GOSFIELD SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-25 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-11
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+38,913.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+1% vs 2023
Employees
102
+2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£164K
-9.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,252,446 | £4,852,024 | |
| Operating profit | £241,176 | £214,447 | |
| Profit before tax | £180,656 | £163,623 | |
| Net profit | £180,656 | £163,623 | |
| Cash | £4,436 | £1,730,650 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,557,711 | £16,908,256 | |
| Net assets | £15,794,446 | £15,958,069 | |
| Equity | £15,794,446 | £15,958,069 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 102 | |
| Wages | £2,790,810 | £3,092,308 |
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 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.21x | 0.44x | |
| Interest cover | 3.15x | 2.49x |
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
- LB Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors and Trustees have examined the School's future financial performance through forecasting and scenario planning. Key assumptions in the forecast modelling include pupil numbers, staffing levels, inflation and property maintenance requirements. For these reasons, and the continued support of GFM Holdings Ltd, the Trustees believe there are sufficient funds available within the School to continue to operate as a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on this basis.”
Significant events
- “The governors would like to pay tribute to Peter Sakal who died during the year. Peter was a long-serving Governor of the school and Chair of Governors for over 20 years. The link between the Sakal family and the school will continue through two of Peter's children who have been elected as Governors and manage the family's business interests.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Christopher Robert | Director | 2022-05-10 | Feb 1968 | British |
| CORRALL, Jon | Director | 2024-10-07 | Nov 1948 | British |
| JACKSON, Roderick | Director | 2021-09-01 | Dec 1966 | British,Australian |
| MAKAROFF, Katherine | Director | 2024-10-07 | Sep 1980 | Canadian |
| SHIELDS, Lauren | Director | 2025-10-14 | Jun 1989 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVENPORT, Joan Christine | Secretary | 2003-09-18 | 2013-09-30 |
| GAGE, Michael Gordon | Secretary | 2000-02-17 | 2001-10-31 |
| HOLDER, Jimmy Joseph | Secretary | 2002-05-31 | 2002-09-18 |
| PERRY, Stanley George | Secretary | — | 1998-08-31 |
| SENDALL, John | Secretary | 2001-10-31 | 2002-05-31 |
| WILKIN, Paul Guy Foster | Secretary | 1998-11-26 | 2000-02-17 |
| BROWN, Carole Amy | Director | 1994-11-02 | 1997-11-26 |
| CAME, Deborah | Director | 2022-05-10 | 2024-04-05 |
| DALE, Thomas Edward | Director | — | 2012-09-27 |
| DONALDSON, Rex Keith | Director | — | 1997-11-26 |
| DOYLE, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2013-09-30 |
| FREAKLEY, Brian | Director | — | 1992-01-04 |
| FULLER, Jacqueline | Director | — | 1993-11-03 |
| GRAY, Ruth Jennifer | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2002-05-23 |
| HOLDER, Jimmy Joseph | Director | 1994-11-02 | 2002-09-15 |
| KEMPSTER, Donald John | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2014-05-19 |
| LAMBERT, Simon James | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2018-12-18 |
| LETTS, Simon | Director | — | 1994-05-04 |
| MAGNESS, Philip Francis | Director | — | 1993-11-03 |
| MARTYN, Guy Louis | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2021-08-31 |
| OSWICK, David | Director | — | 1996-11-12 |
| PAVYER, Nicholas Antony | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2015-09-28 |
| PERRY, Stanley George | Director | 2001-11-20 | 2003-08-31 |
| PHILPOTT, Daniel | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2012-09-27 |
| PINEGAR, Peter Maurice | Director | — | 2001-11-20 |
| RUTHERFORD, Michael William | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2001-11-20 |
| SAKAL, Peter Andrew | Director | 1998-11-26 | 2024-05-31 |
| SCOTT, John Richard | Director | — | 1996-11-12 |
| SIMMONS, Richard | Director | — | 1992-11-04 |
| TOWSON, Nigel | Director | — | 1995-11-01 |
| WATERS, Robert | Director | — | 1998-11-26 |
| WELCH, Sarah Jane, Dr | Director | 2012-09-27 | 2017-12-31 |
| WOODCOCK, Brian Donald | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2008-10-06 |
| YOUNG, Anne Maria | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2007-10-10 |
| YOUNG, Anne Maria | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2002-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Andrew Sakal | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-10-01 | Ceased 2024-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | 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
- 1
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+14.1%
£4,252,446 £4,852,024
-
Cash
+38,913.8%
£4,436 £1,730,650
-
Net assets
+1%
£15,794,446 £15,958,069
-
Employees
+2%
100 102
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Operating profit
-11.1%
£241,176 £214,447
-
Profit before tax
-9.4%
£180,656 £163,623
-
Wages
+10.8%
£2,790,810 £3,092,308
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