POWNALL HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
Cash
£667K
-35.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£707K
+30.8% vs 2024
Employees
81
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£314K
+18.9% vs 2024
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
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-29 | 2021-08-29 | 2022-08-27 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-27 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £3,727,282 | £3,911,289 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £264,446 | £314,375 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £264,446 | £314,375 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,037,902 | £667,212 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £482,587 | -£518,989 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,021,174 | -£706,799 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,021,174 | -£706,799 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 81 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,166,376 | £2,241,443 |
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 | 2020-08-29 | 2021-08-29 | 2022-08-27 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-27 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 143.5% | 134.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.65x | 0.36x |
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
- Josolyne LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual accounts.”
Significant events
- “The EYFS has received further significant investment with the establishment of a new baby room to be known as Wrens which was opened in September 2025 to meet the overwhelming demand for nursery places for under 2's.”
- “At 28 August 2024 the financing of the School comprised a loan of £1,050,000 from a personal lender and loans from Governors and their families of £283,000. During the year the loans from the Governors and their families have been repaid in full in anticipation of the refinancing of the school with the School bankers. Shortly after the year end on 30th October 2025 the refinancing of the school was completed and the loan from the personal lender was repaid in full by a 20 year repayment loan for £1.075m from Lloyds bank PLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOULBOURN, David John | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | — | — |
| HILL, Roger | Director | 2024-10-21 | Apr 1959 | British |
| HUETING, Debra | Director | 2023-02-21 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MACAULAY, Eileen Mary | Director | 2010-01-21 | Apr 1956 | British |
| SIMMONDS, Alexandra | Director | 2023-09-04 | Mar 1976 | British |
| WAREHAM, Thomas James | Director | 2013-01-21 | Jan 1956 | British |
| WOOD, Niamh Maria | Director | 2018-11-12 | May 1969 | Irish |
| WOOD, Rollo Barnaby Wilson | Director | 2018-11-12 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2009-09-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| MEADMORE, Jonathan James | Secretary | — | 2009-08-31 |
| BARNES, Terence Frederick | Director | — | 2025-10-07 |
| BRANAGAN, Kathryn Jane | Director | 2007-03-13 | 2010-07-15 |
| BUTLER-SMITH, Stuart Michael Bruce | Director | 2010-05-22 | 2018-07-02 |
| CAMPBELL, Graham Peter Jonathan | Director | 1995-01-17 | 2003-09-16 |
| COYNE, Stephen, Dr | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2018-05-21 |
| DAWBER, Graham Derek | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2024-08-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Grahame Nicholas | Director | — | 1995-01-17 |
| ERIAN, Michael John | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2020-08-31 |
| EVERATT, Terence George | Director | — | 1997-08-31 |
| FISHER, Gordon | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| GRANT, Marie | Director | 1997-01-21 | 2011-08-31 |
| HOLMAN, Richard Christopher | Director | — | 1998-09-22 |
| HOPKINS, David Arthur | Director | — | 1994-07-31 |
| JEYS, Helen Fiona | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2023-09-04 |
| KELLY, Susan | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2025-11-18 |
| LEVY, Susan Catherine | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2020-05-31 |
| LEVY, Susan Catherine | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2011-10-03 |
| MAIDMENT, Francis Edward | Director | 1991-09-11 | 1994-08-31 |
| MEHTA, Karen | Director | 2024-04-20 | 2025-11-19 |
| MORRIS, Michael Glyn | Director | 2009-03-17 | 2018-07-02 |
| PAGE, Margaret Susan | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2011-08-31 |
| PARKER, James Geoffrey | Director | — | 1994-07-31 |
| PIKE, Malcolm John | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2010-12-02 |
| RAY, Christopher, Dr | Director | 2005-12-24 | 2010-05-22 |
| ROBERTS, James | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1995-11-21 |
| SHOTTIN, Eric | Director | 1995-01-17 | 2012-01-05 |
| SIMS, Janice | Director | 2001-09-18 | 2012-07-11 |
| STEPHEN, George Martin | Director | 1994-09-01 | 2004-03-15 |
| TAYLORSON, David Redman | Director | — | 1993-07-16 |
| UNTERHALTER, Jane Margaret | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2010-07-15 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Geoffrey Hugh | Director | — | 1993-06-21 |
| WALTON, Stephen Mark | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2005-09-22 |
| WARBURTON, Mark Charles | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| WATMORE, Ian Charles | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2006-09-28 |
| WILKINSON, Alison Margaret | Director | 1992-10-06 | 2009-08-31 |
| WILKINSON, Donald John | Director | 1995-03-21 | 2000-05-16 |
| WILLIAMS, David | Director | 1997-10-13 | 2002-03-26 |
| WINDOW, Lukhvinder | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2023-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
+4.9%
£3,727,282 £3,911,289
-
Cash
-35.7%
£1,037,902 £667,212
-
Net assets
+30.8%
-£1,021,174 -£706,799
-
Employees
0%
81 81
-
Profit before tax
+18.9%
£264,446 £314,375
-
Wages
+3.5%
£2,166,376 £2,241,443
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers