COPTHORNE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-21 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£143K
-55% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-23% vs 2024
Employees
55
-20.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,870,000 | £2,576,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£345,000 | -£526,000 | |
| Cash | £318,000 | £143,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,766,000 | £2,266,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,287,000 | £1,761,000 | |
| Equity | £2,287,000 | £1,761,000 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 55 | |
| Wages | £1,660,000 | £1,608,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -12.0% | -20.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.4% | 52.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 0.80x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On the 1st February 2024 the sole member of the Copthorne School Trust Limited was Caterham School. The change of control occurred on the 1 February 2024 and all directors are appointed by the member.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARANIYASUNDARAN, Suriyakumar | Secretary | 2024-02-01 | — | — |
| BYRNE, Oliver Paul | Director | 2024-01-29 | Jan 1980 | British |
| CLARKE, Philip Anthony | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| FLETCHER, Anne Margaret | Director | 2024-01-29 | Sep 1955 | British |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2024-01-29 | Mar 1963 | British |
| JUBRAJ, Preya | Director | 2024-01-29 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAVIER, Sylvie | Secretary | 2015-12-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| FLOWERDAY, Paul | Secretary | 2021-05-01 | 2023-05-09 |
| HURTLEY, Charles | Secretary | 2017-01-05 | 2017-09-01 |
| JONES, Christopher | Secretary | 2021-03-05 | 2021-04-30 |
| MARSHALL, Kenneth Philip | Secretary | — | 1992-08-31 |
| MILES, Graeme | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2021-03-05 |
| MORRISSEY, Glyniss Edna | Secretary | 2000-09-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| OWENS, Andrea Frances | Secretary | 2023-05-09 | 2024-02-01 |
| PRIEST, John Michael | Secretary | 1992-09-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| ABDOOL, James Christopher | Director | 2004-05-26 | 2020-12-07 |
| AHLUWALIA, Balvinder Kaur | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2014-11-19 |
| BAILEY, Denise | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| BAKER, Aileen | Director | 2016-05-03 | 2021-06-28 |
| BEADLES, Anthony Hugh | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2001-03-07 |
| BEEBY, Heather Jane | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2020-06-29 |
| BELL, Kathryn Jean | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2021-12-17 |
| BLACKSHAW, William Simon | Director | — | 2003-11-26 |
| BROMWICH, William Thomas | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2001-03-07 |
| CASTIGLIONE, Clara Maria | Director | — | 1997-03-04 |
| CHIDGEY, Carl Timothy John | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2024-01-29 |
| COOKSON, Thomas Richard | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-07-13 |
| COOKSON, Thomas Richard | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| CROWE, Hilary Frances, Dr | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2007-11-21 |
| EDDISON, Robert John Buchanan, Reverend | Director | — | 2000-03-09 |
| FEGAN, Louise Elizabeth | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2024-01-29 |
| FEGAN, Melissa, Dr | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2024-01-29 |
| FULLER, Karen Ann | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2012-06-13 |
| GIBBIN, Susan Mary | Director | 2025-02-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| GIBBONS, Simon | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2025-07-28 |
| GLASCOTT, Marianne Elizabeth | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2021-07-15 |
| GOODWIN, Simon Roger | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2004-10-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Kathleen, Dr | Director | 2004-05-26 | 2009-11-25 |
| HAMMOND, Andrew James | Director | 2010-06-16 | 2011-03-20 |
| HAWORTH, Richard Noel, Dr | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2020-03-31 |
| HEAD, Stuart | Director | 2006-11-22 | 2013-11-20 |
| HERMON, Richard Alexander Gower | Director | — | 2001-03-07 |
| HICKLIN, Susan Jane Elizabeth | Director | — | 2004-11-24 |
| HIGGS, Angela Denise | Director | 2022-03-14 | 2024-01-29 |
| HIGGS, Angela Denise | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2020-06-29 |
| HOWARD, Richard | Director | 2013-06-05 | 2015-06-15 |
| JENNINGS, Richard Edward Thomas | Director | 2010-06-16 | 2012-06-13 |
| JINKS, Breege Katherine | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2022-03-14 |
| KERAI, Hasmita Dipak | Director | 2014-11-19 | 2021-03-15 |
| KERNEIS, Alain | Director | 2013-02-05 | 2019-06-19 |
| MARSHALL, Kenneth Philip | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| MEEK, Stephen | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2004-05-29 |
| MINFORD, Anthony Patrick Leslie | Director | — | 1998-03-02 |
| MOIR, Ben James | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2024-10-09 |
| MORRIS, Margaret Angela | Director | 2013-11-20 | 2014-11-19 |
| NATHANIEL, Rohit Sandeep | Director | 2013-06-05 | 2020-12-07 |
| O'SHEA, Mark Nigel | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2013-03-26 |
| PICKERING, Janet Dolton | Director | 1995-03-02 | 1998-03-02 |
| RIGBY, Stephen Leacock | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2004-05-29 |
| ROSS, John | Director | 1997-03-04 | 2006-11-22 |
| SALTER, John Rotherham, Professor | Director | — | 2000-03-09 |
| SCHUTE, Jonathan Charles Collinge | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2003-12-31 |
| SCHUTE, Martin Crowther | Director | — | 2002-03-01 |
| SETH, Samantha Charlotte | Director | 2021-12-17 | 2024-12-20 |
| SHATTOCK, Wendy, Lady | Director | — | 1997-03-04 |
| SNELL, Christopher Edward Melville | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2010-11-24 |
| TEMPLE, Luke | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2020-06-29 |
| THOMSON, Joanne Samantha | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2014-11-19 |
| WALSHE, Michael Andrew | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2014-11-19 |
| WARD, Philip Charles | Director | 2004-05-26 | 2011-03-09 |
| WORKMAN, Robin Skeete, Mr. | Director | 2004-05-26 | 2021-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterham School | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-29 | Active |
| Ms Samantha Charlotte Seth | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-12-17 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Dr Melissa Fegan | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-07 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Mrs Marianne Elizabeth Glascott | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-12-07 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Mr Simon Gibbons | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-08-05 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Mrs Breege Katherine Jinks | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-03-13 | Ceased 2022-03-14 |
| Mr Luke Temple | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-03-13 | Ceased 2020-06-29 |
| Mr Graeme Miles | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2021-03-05 |
| Mrs Kathryn Jean Bell | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2021-12-17 |
| Mr Robin Workman | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
| Mr Christopher Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Mrs Hasmita Dipak Kerai | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Mrs Aileen Baker | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2021-06-28 |
| Mr Rohit Sandeep Nathaniel | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2020-12-07 |
| Mr James Christopher Abdool | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2020-12-07 |
| Mrs Angela Denise Higgs | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2020-06-29 |
| Mrs Heather Beeby | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2020-06-29 |
| Dr Richard Noel Haworth | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
| Mr Alain Kerneis | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2019-06-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-10.2%
£2,870,000 £2,576,000
-
Cash
-55%
£318,000 £143,000
-
Net assets
-23%
£2,287,000 £1,761,000
-
Employees
-20.3%
69 55
-
Wages
-3.1%
£1,660,000 £1,608,000
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