ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
-19.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£43M
-6.4% vs 2023
Employees
261
+2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,556,000 | £10,173,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,925,000 | -£2,922,000 | |
| Cash | £12,400,000 | £9,943,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,642,000 | £43,654,000 | |
| Net assets | £46,452,000 | £43,495,000 | |
| Equity | £46,452,000 | £43,495,000 | |
| Average employees | 255 | 261 | |
| Wages | £6,393,000 | £7,193,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 51.5% | -28.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.6% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 8.77x | 5.41x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors have reviewed the current position carefully to ensure the ongoing provision of schooling for the pupils and the employment of staff. The School have received support from The Royal Ballet School Endowment Fund to manage the transition to a new sustainable business model, and the Governors therefore believe that financial resources are sufficient to ensure the School will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, being at least until 31 August 2026 and have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL · parent
- TRBSE Enterprises Limited
Significant events
- “In July 2024, the School said farewell to Artistic Director Christopher Powney after a decade of visionary leadership.”
- “In December, the School was dealt a further blow, when the DfE advised us that they were discontinuing the School's block grant, which has been in place for 20 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
18 active · 80 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RENTON, Roberta | Secretary | 2026-01-19 | — | — |
| ROBERTSON, Gillian Anne | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| ACOSTA, Carlos | Director | 2020-06-17 | Jun 1973 | Cuban |
| BIRKETT, Joanna Sarah | Director | 2018-10-31 | May 1960 | British |
| BREEN, Mary | Director | 2023-06-20 | Jan 1964 | British |
| BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret | Director | 2021-07-23 | Jan 1969 | British |
| CLEMENTI, Tom | Director | 2018-10-31 | Apr 1979 | British |
| DAVIS, Caroline Anne | Director | 2023-06-20 | Nov 1966 | British,American |
| DENNEN, Richard | Director | 2022-11-16 | Apr 1980 | British |
| DORFMAN, Sarah Ann, Lady | Director | 2024-04-03 | Jun 1951 | British |
| HUSSEY, Michael Richard | Director | 2026-02-03 | Oct 1965 | British |
| KAPLINSKY, Natasha Margaret | Director | 2024-10-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| MORTIMER, Isabel Emily Chloe | Director | 2026-04-29 | Nov 1963 | British |
| O'HARE, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2012-11-07 | Sep 1965 | British |
| RANSON, Craig Alan, Dr | Director | 2021-02-02 | May 1971 | British |
| REDWOOD-SAWYERR, Cordelia Anita | Director | 2022-03-30 | Apr 1968 | British |
| SUMMERS, Alistair Gerald | Director | 2024-04-03 | May 1965 | British |
| WATSON, Edward | Director | 2024-04-03 | May 1976 | British |
Show 80 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSON, Phillippa Louise | Secretary | 2017-01-03 | 2024-10-11 |
| COPELAND, Robert Nigel | Secretary | 2000-02-15 | 2008-08-31 |
| SCHOLEY, Ian Elliott | Secretary | — | 2000-09-15 |
| SHAH, Rikesh | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-02-01 |
| WINTER, Alan John | Secretary | 2009-02-02 | 2017-01-06 |
| ABBOTT, David | Director | — | 1997-12-08 |
| ALBERT, Justin Thomas | Director | 2021-02-02 | 2023-07-19 |
| ALLEN, Mary | Director | 1997-12-08 | 1998-03-25 |
| BAKHSHI, Suneel | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2020-01-29 |
| BAKHSHI, Suneel | Director | 2011-02-23 | 2012-02-29 |
| BERNSTEIN, Angela | Director | — | 2000-02-08 |
| BINTLEY, David Julian | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2004-07-01 |
| BRIGSTOCKE, Heather Renwick, Baroness | Director | — | 1992-03-03 |
| CHADLINGTON, Peter Selwyn, Lord | Director | 1996-11-19 | 1997-12-08 |
| CHENEVIX-TRENCH, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2020-03-26 |
| CHISHOLM, Peter Nicolas | Director | 1997-12-08 | 2014-06-10 |
| CLARK, Colette Elizabeth Dickson, The Hon Miss | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| CLARK, Felicity Jane | Director | 1999-06-29 | 2008-06-19 |
| COHEN, Johnson David, Dr | Director | — | 1993-11-02 |
| CONWAY, Ricki Gail | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2019-01-24 |
| COPE, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2011-06-15 | 2015-11-04 |
