Limited for use in pursuit of Newells School Trust Limited's objects.

Significant events

• “The College offered transitional price support following the introduction of VAT on school fees.”
• “The prior Prep school site (the 'Convent') received planning permission in July 2025 to be converted into two boarding houses.”
• “The College completed its 15-year masterplan, opening its innovative Performing Arts Centre in 2024. This wonderful new building, named "The Richard Cairns Building", provides world-class facilities for pupils.”
• “The College announced in early 2026 that it acquired the St Mary's Hall senior school site from the NHS.”
• “The opening in August 2025 of a second Brighton College in Bangkok; The announcement of three new schools to open in Europe (in Lisbon, Madrid and Rome).”
• “Brighton College's energy consumption and associated emissions saw an increase in 2024/25. Annual figures for both metrics increased, driven by the opening of new facilities including the Richard Cairns Building.”
• “Economic and political risks - the sector has faced increased economic and political risk as a result of various Labour government decisions. Increases to employer's National Insurance and withdrawal of business rate relief from April 2025 have added c£1.5m to the College's annual operational cost base. The imposition of VAT on school fees from January 2025 has meant that parents already struggling to afford independent education have been considering home schooling or moving their children into the maintained sector.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +5.8%

  £60,672,000 → £64,197,000

• Cash

  -28.7%

  £55,056,000 → £39,241,000

• Net assets

  +7.3%

  £151,429,000 → £162,505,000

• Employees

  +2.5%

  827 → 848

• Wages

  +7.5%

  £29,233,000 → £31,413,000

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