ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL (LETCHWORTH) 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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After reviewing the School's forecasts and projections, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence of the foreseeable future and there is no material uncertainty with regards to going concern. The School there continues to adopt the going concern basis for preparing its financial statements.”

Group structure

1. ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL (LETCHWORTH) LIMITED · parent
   1. St Christopher School Guilds Limited 100% · inactive

Significant events

• “In 2023/2024, the School provided £346K (last year £409K) in means tested bursary funding, the equivalent of 3.1% of gross fees (last year 4.1%).”
• “This last year has been driven by 2 elements: 1. The creation and development of a strategic plan for 2024-2030. 2. Combatting the onset of VAT on the independent school sector.”
• “Following the implementation of the Labour manifesto in the Autumn Budget (30.10.2024). The Governors and Senior Leadership of the school have met and considered a range of scenarios for our financial future. We have a robust medium-term plan, which will allow us to make financial savings, increase income and manage our cash effectively whilst at the same time, achieve the plans which we have set out in our strategy document and delivering enhanced educational provision.”
• “We have developed and launched a new seven-year Strategic Development Plan for St Chris;”
• “Our wellbeing and mental health provision has developed and improved significantly, with added resources for space and staffing including counsellor hours and the introduction of The Wellbeing Hub online resource for staff, students and parents. The Mulberry Building, our pastoral and SEMH hub, has been set up at the heart of the Senior School. We have recruited a dedicated SEMH pastoral assistant in the Senior School and appointed a Pastoral Lead in the Junior School.”
• “A Level Results: The school achieved above national headline figures for both A-A* (national figures: 27.6%, St Chris: 33.9%) and A-C grades (national figures: 76%, St Chris: 77.7%)”
• “GCSE's: The school achieved significantly above national headline figures for both 7+ (national figures: 21.7%, St Chris: 46.04%) and 4+ (national figures: 67.4%, St Chris: 92.77%)”

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

Filings

9

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

  +10.2%

  £10,293,511 → £11,342,218

• Cash

  -21%

  £2,147,796 → £1,696,392

• Net assets

  -0.9%

  £9,963,772 → £9,870,648

• Employees

  +2.6%

  190 → 195

• Profit before tax

  +55.6%

  -£209,873 → -£93,124

• Wages

  +10.3%

  £5,808,596 → £6,407,189

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