BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED

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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. BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED · parent
   1. Lime Avenue Sales & Services Limited 100% · United Kingdom · operation of the retail shop at the School
   2. Benenden International Limited 100% · United Kingdom · explore the options for business diversification and access the international market and establish Benenden international schools in China

Significant events

• “Throughout the 2023/24 academic year Benenden celebrated 100 years at the forefront of British education. The milestone was marked with numerous events and initiatives, beginning with a spectacular launch event combining music, poetry, art and fireworks.”
• “In September, The Inspiring Future Female Leaders conference brought together students from more than 60 schools across the UK with hundreds more worldwide joining remotely.”
• “Benenden celebrated its close connections to Hong Kong with a range of events during the October Half Term, ahead of the second conference of the year: Benenden's first Women and Wellness conference...”
• “In March, the whole School community visited London's biggest West End theatre for an historic Centenary performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat...”
• “Centenary celebrations concluded with the Benenden Pageant, an outdoor multi-media performance which depicted the history of the School...”
• “The 2023-24 academic year culminated with some outstanding results in the public exams. At A Level, 71% of all grades were at A*/A, while 93% were at A*-B.”
• “Benenden's first international school, Benenden Bilingual School Guangzhou (BBSG), opened for students in its inaugural academic year in September 2023.”
• “Six One student Claudia was included in the Women of the World Foundation's Young Leaders Directory, following her highly proactive mental health advocacy and her role as the youngest person ever to be appointed to Amnesty International's Children's Human Rights Network...”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +10.4%

  £24,189,000 → £26,703,000

• Cash

  +117.6%

  £6,920,000 → £15,056,000

• Net assets

  +0.2%

  £56,696,000 → £56,821,000

• Employees

  +5.1%

  391 → 411

• Profit before tax

  -123.5%

  £1,094,000 → -£257,000

• Wages

  +22%

  £11,218,000 → £13,685,000

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