ST COLUMBA'S COLLEGE AND PREPARATORY 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

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Governors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “In January 2025 the College was inspected by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate and was rated "Outstanding".”
• “2025 represented another outstanding year of public examination results for St Columba's College, with 16.8% of GCSE entries achieving grade 9 and A*-A rate of 42.1% at A-Level.”
• “During the year, the College invested in the estate, completed two artificial pitches, seeded the lower grass pitch and refurbished classrooms in Prep and Senior schools.”
• “The Forest School Area was completed during the year. A number of classrooms were refurbished.”
• “The passing of Brother Ivy Joseph LeBlanc, S.C., a devoted Brother of the Sacred Heart, Governor of St Columba's College, educator, and servant leader, on Friday 26 September 2025.”
• “From September 2025 the Prep School will be fully co-educational.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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

  +7.6%

  £15,365,395 → £16,539,060

• Cash

  +9%

  £5,065,886 → £5,520,630

• Net assets

  +7.8%

  £13,481,221 → £14,527,148

• Employees

  +4.5%

  177 → 185

• Wages

  +7.9%

  £7,091,461 → £7,649,460

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