BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL

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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

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have assessed going concern and conclude the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, supported by strong reserves, diversified income, effective cost management, and clear strategic direction. The going concern basis is adopted in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The School proactively prepared for the Government's planned introduction of VAT on independent school fees from January 2025. Our foremost priority remained delivering an excellent education while maintaining accessibility, affordability, and long-term financial sustainability.”
• “The impact of the introduction of VAT was exacerbated by the financial impact of removal of Business Rates Relief and increases to the National Living Wage and National Insurance.”

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

  -3.1%

  £23,492,000 → £22,759,000

• Cash

  -86.5%

  £3,741,000 → £504,000

• Net assets

  -2.5%

  £17,921,000 → £17,479,000

• Employees

  +0.3%

  389 → 390

• Profit before tax

  -258%

  £257,000 → -£406,000

• Wages

  +5.2%

  £10,805,000 → £11,362,000

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