THE TOWER HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-17 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+76.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-0.4% vs 2023
Employees
43
+13.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£127K
-309.5% 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 | £2,802,816 | £2,927,499 | |
| Operating profit | £60,437 | -£126,612 | |
| Profit before tax | £60,437 | -£126,612 | |
| Net profit | £42,288 | -£28,039 | |
| Cash | £578,480 | £1,019,092 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,004,507 | £8,340,307 | |
| Net assets | £6,587,528 | £6,559,489 | |
| Equity | £6,587,528 | £6,559,489 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 43 | |
| Wages | £1,495,883 | £1,644,961 |
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 | 2.2% | -4.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | -1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.2% | 30.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 1.77x | -2.33x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Following the successful completion of the new Senior School building, the Governors are now turning their attention to the refurbishment of the remaining school buildings, ensuring that all pupils continue to benefit from a first-class learning environment that reflects the School's ethos and long-term strategic vision.”
- “The Governors appointed Neill Lunnon as Head for September 2023.”
- “Following the completion of negotiations, the School has withdrawn from the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS).”
- “After taking into account unrealized capital gains in the Trustees' investment portfolio of £98,573 (2023: losses of £18,149) overall the charity made a loss of £28,039 (2023 £42,288).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, Antony Douglas | Director | 2023-04-17 | Aug 1963 | British |
| PIKE, Charles Lander | Director | 1997-08-29 | Feb 1949 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMOUR, Douglas William | Nominee Secretary | 1997-04-03 | 1997-08-29 |
| FORSYTH, James Patrick Alistair | Secretary | 2004-11-29 | 2018-06-21 |
| PEARCE, Julian Paul | Secretary | 1997-08-29 | 2007-11-26 |
| ARMOUR, Douglas William | Director | 1997-04-03 | 1997-08-29 |
| CLARKE, Margaret Alexandra | Director | 1997-08-29 | 2004-11-29 |
| FORSYTH, James Patrick Alistair | Director | 2004-11-29 | 2018-06-21 |
| PEARCE, Julian Paul | Director | 1997-08-29 | 2007-11-26 |
| VENUS, David Anthony | Nominee Director | 1997-04-03 | 1997-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Patrick Alistair Forsyth | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-21 |
| Mr Charles Lander Pike | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+4.4%
£2,802,816 £2,927,499
-
Cash
+76.2%
£578,480 £1,019,092
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£6,587,528 £6,559,489
-
Employees
+13.2%
38 43
-
Operating profit
-309.5%
£60,437 -£126,612
-
Profit before tax
-309.5%
£60,437 -£126,612
-
Wages
+10%
£1,495,883 £1,644,961
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