HERNE HILL SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-04
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+65.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+35.9% vs 2024
Employees
82
+7.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£514K
-239.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-04.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERNE HILL SCHOOL LIMITED 1987-03-06 → present
- DROOD LIMITED 1987-02-18 → 1987-03-06
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,521,759 | £5,473,141 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £684,383 | £412,049 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £367,432 | -£513,903 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £182,475 | -£634,707 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £736,709 | £1,217,467 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £11,398,321 | £13,872,021 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,425,259 | £10,090,564 | |
| Equity | £1,867,881 | £6,313,232 | £7,266,704 | £7,443,245 | £7,698,203 | £7,425,259 | £10,090,564 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 82 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,625,360 | £2,690,711 |
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 12.4% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.3% | -11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.51x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2.03x | 1.56x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The absorption of part of the increase in gross fees charged to parents resulting from the Government's imposition of 20% VAT on independent school fees from 1 January 2025”
- “steep increase in Employer's National Insurance Contributions from April 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGYAR, Dominik Kasimir | Director | 2002-11-19 | Mar 1962 | Swiss |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Phyllida Jean | Secretary | — | 2002-11-19 |
| MAGYAR, Soowon | Secretary | 2002-11-19 | 2012-02-29 |
| BENNETT, Garry, Reverend | Director | — | 2002-11-19 |
| BENNETT, Phyllida Jean | Director | — | 2002-11-19 |
| COOMBE, Margaret | Director | — | 2002-11-19 |
| RATSEY, Christine | Director | — | 2002-11-19 |
| RATSEY, David Hugh Kerr, Doctor | Director | — | 2002-11-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dominik Kasimir Magyar | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption small |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
-0.9%
£5,521,759 £5,473,141
-
Cash
+65.3%
£736,709 £1,217,467
-
Net assets
+35.9%
£7,425,259 £10,090,564
-
Employees
+7.9%
76 82
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Operating profit
-39.8%
£684,383 £412,049
-
Profit before tax
-239.9%
£367,432 -£513,903
-
Wages
+2.5%
£2,625,360 £2,690,711
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