ST ALBANS SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-20.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£34M
+5.4% vs 2024
Employees
202
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,813,000 | £19,761,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,805,000 | £1,643,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,015,000 | £1,710,000 | |
| Cash | £15,804,000 | £12,519,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,594,000 | £35,527,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,795,000 | £33,505,000 | |
| Equity | £31,795,000 | £33,505,000 | |
| Average employees | 200 | 202 | |
| Wages | £9,422,000 | £9,692,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 10.2% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.02x | 2.15x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“All of these factors give the Governors the confidence that the School is, and will remain, a going concern, and so the accounts have therefore been prepared on this basis.”
Group structure
- ST ALBANS SCHOOL · parent
- Abbey Gateway Enterprises Limited 100%
- John Insomuch Schoolmaster Printer (1479) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the year end, a decision was taken for Beechwood Park School to become a subsidiary of the School. Consequently, St Albans School became the sole member of Beechwood Park School on 2 January 2026.”
- “changes in VAT legislation which brought tuition fees in independent schools into the scope of VAT from January 2025”
- “Charitable Business Rates Relief of 80% was removed from April 2025”
- “The rate of employers' national Insurance Contributions was increased and the starting threshold reduced from April 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGS, Angela Denise | Secretary | 2025-08-21 | — | — |
| CAWTHORNE, Matthew William Southworth | Director | 2018-05-12 | Jul 1962 | British |
| LIGHTOWLER, Frances Elizabeth | Director | 2021-06-26 | Nov 1962 | British |
| LUZIO, John Paul, Professor | Director | 2015-10-17 | Aug 1947 | British |
| MILLINGTON, Cheryl Joanne | Director | 2022-03-03 | Jul 1966 | British |
| MOORE, Nigel, Nr | Director | 2018-03-03 | Jun 1962 | British |
| OGLETHORPE, Christopher Miles | Director | 2021-06-26 | Jun 1969 | British |
| OSBORN, Neil Frank | Director | 2021-09-15 | Oct 1949 | British |
| PHILPOTT, Anna Marie | Director | 2021-06-26 | May 1974 | British,American |
| POMFRET, Carole Elizabeth | Director | 2018-05-12 | Mar 1961 | British |
| SANDERSON, Guy Rory | Director | 2025-03-15 | May 1972 | British |
| WALKER, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2023-09-04 | Nov 1964 | British |
| WOODGATE, Alastair Mark | Director | 2010-12-11 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Richard Martin Gerrard | Secretary | 2002-03-21 | 2007-03-24 |
| HEPPER, Richard John | Secretary | 2016-02-01 | 2025-08-21 |
| TODD, Derek | Secretary | 2007-03-26 | 2016-02-01 |
| AINSWORTH, Lesley Margaret | Director | 2014-09-27 | 2022-08-31 |
| BARBER, John Douglas, Dr | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2013-06-29 |
| BARNES, Andrew Spencer | Director | 2003-12-13 | 2011-06-25 |
| BEVAN, David Spencer Clifford | Director | 2008-07-11 | 2010-10-16 |
| BLOSSOM, Richard Becket | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2015-12-12 |
| BROOK, Nigel Kenneth | Director | 2005-12-10 | 2007-04-28 |
| BROWN, Peter Glanfield | Director | 2012-12-15 | 2021-02-08 |
| BUFFHAM, Pauline Jennifer | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2004-02-05 |
| BURGESS, Stephen Howard | Director | 2007-03-24 | 2010-10-16 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Roger Howard | Director | 2003-08-07 | 2006-07-07 |
| COLLINS, Michael John, Prof | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2014-06-28 |
| CONNOR, Sarah Helen | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2003-12-13 |
| CROOKSTON, Helen Mary | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2008-07-11 |
| DALE, Geoffrey Reynolds | Director | 2003-06-13 | 2009-12-12 |
| DALWOOD, Anthony Lionel | Director | 2010-12-11 | 2021-10-10 |
| DREDGE, Peter John | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2010-05-19 |
| EAMES, Stephen Patrick | Director | 2006-03-25 | 2019-03-09 |
| FOSTER, Derek | Director | 2016-12-10 | 2020-08-27 |
| GARDNER, Roy Alan, Sir | Director | 2014-09-27 | 2021-05-08 |
| GRAY, Andrew Keith | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2005-07-08 |
| HOLDERNESS, Graham, Professor | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2004-07-09 |
| HURST, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-27 | 2021-03-20 |
| JENNINGS, Ian Frank | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2009-07-04 |
| JOHN, Jeffrey Philip Hywel, Very Revd Dr | Director | 2004-09-11 | 2010-10-16 |
| KENT, Bruce Stanley | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2012-05-26 |
| LEACH, Catharine | Director | 2013-05-18 | 2017-05-06 |
| LINDSELL, David Clive | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2010-06-19 |
| LITTLE, Anthony Richard Morrell | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2014-06-28 |
| LLOYD, David Edward | Director | 2007-12-08 | 2010-10-16 |
| LUCAS, Robert Richard | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2021-05-08 |
| MAJUMDAR, Shantanu Joseph | Director | 2012-12-15 | 2024-06-23 |
| MARK, Janet Mary | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2015-06-27 |
| MCINTYRE, Chris | Director | 2004-09-11 | 2022-06-25 |
| MILLS-BAKER, Andrew James | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2003-12-13 |
| MORRIS, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2008-05-14 |
| MUNTON, Richard John Cyril, Professor | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2016-12-10 |
| MYLAND, Gordon, Cllr | Director | 2007-03-24 | 2010-10-16 |
| MYLAND, Gordon, Councillor | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2005-05-16 |
| OXLEY, Christopher Warden | Director | 2009-06-20 | 2010-05-19 |
| PAWLE, Albert Henry | Director | 2008-07-11 | 2009-05-14 |
| PEGG, Michael Stuart, Dr | Director | 2007-12-08 | 2018-06-23 |
| PEPPER, David Hubert Geoffrey John | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2009-08-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Rosemary Margaret | Director | 2006-07-07 | 2014-09-27 |
| PUNT, Michael Edward | Director | 2015-10-17 | 2024-05-10 |
| SANDERSON, Guy Rory | Director | 2025-03-13 | 2025-03-13 |
| STAMMERS, Keith | Director | 2004-09-11 | 2006-07-07 |
| STEER, Alison Mary | Director | 2006-07-07 | 2007-05-15 |
| STROUD, Jennifer | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2004-06-23 |
| TODD, Derek | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2007-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-0.3%
£19,813,000 £19,761,000
-
Cash
-20.8%
£15,804,000 £12,519,000
-
Net assets
+5.4%
£31,795,000 £33,505,000
-
Employees
+1%
200 202
-
Profit before tax
-9%
£1,805,000 £1,643,000
-
Wages
+2.9%
£9,422,000 £9,692,000
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