THE NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-20 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£39M

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£53M

Equity attributable

Employees

315

Average over period

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2024-08-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

THE NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric	2023-07-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	£30,248,399	£34,020,912
Operating profit	£3,252,536	£5,501,222
Profit before tax	—	—
Net profit	£2,535,878	£6,811,639
Cash	£19,926,345	£39,297,227
Total assets less current liabilities	£63,799,882	£83,335,417
Net assets	£46,151,793	£52,634,432
Equity	£46,151,793	£52,634,432
Average employees	309	315
Wages	£12,645,339	£13,397,329

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	2023-07-31	2024-08-31
Operating margin	10.8%	16.2%
Net margin	8.4%	20.0%
Return on capital employed	5.1%	6.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	36.0%	49.9%
Current ratio	2.61x	2.20x
Interest cover	6.78x	11.48x

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: Crowe U.K. LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Governors are of the opinion that the charity has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, being not less than one year from the date of approval of these financial statements. For this reason, the Governors believe it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

THE NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL · parent
1. Canons Enterprises Limited 100% · UK · operates the Sports Centre and Swimming Pool, and generates external income from gym memberships and swimming lessons.
2. Canons Transport Limited 100% · UK · operates the School minibuses on behalf of the School, and was set up to improve the recovery of VAT incurred in the operation of the minibuses.
3. NLCS Enterprises Limited 100% · UK · operates the franchise relationship with the company that operates the NLCS franchise in Jeju, Korea.
4. NLCS International Limited 100% · UK · holding company for the franchise companies owning the shares of NLCSE Dubai, NLCSE Singapore, NLCSE Thailand and Canons Park Consulting. Now operates the franchise relationship with companies that operated both the Dubai and Singapore franchise schools.
5. NLCS Enterprises Dubai Limited 100% · UK · operated the franchise relationship with the company that operates the NLCS franchise in Dubai, until the CVA was novated to NLCS International Ltd on the 31 July 2021. NLCS Dubai is not currently trading.
6. NLCS Enterprises Singapore Limited 100% · UK · operated the franchise relationship with the company that operates the NLCS franchise in Singapore until the CVA was novated to NLCS International Ltd on the 31 July 2021. Singapore now operates the franchise relationship with the company that operates the NLCS franchise in Vietnam.
7. Canons Park Consulting Limited 100% · UK · offers consultancy services to overseas schools which do not use the NLCS name.
8. NLCS Pearl Limited 100% · UK · operates the franchise relationship with the company which will operate the NLCS franchise in Honk Kong.
9. NLCS Gold Limited 100% · UK · operates the franchise relationship with the company that will operate the NLCS franchise in the USA.
10. NLCS Jade Limited 100% · UK · has been created in readiness to operate the franchise relationship with a future country partner.

Significant events

“The biggest risk to our income is pupil numbers, owing to the confirmation that VAT has been applied to tuition fees from January 2025.”
“The School adopted an alternative pension offer as part of its total pay reward to run alongside the TPS, this will come in to affect in September 2024.”
“A comprehensive fundraising strategy is being developed to fund bursaries and a specific capital campaign to support the construction of the IDEAS Hub opening in 2025.”
“The Hub will provide a new dedicated home for Art, Engineering, Design and Technology as well as enabling cross-curricula STEAM programmes.”
“Continuing investment in sustainability measures including secondary glazing, PV panels and air source heat pumps to reduce energy cost inflation impact.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

17 active · 59 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BOGHANI-NATHOO, Munira	Director	2024-03-18	Jan 1980	British
BOULTON, Fiona Jane	Director	2024-07-10	Apr 1964	British
GODFREY, Vivien Patricia	Director	2019-03-27	Jan 1961	British
GOWER, Gabrielle Lisa Kruger	Director	2022-12-06	Feb 1976	British
HERDMAN-SMITH, Rowena Kirsten Sonia Heather	Director	2019-03-27	Oct 1964	British
JOGIA, Ameet	Director	2022-12-06	Jan 1987	British
KINGSMILL MOORE, Nina Arleen	Director	2022-12-06	Nov 1971	British
MARTEN, Charlotte Jane	Director	2020-06-30	Aug 1957	British
NEEDLEMAN, Peter David	Director	2016-06-29	Mar 1955	British
NEWMAN, Stephanie Kate	Director	2025-03-25	Jul 1986	British,German
NORRISH, Dominic	Director	2025-09-01	Jul 1976	British,Irish
PATEL, Roma, Dr	Director	2025-03-25	Nov 1977	British
SHERIDAN, John	Director	2024-07-10	Apr 1981	British,Australian
THOMAS, Thomas Nicholas	Director	2022-12-06	Mar 1982	British
TOH, Dorothy, Dr	Director	2019-03-27	Mar 1972	British
UTERMANN, Andreas Ernst Ferdinand	Director	2022-10-11	Jan 1966	German,British
WATFORD, Emma Judith Sophia	Director	2021-03-22	Sep 1977	British

