MARLBOROUGH HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-21
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£50K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£0
Equity attributable
Employees
80
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£678K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-21.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Charitable Company has ceased operations following the transfer of trade and assets on 31 December 2024 and at that point became dormant. Therefore the Governers have adopted an alternative basis other than going concern in preparing the Governors' report and accounts. There is no material difference between the recognition or measurement of amounts in the financial statements.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,777,606 | £5,005,479 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£414,972 | -£678,181 | |
| Net profit | -£414,972 | -£678,181 | |
| Cash | £25,775 | £50,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,455,233 | £0 | |
| Net assets | £5,172,329 | £0 | |
| Equity | £5,172,329 | £0 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 80 | |
| Wages | £2,278,142 | £2,933,050 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -11.0% | -13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.8% | 100.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12x | 1.00x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Charitable Company has ceased operations following the transfer of trade and assets on 31 December 2024 and at that point became dormant. Therefore the Governers have adopted an alternative basis other than going concern in preparing the Governors' report and accounts. There is no material difference between the recognition or measurement of amounts in the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company entered into an agreement during 2024 with another charitable company to prepare for the combination of Marlborough House School with another local preparatory school. The legal transaction was completed on 31 December 2024 and was implemented by way of the Company passing its assets and liabilities at that date to the other charity. Following completion, Marlborough House School was owned by that other charitable company. The Company thus ceased operations at 31 December 2024 and has been dormant since then.”
- “The legal transaction to prepare for the combination of the two schools, which took place at 31 December 2024, involved the transfer by the Company of its assets and liabilities to Marlborough House Vinehall School Ltd, the re-named charitable trust which owned and operated Vinehall School from its site near Robertsbridge in East Sussex.”
- “As at 31 December 2024, the assets and liabilities were transferred to another charitable trust and at this point the charitable company became dormant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWTON, Edwin | Secretary | 2022-03-28 | — | — |
| HODSON, Simon James | Director | 2001-03-09 | May 1956 | British |
| LAWSON, Thomas Nigel Maclear, Hon | Director | 2017-06-08 | Jun 1976 | British |
| PETCH, Amanda | Director | 2013-11-29 | Oct 1963 | British |
| SMALLWOOD, Peter Whitworth | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| SOMERSET, Henry Robert Fitzroy | Director | 1991-11-15 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNISH, Philip Ian | Secretary | 2021-04-06 | 2022-03-25 |
| HOUGHTON-BERRY, Trevor John | Secretary | 2010-09-15 | 2012-05-31 |
| KENT, Stephen Charles | Secretary | 1999-03-12 | 2007-10-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Timothy Kenneth Hickman | Secretary | — | 1999-03-12 |
| ST JOHN PARKER, Dominic | Secretary | 2012-08-20 | 2021-03-31 |
| WILLING, Hugh Charles Gregory, Brigadier (Ret'D) | Secretary | 2007-10-22 | 2010-09-15 |
| BENTON, Robert John | Director | 2007-11-23 | 2013-06-21 |
| BLUCK, Duncan Robert Yorke | Director | — | 2007-11-23 |
| CLOKE, Nigel | Director | — | 1991-05-04 |
| CLOKE, Simon Francis | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Teresa Dolores | Director | 2005-11-18 | 2014-03-10 |
| DUCHARME, Gillian Drusilla | Director | — | 2021-12-03 |
| EDDISON, Robert John Buchanan, Reverend | Director | — | 2000-03-10 |
| FARROW, David John Duncan, Dr | Director | 1993-11-12 | 2009-06-19 |
| FENN, Mark Michael | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2017-09-05 |
| GREY, Hugh Guthrie | Director | — | 2001-05-19 |
| HAWKINS, John Richard | Director | 2003-11-14 | 2012-07-14 |
| HEAZELL, Julyan Frances | Director | — | 1992-11-13 |
| HINDMARSH, David John, Dr | Director | 2009-11-03 | 2012-12-03 |
| HUDSON, Anthony Bruce Edward | Director | — | 2007-06-22 |
| KEMP, David Stephen | Director | — | 2007-11-23 |
| MONCREIFFE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2008-03-07 | 2014-03-21 |
| PAYNE, Sheila Henchman | Director | — | 2011-11-14 |
| RATNAVEL, Rathini, Dr | Director | 2018-06-18 | 2024-06-28 |
| REEVES, Sarah Rose, Dr | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Owen Arthur | Director | 1998-03-13 | 2023-12-01 |
| TAYLOR, Nigel Gerrard | Director | 2018-01-18 | 2021-12-03 |
| THOMPSON, Philip Richard | Director | 2001-11-16 | 2016-03-11 |
| WATTS, Jonathan | Director | 2008-03-07 | 2019-03-22 |
| WEBB, Jennifer Margaret | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2023-12-01 |
| WESSON, Angela Mary | Director | 1993-11-12 | 1998-06-23 |
| WILSON, Chloe | Director | 2022-09-16 | 2024-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-17 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-17 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-08-31