READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

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 Group's or the parent 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.”

Group structure

1. READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL · parent
   1. Reading Blue Coat School (Trading) Limited 100% · UK · Management of the external lettings of the School's facilities

Significant events

• “The School welcomed the first cohort of Year 7 girls in September 2023, and their integration into the School community was a resounding success. The School will be fully co-educational in all year groups by 2027.”
• “The 2025 A Level cohort attained 84% A*-B achieving our longstanding target of 80% for the first time. These were the School's best A level results under exam conditions. At GCSE, an average grade of 7.6 was achieved by the students, with 61% of results at the top 8 or 9 mark, again the School's best ever results under exam conditions.”
• “The redevelopment of Way Hall and the Music Annexe into a new Performing Arts Centre commenced in July 2025 after nearly a decade of careful planning and preparation. The new facility is due to open in Spring 2027.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.5%

  £15,821,554 → £16,847,044

• Cash

  -11.3%

  £5,774,654 → £5,121,289

• Net assets

  +6.8%

  £19,804,369 → £21,153,235

• Employees

  +4.6%

  216 → 226

• Wages

  +3.8%

  £8,202,572 → £8,513,150

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