DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

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  10 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Governors, having reviewed the funding facilities available to the School together with the expected ongoing demand for places and the School's future projected cash flows, found that there are no material uncertainties and therefore have a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. DURSTON HOUSE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED · parent
   1. Durston House School Limited 100% · England · dormant

Significant events

• “Following the announcement in July 2024 that VAT on school fees would be introduced in January 2025, much sooner than expected, the governors working party met and, after careful consideration, agreed that the school could absorb 8% of the VAT meaning that only 12% would have to be passed on to parents.”
• “In October 2025, Durston House School entered into a Change of Control Agreement with St Paul's School (SPS) to merge with SPS and join the St Paul's Schools' Group. The merger will be completed on 31 December 2025, at which time SPS will become the sole member of Durston House School Educational Trust Limited.”
• “The planning application for the development plans to combine the three sections of the school on to the Carlton Road site was submitted to the local planning authority in January 2020 and granted approval. Subsequently, as required, it was submitted to the Greater London Authority, where in July 2020, it was refused. The governors considered their options and agreed that the plans should be revised and updated to address the points on which it was refused. The updated planning application will be submitted in due course.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

19

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

10

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.7%

  £6,498,367 → £6,455,410

• Cash

  -40.1%

  £3,244,120 → £1,943,951

• Net assets

  +13.6%

  £12,283,801 → £13,955,950

• Employees

  -3.2%

  94 → 91

• Operating profit

  -166.8%

  -£32,932 → -£87,851

• Wages

  0%

  £3,966,692 → £3,966,618

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