DULWICH PREPARATORY SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+70.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£40M
-2.7% vs 2023
Employees
361
+7.1% 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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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DULWICH PREPARATORY SCHOOLS TRUST 2017-05-13 → present
- DULWICH COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST 1996-09-09 → 2017-05-13
- DULWICH COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED 1957-03-13 → 1996-09-09
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 | £22,564,742 | £23,720,279 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £164,182 | -£872,420 | |
| Cash | £2,556,093 | £4,347,512 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,331,202 | £45,582,396 | |
| Net assets | £40,784,986 | £39,702,566 | |
| Equity | £40,784,986 | £39,702,566 | |
| Average employees | 337 | 361 | |
| Wages | £11,287,480 | £12,136,576 |
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 | 0.7% | -3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.4% | 25.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.50x | 0.69x |
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
“Having assessed both the Trust's and the Group's financial position and its available facilities, the risks to which it is exposed and the detailed cash projections noted above the Trustees are satisfied that it remains appropriate to prepare the statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DULWICH PREPARATORY SCHOOLS TRUST · parent
- Dulwich Prep & Senior
- The Dulwich School Cranbrook
Significant events
- “In May 2023 Dulwich Prep & Senior announced its plan to extend to age 16+ and subsequently changed its name from 'Dulwich Prep London' on 3 September 2024. The Trust acquired the freehold of the groundsman's bungalow at a cost of £500,000 as part of expansion plans.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Eleanor Stephanie Alice | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| BLACK, Robin Kennedy | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1958 | British |
| CROW, Andrew Frank | Director | 2025-12-17 | Jul 1957 | British |
| DURIE, Thomas Michael | Director | 2022-11-01 | Oct 1956 | British |
| LOVETT, Jean | Director | 2025-08-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| MASTERS, George William Stanton | Director | 2024-10-17 | Feb 1981 | British |
| NELSON, David Howard | Director | 2017-09-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORN, Stephen Roger | Secretary | 1996-12-09 | 2005-06-17 |
| DAVIS, Timothy John | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 1996-12-10 |
| HOLLIDAY, Nicholas Barry | Secretary | 2005-06-17 | 2026-03-31 |
| LLEWELLYN, Michael Rees | Secretary | 1995-03-24 | 1996-09-30 |
| VINCE, John Stewart | Secretary | — | 1995-03-24 |
| ANDERSON, A | Director | 2021-11-06 | 2022-07-08 |
| ANDERSON II, A. Peter | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2017-06-16 |
| ASHLEY, Michael St John | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2022-10-31 |
| BAILEY, Stephen John | Director | 2019-06-21 | 2024-10-19 |
| BARKER, Richard Philip | Director | 1992-11-27 | 1997-11-01 |
| BATTEN, Mark Charles | Director | 2005-08-04 | 2014-07-12 |
| BUSH, Charles Martin Peter | Director | 1997-06-14 | 2010-03-17 |
| CARLING, Linda Patricia Henworth | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2017-09-08 |
| DAVIDSON, Lenaura Mary | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-09-22 |
| DAVIS, Timothy John | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2008-11-10 |
| DAVIS, Timothy John | Director | — | 1996-12-09 |
| DEASY, Henrietta Caroline Angela, Dr | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2017-09-12 |
| DODDS, Victoria Mary Clare | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2017-06-16 |
| ELZINGA, Jesse Rupert | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2017-09-12 |
| EVERETT, Christopher Harris Doyle | Director | — | 1993-06-18 |
| GARNETT, Sylvia Jane | Director | 1999-06-11 | 2010-03-17 |
| HAMMOND, John Martin | Director | 1995-11-08 | 2005-06-17 |
| HAYNES, Tim Hugh Penzer | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2017-06-16 |
| HUME, Sheila Mary | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2015-06-05 |
| HYAM, Michael, His Honour Judge | Director | — | 1992-06-19 |
| KELLEHER, Elizabeth Kate | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| LONGLEY, Ann Rosamund | Director | — | 1996-11-06 |
| MAIDMENT, Richard Francis | Director | 2005-08-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Frances Theodora | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
| MCCOLL OF DULWICH, Ian, Lord | Director | — | 2002-06-21 |
| MONCKTON, Timothy Charles | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2017-06-16 |
| MORGAN, Susan Caroline | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2017-10-04 |
| NASH, Catherine Mary | Director | 2015-03-18 | 2019-08-31 |
| NEUBERGER, Julia Babette Sarah, Rabbi | Director | 1994-11-09 | 1997-06-14 |
| NEWMAN, Bryan John | Director | — | 1996-09-19 |
| NICHOLSON, Roy Knollys Ellard | Director | 1994-11-09 | 2016-06-17 |
| OSBORNE, Denis Gordon, Dr | Director | — | 2002-11-13 |
| OULTON, Claire Marion | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2004-11-10 |
| OWEN, Philippa Mary | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2014-07-12 |
| PENNOCK, David Roderick Michael | Director | 1993-02-17 | 2014-07-12 |
| PENRY-DAVEY, David, Sir | Director | 1999-06-11 | 2015-10-10 |
| PRINCE, Michael Eliot Gerald | Director | — | 1996-11-06 |
| PRINGLE, Ruth Ann | Director | 1995-11-08 | 2005-06-17 |
| RANDELL, Celia Catherine | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2020-08-31 |
| REEVES, Christopher Reginald | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| REID, Robert Simon | Director | — | 1992-11-27 |
| ROBINS, Elizabeth Mary Gerran | Director | 1992-11-27 | 2004-06-18 |
| RYNEHART, Susanna Lesley | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| RYNEHART, Susanna Lesley | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2021-11-06 |
| RYNEHART, Susanna Lesley | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2017-06-16 |
| SHALE, Margaret Susan | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2017-06-16 |
| SHORTLAND, Thomas William Ralph | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2017-09-14 |
| SILLETT, Donald Frank | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
| SIMON, Sara Elizabeth | Director | — | 2014-07-12 |
| SMELLIE, David Craig Shaw | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2017-06-16 |
| STEEL, Jonathan Douglas Hankin | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2025-12-17 |
| STEWART, David Angus | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2015-08-19 |
| TIPLADY, Michael John | Director | 2016-06-17 | 2026-01-29 |
| WALSH, Graham Robert | Director | 1994-11-09 | 1996-08-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Phillip Huw, Dr | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2017-09-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 230 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+5.1%
£22,564,742 £23,720,279
-
Cash
+70.1%
£2,556,093 £4,347,512
-
Net assets
-2.7%
£40,784,986 £39,702,566
-
Employees
+7.1%
337 361
-
Wages
+7.5%
£11,287,480 £12,136,576
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