THE HARRODIAN SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-08 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-20.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£46M
+16.4% vs 2023
Employees
244
-1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
+1.2% 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 | £24,232,361 | £25,831,714 | |
| Operating profit | £8,966,567 | £9,286,745 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,023,746 | £9,130,650 | |
| Net profit | £7,044,343 | £6,679,126 | |
| Cash | £9,103,822 | £7,257,605 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,742,008 | £52,343,998 | |
| Net assets | £39,459,645 | £45,918,771 | |
| Equity | £39,459,645 | £45,918,771 | |
| Average employees | 247 | 244 | |
| Wages | £9,955,217 | £10,558,383 |
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 | 37.0% | 36.0% | |
| Net margin | 29.1% | 25.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.6% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 76.25x | 21.68x |
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
- Hill Wooldridge & Co. Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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.”
Group structure
- THE HARRODIAN SCHOOL LIMITED · parent
- Harrodian Land and Buildings (No. 1) Limited 100%
- Harrodian Land and Buildings (No. 2) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The school continues to achieve strong financial results with an increased level of profits disclosed in the 2024 accounts. The school's Current Ratio has increased to 201% while its Debt-to-Equity Ratio has continued to fall from 0.45 in 2023 to 0.41 in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTOUN-BOSWALL, Thomas Alford, Sir | Director | — | May 1947 | British |
| MOORE, Amber Georgina | Director | 2002-04-03 | Jun 1946 | British |
| SOE, Khin Phyu Phyu | Director | 2025-10-21 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KURLANDER, Hazel | Secretary | — | 1996-07-19 |
| SORRELL, Elizabeth Jean | Secretary | 1996-07-19 | 2000-05-24 |
| WILCOX, Brian Henry | Secretary | 2000-05-24 | 2017-04-27 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-01-25 | 1994-01-25 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-01-25 | 1994-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Thomas Alford Houstoun-Boswall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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
+6.6%
£24,232,361 £25,831,714
-
Cash
-20.3%
£9,103,822 £7,257,605
-
Net assets
+16.4%
£39,459,645 £45,918,771
-
Employees
-1.2%
247 244
-
Operating profit
+3.6%
£8,966,567 £9,286,745
-
Profit before tax
+1.2%
£9,023,746 £9,130,650
-
Wages
+6.1%
£9,955,217 £10,558,383
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