WARMINSTER SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
Cash
£84K
-90.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-11% vs 2024
Employees
224
-8.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Governors have confirmed that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements, however due to the nature of the market, and the reliance on delivering the strategic plan, a material uncertainty exists in relation to going concern. The loan covenant has been breached for the year ended 31 August 2025 and it is likely that the loan covenant will be breached for the year ending 31st August 2026 as well.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,690,177 | £9,940,860 | £9,828,886 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £211,145 | -£228,759 | -£654,206 | |
| Cash | — | £884,842 | £83,952 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,448,306 | £5,616,633 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,961,909 | £5,307,703 | |
| Equity | — | £5,961,909 | £5,307,703 | |
| Average employees | — | 246 | 224 | |
| Wages | — | £6,544,769 | £6,475,425 |
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 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.2% | -2.3% | -6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 47.1% | 48.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.42x | 0.24x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Governors have confirmed that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements, however due to the nature of the market, and the reliance on delivering the strategic plan, a material uncertainty exists in relation to going concern. The loan covenant has been breached for the year ended 31 August 2025 and it is likely that the loan covenant will be breached for the year ending 31st August 2026 as well.”
Group structure
- WARMINSTER SCHOOL · parent
- Warminster School Enterprises Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2026 the School announced the intention to relocate the Prep School onto the Senior School site from September 2026. Subsequently the Prep School Land and Buildings were placed on the open market for sale with tenders invited for March 2026. On 5th March 2026 the School announced the intention to merge with QED Schools Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINES, Katherine | Secretary | 2018-03-28 | — | — |
| DRENNAN, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2010-10-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| GOODBODY, Charles John Barrington, Mr. | Director | 2003-12-05 | Jun 1953 | British |
| LEWIS, Timothy James Gareth | Director | 2020-07-22 | Feb 1980 | British |
| MARTIN, Alison Clare | Director | 2018-12-07 | Sep 1952 | British |
| MILLER, Diana Hilary | Director | 2024-01-22 | Dec 1965 | British |
| SUNDERLAND, Beverley Jane | Director | 2020-07-22 | Jun 1964 | British |
| THOMPSON, Michael | Director | 2022-11-01 | May 1958 | British |
| VALLIS, Giles Henry Ritson | Director | 2022-09-28 | Mar 1963 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Caroline Jane | Director | 2025-05-12 | Apr 1960 | British |
| WILSON, Duncan James | Director | 2017-10-06 | May 1969 | British |
| WOOLSEY, John Francis | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jan 1949 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, John Richard Julius | Secretary | 1994-11-15 | 2000-06-30 |
| DAVIS, Philip Nicholas | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2007-11-09 |
| BAXTER, Paul Trevor | Director | 2015-11-23 | 2017-10-06 |
| DUFF, Garden Ian, Reverend | Director | 1994-11-15 | 1997-08-31 |
| FOWLES, Jane Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-07-19 |
| GOODGER, Dorothy Pamela | Director | 1996-01-29 | 2007-12-31 |
| GREEN, Donald Malcolm | Director | 2000-12-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| HUNT-DAVIS, Anita Gay, Lady | Director | 2003-12-05 | 2014-12-31 |
| KENNETT, Andrew Charles Peter | Director | 2013-10-21 | 2022-03-18 |
| LATHAM, David Nicholas Ramsay, The Rt Hon Sir | Director | 2009-12-04 | 2020-08-31 |
| LEWIS, Andrew Purdon, Mr. | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2016-03-18 |
| MACFARLANE, Christine | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-10-06 |
| MCCOMAS, James Ian, Mr. | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2023-08-23 |
| MOORE, Timothy Roger William, Mr. | Director | 2008-02-18 | 2020-08-31 |
| PAKENHAM, Jeremy Edwin Montague | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2021-01-01 |
| PALMER, Julie | Director | 2015-12-04 | 2016-11-04 |
| PAYN, Richard Anthony | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2015-12-04 |
| PIPES, Michael John | Director | 1996-02-28 | 1996-09-05 |
| PRICHARD, Catharine Elizabeth | Director | 1999-03-19 | 2010-08-31 |
| ROGERS, Thomas Gordon Parry | Director | 1994-11-15 | 1999-07-02 |
| SCOTT, Robert Grenville John | Director | 1994-11-15 | 1999-05-03 |
| SOUTHWELL, Richard Charles | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2008-08-31 |
| STARKIE, Helen Margaret | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2001-11-30 |
| STEWART, Fiona Christina | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2020-07-22 |
| STRATTON, Richard David | Director | 1996-02-09 | 2018-12-06 |
| URCH, Tyrone Richard | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2020-06-22 |
| WATERS, Andrew Duncan | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| WEBB, Colin | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-06-10 |
| WILLCOX, Marguerite Irene | Director | 1994-11-15 | 2001-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
-1.1%
£9,940,860 £9,828,886
-
Cash
-90.5%
£884,842 £83,952
-
Net assets
-11%
£5,961,909 £5,307,703
-
Employees
-8.9%
246 224
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Wages
-1.1%
£6,544,769 £6,475,425
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