THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL (LLANDAFF) LIMITED

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The accounts show that we are currently cash positive with £5.8m in the bank. However, the Governors are conscious of the bank loans and covenants in place, and the Fees in Advance received from parents to mitigate the incoming changes in VAT legislation. We also have £1.5m bank overdraft facility, in case of need, which has never been called upon. [...] Having considered all factors, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the school will continue to operate for a period of 12 months from the date of approving the financial statements. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “This has been a challenging, yet successful year for The Cathedral School. Whilst the impact of the imposition of VAT on fees has been difficult, we have supported our parents and continued to offer an outstanding education to our pupils and students. Applications to our Sixth Form continues to grow and we have also launched our highly regarded Forest School club for one- and two-year-olds which has had excellent take-up and has helped us identify a new market for our Early Years provision.”
• “The Cathedral School choristers continue to go from strength to strength, with girls and boys sharing equal duties - the girl choristers sang on Good Friday for the first time in Llandaff Cathedral's history.”
• “Our work as a School of Sanctuary continued with a project across the Llandaff diocese on faith and refuge and culminating in a joint project with Amnesty International for Refugee Week.”
• “Significant progress has been made this year in fundraising and the ongoing work of raising voluntary funding for The Cathedral School. The Bursary Fund was launched in December 2023.”
• “Up to the end of December 2024, The Cathedral School paid an estimated £125,155 in irrecoverable VAT on goods and services.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  +4.9%

  £10,447,397 → £10,957,070

• Cash

  -6%

  £6,177,205 → £5,809,345

• Net assets

  +7%

  £9,251,586 → £9,896,043

• Employees

  +10.3%

  174 → 192

• Wages

  +4.4%

  £5,202,966 → £5,431,886

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