YARM SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-62.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£42M
+1.6% vs 2024
Employees
254
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£608K
-55.5% 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 | £18,469,000 | £18,933,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,365,000 | £608,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,365,000 | £608,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,573,000 | £658,000 | |
| Cash | £4,988,000 | £1,876,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,866,000 | £52,035,000 | |
| Net assets | £41,781,000 | £42,439,000 | |
| Equity | £41,781,000 | £42,439,000 | |
| Average employees | 250 | 254 | |
| Wages | £8,010,000 | £8,441,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.1% | 26.4% | |
| Current ratio | -1.45x | -1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 1.84x | 0.84x |
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
- Waltons Business Advisers Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- YARM SCHOOL · parent
- Yarm School Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025, the latest phase of our plan to develop the Prep School opened with a new building to house a School Hall, kitchen and dining facilities, library and learning resource space and three new classrooms, as well as a new reception and arrival space for the Prep School.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWARD, Kelly May | Secretary | 2014-12-22 | — | — |
| AKOWUAH, Shazia Naz, Dr | Director | 2019-06-25 | Oct 1973 | British |
| BARRON, Paul Joseph | Director | 2018-06-26 | Dec 1963 | British |
| BROWN, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2023-06-27 | Nov 1967 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Paul Michael, Dr | Director | 2015-09-01 | Feb 1957 | British |
| CRELLIN, Pauline | Director | 2026-03-31 | Apr 1973 | British |
| DE JONG, Christopher David | Director | 2018-06-26 | Mar 1958 | British |
| FERGUSON, Jonathan Irvine | Director | 2023-06-27 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LOVAT, Ian Francis | Director | 2016-03-15 | Nov 1955 | British |
| MITCHELL, Grace Isabelle | Director | 2023-06-27 | Jun 1989 | British |
| THOMPSON, Mark | Director | 2002-06-25 | Nov 1963 | British |
| UNDERWOOD, Tony | Director | 2025-02-02 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBY, David John | Secretary | 2004-08-16 | 2005-05-31 |
| BROWN, Norma Lesley | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2013-06-26 |
| PALMER, Stephen Charles, Dr | Secretary | 2002-05-30 | 2004-08-15 |
| SPRY, Jonathan | Secretary | 2013-06-26 | 2014-12-22 |
| AJEKIGBE, Olufemi Omoyoola | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2023-07-07 |
| ANDERSON, Sarah Helen | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2022-06-28 |
| ANDREWS, Hazel Rhona | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2003-06-24 |
| BAGGALEY, John Christopher | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2003-06-24 |
| BISSET, Moray Mclaren | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2011-07-07 |
| BLAKELEY, Donald Gordon | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2004-08-31 |
| BONAVIA, Alison, Dr | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2012-06-26 |
| CARDEW, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2014-02-10 |
| DAVIDSON, Stephen Robert | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2018-12-05 |
| EDMUNDSON, Colin George | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| EVANS, Catherine Jane | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2015-05-20 |
| EVANS, Howell Martyn, Proffesor | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| GAMBLE, Liam Dickinson | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2022-06-28 |
| JAMES, John Martin | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| JONES, Penelope Sarah Ann | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2024-07-05 |
| LANGFORD, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2024-07-05 |
| LONGSTAFF, Elizabeth Lynn | Director | 2016-03-15 | 2023-07-07 |
| MCDOUGALL, John Donovan | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2011-07-07 |
| PICKERSGILL, William Richard | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2010-07-09 |
| PUGH, Edwin John | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2007-07-07 |
| SAGOO, Ragbir Singh, Dr | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2015-08-31 |
| SALE, John Richard Hanson | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2007-07-07 |
| SCHOLES, Carol Susan | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2010-07-09 |
| SHOTTON, Kevin | Director | 2017-06-27 | 2023-07-07 |
| SLATER, Angela Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2018-06-26 | 2020-06-22 |
| SPARROW, John Clifford, Professor | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2006-12-05 |
| THOMPSON, Geoffrey John | Director | 2009-06-23 | 2014-01-17 |
| THOMSON, Alastair Provan | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2018-06-30 |
| TURNER, Alexander Martin | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2025-07-03 |
| VEITCH, Mary Forsyth | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2003-06-24 |
| WAITE, Alastair | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-12-02 |
| WALFORD, John De Guise | Director | 2002-06-25 | 2009-06-23 |
| WRIGHT, Alan Whiley | Director | 2002-06-12 | 2013-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
+2.5%
£18,469,000 £18,933,000
-
Cash
-62.4%
£4,988,000 £1,876,000
-
Net assets
+1.6%
£41,781,000 £42,439,000
-
Employees
+1.6%
250 254
-
Operating profit
-55.5%
£1,365,000 £608,000
-
Profit before tax
-55.5%
£1,365,000 £608,000
-
Wages
+5.4%
£8,010,000 £8,441,000
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