ABINGDON SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-16 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-02
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+227.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£66M
+1% vs 2024
Employees
411
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,293,000 | £32,803,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £894,000 | £677,000 | |
| Cash | £1,023,000 | £3,351,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,239,000 | £70,053,000 | |
| Net assets | £65,052,000 | £65,729,000 | |
| Equity | £65,052,000 | £65,729,000 | |
| Average employees | 411 | 411 | |
| Wages | £15,411,000 | £15,552,000 |
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 | 2.7% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.42x | 1.24x |
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
- Gravita Audit Oxford 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 group's or parent 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
- ABINGDON SCHOOL · parent
- Abingdon School Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the change in the UK government in July 2024 and the subsequent Autumn Budget, the School added VAT to its fees from 1st January 2025 and lost the business rate reductions described above from April 2025. It also made higher additional Employer National Insurance contributions from April 2025.”
- “To successfully become co-educational following the arrival of girls at the Prep School in September 2025 and at the Senior School in September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, Justin | Secretary | 2016-06-22 | — | — |
| BEER, Mark Gregory | Director | 2022-03-23 | Nov 1971 | British |
| FARWELL, Michael Neil | Director | 2019-07-06 | Apr 1961 | British |
| GARNIER, Thomas Julian Cadbury | Director | 2025-06-24 | May 1968 | British |
| GOODALL, Henrietta Katharine Priscilla | Director | 2024-12-04 | Jun 1954 | British |
| KRUGER, Nicholas John, Professor | Director | 2024-12-04 | Aug 1957 | British |
| LOWE, Charles Robert | Director | 2023-12-06 | Jun 1958 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Benjamin Mark Manwaring | Director | 2024-03-13 | Jul 1979 | British |
| RUTLAND, Felicity Mary | Director | 2024-09-03 | May 1949 | British |
| SCARLETT, Henry Charles | Director | 2023-12-06 | Sep 1988 | British |
| SENIOR, Kevin William | Director | 2021-12-01 | Oct 1960 | British |
| SENSECALL, Steven John | Director | 2019-01-07 | Mar 1960 | British |
| SPORLE, James Alan | Director | 2025-08-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
| WHEELER, Kate, Dr | Director | 2019-03-13 | Jul 1953 | British |
| WOOLLARD, Harriet Margaret Corlett | Director | 2019-01-07 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNCE, John Malcolm | Secretary | 2008-12-03 | 2012-11-16 |
| BUTCHER, Clare Emma | Secretary | 2012-11-16 | 2016-06-22 |
| JACKSON, Rory Fitton Moresby, Commander | Secretary | 1998-09-02 | 2005-09-01 |
| WEBSTER, Jonathan Mark Cook | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2012-11-16 |
| AINSWORTH, Roger William, Professor | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2010-07-07 |
| ALLINSON, David Lock, Doctor | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2002-05-08 |
| AYLING, Thomas Richard | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2021-12-01 |
| BARR, Robert Nicholas | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2023-12-06 |
| BELSON, Christopher Philip | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2005-12-07 |
| BOWERS, Briony Jane | Director | 2022-06-29 | 2025-12-12 |
| BUNCE, John Malcolm | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2014-06-18 |
| BURK, Kathleen Mildred, Dr | Director | 2001-11-28 | 2014-05-01 |
| BURN, Adrian | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2017-12-31 |
| BUTT, Glynne | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2025-06-24 |
| BUXTON, Henry Alexander Fowell | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2003-12-11 |
| CARROLL, Jonathan Aspull | Director | 2018-01-24 | 2024-06-26 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Thomas | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2002-12-11 |
| CHAPMAN, Penny | Director | 2014-04-23 | 2024-02-21 |
| CHRISTIE, David | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2005-03-14 |
| CRANSTON, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2014-11-26 |
| DARBISHIRE, Owen Richard | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2017-11-29 |
| DICK, Charles Richard | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2010-12-01 |
