THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-09 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+12.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+9.6% vs 2023
Employees
10
+25% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£123K
+536.5% 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 | £1,466,240 | £1,465,890 | |
| Operating profit | £13,924 | £102,601 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,350 | £123,154 | |
| Net profit | £19,350 | £123,154 | |
| Cash | £1,490,908 | £1,682,145 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,277,231 | £1,400,385 | |
| Equity | £1,277,231 | £1,400,385 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 10 | |
| Wages | £390,262 | £446,631 |
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 | 0.9% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 8.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 2.12x | 37.46x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- 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.”
Group structure
- THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA TRUST · parent
- Oxford School of Drama Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEBDEN, Karen Louise | Secretary | 2025-11-11 | — | — |
| BRADLEY, Cassie Anne | Director | 2021-03-16 | Nov 1988 | British |
| BYAM, Ashley | Director | 2021-03-16 | Feb 1987 | British |
| DANCE, Helen | Director | 2023-04-04 | May 1967 | British |
| DUNCAN, Sophie Victoria, Dr | Director | 2024-09-02 | Apr 1987 | British |
| MILLMAN, Anne Maryrose | Director | 2018-04-12 | Jul 1957 | British |
| MURRAY-FUENTES, Francesca | Director | 2021-03-16 | May 1989 | British |
| NEILD, Martin John | Director | 2021-03-16 | Sep 1955 | British |
| SANGSTER-BULLERS, Olivia | Director | 2024-09-02 | Aug 1991 | British |
| STEPHENS, Simon Alexander David | Director | 2021-03-16 | Jun 1977 | British |
| UPTON, Graham | Director | 2023-04-04 | Apr 1944 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHCROFT, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 1998-09-25 | 2018-03-16 |
| WILSON, Elizabeth Rachel | Secretary | 2018-03-16 | 2025-11-11 |
| AINSWORTH, Roger William, Professor | Director | 2003-11-06 | 2012-07-19 |
| ALLOTT, Nicholas David | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2019-05-29 |
| ARMSTRONG, Mhairi | Director | 2000-10-20 | 2009-03-08 |
| BALDWIN, Tanya | Director | 2021-03-16 | 2023-12-11 |
| BHARI, Rajkumar | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2025-06-26 |
| CESSAY, Baboucarr Alieu | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2022-04-07 |
| CODRON, Michael Victor, Sir | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2011-07-01 |
| CREWE, Bel | Director | 2018-04-12 | 2019-05-29 |
| DOBBS, Linda Penelope, Dame | Director | 2006-11-29 | 2016-12-15 |
| ETHERINGTON, David Charles Lynch | Director | 1998-09-25 | 2019-12-10 |
| FEEHAN, Francis Thomas | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2023-04-04 |
| FULLER, Eleanor Mary | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2023-09-08 |
| GEARIN-TOSH, Michael Brian | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2005-07-29 |
| GIBBS, Hilary | Director | 2002-11-06 | 2008-03-05 |
| HOLT, Thelma | Director | 1998-09-25 | 2017-04-21 |
| KENDALL, Philip Henry | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2020-04-02 |
| LINCOLN, Deborah | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2022-12-05 |
| MACALUSO, Natalie | Director | 2018-04-12 | 2024-04-11 |
| MCNULTY, Anne Maria | Director | 2012-03-12 | 2017-04-21 |
| MORGAN, Charlotte Elisabeth Diana | Director | 2008-11-28 | 2016-12-15 |
| NAIRNE, Patrick Dalmahoy, Sir | Director | 1998-09-25 | 2011-07-01 |
| NORRIS, Margaret Jane | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2009-10-01 |
| RAINE, Nina | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2021-06-23 |
| ROWSE, Georgina Emily | Director | 2003-11-06 | 2018-07-12 |
| SAMS, Jeremy Charles | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-04-21 |
| SCOTT, Richard Lee | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2019-12-10 |
| THOLSTRUP, Jens Jorgen | Director | 2008-11-28 | 2011-11-18 |
| WILSON-SMITH, Peter | Director | 1998-09-25 | 2021-06-23 |
| ZAMPI, Diane Borger | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2020-09-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
0%
£1,466,240 £1,465,890
-
Cash
+12.8%
£1,490,908 £1,682,145
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£1,277,231 £1,400,385
-
Employees
+25%
8 10
-
Operating profit
+636.9%
£13,924 £102,601
-
Profit before tax
+536.5%
£19,350 £123,154
-
Wages
+14.4%
£390,262 £446,631
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