ARAN HALL SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+69.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+1.4% vs 2023
Employees
63
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£341K
+75.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARAN HALL SCHOOL LIMITED 1992-03-12 → present
- GRAPHASSIST LIMITED 1991-10-03 → 1992-03-12
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 | £3,192,000 | £3,474,000 | |
| Operating profit | £194,000 | £341,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £194,000 | £341,000 | |
| Net profit | £37,000 | £116,000 | |
| Cash | £1,962,000 | £3,317,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,552,000 | £8,669,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,513,000 | £8,629,000 | |
| Equity | £8,513,000 | £8,629,000 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 63 | |
| Wages | £1,767,000 | £1,881,000 |
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 | 6.1% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.9% | 18.4% | |
| Current ratio | 6.48x | 4.93x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, James Richard | Secretary | 2007-08-03 | — | British |
| ATKINSON, James Richard | Director | 2007-08-03 | Dec 1968 | British |
| JONES, Brian James | Director | 2007-08-03 | Jan 1950 | British |
| RYDER, Mark Andrew | Director | 2022-08-05 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAINES, Kathryn Alison | Secretary | 2005-05-03 | 2007-08-03 |
| GARINER-JONES, Lesley Anne | Secretary | 1991-10-17 | 1992-09-20 |
| JONES, Edward Vernon | Secretary | — | 2000-04-03 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Christopher John Francis | Secretary | 2000-04-03 | 2005-05-03 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-10-03 | 1991-10-17 |
| BAINES, Kathryn Alison | Director | 2005-05-03 | 2007-08-03 |
| FERGUSON, Mark Crerar | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2005-05-03 |
| FLYNN, Mark, Dr | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| JONES, Edward Vernon | Director | 1991-10-17 | 2000-04-03 |
| JORDAN, Malcolm Brian | Director | — | 2000-04-03 |
| LEE, Terence Frederick | Director | 2005-05-03 | 2007-08-03 |
| MITCHELL, John David | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2005-05-03 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Christopher John Francis | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2005-05-03 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-10-03 | 1991-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Richard Atkinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Brian Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Qatar Investment Authority | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+8.8%
£3,192,000 £3,474,000
-
Cash
+69.1%
£1,962,000 £3,317,000
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£8,513,000 £8,629,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
64 63
-
Operating profit
+75.8%
£194,000 £341,000
-
Profit before tax
+75.8%
£194,000 £341,000
-
Wages
+6.5%
£1,767,000 £1,881,000
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