| CUNIS, Richard Cawton | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2012-11-07 |
| DAVIES, Genevieve Rachel, Dr | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2021-01-27 |
| DE VALOIS, Ninette, Dame | Director | — | 2001-03-08 |
| DORFMAN, Sarah | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2021-03-25 |
| DOWELL, Anthony James | Director | — | 2001-09-01 |
| EATWELL, John Leonard, Lord | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| EBSTEIN, David Simon Rodolphe | Director | 2021-02-02 | 2025-06-25 |
| EYRE, Mary | Director | — | 2000-02-08 |
| FARR, Clarissa Mary | Director | 2009-10-14 | 2019-11-26 |
| FLETCHER, David Jonathan Richard | Director | 2011-02-23 | 2021-12-31 |
| FORBES, Darcey Andrea | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2006-02-01 |
| FOY, Peter | Director | 1994-03-01 | 2001-06-21 |
| FROST, Thomas Pearson | Director | — | 1997-12-08 |
| GILL, Bruce Anthony George | Director | 1993-11-02 | 1997-12-08 |
| HALL, Anthony William, Lord | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2011-06-15 |
| HARRISON, Patrick John | Director | 2024-10-21 | 2025-03-13 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, David Paul | Director | 2003-02-06 | 2005-12-02 |
| HURST BROWN, Candida Madeline | Director | 2008-10-22 | 2020-03-31 |
| HUSAIN, Beryl Joyce | Director | — | 1996-05-18 |
| ISAACS, Jeremy | Director | — | 1997-07-14 |
| JOHNS, Sally | Director | — | 1993-11-02 |
| KAISER, Michael | Director | 1999-02-09 | 2000-09-06 |
| KING-FARLOW, Tessa | Director | 1997-03-04 | 2002-11-21 |
| LAMBERT, Janet | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2022-10-11 |
| LEES, David Bryan, Sir | Director | 2008-05-14 | 2013-06-12 |
| LYNCH, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2000-11-23 | 2008-01-31 |
| MACPHAIL, Bruce Dugald, Sir | Director | — | 1998-11-10 |
| MADEN, Margaret, Professor | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2016-06-08 |
| MARKS, Nancy Freeman | Director | 2015-06-10 | 2019-01-31 |
| MASON, Monica, Dame | Director | 2002-12-18 | 2012-06-12 |
| MAXWELL, John Hunter | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2006-02-01 |
| MAXWELL, Patrick Ronald Vernon | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2011-02-23 |
| MCGREGOR, Menna Lyn | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2023-06-20 |
| MCINTOSH, Genista Mary | Director | 1997-03-04 | 1997-05-13 |
| NEARS, Colin Gray | Director | 1992-12-16 | 2000-02-08 |
| NORMAN, David Mark | Director | — | 2009-08-31 |
| O'HARE, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2009-01-29 |
| PARKER, Charles Herbert | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2009-10-14 |
| PLAUT, Madeleine Claire | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2021-07-19 |
| PLOWDEN, Francis John | Director | — | 2003-07-31 |
| REID, Gwendolyne Anne Byng | Director | — | 1993-06-08 |
| RODRIGUES, Christopher John | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2024-01-11 |
| SAINSBURY, Lady | Director | — | 2004-07-01 |
| SANSOM, Bruce | Director | 2003-02-06 | 2005-12-06 |
| SAUREL DEL SOLA, Leonora Olivia | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2025-11-19 |
| SIBLEY CORBETT, Antoinette, Dame | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2011-02-23 |
| SOMAIYA GROSE, Nishi | Director | 2020-06-17 | 2024-11-13 |
| SOUTHGATE, Colin Grieve, Sir | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2003-07-31 |
| SPURR, Michael Stephen, Dr | Director | 2014-06-10 | 2023-06-20 |
| STEELE, Kenneth John | Director | 2012-06-12 | 2022-10-11 |
| STIRLING, Angus Duncan Aeneas, Sir | Director | — | 1996-08-31 |
| SZEMERENYI, Stephen | Director | 1997-12-08 | 2000-09-06 |
| THE LORD STERLING OF PLAISTOW | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| WALLACE, Robert Francis | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2015-02-26 |
| WALLIS, Edmund Arthur | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2015-06-10 |
| WELLINGTON, Antonia Elizabeth Brigid Luise, Duchess Of Wellington | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2020-03-17 |
| WIJERATNA, Susan | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2025-11-19 |
| WRIGHT, Peter Robert | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2002-11-21 |
| WRIGHT, Peter, Sir | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 287 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+6.5%
£9,556,000 £10,173,000
-
Cash
-19.8%
£12,400,000 £9,943,000
-
Net assets
-6.4%
£46,452,000 £43,495,000
-
Employees
+2.4%
255 261
-
Wages
+12.5%
£6,393,000 £7,193,000
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