| DIGGORY, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2004-12-08 | 2007-03-19 |
| DOUGLAS, Andrew Fleming Morton, Lieutenant Colonel | Director | 2012-05-16 | 2015-03-11 |
| DRIVER, John Neville | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2005-12-07 |
| FARRANT, Robert | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2012-02-02 |
| FERGUSON, Eric | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2008-12-03 |
| FORREST, Judy Mary | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2017-11-29 |
| GABITASS, Jonathan Roger | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2017-06-21 |
| GOODALL, Geoffrey Trevor | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2000-11-29 |
| GREEN, Hilary Jane | Director | 2003-12-10 | 2004-06-24 |
| GREEN, Peter George | Director | 2006-06-28 | 2007-06-27 |
| HASNIP, Audrey Mary, Mayor Of Abingdon | Director | 1999-03-19 | 2000-05-03 |
| HASNIP, Keith, Cuncillor | Director | 2004-05-12 | 2005-06-28 |
| HAWLEY, Mary Tatyana | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2014-06-18 |
| HOHLER, Emily | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2015-06-24 |
| HOHLER, Frederick Christopher Gerald | Director | 2003-12-10 | 2007-06-27 |
| HUGH SMITH, Andrew Colin, Sir | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2006-06-28 |
| JARDINE-BROWN, Robert Andrew | Director | 2019-01-15 | 2024-12-04 |
| KELLY, Veronica | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2004-07-10 |
| LASCELLES, Mark John | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2024-12-04 |
| LAWRENCE, Angela, Cllr | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2015-05-13 |
| LEGGE, Winifred Lesley | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2001-07-01 |
| LILLYCROP, David Peter | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2013-02-20 |
| LOVATT, Monica Mary | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2013-06-20 |
| LUMSDEN, Heather, Dr | Director | 2006-12-06 | 2016-11-30 |
| MARSH, Tymothy Alastair | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2006-03-16 |
| MATTHEWS, Michael William | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2008-12-03 |
| MAUDE, Francis Anthony Aylmer, The Right Hon. | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2006-06-28 |
| MORRIS, Gareth David | Director | 2014-06-18 | 2017-05-18 |
| MORRIS, Geoffrey Robert | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2013-03-25 |
| OATES, Lorraine | Director | 2007-06-27 | 2008-06-18 |
| OWEN, Christopher John Wilding | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2014-05-01 |
| PIGHILLS, Helen, Cllr | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2016-05-09 |
| RAMSEY, Vivian Arthur, Sir | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2015-12-02 |
| RONALDSON, Helen Mary | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2010-07-20 |
| ROOKE, Alison Rosemary | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2006-06-28 |
| SAUNDERS-DAVIES, Andrew Michael | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2018-12-05 |
| SCOTT, Charles Clive | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2011-03-24 |
| SENIOR, Olga Florence | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2019-07-05 |
| STEBBINGS, Chantal, Professor | Director | 2010-09-07 | 2013-04-05 |
| STEVENS, Michael, Professor | Director | 2014-07-04 | 2025-07-31 |
| STEVENS, Robert Bocking, Dr | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2000-11-29 |
| TAMPLIN, Audrey Densie | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2003-05-12 |
| TATE, Matthew | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2020-12-11 |
| TRACEY, Damian | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2021-12-01 |
| WAKEFORD, Geoffrey Michael Montgomery, Sir | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2008-06-18 |
| WELBY, Kenneth Bentley | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2023-12-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul Randall, Dr | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2009-03-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Michael, Sir | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2000-11-29 |
| ABINGDON SCHOOL | Corporate Director | 2009-03-12 | 2009-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-1.5%
£33,293,000 £32,803,000
-
Cash
+227.6%
£1,023,000 £3,351,000
-
Net assets
+1%
£65,052,000 £65,729,000
-
Employees
0%
411 411
-
Wages
+0.9%
£15,411,000 £15,552,000
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