DEBDEN SCHOOLS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+0.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+67.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£420K
+123.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,733,000 | £2,187,000 | |
| Operating profit | £119,000 | £361,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £188,000 | £420,000 | |
| Net profit | £280,000 | £307,000 | |
| Cash | £2,076,000 | £2,080,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,947,000 | £2,807,000 | |
| Net assets | £691,000 | £1,159,000 | |
| Equity | £691,000 | £1,159,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 12.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.91x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | 0.26x | 1.08x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the Company's projected profits and cashflows. Having examined the current status of the principal contracts and likely developments in the foreseeable future, the directors consider that the Company will be able to settle its liabilities as they fall due and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Construction was completed in August 2001.”
- “The RPI swap reached its natural expiration during the course of the year, with the company's exposure to inflation risk decreasing as the concession reaches its natural expiry in August 2026. The first tranche of senior debt was repaid within the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMPERIAN SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-01 | — | — |
| LITTLE, Richard Geoffrey, Mr. | Director | 2025-11-30 | Oct 1979 | British |
| RAE, Neil, Mr. | Director | 2014-12-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-02-08 | 2005-09-01 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2006-12-07 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2004-08-27 |
| BLUNDELL, Christopher John | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2025-08-29 |
| DALGLEISH, Bruce Warren | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2006-12-07 |
| DANE, Aart | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2018-04-16 |
| DOUGHTY, William Robert | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2008-01-02 |
| GARDINER, Patrick Hugh | Director | 2003-02-14 | 2004-06-07 |
| HARDINGHAM, David Robert | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2014-12-01 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Nigel | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2004-06-15 |
| LAFFERTY, Henry | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2001-08-02 |
| LINDESAY, David Francis | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2008-10-01 |
| MANLEY, Russell James Winchester | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2011-12-30 |
| MASON, Geoffrey Keith Howard | Director | 2000-02-08 | 2003-02-14 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2005-12-22 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2006-12-18 |
| MILNER, Paul George | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2004-06-15 |
| NORTH, Daniel Geoffrey | Director | 2020-08-05 | 2025-11-30 |
| REES, Robert Hugh Corrie | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2008-01-02 |
| SMITH, Bryan Robin Geoffrey Gilbert | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2002-06-28 |
| SUTTON, Andrew John | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2004-02-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Barry Simon, Mr. | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2007-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xj6 Schools Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+26.2%
£1,733,000 £2,187,000
-
Cash
+0.2%
£2,076,000 £2,080,000
-
Net assets
+67.7%
£691,000 £1,159,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+203.4%
£119,000 £361,000
-
Profit before tax
+123.4%
£188,000 £420,000
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