HEATH MOUNT SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+93.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+6.3% vs 2023
Employees
152
+2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£433K
+82% vs 2023
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
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 | £8,684,822 | £9,355,140 | |
| Operating profit | £280,194 | £367,057 | |
| Profit before tax | £238,115 | £433,276 | |
| Net profit | £238,115 | £433,276 | |
| Cash | £2,777,918 | £5,372,692 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,849,497 | £9,390,478 | |
| Net assets | £6,930,119 | £7,363,395 | |
| Equity | £6,930,119 | £7,363,395 | |
| Average employees | 148 | 152 | |
| Wages | £4,691,548 | £4,916,550 |
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 | 3.2% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.7% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 4.25x | 11.09x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements of the School have been prepared on the basis that the School is a going concern and will continue operations for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 August 2024, the School awarded bursaries worth £173,863 to 21 pupils.”
- “The Heath Mount community joined forces to support 16 different charities this year through a huge variety of fundraising initiatives.”
- “Our Year 8 leavers headed off to 15 different schools across the country following their outstanding set of Common Entrance and Libellum exam results.”
- “At the end of August 2024, we had 520 pupils on roll.”
- “This year, an impressive 54% of our Year 8 pupils were awarded scholarships to their senior schools. 21 pupils (in a year group of 39) earned 25 scholarships from the following schools: Haileybury, Uppingham, Oundle, Ampleforth, Bishop's Stortford College, St Edmund's College, Framlingham College, The Leys and Tudor Hall.”
- “The main projects undertaken this year include: development of the new gym, staff changing area and sports office in the Sports Hall; renovation of the Food Tech room in the Main House; reconfiguration of the Pre-Prep area to accommodate the new rising 3 room in Nursery; resurfacing of the Lower School and Nursery car park; continued rolling classroom refurbishment program”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL-GRAY, Edward Fergus | Director | 2009-06-09 | Dec 1964 | British |
| FIDDES, Richard Martin | Director | 2023-01-30 | Apr 1962 | British |
| FRIEDLEIN, Annabel Kate | Director | 2024-10-15 | Jan 1973 | British |
| HEARD, Simon | Director | 2024-10-15 | Apr 1979 | British |
| HODGES-JACKSON, Ian | Director | 2022-10-03 | Feb 1969 | British |
| HODSON, Juliette | Director | 2012-09-03 | Sep 1970 | British |
| PILLAY, Lisa Michelle | Director | 2025-05-21 | Mar 1970 | British |
| RAYFIELD, Helen Cecilia | Director | 2016-09-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| RICKARDS, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2023-09-29 | Aug 1963 | British |
| SALLYBANKS, Karen Ann | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| SCROPE, Christopher Richard Adrian | Director | 2022-01-29 | May 1970 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYSEY, Linda Olive, Councillor | Secretary | 2000-09-19 | 2004-08-31 |
| LEACH, Peter Timothy Lionel | Secretary | — | 1996-09-01 |
| PACKMAN, Marilyn | Secretary | 1996-09-01 | 1998-08-31 |
| PURVER, Richard Anthony Mark | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2000-09-19 |
| STEEL, James | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| WADE, Gerard Christopher | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2021-10-16 |
| ARNOLD, Philip Roderick | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| ATKINSON, Patrick Charles Edward | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| BANWELL, Caroline Jane | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2009-03-12 |
| BOLTON, Alexia | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2017-12-31 |
| BOULT, Richard De Villeneuve | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| BROADIE, Veronica Elizabeth | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2009-06-08 |
| CAPEWELL, Sarah Rose | Director | 2019-09-04 | 2025-08-31 |
| CARNEGIE, Stuart Menzies | Director | 2010-01-18 | 2018-05-11 |
| CHASTEL DE BOINVILLE, David Norman | Director | 2010-09-05 | 2021-08-31 |
| CHASTEL DE BOINVILLE, Gerard Nicolas Pyemont | Director | — | 1998-05-08 |
| COLLIER, Martin Anthony Richard | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2024-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Anthony Deriemer | Director | — | 1997-12-02 |
| DAVIES, Joe | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2017-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Reginald Blair | Director | — | 2005-08-31 |
| DENT, Richard Gordon, Dr | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2024-08-31 |
| EYRE, Royce Nigel | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| HANBURY, Helen Ingrid | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2009-06-08 |
| HAYSEY, Linda Olive, Councillor | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| HOLMES, William | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2001-06-26 |
| JACOBSEN, Anders | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2021-08-31 |
| JEWELL, David John | Director | — | 1996-07-04 |
| KONOTEY- AHULU, Rachel Jane | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2014-06-26 |
| LEACH, Peter Timothy Lionel | Director | — | 2009-06-08 |
| MCKEOWN, Paul Dominic | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| MITCHELL, Alexander John | Director | 2018-05-20 | 2023-12-06 |
| NEALE, Ian James Keith | Director | — | 2022-08-19 |
| PACKMAN, Marilyn | Director | 1991-05-08 | 1998-08-31 |
| PILGRIM, Alan John Templer | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2016-08-31 |
| PURVER, Richard Anthony Mark | Director | — | 2008-11-27 |
| RAIKES, Rosanne Margaret | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| REID, Alexander James, Sir | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| RISLEY, Angela Susan | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2011-06-23 |
| SPROUL, David | Director | 2010-02-04 | 2013-08-31 |
| STEEL, James Thomas Jordan | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| STRACHAN, John Andrew | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2005-08-31 |
| WADE, Gerard Christopher | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2021-10-16 |
| WALLIS, Sarah Valentine, Dr | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2007-06-14 |
| WESTLEY, Stuart Alker | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2009-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+7.7%
£8,684,822 £9,355,140
-
Cash
+93.4%
£2,777,918 £5,372,692
-
Net assets
+6.3%
£6,930,119 £7,363,395
-
Employees
+2.7%
148 152
-
Operating profit
+31%
£280,194 £367,057
-
Profit before tax
+82%
£238,115 £433,276
-
Wages
+4.8%
£4,691,548 £4,916,550
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