STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
-38.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£68M
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
786
+11.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£39K
-103.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED 2020-12-02 → present
- STOWE SCHOOL,LIMITED 1923-01-20 → 2020-12-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £44,504,684 | £48,230,780 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,264,721 | -£38,870 | |
| Net profit | £7,443,264 | £4,240,093 | |
| Cash | £23,185,293 | £14,260,420 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,229,005 | £72,509,274 | |
| Net assets | £63,344,446 | £67,584,539 | |
| Equity | £63,344,446 | £67,584,539 | |
| Average employees | 707 | 786 | |
| Wages | £20,914,420 | £22,633,502 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 16.7% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.0% | 34.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 0.96x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery 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.”
Group structure
- STOWE SCHOOL LIMITED · parent
- Stowe Enterprises Limited 100%
- Winchester House Trading Limited 100%
- Stowe School Developments Limited 100%
- Stowe UAE Limited 100%
- Stowe China Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 February 2025, the merger of Ashfold School (Ashfold) with Stowe School Limited was completed. Stowe School Limited has taken on all the assets and liabilities of the Ashfold School Trust Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
22 active · 72 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Andrew | Secretary | 2024-07-31 | — | — |
| ACKROYD, Peter Michael, The Revd Canon | Director | 2013-11-11 | Feb 1960 | British |
| BLACKSTONE, Joanna Grace | Director | 2026-03-04 | Jul 1984 | British |
| BOLTON, Rowena | Director | 2024-01-25 | Feb 1963 | British |
| BRADSHAW, Patrick Julian | Director | 2021-01-05 | Apr 1969 | British |
| BROWN, Rebecca Jane, Her Honour Judge | Director | 2021-01-05 | Apr 1966 | British |
| CHAUVEAU, Luke Eric | Director | 2026-02-06 | Feb 1969 | British |
| COLE, Haydn Alexander Charmasson | Director | 2024-01-25 | May 1963 | British |
| CREEDY SMITH, Simon Charles | Director | 2005-06-22 | Jun 1959 | British |
| CUERDEN, Simon Derek | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| FORDHAM, Rupert Patrick | Director | 2021-01-05 | Aug 1960 | British |
| FROST, John Philip Cardain | Director | 2017-01-04 | Sep 1966 | British |
| JAYAWARDENA, Chaminda Sunjeewa | Director | 2021-01-05 | Apr 1977 | British |
| JOHNSON, Andrea Karen | Director | 2013-06-21 | Jun 1960 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Mairi Margaret | Director | 2021-02-23 | Mar 1961 | British |
| LLOYD, Catriona Helen | Director | 2015-04-27 | Nov 1967 | British |
| MAXWELL, Victor Kelechi | Director | 2025-04-22 | Jan 1987 | British |
| MUIRHEAD, Alexander Douglas | Director | 2021-01-05 | Oct 1965 | British |
| NTUMBA, Jena | Director | 2023-06-21 | Aug 1983 | South African |
| TAYLOR, Emma Louise Cowling | Director | 2023-10-06 | Jul 1966 | British |
| TAYLOR, Hugh William Medley | Director | 2025-02-28 | Sep 1965 | British |
| WHEELER, Christopher James | Director | 2023-06-23 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 72 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOWERS, Alan John | Secretary | 2007-02-05 | 2010-06-25 |
| HOLMES, Nicholas Grey | Secretary | — | 1996-06-15 |
| LEICESTER, John William | Secretary | 2004-03-09 | 2007-02-05 |
| LITTLE, David | Secretary | 1996-06-15 | 1998-04-20 |
| PORTER, Michael Beauchamp Mansel | Secretary | 2011-12-02 | 2024-07-31 |
| THOMAS, David Lloyd | Secretary | 2010-06-25 | 2011-12-02 |
| THOMAS, Yvonne Kathleen | Secretary | 1998-04-20 | 2004-02-16 |
| ARKWRIGHT, John Richard Charles | Director | 2009-03-22 | 2018-06-15 |
| BANNISTER, Ethne Alison | Director | — | 1996-03-12 |
| BARTER, Ian Stuart | Director | 1992-06-20 | 1994-03-14 |
| BERRY, Nicholas William | Director | 1993-03-15 | 2012-06-15 |
| BEWES, Jonathan Michael Arundell | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2023-12-02 |
| BEWES, Michael Keith | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| BRUNSKILL, Julie Christine | Director | 2011-06-25 | 2024-10-31 |
| BURNELL NUGENT, James Michael, Sir | Director | 2008-03-08 | 2020-03-13 |
