GIRLS' EDUCATION COMPANY,LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

“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. GIRLS' EDUCATION COMPANY,LIMITED · parent
   1. Wycombe Abbey Services Limited 1% · sale of stationery, memorabilia and other items to parents and girls, the letting of property and the use of the School's facilities
   2. Wycombe Abbey Developments Limited 1% · providing building services to the School premises
   3. Wycombe Abbey International Limited 1% · management of Wycombe Abbey's international operations
   4. Wycombe Abbey Pension Trustees Limited 1% · to act as Trustee for Girls' Education Company Limited in the provision of benefits from the 1966 Pension Scheme for non-teaching staff
   5. Wycombe Abbey School Foundation · receives donations for Bursaries and contributes towards the funding of Bursaries in Wycombe Abbey
   6. Wycombe Abbey Foundation · receives donations for Bursaries and contributes towards the funding of Bursaries in Wycombe Abbey

Significant events

• “New Wycombe Abbey schools will be opening in Bangkok (2026) and Singapore (2028) to add to the schools that are already successfully providing pupils with an education in Hong Kong, mainland China and Egypt.”
• “Planning permission for major projects (Junior House and Innovation and Design Centre) in the Estates Masterplan has been delayed until at least 2026. Construction is underway on Grounds Barn and a new main entrance, expected to complete within the 2025/26 academic year.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +4.2%

  £29,945,000 → £31,205,000

• Cash

  -8.6%

  £25,183,000 → £23,012,000

• Net assets

  +1.6%

  £71,212,000 → £72,319,000

• Employees

  +2.4%

  459 → 470

• Wages

  +5.7%

  £14,076,000 → £14,880,000

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