STAINES PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+26.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+0.5% vs 2023
Employees
70
+1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£24K
+57.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,768,625 | £3,923,359 | |
| Operating profit | £59,615 | £77,531 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,251 | £23,979 | |
| Net profit | £15,251 | £23,979 | |
| Cash | £1,446,273 | £1,829,942 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,286,567 | £6,219,514 | |
| Net assets | £5,071,966 | £5,095,945 | |
| Equity | £5,071,966 | £5,095,945 | |
| Average employees | 69 | 70 | |
| Wages | £2,012,559 | £2,132,714 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.3% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | 1.03x | 0.96x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Governors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Looking forward, the financial year ending 31 August 2025 saw the introduction of 20% VAT on private school fees. The school sought to minimise the impact of this upon parents by only passing on the net cost to the school.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLFER, Lindsay Ann | Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| KULKARNI, Smita | Secretary | 2025-03-27 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Richard Frank | Director | 2010-11-17 | Mar 1964 | British |
| ATKINSON-YOUNG, Adam Glen | Director | 2024-11-27 | Jan 1973 | British |
| BROWN, David Edward | Director | 2020-06-24 | May 1978 | British |
| GRAHAM, Michael James Thompson | Director | 2019-05-16 | May 1969 | British |
| HALL, Matthew Richard | Director | 2011-06-09 | Aug 1977 | British |
| HARRY, David Geraint Maddock | Director | 2024-11-27 | Jun 1987 | British |
| STATHAM, Victoria Louise | Director | 2024-11-27 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Geoffrey Allister John | Secretary | 1999-03-09 | 2004-03-10 |
| CURTIS JENKINS, Graham Hugh, Doctor | Secretary | 1999-02-01 | 1999-03-09 |
| EVANS, Gordon Wyn | Secretary | — | 1998-03-11 |
| MCLENNAN, Rachel | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2020-02-26 |
| PHILPOTT, Jonathan Edward Guy | Secretary | 2020-02-26 | 2025-04-30 |
| ROGERS, Susan | Secretary | 2004-03-10 | 2016-07-31 |
| AUSTIN, Penelope Anne | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-05-03 |
| BANNISTER, Michael | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2020-09-01 |
| CAMERON, Geoffrey Allister John | Director | 1997-10-22 | 2004-03-10 |
| CAULFIELD, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-01-23 |
| CEFAI, Joe | Director | 2003-06-12 | 2013-03-06 |
| CHADBURN, Richard Howard | Director | 1998-10-22 | 2021-11-24 |
| COX, Susan Mary | Director | — | 2007-03-07 |
| CROOK, John Ridd | Director | — | 2008-03-05 |
| CURTIS JENKINS, Graham Hugh, Doctor | Director | — | 2003-03-13 |
| DAVIES, Robert Allan | Director | — | 2023-03-10 |
| EVANS, Gordon Wyn | Director | — | 1998-03-11 |
| GAWLEY, Susan Marian | Director | — | 2011-10-15 |
| GIBBS, Murray Richard | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2002-03-13 |
| GILL, Simran | Director | 2019-10-18 | 2025-03-19 |
| GRAHAM, Michael James Thompson | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2018-01-02 |
| HAYNES, Peter William | Director | — | 2003-03-13 |
| HOLLOWAY, Peter William | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2009-03-04 |
| JONES, Martin Charles | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2011-06-08 |
| MADIGAN, Anthony | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2023-05-19 |
| RANSOM, Wendy Jane | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2020-03-11 |
| ROBINSON, Mary | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2020-08-06 |
| ROSS, Susan Anne | Director | 2007-11-07 | 2014-06-09 |
| SALAHUDDIN, Mobin, Doctor | Director | 2003-11-10 | 2011-06-08 |
| SHAUNAK, Rohit, Dr. | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2015-03-04 |
| SICE, Jennifer Margaret | Director | 1998-10-22 | 2020-03-11 |
| SIMMONS, Wendy | Director | 2004-06-10 | 2007-03-07 |
| SMITH, Roger Gordon | Director | 2001-03-07 | 2004-03-10 |
| SPENCER, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2011-03-02 | 2015-03-04 |
| STANDEN, Penelope | Director | 2004-06-10 | 2010-11-17 |
| TAHER-ZADEH, Taravat | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2012-07-02 |
| THOMAS, Mark | Director | 2011-03-02 | 2013-09-05 |
| WALMSLEY, Kevin James Thomas | Director | 2004-06-10 | 2011-03-02 |
| WANT, Geoffrey Roger | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2024-05-19 |
| WASSELL, Benjamin Richard | Director | 2023-06-28 | 2023-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.1%
£3,768,625 £3,923,359
-
Cash
+26.5%
£1,446,273 £1,829,942
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£5,071,966 £5,095,945
-
Employees
+1.4%
69 70
-
Operating profit
+30.1%
£59,615 £77,531
-
Profit before tax
+57.2%
£15,251 £23,979
-
Wages
+6%
£2,012,559 £2,132,714
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