YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOL LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-01
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+21.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
+2.5% vs 2024
Employees
91
+5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£508K
+169% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-01.
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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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,389,429 | £3,963,272 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,148,431 | £129,001 | |
| Profit before tax | -£735,633 | £507,687 | |
| Net profit | £273,379 | £734,373 | |
| Cash | £3,083,321 | £3,734,992 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,360,521 | £25,994,894 | |
| Net assets | £25,360,521 | £25,994,894 | |
| Equity | £25,260,521 | £25,994,894 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 91 | |
| Wages | £2,678,740 | £2,882,478 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -33.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 18.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.5% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.59x | 5.34x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOL LIMITED(THE) · parent
- YMS Enterprises 1%
- YMS China Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Rosalind Ventris took over as Director of Music in September 2025, following the resignation of Ashley Wass and Gina Gillam took on the role of Menuhin Hall Director and Head of Commercial Activities in September 2025.”
- “The School ran a busy programme of musical activities in the 2024-25 academic year, including 'Showcase' concerts and a number of notable external engagements such as a concert at the House of Lords, a concert tour in Scotland, and concerts for numerous promoters around the UK.”
- “The Winter Festival included momentous performances of Brahms: Piano Trio No 2 and Mendelssohn Octet. The Summer Festival culminated in a performance of MacMillan's Seven Last Words and Tchaikovsky: Serenade.”
- “The School hosted two Family Days, one in the Winter Festival and one in the Summer Festival, featuring student composers, staff, pupils, and immersive presentations.”
- “Initiatives for 2024-25 included the continuation of the Programming Committee and the introduction of Concert Cafes.”
- “Numerous competition successes throughout the year, including London Chopin Competition, Geringas Competition, Leonid Kogan Competition, Anton Rubinstein Competition, Windsor & Maidenhead competition, Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year.”
- “In September 2024, the School hosted members of staff from the Reina Sofia Conservatoire in Madrid. In February 2025, a visit by 15 pupils and six staff from YMS Qingdao was hosted. In March 2025, a group from the Geiko School in Tokyo was hosted.”
- “The Virtual Menuhin School (VMS) continued to thrive, with some VMS pupils becoming pupils of the School in September 2025, and VMS continuing to provide online lessons globally.”
- “The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme continued to be very popular, with pupils signed up for the Gold, Silver and Bronze categories, including expeditions to various parts of the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Joanna Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-11-14 | — | — |
| BENTHALL, Dominic | Director | 2017-03-27 | Dec 1976 | British |
| BLACKMAN, Lionel Francis | Director | 2025-06-24 | Oct 1960 | British |
| BLACKWELL, Norman Roy, Lord | Director | 2016-06-16 | Jul 1952 | British |
| BRUELL, George Stephen Halstead | Director | 2022-11-29 | Oct 1967 | British |
| BUCKLEY, David Douglas | Director | 2019-09-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| BUTCHER, Andrew | Director | 2022-08-17 | Mar 1963 | British |
| COSTELOE, Kathleen Louise, Professor | Director | 2019-03-19 | Oct 1947 | British |
| DAVIES, James | Director | 2025-06-24 | Aug 1975 | British |
| HUNTER JOHNSTON, Andrew Malcolm | Director | 2013-06-27 | Sep 1953 | British |
| PAGELLA, John Clovis | Director | 2011-03-10 | Nov 1943 | British |
| RICHARDS, Geoffrey William | Director | 2012-06-23 | Sep 1948 | British |
| VANDERSPAR, Benedict | Director | 2022-08-30 | Feb 1990 | British |
| WILLCOCKS, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2017-03-21 | Jan 1953 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALMER, Elaine Rosemary | Secretary | 1997-09-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| BROWNIING, Simon Christopher | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2016-08-26 |
