CHAPTER HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-30 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£3M
-28.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
33
+6.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£745K
-48.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHAPTER HOUSE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED 1993-11-26 → present
- THORPE UNDERWOOD HALL CO. LIMITED 1983-10-06 → 1993-11-26
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,453,870 | £1,655,347 | £1,867,774 | £1,958,094 | |
| Operating profit | -£381,736 | -£333,938 | -£359,453 | -£744,638 | |
| Profit before tax | -£412,187 | -£389,322 | -£500,322 | -£744,638 | |
| Net profit | -£424,947 | -£389,650 | -£377,924 | -£597,852 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£1,567,750 | -£1,986,140 | -£2,584,392 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,689,616 | -£2,067,540 | -£2,665,392 | |
| Equity | -£1,299,966 | -£1,689,616 | -£2,067,540 | -£2,665,392 | |
| Average employees | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 | |
| Wages | £847,014 | £883,668 | £984,135 | £1,122,508 |
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -26.3% | -20.2% | -19.2% | -38.0% | |
| Net margin | -29.2% | -23.5% | -20.2% | -30.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 21.3% | 18.1% | 28.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.00x | 0.01x | |
| Interest cover | -12.54x | -6.03x | -2.55x | — |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Watson Buckle Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at 31 August 2024, the Company reported net liabilities of £2,665,392 (2023 - £2,067,540). In making the going concern assessment, the directors have considered the net liabilities position of the Company. Whilst the directors acknowledge the significance of this matter, their view is that the Company continues to have sufficient resources available to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due. In reaching their conclusion, the directors have prepared cash flow forecasts to enable them to assess the financial position of the Company over the next 12 months. The forecasts show that cash headroom exists to absorb some levels of downside against the assumptions made, should they occur. After consideration of the factors noted above, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2024, the trade and assets of the company were transferred to Queen Ethelburga's College Limited, it's fellow subsidiary undertaking and the company ceased to trade.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Christopher James | Secretary | 2014-01-31 | — | — |
| HALL, Christopher James | Director | 2014-01-31 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MARTIN, Amy Katherine | Director | 2010-01-08 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan | Secretary | — | 2014-01-31 |
| GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan | Director | 1992-11-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Brian Richard | Director | — | 2015-10-23 |
| MARTIN, Elizabeth | Director | — | 2015-10-23 |
| MARTIN, Francis David | Director | 1992-11-01 | 2019-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Collegiate Formation Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| The Collegiate Formation Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.8%
£1,867,774 £1,958,094
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-28.9%
-£2,067,540 -£2,665,392
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+6.5%
31 33
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-107.2%
-£359,453 -£744,638
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-48.8%
-£500,322 -£744,638
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+14.1%
£984,135 £1,122,508
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers