HIGHFIELD SCHOOL (LIPHOOK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17K
-98.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-3% vs 2024
Employees
222
-5.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£172K
-139.8% vs 2024
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 | £10,679,827 | £10,336,910 | |
| Operating profit | £494,680 | -£214,044 | |
| Profit before tax | £432,716 | -£172,428 | |
| Net profit | £344,867 | -£217,968 | |
| Cash | £1,532,283 | £17,172 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,299,412 | £9,354,735 | |
| Net assets | £7,384,505 | £7,166,537 | |
| Equity | £7,384,505 | £7,166,537 | |
| Average employees | 235 | 222 | |
| Wages | £5,068,311 | £5,150,830 |
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 | 4.6% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | -2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | 7.34x | — |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from approval of these accounts, as they have reviewed the cashflows and there is bank funding in place where necessary. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- HIGHFIELD SCHOOL (LIPHOOK) LIMITED · parent
- Brookham Energy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The greatest risk going forward is of potentially falling pupil numbers resulting from reduced affordability in the schools traditional customer base, driven by the imposition of 20% VAT from the 1st January 2025. Significant increases to National Insurance contributions and in living wages have also added more pressure to the schools operational expenses..”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRYER, Suzannah Persis Blackett | Director | 2022-11-03 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HARPER, David John Ronksley Elliott | Director | 2017-11-03 | Aug 1963 | British |
| HERRING, John Anthony | Director | 1997-07-01 | Nov 1957 | British |
| LEIGH, Jonathan | Director | 2001-02-24 | Jun 1952 | British |
| LUMSDEN, Charlotte Laura | Director | 2021-02-03 | Feb 1984 | British |
| MILLS, William Stabb | Director | — | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Yvonne | Secretary | 2009-04-30 | 2011-02-07 |
| HARRIS, Melanie | Secretary | 2011-02-07 | 2023-04-12 |
| HOLMES, Christopher | Secretary | 2006-03-03 | 2009-04-30 |
| MARTIN, Christopher John Clifford | Secretary | 1996-09-01 | 2006-03-03 |
| MILLS, Susan | Secretary | — | 1996-08-31 |
| BABER, Sophie Eluned Wallace | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-08-31 |
| EVITT, Phillip Graham Stevens | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| GARDINER, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| HERRING, Anthony Edward | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| JENNER, Dianne | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2003-07-03 |
| MARTIN, Christopher John Clifford | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2006-03-03 |
| MILLS, Susan | Director | — | 1996-08-29 |
| RAMAGE, Nigel Ogilvie | Director | 1996-09-01 | 1999-02-01 |
| WARDROBE, James William | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2017-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Lionel Woolverton Miller | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2026-03-27 | Active |
| Mr Phillip Graham Stevens Evitt | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-31 |
| Mr William Stabb Mills | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-3.2%
£10,679,827 £10,336,910
-
Cash
-98.9%
£1,532,283 £17,172
-
Net assets
-3%
£7,384,505 £7,166,537
-
Employees
-5.5%
235 222
-
Operating profit
-143.3%
£494,680 -£214,044
-
Profit before tax
-139.8%
£432,716 -£172,428
-
Wages
+1.6%
£5,068,311 £5,150,830
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