THE FRANCES JOHNSTONE LEGACY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-07 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-24
Watchouts
Cash
£24K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£4K
Equity attributable
Employees
43
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-01-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The trustees have concluded that, as the current charitable company has ceased educational activity from 01 January 2025, they will not adopt a going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE FRANCES JOHNSTONE LEGACY LIMITED 2025-01-17 → present
- ETON END SCHOOL TRUST (DATCHET) LIMITED 1959-03-13 → 2025-01-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,865,973 | £3,242,757 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£302,627 | -£4,160,232 | |
| Cash | £65,921 | £23,625 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,343,519 | -£4,185 | |
| Net assets | £4,156,047 | -£4,185 | |
| Equity | £4,156,047 | -£4,185 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 43 | |
| Wages | £1,624,041 | £1,938,622 |
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 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -10.6% | -128.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.2% | 117.7% | |
| Current ratio | -0.83x | -0.85x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The trustees have concluded that, as the current charitable company has ceased educational activity from 01 January 2025, they will not adopt a going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The objectives and activities of the charity changed significantly during this period, culminating in the sale of Eton End School to the Inspired Learning Group (ILG) on 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREWSTER, Nicola | Secretary | 2025-07-29 | — | — |
| BOOTHROYD, John Allan | Director | 2013-03-01 | Aug 1955 | British |
| BREWSTER, Nicola Jane | Director | 2011-02-28 | Mar 1968 | British |
| CLARK, James Lawther Fullerton | Director | 2012-06-14 | May 1949 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, Heidi Jane | Secretary | 2018-08-30 | 2019-02-07 |
| HASSALL, Nicholas Stewart | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 2012-02-07 |
| HILL, Geoffrey Arthur Brian | Secretary | 2012-02-07 | 2013-03-01 |
| NEWELL, Stephen Richard | Secretary | 2013-03-01 | 2018-08-30 |
| REID, Philip Alan, Sir | Secretary | — | 1996-05-01 |
| TAYLOR, Lee Brian | Secretary | 2020-10-08 | 2025-10-24 |
| WEBB, Warren Matthew | Secretary | 2019-02-07 | 2020-10-08 |
| BAZIRE, Penny | Director | — | 2000-10-03 |
| CASEAUX, Lynda | Director | — | 1998-10-05 |
| CAZEAUX, Lynda Christine | Director | 1998-10-05 | 2016-07-08 |
| CHADS, Henry David | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| COE, Roger John | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| CONLIN, Thomas Joseph | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1995-10-05 |
| COUCH, Harold Edward | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1999-06-15 |
| CROASDALE, Geoffrey Hilton | Director | 2007-05-22 | 2022-06-07 |
| FOWKES, Dorothee | Director | 2016-04-28 | 2023-02-04 |
| HARLE, Sophie | Director | 2023-06-05 | 2025-10-24 |
| HASSALL, Nicholas Stewart | Director | — | 2012-02-07 |
| HILL, Geoffrey Arthur Brian | Director | 1999-03-25 | 2019-05-22 |
| HOLLOWAY, Valerie Mary | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2022-10-28 |
| HUNTER, Brian William | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2015-10-21 |
| JONES, Christopher Mark, Reverend | Director | 1994-12-01 | 2006-05-23 |
| KING, Keith Charles | Director | 1992-06-01 | 1993-04-30 |
| LANGE, Jeanette Elizabeth | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2020-07-14 |
| LLOYD-WILLIAMS, Jenna Caronwen | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2017-02-14 |
| LOCK, Andrew George Edwin | Director | 1995-10-05 | 1998-12-31 |
| LOSSE, Dieter Ronald | Director | — | 2012-07-30 |
| LOVENBURY, Faye Laurelin | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-18 |
| MACKIE, Andrew James | Director | 2006-05-24 | 2012-10-11 |
| MARTIN, Emma Jane Leonora | Director | 2022-03-03 | 2025-10-24 |
| MOHAN, Sandeep | Director | 2023-10-20 | 2025-10-24 |
| MORROW, David | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| REID, Philip Alan, Sir | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| RUNDELL, Yvonne | Director | — | 1992-06-01 |
| RUSSELL, Philip | Director | 1997-10-22 | 2005-10-04 |
| SAUNDERS, Andrew Jon | Director | 2020-12-03 | 2022-10-21 |
| SCOTT, Keith | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| SECCOMBE, Mark Timothy Roger | Director | 2022-11-25 | 2024-08-23 |
| SENDALL, John | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2015-02-25 |
| SHERRIFF, Paul Edward Crawford | Director | — | 1999-06-15 |
| STANFORTH, James William Frederic | Director | 2015-05-06 | 2025-10-24 |
| TURNER, David Richard | Director | — | 2011-02-08 |
| WITHERIDGE, John Stephen, Reverend | Director | — | 1994-10-01 |
| WOOD DOW, Angela Kristine | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2019-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-17 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2023-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-17 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 5
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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2023-08-31