KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

Fiander ETL

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have assessed the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern and confirm there are no material uncertainties that would cast significant doubt on its ability to operate for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON · parent
   1. King Edward VI Preparatory School Ltd 100% · England & Wales · School
   2. KES Bookings Limited 100% · England & Wales · Facility hire

Significant events

• “On the 1st September 2025, Prince's Mead School Trust (company no 01785733, charity number 288675) merged with King Edward's and the merger takes the form of a transfer of assets and liabilities.”
• “On the 10th September 2024, after a period of rebranding Stroud School was officially renamed King Edward VI Preparatory School Ltd at Companies House (hereinafter known as KES Prep).”
• “The Board of Governors also approved the sale of the Lovaton Rural Study Centre in Dartmoor following a review of the School's asset base and strategic priorities.”
• “Despite the challenges posed by VAT, the School group remains financially resilient. Following the introduction of VAT, the loss of Mandatory Business Rate Relief, and higher employer National Insurance contributions, the deficit at KES Prep has now stabilised.”

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

Filings

17

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

6

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -0.7%

  £24,064,730 → £23,899,532

• Cash

  -68.4%

  £8,567,732 → £2,705,943

• Net assets

  +4.5%

  £48,494,022 → £50,666,374

• Employees

  +6%

  333 → 353

• Profit before tax

  -32.4%

  £3,214,322 → £2,172,352

• Wages

  +0.3%

  £11,655,891 → £11,686,880

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