THE ALDENHAM FOUNDATION
Get an alert when THE ALDENHAM FOUNDATION files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-14.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
-2.5% vs 2024
Employees
276
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE ALDENHAM FOUNDATION 2011-08-23 → present
- ALDENHAM SCHOOL COMPANY(THE) 1984-09-10 → 2011-08-23
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,630,169 | £22,504,872 | £21,903,844 | |
| Operating profit | £1,114,158 | £172,288 | -£664,869 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,165,721 | £704,370 | -£454,349 | |
| Cash | — | £5,671,924 | £4,872,420 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £25,459,028 | £23,509,460 | |
| Net assets | — | £17,991,695 | £17,537,346 | |
| Equity | £17,287,325 | £17,991,695 | £17,537,346 | |
| Average employees | — | 279 | 276 | |
| Wages | — | £10,082,730 | £10,277,036 |
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 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 0.8% | -3.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 3.1% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.7% | -2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 44.2% | 52.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.02x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 2.70x | 0.35x | -1.76x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The current biggest risk to the Foundation is fee affordability impacting the pupil pipeline. The Governors have reviewed the forecasts for the Foundation and the going concern report in some detail, prepared by the Foundation Leadership Team, and are confident that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt the Foundation's ability to continue as a going concern. In addition to normal school activities, it is anticipated that the St Hilda's site will be disposed during the year and there will be cash proceeds from this that further strengthens this position. The accounts have therefore been prepared on the basis that the Foundation is a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE ALDENHAM FOUNDATION · parent
- The Aldenham School Charity
- Aldenham Enterprises Ltd 100%
- Aldenham Schools Holdings Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “St Hilda's School was closed in July 2025 as detailed further below.”
- “It was with great regret that we took the difficult decision to close St Hilda's School this summer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 82 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAHON, Karl | Secretary | 2017-07-03 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Steven | Director | 2026-01-02 | Feb 1966 | British |
| ALTMAN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2018-12-11 | Oct 1967 | British |
| BRYER, Richard | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| CLAPPER, Caroline Sara | Director | 2025-12-09 | Nov 1976 | British |
| CLIFFORD, Cheryl | Director | 2021-12-14 | May 1971 | British |
| CUTTELL, Fiona | Director | 2018-12-11 | Jan 1970 | British |
| HAWDON, Jane Melinda, Dr | Director | 2020-07-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| HUDSON, Charles, Archdeacon | Director | 2024-05-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HUNTER, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-13 | Sep 1958 | British |
| JAMES-CROOK, James Christopher Neal | Director | 2020-10-01 | May 1954 | British |
| LAMBERT, David Stephen | Director | 2017-11-01 | Jul 1945 | British |
| MCALLISTER, Tim | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Alan Peter | Director | 2019-12-27 | May 1964 | English |
| SLIGO-YOUNG, Torquil Charles Fflorance Barrow | Director | 2014-12-09 | Jul 1959 | British |
| TINDAL, Nick | Director | 2021-12-14 | Feb 1965 | British |
| WELLS, Thomas Franey | Director | 2014-12-09 | Oct 1951 | British |
Show 82 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALLMEYER, Charles William | Secretary | — | 2000-10-31 |
| FRASER, Andrew William Campbell | Secretary | 2011-12-13 | 2017-03-31 |
| ROSS, David John | Secretary | 2000-11-01 | 2011-12-13 |
| WRIGHT, Philip | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2017-07-03 |
| ALLTREE, Jonathan Richard, Dr | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2013-06-25 |
| BARTON, Joseph Trevor | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2021-06-29 |
| BAUGH, John Robert | Director | 2001-11-26 | 2012-07-03 |
| BILLINGHAM, David John | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1999-03-23 |
| BINGHAM, Anthony John | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2019-11-30 |
| BRIDGMAN, Donald Alfred | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2014-12-09 |
| BUTLER, Audrey Maude Beman | Director | — | 2001-11-28 |
| BUTTERWICK, John Newton | Director | — | 1997-09-09 |
| BUTTON, Anthony Horace | Director | — | 2000-11-28 |
| CAMPION, Susan Ruth | Director | 2001-11-26 | 2008-05-16 |
| CARR, Peter Augustus Edward | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2014-12-09 |
| CHALCRAFT, Michael | Director | 1993-03-23 | 1995-06-27 |
| CLAPPER, Caroline Sara | Director | 2011-04-22 | 2017-03-27 |
