DURHAM CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-16 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-02
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+91.4% vs 2024
Net assets
-£934K
+7.1% vs 2024
Employees
198
+0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£71K
+116.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The trustees acknowledge that that the group has net current liabilities at 31 August 2025. Given this, and the reliance placed on the bank funding facilities, a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the Group's of the Parent Charitable Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DURHAM CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 2021-02-23 → present
- DURHAM SCHOOL 1993-01-04 → 2021-02-23
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 | £13,521,542 | £14,036,718 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£427,589 | £70,897 | |
| Net profit | £403,879 | £70,897 | |
| Cash | £1,682,079 | £3,219,844 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,030,858 | £3,040,217 | |
| Net assets | -£1,004,662 | -£933,765 | |
| Equity | -£1,004,662 | -£933,765 | |
| Average employees | 197 | 198 | |
| Wages | £6,357,745 | £6,553,497 |
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 | 3.0% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 0.59x |
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
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The trustees acknowledge that that the group has net current liabilities at 31 August 2025. Given this, and the reliance placed on the bank funding facilities, a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the Group's of the Parent Charitable Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- DURHAM CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION · parent
- Durham School Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Numbers at Chorister School were 5% down on the previous year. Part of this is due to demographic decline in these age groups, and part of this is put down to worsening economic conditions leading to families delaying entry into independent education.”
- “The consolidated results for the year show a surplus of £70,897 (2024: £403,879).”
- “The auditors, Clive Owen LLP, have indicated their willingness to continue in office.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 69 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, George Alastair | Secretary | 2025-02-01 | — | — |
| BALLANTYNE, Keith William | Director | 2019-06-27 | Nov 1962 | British |
| BERRY, Elisa Joanne | Director | 2024-11-29 | Aug 1974 | British |
| BRYAN, Stephen James, Dr | Director | 2024-09-30 | Dec 1958 | British |
| DOBSON, Simon Patrick Joseph | Director | 2017-12-05 | Nov 1963 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Christopher David | Director | 2023-09-09 | Dec 1974 | British |
| HILLIER, Richard John, Dr | Director | 2021-02-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
| HIND, John Richard, Dr | Director | 2022-03-18 | Jan 1959 | British |
| HINDMARSH, Jill Florence | Director | 2025-06-19 | Feb 1966 | British |
| LOGUE, Claire Louise | Director | 2025-06-19 | Dec 1987 | British |
| MALLON, Timothy John | Director | 2025-06-19 | Feb 1963 | British |
| MARTIN, Michaela Dawn | Director | 2023-10-16 | Nov 1957 | British |
| MOLE, Thomas Seymour, Professor | Director | 2023-12-14 | Jul 1976 | British |
| NANGIA, Monika, Dr | Director | 2024-12-05 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 69 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Ruth | Secretary | 2009-09-01 | 2012-06-05 |
| GIBBS, Frank Silverthorne | Secretary | 1993-01-04 | 1994-08-26 |
| GRANT, Steven John | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| HANLON, Francis William | Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2003-12-02 |
| LEIGH, Debbie | Secretary | 2021-03-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| LEIGH, Deborah Joan | Secretary | 2012-06-06 | 2020-04-01 |
| MCWILLIAMS, Anne | Secretary | 1999-08-19 | 2003-08-31 |
| MUSSELL, Emma Claire | Secretary | 2021-09-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| SIMPSON, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2004-08-09 | 2009-06-30 |
| STOREY, Peter John, Wing Commander | Secretary | 1994-08-26 | 1999-08-18 |
| ANDERSON, Alexander Beveridge | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2013-05-01 |
| ANSTEE, John Howard, Prof | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2006-12-31 |
| ANSTEE, John Howard, Prof | Director | 1994-04-19 | 1994-11-22 |
| ANSTEE, Quentin Mark, Professor | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2023-07-07 |
| ARNOLD, John Robert, The Very Reverend | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1997-03-25 |
| BAXTER, Roger George, Dr | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2005-03-12 |
