STEP BY STEP SCHOOL LIMITED

1. STEP BY STEP SCHOOL LIMITED 2017-06-13 → present
2. STEP BY STEP: A SCHOOL FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN LIMITED 2001-10-16 → 2017-06-13

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

WBD Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' 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

• “The school invested substantially in the building and environment with the following; New toilets and shower room in Jo's Barn, New lean-to linking Jo's Barn to the Portakabin classroom and resource room, New gym equipment, Flood defences.”
• “On 1 January 2025, the UK government removed the VAT exemption previously applicable to private education services. As a result, tuition, boarding, and other qualifying services provided by independent schools are now subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%.”

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

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +12.2%

  £2,582,924 → £2,898,851

• Cash

  +31.5%

  £1,250,974 → £1,645,533

• Net assets

  +16.6%

  £2,368,001 → £2,761,220

• Employees

  0%

  70 → 70

• Profit before tax

  +28.1%

  £307,027 → £393,219

• Wages

  +12.9%

  £1,599,501 → £1,805,209

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