BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL 2004-06-30 → present
2. BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL (2002) 2002-07-23 → 2004-06-30

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

Xeinadin Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquires, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL · parent
   1. Novitas Services Limited 1% · England and Wales · ceased trading and its activities were absorbed by Birkenhead School

Significant events

• “Mark Turner (Bursar) left the School at the end of the 2023/24 after 12 years' service. The board of directors would like to thank Mark for his dedication and contribution to the school during these years.”
• “new VAT liability (on fees) in January 2025 in order to demonstrate we are doing all we can to assist our families and the Birkenhead community.”
• “The imposition of VAT, loss of business rates relief and increase in national insurance contributions in the forthcoming financial year has led to a strategic plan being developed to ensure the School continues to thrive.”
• “Our transport provision continues to grow as we extend our reach across the City Region and beyond. The School has recently invested in its first electric vehicle to reduce our carbon footprint and prepare ourselves for the petrol/diesel ban due to come into force in 2030.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +9.2%

  £10,287,197 → £11,229,951

• Cash

  +89.1%

  £2,378,987 → £4,497,616

• Net assets

  +7%

  £20,760,624 → £22,204,502

• Employees

  -2.4%

  170 → 166

• Profit before tax

  +15%

  £511,060 → £587,771

• Wages

  +5%

  £6,503,218 → £6,829,003

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