MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+8% vs 2024
Net assets
£46M
+9.6% vs 2024
Employees
297
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+115.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,089,672 | £23,734,503 | |
| Operating profit | £946,163 | £2,328,901 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,272,710 | £2,742,541 | |
| Net profit | £1,272,710 | £2,742,541 | |
| Cash | £4,029,017 | £4,351,496 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £47,366,739 | £49,437,092 | |
| Net assets | £41,565,180 | £45,546,918 | |
| Equity | £41,565,180 | £45,546,918 | |
| Average employees | 301 | 297 | |
| Wages | £10,454,402 | £10,893,876 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.8% | 17.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | 9.35x | 16.67x |
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
“The School depends on its existing bank facilities to meet its day to day working capital requirements. Current forecasts indicate that the company expects to be able to operate within these facilities for the foreseeable future. These facilities are renewed annually and are not guaranteed for the period covered by the going concern review. The Governors are not aware, however, of any circumstances that may adversely affect the renewal of these facilities. Accordingly, the directors believe it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED · parent
- MCS Asset Management Limited 100%
- Magdalen College School International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The School was inspected by the ISI in October 2023 and found to be fully compliant.”
- “In Michaelmas 2024, we were delighted to win an Independent Schools of the Year Award in the category of Contribution to Social Mobility, in recognition of our bursary provision and The Bridge programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 73 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLSON, Katherine | Secretary | 2024-04-15 | — | — |
| BRIDSON, Martin Robert, Professor | Director | 2021-06-23 | Oct 1964 | British |
| HAWKER, James Michael | Director | 2021-06-23 | Jul 1974 | British |
| HEARD, John Grayson | Director | 2026-03-25 | Oct 1967 | French |
| HOPE, Simon Richard | Director | 2019-12-04 | Jul 1964 | British |
| HUEPFL, Emma Rosalind | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| HYDE, Saira | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1970 | British |
| LANGLEY, Robert James | Director | 2022-03-12 | Nov 1979 | British |
| NOTT, Andrew Jonathan Peter | Director | 2023-10-01 | Aug 1964 | British |
| PATEL, Kalendu | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jan 1964 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Rachel Rhodes, Dr | Director | 2019-12-04 | Oct 1959 | British |
| PRICE, Robert John | Director | 2019-07-20 | May 1948 | British |
| SALDANHA, Richard Andrew, Dr | Director | 2018-01-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
| VESSEY, Benjamin Alastair Martin | Director | 2018-01-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| WHITMORE, Marc | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1976 | British |
Show 73 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUMONT, Toby Matthew George John | Secretary | 2018-02-28 | 2019-12-31 |
| CARTER, Nicholas Anthony, Dr | Secretary | 2004-01-06 | 2013-04-15 |
| CLARKE, Jason David | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| HAMMOND, Barrie George | Secretary | — | 1995-12-31 |
| KEFFORD, Michael Howard | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2004-01-06 |
| KNOWLES, Timothy Michael | Secretary | 2015-10-19 | 2018-02-28 |
| PITCHERS, Anthony Jack | Secretary | 2013-04-15 | 2014-12-15 |
| SMYTH, Andrew Timothy | Secretary | 2014-12-16 | 2015-10-19 |
| WEST, Alexandra Helen | Secretary | 2020-08-01 | 2024-04-22 |
| ALLINGHAM, Michael, Doctor | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2011-11-16 |
| AUDLEY-MILLER, Grant | Director | 1994-12-19 | 2003-12-31 |
| AUDLEY-MILLER, Grant | Director | — | 1994-01-06 |
| BAKER, Jonathan Leslie, Sir | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2014-12-15 |
| BELLHOUSE, Brian John, Professor | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2007-11-29 |
| BENSON, Catharine Alice, Dr | Director | 2011-06-22 | 2019-12-31 |
| BRADSHAW, Timothy, Reverend Dr | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2004-10-12 |
| BROCKLISS, Laurence William Beaumont, Dr | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| BRUNDIN, Clark Lannerdahl, Dr | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| BULLOCK, Matthew Peter Dominic | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2016-07-02 |
