MOUNT SCHOOL (YORK) (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
Cash
£473K
-34.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£476K
-62.4% vs 2023
Employees
102
-11.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£789K
+21.1% 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.
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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 | £3,665,112 | £4,516,799 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£999,305 | -£788,774 | |
| Net profit | -£1,011,496 | -£789,514 | |
| Cash | £722,346 | £472,818 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,370,518 | £1,360,718 | |
| Net assets | £1,265,202 | £475,688 | |
| Equity | £1,265,202 | £475,688 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 102 | |
| Wages | £2,076,122 | £2,272,561 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -27.6% | -17.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.36x |
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
- HPH Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors have reviewed detailed forecasts, including scenarios that take into account potential downside risks such as further economic uncertainty and the continuing impact of the imposition of VAT on school fees. These forecasts demonstrate that the School is expected to have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities for the foreseeable. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOUNT SCHOOL (YORK) (THE) · parent
- The Mount School Estates (York) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 86 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Judith | Director | 2025-07-12 | Sep 1952 | British |
| CHIVERS, Derek | Director | 2024-11-29 | Dec 1958 | British |
| ENEVOLDSEN, Gillian Mary | Director | 2022-04-23 | Dec 1962 | British |
| FRANKLAND, Mary | Director | 2024-06-28 | Sep 1950 | British |
| GARDINER, Holly | Director | 2022-10-01 | Dec 1995 | British |
| HILLIER, Owen | Director | 2026-01-17 | Oct 1981 | British |
| LYDON, Alison | Director | 2025-02-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| MOUNSEY, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-25 | Sep 1961 | British |
| NURCOMBE, Melissa | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jan 1973 | British |
| WILLMOTT, Gregory James | Director | 2021-03-05 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 86 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Anne | Secretary | 1999-01-12 | 2006-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Julie | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| TURNER, Christopher William | Secretary | — | 1998-12-31 |
| ADDYMAN, Peter Vincent, Dr | Director | 1994-06-11 | 2001-12-31 |
| ASHER, Jean Elsie | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2009-11-14 |
| ASQUITH, Joanna Caroline | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2011-03-18 |
| BALDWIN, Alison Mary | Director | 2001-01-20 | 2009-11-14 |
| BEDFORD, Jacqueline Anne Donner | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BERRIDGE, Christopher | Director | 1996-01-20 | 1996-05-31 |
| BILTON, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-12-01 |
| BOWKER, Malcolm | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BRYAN, Margaret | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| CLARK, Kathy | Director | 2022-02-15 | 2023-11-30 |
| CLARK, Linda | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2019-12-13 |
| CONCANNON, Joan | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| COWNIE, Fiona Caird, Professor | Director | 2004-05-20 | 2007-03-31 |
| CROSFIELD, Simon | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| DALBY, Leah Jeannette Reeman | Director | 1996-04-20 | 2004-06-30 |
| DEAN, Janet | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2018-12-31 |
| DICKINSON, Susan Mary | Director | 2004-10-16 | 2009-11-14 |
| EVENS, Hilary Ruth | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| FARROW, Jo | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| FISHER, Sheila Margaret | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| FULLER, Ursula Dorothy | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2023-12-31 |
| GARDINER, Andrew William | Director | 2012-09-30 | 2015-12-31 |
| GEOGHEGHAN BREEN, James Thomas | Director | 2001-07-14 | 2009-11-14 |
| GJURGJEALA, Era | Director | 2019-01-29 | 2021-07-12 |
| GOODWILL, Ian | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| GRANT, Sheila | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2003-03-14 |
| GRAY, James Northey David | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2016-06-17 |
| GREEN, Philip | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| GRIERSON, Elizabeth Stewart | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Sheila Summerson | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| HOGG, Stephanie | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-06-17 |
| HOLDING, Judith Jane | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| HOLLOWAY, Jane Theresa | Director | 1997-03-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Geoffrey | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| ISHERWOOD, Millicent Mae | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| JARDINE, Brian Richard | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| JASKO, Mary Bee | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| KEMP WOODS, Barbara | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| KILLEEN, Teresa Mary | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2009-11-14 |
| KONRAD, John | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2006-11-17 |
| LAURIE, Hilary Ruth | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2014-07-21 |
| MACDONALD, Philip Malcolm | Director | 2024-06-03 | 2026-03-31 |
| MACKAY, Shoana Morven | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| MAHLER, Joanna Ruth | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2018-12-31 |
| MASTERS, Howard James | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| MAWER, Trina | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCLEISH, Aileen | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2017-12-31 |
| MOORE, Christopher Wilfred Davy, Dr | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-11-30 |
| MOORE, Georgina Mary | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MURPHY, Luke | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| NUTHALL, Stephen John | Director | 2000-01-24 | 2003-12-31 |
| PALMOUR, Danielle Jeanine | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| PARRY, Stephen Loton | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| PATTISON, Julian | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2025-12-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Timothy | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| PHIPPS, Michael David | Director | 2004-10-16 | 2008-12-31 |
| PIERCE, Roger Martin, Dr. | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| PLATT, Richard Daryl | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2006-11-18 |
| PORTER, Mike Anthony | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| REDGATE, Stephen Paul Wheeldon | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| RIDDLE, Helen | Director | 2010-03-04 | 2011-03-18 |
| ROWNTREE, Katharine Priscilla Ruth | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-09-10 |
| SAUNDERS, Katherine Joy | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| SCHWEIGER, Elizabeth | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| SENIOR, Johanna | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| SEVERS, Philip | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2018-12-31 |
| SHERWIN, Geoffrey Hylton | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| SINCLAIR, Adam | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| SPENCE, Nicola Jane, Professor | Director | 2018-03-16 | 2025-12-31 |
| STANSFIELD, Paul Rishworth | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2018-12-31 |
| STIMSON, Denise Elaine | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-11-30 |
| SWEETMAN, John | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2023-04-25 |
| SYKES, Gwenan Jane | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| SYKES, Martin Howard | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| THISTLETHWAITE, Eileen Anita | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Richard | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1996-01-23 |
| UNWIN, Alice Louisa | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2022-01-28 |
| WADDINGTON, Fiona Jane | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Raymond James | Director | 2000-01-15 | 2007-12-31 |
| WILLMOTT, Gregory James | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2020-03-30 |
| WILSON, Elisabeth Mary, Dr | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2013-11-30 |
| WOODS, Sarah Juliet | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2014-12-01 |
| YOUNG, Mary | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2019-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Ruth Mctighe | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-01-15 | Active |
| Mr Richard John Vesey | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-01-15 | Active |
| Mr Peter Jarman | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-10-16 | Active |
| Mr David Bower | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-06-11 | Ceased 2026-01-13 |
| Mr Digby Swift | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-06-11 | Ceased 2022-01-15 |
| Mr George Penaluna | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-06-11 | Ceased 2022-01-15 |
| Mr Chris Petrie | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-06-11 | Active |
| Ms Patricia Gerwat | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-06-11 | Active |
| Mr Arthur David Olver | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-06-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 325 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+23.2%
£3,665,112 £4,516,799
-
Cash
-34.5%
£722,346 £472,818
-
Net assets
-62.4%
£1,265,202 £475,688
-
Employees
-11.3%
115 102
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Profit before tax
+21.1%
-£999,305 -£788,774
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Wages
+9.5%
£2,076,122 £2,272,561
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