MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
Cash
£10M
-32.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£52M
+4.4% vs 2024
Employees
398
+0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-32.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £29,273,767 | £29,510,062 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,552,566 | £1,718,745 | |
| Net profit | £2,808,399 | £2,074,466 | |
| Cash | £14,705,425 | £9,949,836 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,144,115 | £54,657,744 | |
| Net assets | £49,991,249 | £52,212,825 | |
| Equity | £49,991,249 | £52,212,825 | |
| Average employees | 397 | 398 | |
| Wages | £15,047,543 | £15,679,413 |
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 | 9.6% | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.34x |
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
“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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL · parent
- Merchant Taylors' School Enterprises Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POYNTON, James David | Secretary | 2026-02-02 | — | — |
| BAREFOOT, Penelope | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| BOND, Michael | Director | 2023-06-12 | Jan 1972 | British |
| BURGESS, Paul | Director | 2025-08-31 | Mar 1959 | British |
| CREE, Andrew Martin, Commodore | Director | 2020-09-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| DU PARC BRAHAM, Guy Beetham Maurice Henry | Director | 2017-09-01 | May 1966 | British |
| EGGS, Simon James | Director | 2024-06-12 | Sep 1966 | British |
| HARIA, Deepak | Director | 2012-02-07 | May 1963 | British |
| NEWALL, Richard Hugh Eaton | Director | 2021-09-01 | Feb 1961 | British |
| ORAM, Jason Christian | Director | 2021-09-02 | Dec 1974 | British |
| ORR, Lucinda Emily | Director | 2020-09-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
| PAUL, Varun | Director | 2021-09-01 | Oct 1984 | British |
| REDMAN, Jane Katherine Mary | Director | 2015-10-15 | Aug 1957 | Irish |
| SHAH, Hatul Bharat Kumar | Director | 2025-11-19 | Oct 1978 | British |
| TWINING, James Douglas Robert | Director | 2018-10-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher John | Director | 2023-11-22 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNELIUS, Ronald | Secretary | 1997-07-30 | 1998-08-31 |
| RALPHS, Guyon Richard Harry | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Ian Douglas | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| BARRETT, Graham David Robeson | Director | 2015-02-17 | 2018-07-20 |
| BASS, Simon Warwick | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| BROOMAN, Richard John | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2024-07-05 |
| BROWN, Gavin Fagan | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2011-06-18 |
| BUTLER SLOSS, Ann Elizabeth, Baroness | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2013-07-14 |
| CLARKE, Martin Courtenay | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2016-08-01 |
| COX, Jonathan Mark, Dr | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2024-07-05 |
| EASTWOOD, Alan Roy | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2024-07-05 |
| EGGAR, Duncan Guy Macdonald | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-07-05 |
| EGGAR, Duncan Guy Macdonald | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2018-07-20 |
| GADD, Lynn Barbara | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| GARDINER, Georgina Jayne | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| GILLOTT, Roland Charles Graeme | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| HARE, Christopher Peter | Director | 2011-06-18 | 2020-08-31 |
| HARE, Christopher Peter | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2005-06-16 |
| HOLLAND, Geoffrey, Sir | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2011-06-18 |
| MAGILL, Peter Godfrey | Director | 2015-07-14 | 2016-08-01 |
| MORGAN, Sarah Angharad | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2025-07-04 |
| MOSS, Andrew Graham | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2022-07-15 |
| NOURSE, Christopher Henry, Dr | Director | 1997-07-30 | 2002-06-19 |
| OLIVER-BELLASIS, Hugh Richard | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2008-03-01 |
| OLIVER-BELLASIS, Hugh Richard | Director | 2004-07-14 | 2006-09-01 |
| OWENS, John Ridland | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2005-06-16 |
| PARTRIDGE, Michael John Anthony, Sir | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-09-01 |
| PASCOE, John Hill | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1998-08-31 |
| PEDLER, Martin Colebrook | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2016-08-01 |
| PRICE, John Aidan Joseph | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2013-07-14 |
| RUDLAND, Margaret Florence | Director | 1999-10-13 | 2012-08-31 |
| SHAH, Dipesh Jayantilal | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| SICHEL, John Henry Sylvester, Dr | Director | 2013-11-20 | 2018-07-20 |
| SICHEL, John Henry Sylvester, Dr | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| SKINNER, Michael William George | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2006-09-01 |
| SPALTON, Catherine | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2013-11-20 |
| STUBBS, Hugh William James | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2011-09-01 |
| STUBBS, Hugh William James | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2007-09-01 |
| SUMMERSCALE, David Michael | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| TEMMINK, Robert John | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2020-07-23 |
| TOMLINSON, Michael John, Sir | Director | 2014-06-18 | 2022-07-15 |
| TOMLINSON, Michael John, Sir | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| WATKINS, Peter Howard | Director | 2004-07-14 | 2014-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Taylors' Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-07-23 | Ceased 2024-07-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+0.8%
£29,273,767 £29,510,062
-
Cash
-32.3%
£14,705,425 £9,949,836
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£49,991,249 £52,212,825
-
Employees
+0.3%
397 398
-
Profit before tax
-32.7%
£2,552,566 £1,718,745
-
Wages
+4.2%
£15,047,543 £15,679,413
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