MONKTON COMBE SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+535.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+7.7% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
+393.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £19,669,916 | £20,700,043 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £339,833 | £1,675,950 | |
| Net profit | £251,001 | £1,899,012 | |
| Cash | £1,447,395 | £9,196,186 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,186,913 | £33,563,207 | |
| Net assets | £24,527,561 | £26,426,573 | |
| Equity | £24,527,561 | £26,426,573 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £11,248,110 | £11,596,072 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.3% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.6% | 37.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 1.16x |
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 confident that the group will be able to satisfy its debt obligations as they fall due and there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- MONKTON COMBE SCHOOL · parent
- Monkton Combe School Enterprises Limited 100%
- Monkton International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The introduction of VAT on school fees, the withdrawal of business rate relief and the increase in employer national insurance all have increased costs substantially.”
- “The election of a Labour Government in July 2024 and their policy to introduce VAT on independent school fees has created uncertainty for the Monkton Group and the sector as a whole. The announcement in August 2024 that this policy would come into force from January 2025 was unexpected.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKE, Vanessa | Secretary | 2022-10-14 | — | — |
| BESTER, Jan Johannes | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jan 1984 | South African |
| HUBBARD, Elisabeth Sarah Kingerley | Director | 2018-06-29 | Oct 1970 | British |
| LYTTLE, Alexander Thomas | Director | 2019-03-15 | Sep 1978 | British |
| ROSSER, David John | Director | 2016-11-12 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SHAW, Edward Jonathan James | Director | 2017-12-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| SILVER, Mark James | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jan 1976 | British |
| THOMAS, Mervyn Lloyd Samuel | Director | 2018-11-30 | May 1952 | British |
| WHITE, Margaret Rosemary | Director | 2019-11-29 | May 1960 | British |
| WRIGHT, Joanna Ruth | Director | 2024-06-26 | Mar 1968 | British |
| YOUNG, Stephen Burchell Martin | Director | 2016-03-11 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKHOUSE, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2006-04-05 | 2006-07-25 |
| BREMNER, Patricia Louise | Secretary | 2001-01-30 | 2006-04-04 |
| CRACKNELL, Amanda Louise | Secretary | 2006-07-25 | 2016-03-23 |
| GLASGOW, Ian Harvey | Secretary | 1996-07-23 | 1998-01-02 |
| KEMPTON, James Daniel | Secretary | 2020-07-31 | 2022-10-14 |
| SARGISON, Terence David | Secretary | 1998-01-02 | 2000-12-13 |
| ALEXANDER, Christopher James Bernard | Director | 2010-11-14 | 2020-06-26 |
| ARGYLE, Josephine Margery | Director | 2003-03-02 | 2010-11-26 |
| BAGNALL-OAKELEY, John Michael, Lt Col | Director | 1996-08-12 | 1996-11-23 |
| BALDOCK, Richard Stephen | Director | 2003-03-02 | 2015-12-31 |
| BARNES, Simon, Reverend | Director | 2015-11-20 | 2024-12-07 |
| CARLIER, Anthony Neil, Major General (Retd) | Director | 1996-08-13 | 2004-07-31 |
| COATES, Rosie | Director | 2011-11-15 | 2023-07-31 |
| CUNDY, Ian Patrick Martyn | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1997-11-22 |
| DUDLEY-SMITH, Timothy, The Right Rev Bishop | Director | 1996-07-23 | 1996-11-23 |
| ELLIS, Laurence Edward | Director | 1996-08-12 | 2002-11-23 |
| FILLINGHAM, Charles Benedict | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| GOUGH, Lesley Ann | Director | 1996-08-12 | 2005-11-30 |
| GREEN, Charles Frederick | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1996-11-23 |
| HALDEN, Angus Robert | Director | 1996-08-12 | 2001-11-24 |
| HEPWORTH, Janet | Director | 1996-08-13 | 2006-07-27 |
| HOLT, Kathleen Ann | Director | 1998-11-28 | 2010-11-26 |
| HOUSTON, Peter Richard Vivian | Director | 1996-08-12 | 2005-11-11 |
| HOWELL, Jean Lilian | Director | 1997-03-03 | 2000-11-25 |
| JENKINS, John Andrew | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2007-05-08 |
| JOHNS, Timothy Rowland | Director | 2008-11-28 | 2016-04-11 |
| JOHNSTONE BURT, Charles Anthony, Commodore | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2011-03-21 |
| KAJUMBA, Daniel, Venerable | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2013-01-08 |
| KEIGHLEY, Michael Robert Burch, Professor | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2014-06-20 |
| KEIGHLEY, Michael Robert Burch, Professor | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1999-11-26 |
| KIDD, Alison Lesley, Dr | Director | 1996-08-13 | 2002-12-11 |
| KIMBER, Charles Peter | Director | 1997-11-22 | 2001-11-24 |
| LANGTON, Helen Eileen, Professor | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2022-08-31 |
| LEE, Peter Wilton | Director | 1996-08-13 | 2001-11-24 |
| LUCAS, Diana Mary | Director | 1996-08-13 | 2003-11-15 |
| MARTIN, Brian Wardley, Doctor | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2012-06-15 |
| MATTHEWS, John Gilbert Wynne | Director | 2003-03-02 | 2015-06-19 |
| MCKENDRICK, Ewan Gordon, Professor | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| METTERS, John Edmund De Vahl | Director | 2003-03-02 | 2009-03-23 |
| MYERS, John Richard | Director | 2006-06-16 | 2018-04-15 |
| ORR, Mary Rachel | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1998-11-28 |
| OWEN, Alfred David | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2010-11-26 |
| PANES, Christopher Francis | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1998-11-28 |
| PERRY, Jenny Jane | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2023-07-31 |
| PERRY, John Freeman, Rt Rev | Director | 2004-03-08 | 2009-03-23 |
| POULSOM, Philip Christopher | Director | 1997-03-03 | 2011-03-21 |
| PRINGLE, Robert Julian | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2025-06-27 |
| QUAYLE, Robert Brisco Macgregor | Director | 1999-11-26 | 2008-03-16 |
| REID, Alastair John | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2025-06-27 |
| RICHARDSON, Averon Joy | Director | 1996-08-13 | 1998-11-28 |
| SANDERSON, Paul William | Director | 2016-03-11 | 2016-07-04 |
| SANDERSON, Tom Stuart | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2014-09-24 |
| SAYER, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2008-11-28 | 2012-11-06 |
| SILVER, Mark | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2024-12-10 |
| SIMMONS, John Harold, Reverend | Director | 1996-07-23 | 2000-11-25 |
| STEWART, William Allen, Rt Reverend | Director | 1997-11-22 | 1998-03-26 |
| SWITHINBANK, Kim Stafford, Revd | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2016-07-04 |
| THOMPSON, Janet Ruth | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2016-06-25 |
| TOWNSEND, Melanie Karen | Director | 2007-03-19 | 2019-11-29 |
| WEBSPER, Nigel Gordon Forsyth | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2013-07-12 |
| WHITE, Margaret Rosemary | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2024-06-30 |
| WILSHER, Simon | Director | 2000-11-25 | 2013-07-07 |
| WOMERSLEY, Mark Richard Arthur | Director | 2008-03-16 | 2018-06-30 |
| WYNTER, Michael Pallant, Rev | Director | 1999-06-15 | 2003-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 275 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+5.2%
£19,669,916 £20,700,043
-
Cash
+535.4%
£1,447,395 £9,196,186
-
Net assets
+7.7%
£24,527,561 £26,426,573
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+393.2%
£339,833 £1,675,950
-
Wages
+3.1%
£11,248,110 £11,596,072
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