THE KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Having reviewed the funding facilities available to the School from the bank, and the King's School Worcester Charitable Trust, together with the expected ongoing demand for places, the continued strategic management of the School's cost basis and the School's future projected cash flows, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future within the banking facilities available, particularly in reference to the statement under Risk Management as set out in the Governors' report.”

Group structure

1. THE KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER · parent
   1. King's School Worcester Activities Limited · England · various trading activities on behalf of the school and accounts for including vending machine sales, the lettings to third parties of school facilities other than the school Astro Turf pitch and sundry other non-charitable trading items.
   2. KSW Enterprises Limited 100% · England · administers the community lettings of the Astroturf constructed by the school on the site of Bishop Perowne Church of England College.

Significant events

• “Our November 2024 ISI inspection confirmed full compliance with all Independent School Standards and highlighted many excellent features of the Foundation's provision.”
• “For the third consecutive year, King's Worcester was a finalist in the Co-Educational School of the Year category at the Independent School of the Year Awards 2024.”
• “In August. 2024, after a period of considerable thought and reflection, the Headmaster, Gareth Doodes, decided that after 14 years as a Head he would take a year away from school leadership.”
• “The 2025 season was the most successful in the history of King's School Worcester Girls' Cricket, with the 1st XI reaching the quarter finals of both the Schools Cup National T20 and The Cricket Paper National Girls' 100 Ball Cup.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

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

  -0.6%

  £20,080,000 → £19,953,000

• Cash

  -42.5%

  £6,659,000 → £3,830,000

• Net assets

  -10.9%

  £23,874,000 → £21,272,000

• Employees

  -4.3%

  371 → 355

• Wages

  +8.3%

  £10,120,000 → £10,958,000

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