CHEAM SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-14.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+4% vs 2024
Employees
164
-0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£473K
+250.1% vs 2024
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 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,827,176 | £8,674,374 | |
| Operating profit | £135,229 | £473,490 | |
| Profit before tax | £135,229 | £473,490 | |
| Net profit | £135,229 | £473,490 | |
| Cash | £3,349,752 | £2,865,780 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,827,880 | £12,301,370 | |
| Net assets | £11,827,880 | £12,301,370 | |
| Equity | £11,827,880 | £12,301,370 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 164 | |
| Wages | £5,031,908 | £4,695,649 |
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 | 1.5% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.9% | 30.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 1.85x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- CHEAM SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST · parent
- Cheam Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the departure of the prior Headmaster on 31st August 2024 and the appointment from 1st September 2024 of Nick Milbank as Acting Headmaster, the Governors commenced a rigorous process to identify and appoint a suitably accomplished successor. Having concluded this process in December 2024, the Board announced the permanent appointment from January 2025 of the Acting Headmaster, who had proven he was the best candidate to become Cheam's 23rd Headmaster.”
- “The imposition of VAT on fees in January 2025 has accelerated school closures and market consolidation, particularly amongst prep-schools.”
- “Following an independent review of its catering provision, a diverse panel of key stakeholders from across the School elected in 2025 to outsource Cheam's catering services to Chapter One, part of the Impact Food Group. Existing staff were TUPE transferred on the contract start date of 1 August 2025.”
- “In February 2025 the School submitted a long-planned application for a new access and pedestrian improvements across the site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JENKINS, Lloyd Daniel | Secretary | 2021-07-01 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Peter Vance | Director | 2023-02-07 | Mar 1956 | British |
| DAHL, James Edward Lenygon | Director | 2024-11-08 | Jan 1978 | British |
| HAMILTON-RUSSELL, Claire Fiona | Director | 2023-04-18 | Sep 1965 | British |
| HARFORD, Mark John, Sir | Director | 2019-08-30 | Aug 1964 | British |
| HARRIS, Robert William | Director | 2023-02-07 | May 1971 | British |
| HUGHES, Camilla Jane | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1969 | British |
| MAURENCY, Elizabeth Anna Ackary | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1972 | Australian |
| PAYNE-SAHOTA, Prubjyot Kaur | Director | 2026-04-13 | Jul 1982 | British |
| REEVE, Tara | Director | 2021-04-20 | Apr 1975 | British |
| SUM, Yuet Yen | Director | 2024-06-21 | Nov 1975 | Malaysian |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARMENT, Harry Verriour, Sqn Ldr | Secretary | — | 2001-09-01 |
| SMITH, Mark Stuart | Secretary | 2001-09-01 | 2018-12-05 |
| TABRAH, Thomas | Secretary | 2018-12-05 | 2021-07-01 |
| ADAMS, Nicholas | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| BATCHELOR, Wendy | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2021-06-18 |
| BOND-GUNNING, Heyrick John Rufus | Director | 2021-04-20 | 2025-03-14 |
| BOYCOTT, Robin David | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2017-08-15 |
| COOK, Colin Jeffery Owen | Director | — | 1996-06-23 |
| CORMACK, Patrick Thomas, Sir | Director | — | 1993-11-01 |
| DAUKES, Clendon Douglas, Brigadier | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2005-06-28 |
| DAVID, Rosemary Ormsby | Director | 1992-06-21 | 1996-02-14 |
| DAVID, Rosemary Ormsby | Director | — | 1996-02-14 |
| DAWSON, Emma | Director | 2017-06-19 | 2019-08-21 |
| DOGGART, Simon Jonathon Graham | Director | 2004-03-09 | 2006-09-01 |
| DRAKE, Richard William Selwyn | Director | — | 2003-06-24 |
| ELLIS, Roger Wykeham | Director | — | 1993-06-21 |
| FENTON, Simon Elliott | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2016-07-01 |
| FIENNES COX, Rupert Michael | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2015-06-01 |
| GIBBS, Alan Francis | Director | 1997-09-26 | 2012-06-26 |
| GOULD, Edward John Humphrey | Director | 1994-11-11 | 1997-03-11 |
| GOVER, Michael William Annesley | Director | — | 1996-06-14 |
| GREENER, Anthony Armitage, Sir | Director | — | 1994-07-06 |
| HANBY, Terence Christopher | Director | 1994-11-11 | 1998-05-20 |
| HANDS, Timothy Roderick, Dr | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| HARFORD, Edward Scandrett | Director | 1995-06-25 | 2013-06-10 |
| HERBERT, Peter Geoffrey Marshall, Admiral Sir | Director | — | 2000-07-17 |
| HESKETH, Blair | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| HORNSBY, Richard William Graham | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2022-06-24 |
| HURST, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 1998-11-15 | 2003-11-14 |
| JACK, Annabel Charlotte | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2023-11-30 |
| JORDAN, Helena Mary | Director | 1997-09-26 | 2010-11-25 |
| LEIGH, Jonathan | Director | 2013-06-10 | 2018-07-01 |
| MARSH, Richard Douglas | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2023-08-31 |
| MARSH, Richard Douglas | Director | 1997-09-26 | 2003-11-14 |
| MAY, Antonia | Director | 2014-11-21 | 2022-06-24 |
| MCKENDRICK, Emma Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2013-06-10 |
| MINERS, Stuart John | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2025-11-28 |
| MOELWYN-HUGHES, Louise Joanne | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| MOORE, Richard Haydon | Director | 2011-11-29 | 2018-07-01 |
| NETHERTON, Derek Nigel Donald | Director | 1994-11-11 | 1997-03-11 |
| OPPERMAN, Richard Alan | Director | 1984-08-23 | 1995-06-25 |
| ORMEROD, Mark Noel | Director | 1994-10-11 | 1996-11-01 |
| PARKINS, Juliet Susan | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2006-10-31 |
| PIGOTT, Simon Charles | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2010-11-25 |
| REID, Brian Johnston | Director | 2014-11-21 | 2021-03-05 |
| RICHMOND-WATSON, Sarah Francis | Director | 1994-11-11 | 1997-11-17 |
| SCROPE, Sarah Patricia | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2018-07-01 |
| SHORTEN, Rosemary Ann | Director | — | 1999-07-10 |
| STOPFORD, Jeremy Neville, The Hon | Director | 1997-09-26 | 2007-06-25 |
| TINSLEY, Denis Knowles | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2019-08-21 |
| TRAFFORD, Roger Samuel | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| TROTMAN, Andrew Frederick | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2012-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robin David Boycott | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2017-06-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-1.7%
£8,827,176 £8,674,374
-
Cash
-14.4%
£3,349,752 £2,865,780
-
Net assets
+4%
£11,827,880 £12,301,370
-
Employees
-0.6%
165 164
-
Operating profit
+250.1%
£135,229 £473,490
-
Profit before tax
+250.1%
£135,229 £473,490
-
Wages
-6.7%
£5,031,908 £4,695,649
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