| CARR, Geoffrey David Granville | Director | 2015-04-12 | 2019-06-14 |
| CARR, Richard Gordon Granville | Director | 1998-11-27 | 2000-02-01 |
| CHEYNE, David Watson | Director | 2009-03-22 | 2021-06-18 |
| CLUFF, John Gordon | Director | 1998-11-28 | 2010-01-19 |
| COLMAN, Juliet Ursula | Director | 2010-06-25 | 2019-12-07 |
| COOPER, Andrew Robert | Director | 2009-03-22 | 2010-04-30 |
| DE BURGH SIDLEY, Elizabeth Joy | Director | 2016-12-03 | 2024-02-27 |
| EDDISON, Robert John Buchanan, Reverend | Director | — | 1992-05-29 |
| EVANS, Laurence Adrian Waring | Director | — | 1999-11-26 |
| FLETCHER, Jonathan James Molyneux, Rev Hon | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2013-06-21 |
| GLEESON, Dermot James | Director | — | 1994-06-07 |
| GOODWIN, Guy Manning, Professor | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2021-09-01 |
| GREAVES, Richard Stephen | Director | 2021-01-05 | 2024-03-15 |
| GULL, Margaret | Director | — | 1994-12-02 |
| GURR, Sarah Jane, Professor | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2014-05-24 |
| HASTIE-SMITH, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2009-12-04 | 2023-06-23 |
| HONEYMAN BROWN, Christopher | Director | 1996-03-12 | 2016-06-17 |
| HONEYMAN BROWN, Christopher | Director | 1993-03-15 | 1993-03-15 |
| HOPE, Margaret Myfanwy | Director | 2025-05-13 | 2025-09-01 |
| HUDSON, David William | Director | 2011-01-14 | 2016-12-03 |
| HYLSON-SMITH, Gillian | Director | 1999-03-09 | 2008-06-20 |
| JAKEMAN, William | Director | 2022-11-14 | 2025-01-06 |
| KITSON, Frank Edward, Sir | Director | — | 1993-06-19 |
| KLEINWORT, Richard, Sir | Director | 1999-10-19 | 2003-12-19 |
| LANKESTER, Robert Anthony | Director | 2004-06-25 | 2019-12-03 |
| LESLIE, Peter Evelyn, Sir | Director | — | 2001-06-01 |
| LORD, Richard Denyer | Director | 1997-11-28 | 2008-11-24 |
| LOUP, Michael Douglas Trollope | Director | — | 1994-02-14 |
| LYELL, Nicholas Walter, Lord | Director | — | 2007-06-22 |
| MACINTOSH, Alexander James | Director | — | 2003-08-31 |
| MAGAN, George Morgan, Lord | Director | 2002-03-12 | 2016-06-17 |
| MALDEN, Charles Christopher | Director | — | 1992-03-17 |
| MORRIS, Peter Louis | Director | — | 2003-08-31 |
| MURRAY, Sara Jane | Director | 2005-12-02 | 2009-01-05 |
| PHILLIPS, Elizabeth Mary Kirby | Director | 2014-03-23 | 2021-06-18 |
| REEKES, Andrew Edward | Director | 2020-12-05 | 2022-04-19 |
| REES, Peter Wynford Innes, Lord | Director | — | 1997-11-28 |
| ROSSITER, Peter Michael | Director | — | 2000-11-23 |
| RYDSTROM, Marilyn | Director | 1993-02-11 | 1993-02-11 |
| SHILLINGTON, Anthony Drummond Graham | Director | — | 1993-05-13 |
| STANLEY, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2022-06-17 |
| STRACHAN, Hew Francies Anthony, Dr | Director | — | 2002-11-22 |
| STRINGER, Jennifer Avril Kinmond, Lady | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2022-06-17 |
| TATE, Christopher John | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2025-11-29 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Philip | Director | 2004-03-09 | 2008-11-25 |
| THOROGOOD, Peter John | Director | — | 2008-11-07 |
| TOMKINS, Edward Emile | Director | — | 1994-06-18 |
| VAN DER VEEN, Marten | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2012-06-15 |
| VAN DER VEEN, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-03-22 | 2013-06-21 |
| VERNEY, Edmund Ralph, Sir | Director | — | 2011-01-14 |
| WALTON, Christopher Henry | Director | — | 2005-06-22 |
| WHITFIELD, Paul | Director | — | 1992-03-17 |
| WIGHTMAN, Christopher Paul James | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2012-01-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Helen Elizabeth Webber | Director | 1993-03-15 | 2009-06-19 |
| WILSEY, Elizabeth Patricia, Lady | Director | 1994-12-02 | 1998-10-20 |
| WING, Antony John, Dr | Director | — | 2003-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Roland Peter | Director | — | 1992-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Martyrs Memorial And Church Of England Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 338 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+8.4%
£44,504,684 £48,230,780
-
Cash
-38.5%
£23,185,293 £14,260,420
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£63,344,446 £67,584,539
-
Employees
+11.2%
707 786
-
Profit before tax
-103.1%
£1,264,721 -£38,870
-
Wages
+8.2%
£20,914,420 £22,633,502
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