ST.EDWARD'S SCHOOL

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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

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Governance requires that the Trustees assess and report on the prospects of the group and whether the organisation is a going concern. In considering this requirement, the Trustees have taken into account; the group's current cash position, existing banking facilities, committed capital spend, the budget for year-ending 31 August 2025 and longer-term financial outlook, and the forecast cash flows. Having due regard to these matters and having made appropriate enquiries, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the group has resources to remain in operation until at least twelve months after the approval of these financial statements. The Governors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements.”

Group structure

1. ST.EDWARD'S SCHOOL · parent
   1. The North Wall Trust 100% · UK · advancement of education in the arts
   2. St Edward's School International Limited 100% · UK · monitor and implement its strategy to promote education and develop schools and colleges in other countries
   3. St Edward's School Trading Limited 100% · UK · supporting the school through commercial income growth

Significant events

• “The academic year 24/25 saw the biggest upheaval in the independent schools' sector since the Second World War in the shape of the in-year imposition of VAT on school fees, the abolition of business rates relief and increases in employers' National Insurance contributions.”
• “the School was continuing to celebrate the exceptional inspection report achieved in late 2025, having been awarded coveted 'significant strength' status collectively for the academic curriculum, the co-curriculum and the super curriculum”
• “signing of a groundbreaking new partnership with Chelsea Football Club, designed to bring world-class sporting excellence into the heart of pupils' experience and out into the community through partnerships with local schools and sports groups.”
• “academic results continued the upward trajectory of recent years. International Baccalaureate results in July set a new record for the School, with 60% at Levels 7/6 (A*/A) and 91% at Levels 7-5 (A*-B).”
• “school generated a significant amount of commercial income through letting out facilities for conferences, events, weddings, educational holiday camps and filming. The total amount of income from sources other than the fees for the 24/25 academic year was £1,603k”
• “On 23rd December 2025, the School acquired the long leasehold of the Nuffield Health Club site for £14.7m. Simultaneously, the School entered into a £15m loan at an interest rate of base rate plus 6.5%, repayable in May 2027, from GRE Finance.”

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

3

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

  +5.7%

  £36,303,000 → £38,360,000

• Cash

  -40.3%

  £10,779,000 → £6,431,000

• Net assets

  +5.9%

  £68,395,000 → £72,440,000

• Employees

  +2.6%

  536 → 550

• Profit before tax

  +92.6%

  £1,875,000 → £3,612,000

• Wages

  +5.7%

  £17,503,000 → £18,507,000

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