ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL CANTERBURY
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£278K
-88.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-17.6% vs 2024
Employees
225
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £16,915,503 | £15,577,088 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£118,425 | -£1,671,851 | |
| Cash | £2,377,595 | £278,070 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,702,217 | £10,789,308 | |
| Net assets | £9,492,793 | £7,820,941 | |
| Equity | £9,492,793 | £7,820,941 | |
| Average employees | 233 | 225 | |
| Wages | £7,464,418 | £7,112,895 |
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 | -0.7% | -10.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.27x |
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
“We continue to prepare our accounts on a going concern basis as we have adapted to the challenges faced through the recent change in government and taxation legislation the most significant being the introduction of VAT on school fees from 1st January 2025. The School has shown support to parents in sharing the burden of VAT and implementing cost saving measures to mitigate this impact.”
Group structure
- ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL CANTERBURY · parent
- STEDS Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT, Adam | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| BEWERS, Paul | Director | 2025-03-20 | Aug 1951 | British |
| BILLING, Jane Dorothy | Director | 2023-10-31 | Oct 1946 | British |
| CARNEGIE, Margaret Rosamond, Dr | Director | 2015-06-25 | Oct 1952 | British |
| DODGSON, Robert James | Director | 2018-12-13 | Mar 1966 | British |
| LEATHERBARROW, Nichola Jane | Director | 2010-03-18 | Jan 1967 | British |
| MOIR, Sarah Jane | Director | 2025-09-26 | Apr 1978 | British |
| NICKOLS, Christopher Mark, Air Marshal | Director | 2015-03-19 | Jul 1956 | British |
| ROPER, Quentin Leonard, Dr | Director | 2016-03-17 | Jul 1969 | British |
| SUTTON, Steven Maxwell | Director | 2011-06-23 | Oct 1949 | British |
| TODD, Patrick Anthony, Councillor | Director | 2007-12-13 | Apr 1948 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURDELL, Robin George | Secretary | 2015-07-08 | 2015-08-01 |
| LEWIS, Nicholas Charles | Secretary | 2015-02-04 | 2015-07-07 |
| MACFARLANE, Jonathan Henry | Secretary | 2015-11-03 | 2016-03-12 |
| ROEBUCK, Roger Franklin | Secretary | 1996-05-20 | 2000-09-28 |
| SCOTT-KILVERT, Nicholas Charles | Secretary | 2016-04-04 | 2024-12-31 |
| SMITH, Robert Sidney | Secretary | 2010-05-20 | 2015-02-01 |
| STANNARD, Mary Teresa | Secretary | 2000-09-28 | 2010-05-19 |
| SUGDEN, Henry Francis Austin | Secretary | 2015-09-14 | 2015-11-03 |
| ARZYMANOW, Andrew John | Director | 2005-06-16 | 2007-10-15 |
| ATKINS, Peter Francis | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2013-09-23 |
| BRISTOW, Rupert Clark | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2008-05-31 |
| BROOMFIELD, James Douglas | Director | 1996-05-20 | 1997-11-20 |
| BUCKLEY, Judith Mary, Lady | Director | 2002-05-23 | 2005-10-13 |
| BUKHT, Mirza Michael John | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2006-07-31 |
| BURNETT, Sally Ann Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2005-06-16 | 2006-03-18 |
| CHANDLER, Michael John | Director | 1996-05-20 | 2003-08-25 |
| CLEVELAND, Lorna Christina, Reverend | Director | 2002-10-17 | 2005-07-31 |
| COLEMAN, Jonathan Piers Worsley | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2016-07-03 |
| EICHORN, Phillip David, Dr | Director | 2005-10-13 | 2025-12-11 |
| GENDERS, Nigel Mark, Reverend | Director | 2008-10-16 | 2010-10-14 |
| GIBSON, Mary Patricia | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2014-06-17 |
| GRIFFIN, Margaret, Dr | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2012-03-22 |
| HARBRIDGE, Christopher Charles | Director | 2023-10-31 | 2026-03-19 |
| HARBRIDGE, Christopher Charles | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2023-03-28 |
| HOLLAND, Peter Rodney James | Director | 1996-05-20 | 2002-05-23 |
| HOLMES, Paulette Jacqueline | Director | 2006-10-12 | 2009-07-06 |
| IRVINE, Christopher Paul, Revd Canon | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2017-10-29 |
| KERR, Elisabeth | Director | 1999-03-11 | 2002-05-23 |
| LACAMP, Marie Louise | Director | 1996-11-28 | 2017-03-16 |
| LEWIS, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2011-04-01 |
| LICENCE, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2017-10-10 |
| MARSH, Richard St John Jeremy, Canon Doctor | Director | 2003-12-18 | 2005-11-18 |
| NAISH, Timothy James Neville, Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2018-06-21 | 2024-12-12 |
| NAYLOR, Louise Helen, Dr | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2022-06-23 |
| PEARSON, Christian David John, Reverend Brother | Director | 1996-05-20 | 2004-06-17 |
| PUNT, Michael Edward | Director | 2012-09-06 | 2017-11-10 |
| ST.JOHN-STEVENS, Philip | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2020-06-12 |
| STEWART, Patricia Julia Mary | Director | 2001-06-07 | 2009-07-06 |
| SUDDABY, John Michael | Director | 2003-10-02 | 2004-06-16 |
| TERRY, Michael Charles William | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2018-08-31 |
| TODD, John Francis James, Professor | Director | 1996-05-20 | 2007-07-31 |
| TYNDALE BISCOE, Roderick Norman Lechmere | Director | 1996-07-04 | 2008-03-13 |
| WHITTINGTON, Paul Robin Millen, Colonel | Director | 2005-06-16 | 2016-03-18 |
| WICKS, Elizabeth Kay | Director | 1996-05-20 | 2002-05-23 |
| WILLIAMSON, Ann Alicia | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2011-04-01 |
| WINNING, Shena Janette | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2015-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
-7.9%
£16,915,503 £15,577,088
-
Cash
-88.3%
£2,377,595 £278,070
-
Net assets
-17.6%
£9,492,793 £7,820,941
-
Employees
-3.4%
233 225
-
Wages
-4.7%
£7,464,418 £7,112,895
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