ARDINGLY COLLEGE LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Having considered all factors and reviewing the available evidence, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group will be able to continue operating for the foreseeable future and the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. ARDINGLY COLLEGE LIMITED · parent
   1. Ardingly Projects Limited · England and Wales · letting College premises and facilities, and retailing
   2. Ardingly College International Limited · England and Wales · providing educational consultancy services to foreign clients and developing English-speaking schools outside the UK

Significant events

• “Great Walstead School merged with Ardingly College on 1st November 2024. This was a transfer of assets merger for zero consideration.”
• “2024-25 saw a major shift in the College's career provision away from traditional career guidance to an Enterprise, Employability and Entrepreneurship function for all year groups to support their development for the job roles of the future.”
• “The College was delighted to win two awards for its provision for Student Futures: 1. Independent School of the Year Award for Student Careers 2. Best Preparation for Life Award 2025 in The Week School Guide.”
• “The College's representative team won the Imperial College Entrepreneurial Challenge.”
• “In February, we launched The Apprenticeship Academy, designed and facilitated online by The Careers People for Years 11-13.”
• “The College was selected to be part of a pilot scheme for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy accredited by UCL School of Management.”
• “The College committed to sharing the VAT burden with parents, increasing fees by just 5%, which was very well-received, following the introduction of VAT on school fees in January 2025.”
• “Ben Figgis resigned as Head of College in September 2025. The Governing Body have appointed an experienced Head of College, Alastair Tighe, to take up the post from September 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +11.4%

  £31,096,071 → £34,650,128

• Cash

  +9.3%

  £15,122,698 → £16,528,823

• Net assets

  +46.9%

  £23,490,234 → £34,506,654

• Employees

  +20.6%

  481 → 580

• Profit before tax

  +365.8%

  £2,365,083 → £11,016,420

• Wages

  +18.1%

  £15,845,180 → £18,709,762

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