Show 59 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MEIKLE, Susan Margaret	Secretary	1993-05-17	1996-04-30
PARTINGTON, Graham David	Secretary	2003-11-27	2015-12-31
WALL, Rachel Virginia	Secretary	1996-05-07	2003-09-01
ABBOTT, Donald	Director	1993-05-28	2004-03-04
ALLEN, John Malcolm	Director	2002-11-28	2014-03-19
ALPAY, Esat, Doctor	Director	2004-10-11	2005-05-26
AMINOSSEHE, Sherin	Director	2016-03-09	2018-06-08
BARNETT, Ronald Anthony, Professor	Director	1998-12-02	2004-06-15
BAUGHAN, Michael Christopher	Director	2011-03-16	2016-06-08
BRANDENBURGER, Ennis Katherine	Director	1993-05-17	2000-03-16
BRESLAUER, Keith	Director	2008-11-27	2019-03-27
BUNFORD, Margaret Anne	Director	1993-05-28	2006-03-15
CAMPBELL, Ian Duncan Robin	Director	1993-05-17	1995-03-21
CARRINGTON, Nigel Martyn, Sir	Director	2007-11-29	2015-03-18
CARTER, Sophie Christine	Director	2010-03-10	2024-07-10
CATTY, Jon	Director	1994-03-17	2003-03-13
COWAN, Janet Roslyn, Coun	Director	1998-06-24	2007-10-30
DAR, Shumailla Zareen	Director	2020-06-30	2023-06-06
DAVIS, Elaine Margaret	Director	2013-06-19	2024-07-10
DREW, Janet, Prof	Director	2006-02-14	2011-03-16
DYKES, Hugh John	Director	1993-05-28	1998-05-06
EMMANUEL, Anton Vignaraj, Dr	Director	2013-06-19	2021-03-22
FINNING, Denis Robert	Director	1996-03-21	2001-09-17
FOX, Adam Tobias, Professor	Director	2013-06-19	2020-06-30
FROOMBERG, Claire Rosemary	Director	2000-03-16	2014-03-19
GOLDMAN, Lawrence, Dr	Director	2006-11-17	2011-09-20
GREGORY, Mary Barbara, Dr	Director	1993-05-28	1995-03-23
HAMMOND, John Lempriere	Director	1993-05-28	2006-03-15
HARDING, Victoria	Director	2021-07-06	2026-03-27
HERLIHY, John Stuart	Director	2016-03-09	2021-03-22
HILL, Lesley Jane	Director	2001-06-20	2012-03-14
HINGLEY, Robert Charles Anthony	Director	2020-06-30	2024-07-10
JAFFE, Steven Harold	Director	2010-11-25	2021-03-22
JAMES, Sally Ann	Director	2005-12-01	2011-03-16
JOHNSON, Jeri	Director	1996-03-21	2006-03-15
KAMATH, Surendra Narasimha	Director	1994-03-17	2009-03-11
LINTHWAITE, Peter John Nicholas	Director	2011-03-16	2021-03-22
MARUTHAPPU, Thivi, Dr	Director	2021-03-22	2023-05-25
MAULL, David John	Director	1993-05-28	1998-06-19
MAYS, Martin Joshua, Dr	Director	1998-12-02	2008-03-12
MCGREGOR, Ian	Director	1993-05-28	2003-03-13
PHILLIPS, Diana Margaret	Director	1993-05-28	2003-10-07
POPPLEWELL, Debra Ellen, Dr	Director	2004-06-15	2012-06-20
QUINN, Julie Marie	Director	2010-11-25	2018-09-20
RABINOWITZ, Laurence Anton	Director	2007-11-29	2018-03-13
RAPERPORT, Eileen Annabelle	Director	2006-03-15	2019-03-27
RENSHAW, John Arthur	Director	1993-05-17	2003-03-13
RINSLER, Norma Sybil, Prof	Director	1993-05-28	1998-06-24
RIVLIN, Geoffrey, Judge	Director	1993-05-28	2002-11-28
SECTOR, Rosalind	Director	2008-11-27	2011-04-28
SHAH, Dipen Shantilal	Director	2004-06-15	2015-03-18
STERNBERG, Michael Vivian	Director	1994-03-17	2009-03-11
STODDART, Simon Kenneth Fladgate, Dr	Director	2008-03-12	2016-06-29
STONE, Helen Elizabeth	Director	2001-06-20	2012-07-11
SUTER, Timothy John	Director	2012-07-12	2019-06-26
TYLER, Lesley Angela	Director	2021-07-06	2022-04-11
WELLER, Adrian Vivian, Dr	Director	2019-03-27	2024-07-10
WIGODER, Charles Francis, The Honorable	Director	2004-06-15	2008-07-31
YOUNG, Brian, Professor	Director	2016-03-16	2024-07-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 250 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2025-02-20 MA Memorandum articles

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-02-23	RP01AP01	officers	Replacement filing of director appointment with name
2026-02-23	RP01AP01	officers	Replacement filing of director appointment with name
2025-09-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-04-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-02-20	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2025-02-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-07-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-04-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-04-11	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2024-03-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

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 2023-07-31

Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 14 months versus 12 months prior.

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