ST JOHN'S SCHOOL, NORTHWOOD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-24% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
83
-1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£39K
-110.9% vs 2024
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 | £5,783,287 | £5,475,930 | |
| Operating profit | £136,221 | -£252,124 | |
| Profit before tax | £353,810 | -£38,533 | |
| Net profit | £575,388 | £64,882 | |
| Cash | £2,961,836 | £2,250,914 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,096,073 | £8,846,718 | |
| Net assets | £8,470,586 | £8,535,468 | |
| Equity | £8,470,586 | £8,535,468 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 83 | |
| Wages | £3,141,464 | £2,899,492 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | -4.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | -2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.84x | 3.18x | |
| Interest cover | 7.51x | -58.11x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the funding facilities available to the School together with the expected ongoing demand for places, and the School's future projected cash flows, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The school is transitioning to a 3-11 model by 2026/27, impacting pupil numbers. VAT imposition on school fees from January 1, 2025, significantly affected operations.”
- “Year 6 achieved excellent academic outcomes with over 95 successful offers and 18 scholarship awards from more than 120 applications to selective independent and state secondary schools.”
- “Continued strong emphasis on pastoral care, curriculum development, digital technology framework for teaching and learning, and expanded outdoor learning opportunities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMETRIADES, Cara Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-02-01 | — | — |
| BURDIN, Paul Boscoe Leo | Director | 2023-08-31 | Jul 1976 | British |
| CAVANAGH, Loraine Elizabeth Graham | Director | 2019-05-01 | Feb 1948 | British |
| FENWICK, Elizabeth Kate | Director | 2015-09-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| FOWLER, James Christopher | Director | 2009-09-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HALL, Rittu Sahai | Director | 2024-10-08 | Dec 1979 | British |
| MACDOUGALL, Peter Ramsay | Director | 2013-09-01 | Feb 1955 | British |
| MURPHY O'CONNOR, Margaret Anne | Director | 2023-08-31 | Jul 1964 | Irish |
| NEIL, Marcus Alexander Amate | Director | 2022-07-07 | Nov 1989 | British |
| SMEE, Penny | Director | 2024-10-08 | Oct 1975 | British |
| SULLIVAN, Richard Alexander Dermot | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jan 1961 | British |
| WALKER, Nicola | Director | 2016-09-01 | May 1970 | British |
| WALLACE, William Rupert | Director | 2022-05-18 | Jan 1986 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNELIUS, Ronald | Secretary | 1997-07-30 | 1998-08-31 |
| RALPHS, Guyon Richard Harry | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| STONE, Nigel Edward | Secretary | 2009-09-01 | 2022-08-19 |
| ARMSTRONG, Johny | Director | 2004-07-14 | 2008-08-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Jonny | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| BARTY-KING, Mark Baxter | Director | 1997-07-30 | 2004-07-14 |
| BASS, Simon Warwick | Director | 2012-11-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| CLODE, Alexander Nicholas | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2015-09-01 |
| COATES, James Michael Campbell | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| EGGAR, Duncan Guy Macdonald | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-09-01 |
| EVERSON, Simon John | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| FRANKLIN ADAMS, Patrick Michael | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2011-09-01 |
| GABITASS, Jonathan Roger | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2004-07-14 |
| HALL, Jane Anastasia | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| HARDING, Christopher George Francis, Sir | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1998-07-15 |
| HARDING, Patricia Anne, Lady | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| HENSON, Paul Robert | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, Susan Penelope | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2004-07-14 |
| KEVILLE, Christopher Morley | Director | 2009-11-05 | 2015-09-01 |
| LUMSDON, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2017-08-31 |
| MOSS, Andrew Graham | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| OLIVER-BELLASIS, Hugh Richard | Director | 2000-11-08 | 2006-07-31 |
| ORAM, Julian John, Dr | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2009-08-31 |
| PRICE, John Aidan Joseph | Director | 2004-07-14 | 2008-08-31 |
| ROBB, Martin Andrew Lewis | Director | 2008-04-12 | 2022-05-03 |
| SPALTON, Catherine | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| STOCKTON, Alexander Danielalan, Rt Hon Earl Of Stockton | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-07-06 |
| STUDD, Philip Alastair Fairfax | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2012-02-24 |
| TALBOT RICE, Nigel | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2011-09-01 |
| WRIGHT, Stephen Neill | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2013-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Taylors' Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-07-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-09 | 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
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-5.3%
£5,783,287 £5,475,930
-
Cash
-24%
£2,961,836 £2,250,914
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£8,470,586 £8,535,468
-
Employees
-1.2%
84 83
-
Operating profit
-285.1%
£136,221 -£252,124
-
Profit before tax
-110.9%
£353,810 -£38,533
-
Wages
-7.7%
£3,141,464 £2,899,492
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