THE PILGRIMS' SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-12 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-28
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+149.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-9.8% vs 2023
Employees
97
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£409K
-586.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,096,203 | £5,218,716 | |
| Operating profit | £80,286 | -£431,360 | |
| Profit before tax | £84,197 | -£409,282 | |
| Net profit | £84,197 | -£409,282 | |
| Cash | £1,398,004 | £3,481,813 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,219,184 | £4,864,774 | |
| Net assets | £4,194,529 | £3,785,247 | |
| Equity | £4,194,529 | £3,785,247 | |
| Average employees | 97 | 97 | |
| Wages | £2,730,250 | £2,978,774 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | -8.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | -7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | -8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.6% | 52.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 8.14x | -110.69x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the School is a going concern given the expected completion of the merger of The Pilgrims' School with Winchester College on 1 September 2025 as detailed in Note 24. All assets and liabilities of the Company will be transferred to Winchester College and all operations will cease.”
Significant events
- “On 23 April 2025 the Governing Body announced the merger of the Pilgrims' School with Winchester College, due to come into effect by 1 September 2025. On completion of the merger, the assets and liabilities of the Company will be transferred to Winchester College and all operations of the Pilgrims' School will be conducted as part of Winchester College. Accordingly, the Company will cease operating from that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Rupert | Secretary | 2024-05-24 | — | — |
| BARNARD, Andrew Peter Nevin | Director | 2024-03-14 | Mar 1966 | British |
| FLORY, Jules | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| GRIFFITH, Jeremy | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1956 | British |
| SAUNDERS, Sarah | Director | 2022-11-08 | Mar 1976 | British |
| WILSON, Michael | Director | 2014-09-01 | Nov 1961 | British |
| WOODWARD, Stuart Neil | Director | 2016-12-01 | Oct 1956 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, Christopher James | Secretary | 2001-09-28 | 2006-09-25 |
| DENNETT, Kirsty Louise | Secretary | 2020-05-01 | 2024-05-23 |
| HURTLEY, Charles | Secretary | 2019-11-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| KELLY, Martin Dominic Richard | Secretary | 2006-09-25 | 2015-06-17 |
| WALKER, William Roger | Secretary | 2015-06-17 | 2019-10-31 |
| ATWELL, James Edgar, The Very Revd | Director | 2006-03-25 | 2016-06-17 |
| BALDOCK, Sarah Ruth | Director | 2022-11-11 | 2025-09-01 |
| BAMBER, Keith | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2003-03-06 |
| BOISSIER, Rupert John | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2025-09-01 |
| BOURNER, Emma Jane | Director | 2020-11-23 | 2024-08-31 |
| BROUGH, Jonathan | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2023-08-31 |
| BRUCE, Martin | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| CARTER, Joy, Prof | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2014-08-31 |
| CHIN-WOLF, Margaret | Director | 2012-11-29 | 2022-07-05 |
| COOKSON, Thomas Richard | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2005-06-09 |
| DAWKINS, Bente | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2008-03-13 |
| GUILLE, John Arthur, The Ven | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2007-06-21 |
| HARVEY, Helen, Doctor | Director | 2004-06-10 | 2018-07-05 |
| HOBBS, Jennifer Lynn | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2016-03-10 |
| HUNT, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2005-06-09 |
| HYNAM, Jeffrey Edwin | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| LUCKETT, Dominic Antony, Dr | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2024-08-31 |
| MEDD, George, Canon | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2022-07-05 |
| MUNNS, Adrian | Director | 2003-03-06 | 2006-11-23 |
| OAKLEY-WHITE, Paul Edward | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2003-06-12 |
| OGLE, Catherine, The Very Reverend | Director | 2017-02-11 | 2021-11-30 |
| ORGAN, William George Frederick | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2004-09-01 |
| PADMORE, Peter Sheldon | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2012-09-01 |
| PLANT, Raymond, Prof Lord | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2012-09-01 |
| POWER, Ian Gregory | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2024-08-31 |
| PRINGLE, John Gilbert, Mr. | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2017-09-08 |
| PUMPHREY, James Laurence | Director | 2024-03-14 | 2025-09-01 |
| RAINSBURY, Fiona Jane Proctor | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2014-08-31 |
| REVELL, Anthony Leslie | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| RIDLEY, Caspar Hawke Michael | Director | 2012-11-29 | 2020-03-17 |
| RIEM, Roland Gerardus Anthony, Canon | Director | 2021-11-26 | 2025-03-10 |
| SMITH, Iain Colin | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2025-09-01 |
| ST JOHN CHANNELL, Michael Alister Morrell, The Revd Canon | Director | 2006-07-02 | 2013-09-30 |
| STEWART, Charles, Revd Canon | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2006-07-01 |
| TATE, Edward Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2003-03-01 |
| TILL, Michael Stanley, The Very Rev | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2005-09-28 |
| TOWNSEND, Ralph Douglas, Dr | Director | 2005-09-07 | 2014-08-31 |
| TRENIER, Andrew Peter Christopher, Revd | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2025-09-01 |
| WALLACE, Susan Marilyn, Reverend Canon | Director | 2014-03-22 | 2018-12-31 |
| WEBSTER, James Gordon | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| WHEELER, Michael David, Professor | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2022-07-05 |
| WHEELER, Michael David, Professor | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2008-02-01 |
| WHITE, Richard Ian | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2014-08-31 |
| WILKS, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| THE PILGRIM'S SCHOOL | Corporate Director | 2009-03-12 | 2009-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean And Chapter Of Winchester Cathedral | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+2.4%
£5,096,203 £5,218,716
-
Cash
+149.1%
£1,398,004 £3,481,813
-
Net assets
-9.8%
£4,194,529 £3,785,247
-
Employees
0%
97 97
-
Operating profit
-637.3%
£80,286 -£431,360
-
Profit before tax
-586.1%
£84,197 -£409,282
-
Wages
+9.1%
£2,730,250 £2,978,774
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