PURCELL SCHOOL(THE)

1. PURCELL SCHOOL(THE) 1984-06-06 → present
2. CENTRAL TUTORIAL SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS LIMITED(THE) 1963-04-30 → 1984-06-06

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees are satisfied that, based on the information available and the measures in place, the School remains a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. PURCELL SCHOOL(THE) · parent
   1. Purcell School (Trading) Limited · England and Wales · dormant

Significant events

• “The Pop & Commercial Department launched successfully in renovated accommodation.”
• “The Piano Department performed the complete solo piano works of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, had several prize winners in competitions in the UK and overseas, and provided several concerto soloists for concerts in school and outside.”
• “The String Department performances included the complete Bach Cello Suites, and Brahms Double Concerto. They undertook their first ever international tour with new Patron Dmitry Sitkovetsky, to Malta Spring Festival April 2024.”
• “Masterclasses included visits from professors at all the UK conservatoires, several from overseas, and several international soloists in all departments.”
• “Numerous composition projects were instigated by external composers with professional players including Peter Sheppard Skaerved and Fenella Humphreys; several recent alumni were accepted on LSO Panufnik Scheme and in the 2024 BBC Promme.”
• “2 Evensongs at St Albans Abbey.”
• “2 orchestral concerts at St John's, Smith Square including several significant premieres and a new collaboration with Orion Orchestra, and a big Gala at Southwark Cathedral.”
• “2 concerts at Wigmore Hall in 2023-24. We returned there for Mahler songs and Pierrot Lunaire on 22 September 2024.”
• “Regional concerts including this year Leeds Conservatoire, Birmingham Conservatoire, University of Birmingham, music clubs in Watford, Radlett, Weston, Bracknell, Godalming, St Albans, Huntingdon, Rickmansworth; retirement homes, care homes and churches.”
• “Several students enjoyed success in NYO, NCO, at various international competitions, and we had 4 students selected for BBC Young Musician of the Year and 1 in the finals (due to happen in July 2025).”
• “Closer partnership working next year with Hertfordshire Music Service, including Royal Albert Hall gala”
• “BBC Bitesize filmed 50 students to make 10 films for broadcast.”
• “Re-invitation visit to Romania, where conducted schools concert of concerto movements with Purcell soloists May 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +13.4%

  £6,118,978 → £6,939,878

• Cash

  -26.3%

  £1,950,022 → £1,436,380

• Net assets

  -7.2%

  £11,979,422 → £11,112,514

• Employees

  -1.7%

  172 → 169

• Wages

  +6.5%

  £3,828,237 → £4,076,651

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