| BELL, Peter Stuart | Director | 2000-06-21 | 2014-05-05 |
| BROWN, David William, The Reverend Canon Professor | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1997-02-24 |
| CAWKWELL, Andrew | Director | 2024-11-30 | 2025-06-24 |
| CHERRY, Stephen Arthur, Canon | Director | 2006-06-19 | 2013-07-31 |
| COATES, Margaret | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2020-07-31 |
| COPPIN, Ronald Leonard, Reverend | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1997-09-30 |
| COWIE, Joanne | Director | 2016-03-30 | 2019-12-03 |
| ETCHELLS, Dorothea Ruth, Dr | Director | 1993-06-18 | 1994-11-22 |
| FENWICK, Katharine Alexandra | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-03-22 |
| GALBRAITH, Anne | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2006-10-11 |
| GILMARTIN, Philip, Prof | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2011-07-07 |
| HACKETT, Simon, Professor | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2017-03-24 |
| HAMPEL, Michael Hans Joachim, Canon | Director | 2019-03-22 | 2025-01-21 |
| HINDMARSH, Irene | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1993-07-03 |
| HOBBS, Jennifer Lynn | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2005-09-16 |
| HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark | Director | 2014-12-10 | 2024-07-05 |
| HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark | Director | 2014-11-04 | 2014-11-04 |
| HODGSON, John Derek, The Venerable | Director | 1993-01-04 | 2001-07-07 |
| HUNT, Edward David, Dr | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2006-06-16 |
| KENNEDY, David John, Cannon | Director | 2014-03-21 | 2018-08-31 |
| KERR, Gillian | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2017-06-29 |
| KIRKLEY, Jennifer Lynn | Director | 2015-03-18 | 2019-01-11 |
| KITCHEN, Martin, The Reverend Canon | Director | 1997-11-21 | 2005-02-01 |
| KNOX, Ian Carroll, The Reverend Canon | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1997-12-05 |
| LANGDON, Richard Hugh | Director | 1997-02-24 | 2015-07-01 |
| LANGRIDGE, Sharon Eleanor | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2019-06-27 |
| MACCONACHIE, Alasdair | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| MARSHALL, John Walton | Director | 1995-04-07 | 2006-08-31 |
| MARTELL, Andrew | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2017-06-29 |
| NICHOLSON, Frank | Director | 1999-12-03 | 2015-07-01 |
| OLIVER, Shirley Mary, Dr | Director | 1996-06-07 | 2006-03-17 |
| PEDLEY, Geoffrey Stephen, The Rev Canon | Director | 1993-02-18 | 1997-03-24 |
| PERRY, Michael Charles, The Reverend Canon | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1997-02-24 |
| PETTY, Andrew Joseph | Director | 2014-11-04 | 2016-06-29 |
| PLYMING, Philip James John, Very Revd Dr | Director | 2024-01-11 | 2025-01-21 |
| REGAN, Maura, Dame | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2023-07-07 |
| RIBCHESTER, Robert William | Director | 2014-11-04 | 2024-07-05 |
| RICHARDS, Katherine | Director | 2021-06-24 | 2024-09-03 |
| ROBSON, Jacquelyn Marie, Dr | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2023-07-07 |
| SALKELD, John Ritchie Walton | Director | 2015-03-18 | 2018-08-31 |
| SMITH, David Ross Sutherland, Dr | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1993-04-21 |
| SOUTHGATE, John Eliot, The Very Reverend | Director | 1993-02-18 | 1994-03-31 |
| SURTEES, Margaret Patricia | Director | 1997-02-24 | 2000-03-17 |
| SWART, Richard John Lofthouse | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2022-07-01 |
| TREMLETT, Andrew, The Very Reverend | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| TURNER, Neil | Director | 2014-11-04 | 2024-07-05 |
| UTTLEY, Roger | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2011-08-31 |
| WATTS, Charles Michael | Director | 1993-01-04 | 2004-03-31 |
| WELSH, David William | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2015-07-01 |
| WESTON, Frank Valentine, The Rt Rev | Director | 1998-06-16 | 2003-04-28 |
| WESTON, Helen Gratton | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2013-12-31 |
| WESTON, Michael Philip, Executor Of The Late | Director | 1993-01-04 | 1994-11-22 |
| WHITTAKER, Paul Meredith Allen | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1998-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+3.8%
£13,521,542 £14,036,718
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Cash
+91.4%
£1,682,079 £3,219,844
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Net assets
+7.1%
-£1,004,662 -£933,765
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Employees
+0.5%
197 198
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Profit before tax
+116.6%
-£427,589 £70,897
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Wages
+3.1%
£6,357,745 £6,553,497
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