LINGFIELD COLLEGE
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
-14% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+5% vs 2024
Employees
269
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£893K
+85.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LINGFIELD COLLEGE 2017-02-17 → present
- NOTRE DAME SCHOOL LINGFIELD 1986-11-07 → 2017-02-17
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 | £15,704,157 | £15,664,482 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £482,745 | £893,365 | |
| Net profit | £482,745 | £893,365 | |
| Cash | £9,602,879 | £8,254,916 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,873,292 | £20,637,667 | |
| Net assets | £17,903,248 | £18,796,613 | |
| Equity | £17,903,248 | £18,796,613 | |
| Average employees | 267 | 269 | |
| Wages | £8,025,321 | £8,352,727 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 3.1% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.0% | 23.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.87x | 2.42x |
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)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Financial projections and scenario analyses for at least 12 months indicate that pupil numbers for 2025-2026, while lower than 24-25, still remain strong. The introduction of VAT on school fees may continue to impact future enrolment. The School has sufficient cash and funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due, leading the Trustees to conclude that the School is a going concern.”
Group structure
- LINGFIELD COLLEGE · parent
- Lingfield College International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Completion of the senior school kitchen, including new equipment and a fabulous new dining area for students, staff and guests.”
- “Beautiful new façade for the Performing Arts building.”
- “The School achieved a 100% pass rate, with 90% of students heading to university securing their first-choice destinations.”
- “At the conclusion of the 2024-2025 academic year the pupil roll totalled 951 (2024:957), with most year groups being full.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Stephen Alan | Director | 2022-04-25 | Jun 1972 | British |
| CHARLES, Simon | Director | 2025-09-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| DODRIDGE, Phil | Director | 2021-11-02 | Nov 1968 | British |
| MCCANN, Martin | Director | 2022-04-25 | Feb 1969 | British |
| MCNAMARA, Claire Elise | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| MILLS, Janet | Director | 2024-09-01 | Nov 1954 | British |
| SAMUELS, Peter Trevor | Director | 2000-07-10 | Jan 1946 | British |
| SANSOM, David | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
| STEER, Jackie | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1963 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Christopher John | Secretary | — | 2010-04-29 |
| DAW, Geoffrey Stephen | Secretary | 2010-04-29 | 2012-11-20 |
| BELL, Christopher John | Director | — | 2010-04-29 |
| CALVEY, Nic | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2026-02-13 |
| CHARLTON, Linda Ruth | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2020-06-10 |
| CLUBB, David Colin | Director | — | 2008-08-12 |
| COOPER, Amira | Director | 2020-04-08 | 2025-06-30 |
| DAW, Geoffrey Stephen | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2012-11-20 |
| DOUGLAS, Samantha | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2026-02-13 |
| GUTTERIDGE, Keith | Director | 2020-04-08 | 2023-11-14 |
| HALPIN, Fran | Director | 2020-04-08 | 2023-10-20 |
| HIGGINS, Clare | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2022-03-22 |
| HIGGINS, Richard James | Director | — | 1998-06-29 |
| HINTON, Nigel, Reverend | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2023-06-27 |
| HOROBIN, Caroline | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2023-01-12 |
| LAMB, Penelope | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2016-05-17 |
| PENTON, Andrea | Director | 2018-06-25 | 2020-07-10 |
| ROLFE, Ian | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2021-07-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, Susan Mary | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2018-12-17 |
| TAIT, Amy | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2026-02-13 |
| WHEELER, Richard William | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2018-03-21 |
| XERRI, Salvino, Dr | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2014-05-06 |
| YEATES, Paul Nicholas | Director | — | 2012-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
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Turnover
-0.3%
£15,704,157 £15,664,482
-
Cash
-14%
£9,602,879 £8,254,916
-
Net assets
+5%
£17,903,248 £18,796,613
-
Employees
+0.7%
267 269
-
Profit before tax
+85.1%
£482,745 £893,365
-
Wages
+4.1%
£8,025,321 £8,352,727
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