| COWLEY, Heather | Director | 2021-07-13 | 2024-05-02 |
| COX, Andrew Js | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2020-08-24 |
| DAVIES, Vincent Edward | Director | 1996-05-15 | 2004-07-05 |
| DAY, Alan Charles | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| DELAHOOKE, Michael Garwood | Director | — | 1993-07-08 |
| DEWAR, Ian Andrew | Director | 2011-02-17 | 2019-08-31 |
| DIGBY, Stephen Hatton Wingfield | Director | 1997-07-10 | 2001-07-12 |
| EASBY, Peter John | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2009-12-31 |
| FOSTER, Michael Rodney Mordaunt | Director | 1996-07-11 | 1997-07-10 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael John | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1995-07-13 |
| HART, Thomas David Mure | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2003-07-09 |
| HAYFIELD, Colin John | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2013-06-25 |
| HELLMAN, Anthony Graham | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2023-03-28 |
| HENDERSON, Paul James | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2006-07-31 |
| HEWETSON, Benjamin Antony Patrick | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2016-06-28 |
| HODGSON, Michael John | Director | 1993-03-23 | 2003-07-03 |
| HUBBLE, Ben | Director | 2011-02-17 | 2012-07-03 |
| JAMES, Colin Clement Walter, The Right Reverend | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2000-06-27 |
| JONES, John Harding | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2009-03-31 |
| KILKERR, Anthony | Director | 1992-12-10 | 2002-03-26 |
| LEES JONES, William Richard | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2002-07-11 |
| LEWIS, Gilbert Aguilar, Dr | Director | 1993-11-05 | 1995-05-10 |
| LEWIS, John Stuart | Director | 1997-03-25 | 2015-06-23 |
| LONGBOTTOM, David Alan | Director | — | 2003-07-20 |
| MAINWARING, Jane Frances, Venerable | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-03-28 |
| MALE, David Ronald | Director | — | 1993-06-16 |
| MARTINEAU, Richard Makepeace | Director | — | 1999-07-12 |
| MASHRU, Ronak | Director | 2017-12-12 | 2020-12-08 |
| MOFFAT, Margaret Dagny | Director | 1993-03-23 | 1996-06-25 |
| MORGAN, John Henry | Director | 1993-07-08 | 1994-07-07 |
| MUNYARD, Roger Charles | Director | 1993-05-19 | 2004-11-30 |
| NEAME, Robert Harry Beale | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2003-10-14 |
| NOKES, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2018-12-11 |
| NOLAN, Richard Charles, Professor | Director | 2000-02-23 | 2008-06-09 |
| O'DWYER, Michael, Col | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2021-11-20 |
| PAGE CROFT, Hugo Douglas | Director | 2002-12-03 | 2008-12-02 |
| POPE, Christopher John Rolph | Director | 1998-07-09 | 1999-07-15 |
| POPE, Christopher John Rolph | Director | 1995-03-27 | 1998-03-28 |
| PRICE-WILLIAMS, Deborah Anne, Dr | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2021-05-28 |
| PURTON, Peter John | Director | — | 1995-03-28 |
| REDMAN, Simon John Bickerton | Director | 1999-10-14 | 2010-07-06 |
| REES, Chris | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2025-06-23 |
| ROSS, David John | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2013-12-10 |
| SANSOM, Michael Charles, Reverend | Director | 2001-11-26 | 2010-07-06 |
| SAUNDERS, Hugh Martin | Director | 2002-04-22 | 2011-03-29 |
| SEGAL, Naomi Dinah, Dr | Director | — | 1993-06-16 |
| SHAH, Vandana Mayank | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2021-05-28 |
| SHAH, Vandana Mayank | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2011-02-15 |
| SIMMONS, Harriet | Director | 2018-09-15 | 2024-06-26 |
| SMITH, Jonathan Peter, The Venerable | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2019-11-19 |
| SNAITH, Ronald | Director | 1995-06-03 | 2000-01-01 |
| THOMAS, David Simon | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2015-03-24 |
| THOMAS, Martin Duncan | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2016-12-13 |
| THORNTON, Lynette Anne | Director | 2007-01-31 | 2009-06-30 |
| THORNTON, Lynette Anne | Director | 2005-03-22 | 2006-12-18 |
| TIDMARSH, David Thomas | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2025-12-10 |
| TURNER, Robert Ian | Director | 1995-07-13 | 1996-07-11 |
| VINCENT, Richard Frederick, Field Marshal The Lord Vincent | Director | — | 2009-12-08 |
| WATKINS, Brian John | Director | 1998-11-24 | 2008-12-02 |
| WELLS, John Hayward | Director | 1996-09-09 | 2007-07-06 |
| WHITBREAD, Hugh William | Director | — | 2002-06-25 |
| WILLIAMS, Charles Frederick | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| WISE, Roger Derek | Director | — | 1996-09-09 |
| WOODROW, John Michael | Director | — | 2004-07-04 |
| YEO, Stephen George | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2017-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£22,504,872 £21,903,844
-
Cash
-14.1%
£5,671,924 £4,872,420
-
Net assets
-2.5%
£17,991,695 £17,537,346
-
Employees
-1.1%
279 276
-
Operating profit
-485.9%
£172,288 -£664,869
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+1.9%
£10,082,730 £10,277,036
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