WESTHOLME SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-44.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+1.3% vs 2024
Employees
158
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £9,763,388 | £9,956,542 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £122,975 | £98,950 | |
| Cash | £5,939,185 | £3,308,715 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,206,002 | £14,236,879 | |
| Net assets | £8,145,269 | £8,251,228 | |
| Equity | £8,145,269 | £8,251,228 | |
| Average employees | 157 | 158 | |
| Wages | £4,698,244 | £4,827,930 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 8.04x | 3.27x |
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
- Menzies 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”
Group structure
- WESTHOLME SCHOOL LIMITED · parent
- Westholme Promotions Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The introduction of VAT on private education was introduced from 1st January 2025 under new government legislation This has been managed through the initial absorption of a portion of the VAT by the school in order to reduce the burden and liability on parents but also to maintain current pupil numbers and remain attractive to potential new pupils”
- “We were saddened to hear about the death of former student, Órla Baxendale, who died following a severe allergic reaction which led to anaphylactic shock, caused by eating a cookie in the USA which did not disclose peanuts on the label”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACKHOUSE, Jonathon Norman | Secretary | 2011-01-17 | — | British |
| BACKHOUSE, Jonathon Norman | Director | 2014-11-24 | Jun 1967 | British |
| BERRY, David John | Director | 2010-03-08 | Sep 1966 | British |
| CONLON, Joanne | Director | 2023-12-04 | Jun 1972 | British |
| CROSBY, Heather Jane | Director | 2020-12-07 | May 1967 | British |
| DOBRASHIAN, Richard David, Dr | Director | 2016-11-28 | Oct 1969 | British |
| HINDLE, Mark Nicholas | Director | 2024-12-02 | Apr 1968 | British |
| MCCANN, Oliver John | Director | 2017-11-27 | Jun 1976 | British |
| NORTHIN, Deborah Anne | Director | 2020-12-07 | May 1957 | British |
| OLDHAM, Neill | Director | 2024-12-02 | May 1979 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTAKER, John | Secretary | — | 2011-01-17 |
| ABRAHAM, Berony Anne | Director | 2024-12-02 | 2025-03-03 |
| ABRAHAM, Michael Clive | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2019-03-11 |
| AINSWORTH, Kenneth John | Director | — | 2016-11-28 |
| ANDERSON, Stephen Mark | Director | 2015-04-27 | 2019-10-07 |
| ASHCROFT, Joanne Victoria | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2018-05-22 |
| ASHCROFT, John Kevin, Dr | Director | — | 1999-06-01 |
| BARDIN, Gillian Mary | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2020-09-02 |
| BHATTACHARYYA, Sanjoy, Dr | Director | 2020-03-09 | 2023-12-04 |
| BOOTH, Anne | Director | 2003-11-24 | 2017-11-27 |
| BRADLEY, Suzanne Kay | Director | 2001-11-26 | 2007-11-19 |
| FORREST, Peter Graham | Director | 1997-01-20 | 2024-12-02 |
| GALLACHER, Aileen Ann | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2013-11-30 |
| HAGGAS, Catherine Anne Theresa | Director | — | 1993-09-13 |
| HARDING, Nicola Jane | Director | — | 1996-09-16 |
| LAMB, Carina | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2014-09-08 |
| LEES, Beverly | Director | 1994-11-28 | 2008-11-24 |
| LOMAX, Beverley Anne | Director | 1996-12-09 | 2001-11-26 |
| MARSDEN, Brian Christopher | Director | 1995-09-18 | 2024-12-02 |
| MARSDEN, Susan | Director | 2006-11-20 | 2008-06-30 |
| MAYBIN, Robert William | Director | — | 1994-11-18 |
| MCCRAITH, Jayne Angela | Director | 2000-11-27 | 2006-11-20 |
| MEADOWS, Julie Marie | Director | 2014-03-12 | 2021-11-30 |
| MELLOR-SNAITH, Katie | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2019-10-22 |
| O'NEILL, Gerard Gregory | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-12-05 |
| OLDROYD, Anne Patricia | Director | — | 1997-01-03 |
| PANTON, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2006-01-16 | 2013-06-17 |
| PREST, Joseph Nightingale | Director | — | 2002-11-25 |
| PREST, Susan Penelope | Director | 1999-11-29 | 2002-11-25 |
| ROBINSON, Louise Anne | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2024-02-01 |
| ROBINSON-HOY, Vanessa | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2025-11-28 |
| SHARPLES, Sally Anne | Director | 2006-11-20 | 2012-11-28 |
| SHAW, Ann Elizabeth | Director | 1993-11-29 | 1999-09-20 |
| SLINGER, Edward, His Honour Judge | Director | — | 2018-11-26 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Damian | Director | 1992-11-30 | 2016-03-01 |
| WHITTLE, Pamela Jane | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2010-01-21 |
| WHITTLE, Pamela Jane | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2010-01-21 |
| WILLIAMSON, Pippa Lynn | Director | 2020-03-09 | 2025-11-21 |
| WOOLLEY, William Ian | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| YATES, James Richard | Director | — | 2020-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
+2%
£9,763,388 £9,956,542
-
Cash
-44.3%
£5,939,185 £3,308,715
-
Net assets
+1.3%
£8,145,269 £8,251,228
-
Employees
+0.6%
157 158
-
Wages
+2.8%
£4,698,244 £4,827,930
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