THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
Cash
£192K
+12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£351K
+5.1% vs 2024
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£17K
-84% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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7 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 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £523,761 | £495,671 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £106,297 | £17,053 | |
| Net profit | £106,297 | £17,053 | |
| Cash | £170,252 | £191,637 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £333,882 | £350,935 | |
| Net assets | £333,882 | £350,935 | |
| Equity | £333,882 | £350,935 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | £100,921 | £130,853 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 20.3% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 20.32x | 22.44x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have also been prepared on a going concern basis. In common with other Schools, the Sherborne School Foundation faces uncertainties arising from current economic and political conditions. After making due enquiries, including review of the latest financial data and future projections, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The charitable companies of Sherborne School and Sherborne School for Girls merged on 1 July 2024, to become the Sherborne Schools Group, and that company (formerly Sherborne School) is the Foundation's sole corporate member.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REYNELL, Susannah Catherine | Secretary | 2026-01-31 | — | — |
| CARROLL, James Alexander | Director | 2020-03-13 | Feb 1982 | British |
| PAUL, William Simon | Director | 2021-12-08 | Jan 1973 | British |
| PITTMAN, Rupert Edward Leader | Director | 2011-11-11 | Nov 1971 | British |
| POCOCK, John David William | Director | 2004-03-12 | Feb 1960 | British |
| POWE, Rory Stephen | Director | 2005-06-10 | May 1963 | British |
| SMALL, Angus James | Director | 2015-05-15 | Mar 1966 | British |
| SMIBERT, George Nicholas | Director | 2020-03-13 | Dec 1987 | British |
| WELCHMAN, Rupert Thomas De Vere | Director | 2010-03-05 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Penelope Ann | Secretary | 2022-10-28 | 2026-01-31 |
| BALLARD, Adrian Paul | Secretary | 2004-01-01 | 2022-10-28 |
| SMYTH, Julian Joseph | Secretary | 1998-12-21 | 2003-12-31 |
| ADAMS, Dominic Paul | Director | 2007-11-09 | 2012-11-16 |
| ALLATT, Derrill Victor | Director | 2005-11-14 | 2011-07-07 |
| CASSIDY, Anthony Ardagh | Director | 1999-03-11 | 2013-09-27 |
| EGLINGTON, Charles Richard John | Director | 1998-12-21 | 2018-02-25 |
| FIDGEN, Roger Stewart | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2020-12-01 |
| FRENCH, Michael Levick | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2025-11-25 |
| GILCHRIST, Graeme Elder, Col (Retired) | Director | 1998-12-21 | 2009-11-13 |
| HARGROVE, John Peter | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2002-06-14 |
| HATCHARD, Michael Edward | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2023-03-16 |
| HOWLAND JACKSON, Anthony Geoffrey Clive | Director | 1999-03-11 | 2006-06-09 |
| HUDSON, Guy Andrew | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2022-10-03 |
| HUMPHREYS, Nigel Craven | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2002-06-14 |
| KARDOONI, Aadel | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2026-04-09 |
| LANE, Angela Claire | Director | 2007-06-08 | 2022-10-03 |
| MACDONNELL, Robert Myles Randal | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2009-11-13 |
| MARSHALL, John Jeremy Seymour | Director | 2004-03-12 | 2008-11-14 |
| MAY, James Nicholas Welby | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2004-11-12 |
| OWEN, Nicholas Winston Spencer | Director | 2001-05-29 | 2004-05-28 |
| PAINE, John Alix | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2006-06-09 |
| PAULSON-ELLIS, Jeremy David | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2022-10-03 |
| POLLARD, Mark David | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2019-03-08 |
| PRALLE, Anthony John Demainbray | Director | 2002-11-15 | 2026-04-10 |
| RITCHIE, Miles Malcolm | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2026-04-13 |
| ROBERTSON, Ian Donald Winton | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2003-06-06 |
| ROSS, James Hood | Director | 2003-11-14 | 2009-06-05 |
| SHORT, Rodney Neil Terry | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2021-06-29 |
| SLADE, Michael Eric | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2022-10-03 |
| THOMPSON, Maurice Nicholas Beech | Director | 1999-01-07 | 2025-06-06 |
| TINDALL, Simon Papillon | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2022-03-08 |
| WHITTELL, Matthew James | Director | 2010-03-05 | 2025-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherborne Schools Group | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 7
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-5.4%
£523,761 £495,671
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Cash
+12.6%
£170,252 £191,637
-
Net assets
+5.1%
£333,882 £350,935
-
Employees
0%
3 3
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Profit before tax
-84%
£106,297 £17,053
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Wages
+29.7%
£100,921 £130,853
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