| ISAAC, Angela Maureen, Dr | Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| MAYS, Colin Garth | Secretary | — | 1997-08-31 |
| STANFIELD, Philippa | Secretary | 2023-11-14 | 2025-11-14 |
| TWITCHIN, Shelley Thurman | Secretary | 2021-08-25 | 2023-11-14 |
| TWITCHIN, Shelley Thurman | Secretary | 2018-10-09 | 2019-09-13 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Jacqueline Claire Louise | Secretary | 2019-09-01 | 2021-08-25 |
| ANNESLEY, Arthur Noel Grove | Director | 2000-06-29 | 2017-01-05 |
| ASKEW, Clinton Graham | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2011-09-19 |
| BARRETT, Geoffrey Gavin Charles | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2011-06-30 |
| BEALE, Peter, Dr Lt Gen Sir | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2011-06-30 |
| BENTHALL, Zamira Menuhin, Hon. | Director | 1993-06-30 | 2017-01-05 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Rodric Quentin, Sir | Director | 1997-06-26 | 2000-06-29 |
| BURGH, John Charles, Sir | Director | 1994-11-24 | 2009-12-31 |
| CHADWICK, John Donald | Director | 1992-12-03 | 2005-02-25 |
| COCKBURN, Stephen John | Director | — | 2002-06-27 |
| COWAN, Hilary Jane | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2025-10-13 |
| CRAYFORD, Marcia | Director | — | 1995-06-29 |
| DEAKIN, Jonathan | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2021-11-30 |
| EVERETT, John Ellis | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| FISHER, Barbara Rees Davies | Director | — | 2001-11-29 |
| FORBES, Edmund Sebastian, Professor | Director | 2007-11-29 | 2017-03-21 |
| HARRIS, Aviva | Director | — | 1995-06-29 |
| HARRIS, Ronald, Sir | Director | — | 1995-01-22 |
| HEWLETT NUNNELEY, Richard Alexander | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2013-03-07 |
| HODSON, Daniel Houghton | Director | — | 2004-11-25 |
| HUBICKI, Margaret | Director | — | 2000-06-29 |
| JOSEPH, Anna Jane Rebecca | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2020-11-30 |
| LEWISOHN, Oscar Max | Director | 2006-06-29 | 2019-08-31 |
| MARGETSON, John William Denys, Sir | Director | — | 1994-07-07 |
| MENUHIN OF STOKE D'ABERNON, Lord | Director | — | 1999-03-12 |
| MITCHELL, Stuart Walter | Director | 2013-06-27 | 2019-11-15 |
| MITCHELL, Susan Mary | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2012-06-23 |
| MORRIS, Richard Francis Maxwell | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2019-08-31 |
| MOSER, Claus, Lord | Director | 2000-06-29 | 2011-06-30 |
| PAILTHORPE, Michael W | Director | — | 1994-06-08 |
| PHILLIPS, Alice Mary | Director | 2007-06-28 | 2025-06-24 |
| PRINDL, Andreas Robert, Dr | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2011-06-30 |
| RICHARDS, Anthea Vanessa | Director | 2012-03-08 | 2024-03-19 |
| RIDLEY, Nicholas Adam | Director | — | 2011-06-30 |
| SCADDING, John William, Dr | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2018-11-27 |
| SHELDON, Mark Hebberton | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2011-06-30 |
| SIMOR, Margaret Anne Olivia | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2006-06-29 |
| SMALLBONE, Graham | Director | — | 2011-06-30 |
| SMITH, Ronald Aubrey | Director | 1992-12-03 | 2003-08-31 |
| SWIRE, Judith, Lady | Director | — | 1995-06-29 |
| THORPE, Marion Donata | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| TRAILL, Alan, Sir | Director | 2000-06-29 | 2011-06-30 |
| VERNEY, Andrew Felix, Dr | Director | — | 1995-06-29 |
| WADLEY, Veronica Judith Colleton, Baroness Fleet | Director | 2012-03-08 | 2021-11-30 |
| WILLAN, Peter James | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2018-03-20 |
| WILLCOCKS, Alison Ann | Director | 1995-03-20 | 2000-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+16.9%
£3,389,429 £3,963,272
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Cash
+21.1%
£3,083,321 £3,734,992
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Net assets
+2.5%
£25,360,521 £25,994,894
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Employees
+5.8%
86 91
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Operating profit
+111.2%
-£1,148,431 £129,001
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Profit before tax
+169%
-£735,633 £507,687
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Wages
+7.6%
£2,678,740 £2,882,478
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