| CAMERON WATT, Penelope Ann | Director | 2009-11-03 | 2018-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Richard John | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| COUSSIOS, Constantin, Professor | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Susan | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2011-06-22 |
| CURNOCK COOK, Mary | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-11-12 |
| DENNING, Robert, Dr | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| DIAMOND, Barbara Elsie | Director | 1994-01-06 | 1997-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Timothy Peter Warren | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| EELEY, Douglas James | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| FERDINAND, Christine Yvonne, Dr | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| GRABOWSKI, Andrew Bronislaw | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-10-01 |
| GRIFFIN, Patricia | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| HALL, Cynthia Lesley | Director | 2011-03-16 | 2014-03-20 |
| HART, Wendy Elizabeth | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2008-11-20 |
| HAWTIN, Philip, Dr | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| HEADICAR, Marion Elizabeth | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| IVES, Charles John Grayston | Director | 1992-12-14 | 2004-12-31 |
| JAMES, Adrian Dennis | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| KERR-DINEEN, Sarah | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-07-08 |
| KNOWLES, Timothy Michael | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2015-10-19 |
| KROENING, Daniel Heinrich Friedrich, Professor | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-03-17 |
| LA TROBE WESTON, Alice Flora | Director | 2021-06-23 | 2026-03-14 |
| LEIGHFIELD, John Percival | Director | — | 2001-07-04 |
| LONGWORTH, Judith Anne Lennox | Director | 2011-06-22 | 2020-12-31 |
| MACINTYRE, Angus Donald, Dr | Director | — | 1992-12-14 |
| MACKENZIE, Stuart Robert, Dr | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| MARTIN, John Douglas | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-03-14 |
| MCKIMM, Sarah | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2014-09-30 |
| MILLIGAN, George William, Dr | Director | — | 1997-08-31 |
| MITCHELL, Leslie George, Dr | Director | — | 1994-07-10 |
| MURRAY, Oswyn | Director | 1994-12-19 | 1996-12-31 |
| NEILSON, Gordon William, Dr | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| NEWTON, Margaret | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| NIZAMI, Farhan, Dr | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2010-11-17 |
| PALMER, Jeremy David Fletcher | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| PATTISON, David Graham, Dr | Director | — | 1994-01-06 |
| PEAGRAM, Michael John | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2007-02-23 |
| PHILLIPS, Jan Ann | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| PIRET, Michael John, Reverend | Director | 2006-12-31 | 2012-12-31 |
| PYE, Graham Christopher | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-06-12 |
| PYE, Graham Christopher | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| RACE, Stephen Frank | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| RECORD, Neil Peter | Director | 2007-05-21 | 2019-12-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Nigel Peter Vincent, Dr | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| SANDERS, Colin | Director | — | 1998-01-28 |
| SMITH, James Andrew Charles, Professor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| SUTTON, Brian John, Dr | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2010-11-17 |
| TOBIN, Patrick Francis | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| TOWNSEND, Joan | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2008-11-20 |
| WHEELER BOOTH, Michael Addison John, Sir | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2010-11-17 |
| WILKINSON, Keith, Revd Canon | Director | 2009-02-26 | 2017-12-31 |
| WITHERS, Paul Nigel, Dr | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2023-12-31 |
| WYATT, Alan Will | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| YOUNG, Charles Gerard | Director | 2012-03-14 | 2020-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 256 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+7.4%
£22,089,672 £23,734,503
-
Cash
+8%
£4,029,017 £4,351,496
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£41,565,180 £45,546,918
-
Employees
-1.3%
301 297
-
Operating profit
+146.1%
£946,163 £2,328,901
-
Profit before tax
+115.5%
£1,272,710 £2,742,541
-
Wages
+4.2%
£10,454,402 £10,893,876
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