NOVALIS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+19.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+1.1% vs 2024
Employees
318
+2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- NOVALIS TRUST 2008-07-30 → present
- NOVALIS TRUST LIMITED 2008-04-18 → 2008-07-30
- THE NOVALIS TRUST LIMITED 2008-03-18 → 2008-04-18
- COTSWOLD CHINE & PARADISE HOUSE LIMITED 2007-12-17 → 2008-03-18
- COTSWOLD CHINE SCHOOL 2004-04-28 → 2007-12-17
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 | £14,384,702 | £15,174,520 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£219,898 | £234,244 | |
| Cash | £3,978,687 | £4,737,665 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,819,813 | £21,054,057 | |
| Net assets | £20,819,813 | £21,054,057 | |
| Equity | £20,819,813 | £21,054,057 | |
| Average employees | 309 | 318 | |
| Wages | £8,683,238 | £9,066,234 |
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 | -1.5% | 1.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.45x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months which indicate that the Trust will have sufficient resources to continue operating as a going concern. The Trustees therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Trust will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- NOVALIS TRUST · parent
- Novalis Professional Services Limited
Significant events
- “Expansion of William Morris School boarding provision”
- “Continued refurbishment of facilities”
- “Increased focus on staff health and wellbeing”
- “Strengthening governance through the recruitment of Trustees with expertise in law and child psychotherapy”
- “Environmental initiatives, including improved EV charging infrastructure”
- “The Lunchbox Café and Shop, providing work experience opportunities, which reopened in January 2025.”
- “William Morris School (June 2023) - Rated Good, with approval to increase pupil numbers to 50 from January 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUBLE SIX LEGAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-07-04 | — | — |
| BUCKLAND, Elizabeth | Director | 2021-12-01 | Dec 1959 | British |
| MOSS, Gregory | Director | 2024-09-04 | Apr 1957 | British |
| SMITH, Maureen | Director | 2023-03-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| STERN, Martin | Director | 2024-09-04 | Mar 1961 | British |
| WALTON, Daniel | Director | 2022-08-17 | May 1980 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG, Gail | Secretary | 2008-07-29 | 2011-02-05 |
| FURLEY, Paula | Secretary | 2011-02-05 | 2024-07-02 |
| SMITH, David Gerard | Secretary | 2007-01-23 | 2008-07-29 |
| WINCHESTER, Simon John | Secretary | 2004-10-23 | 2007-01-22 |
| VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-04-28 | 2004-11-15 |
| BARTON, Graham | Director | 2019-09-07 | 2022-08-17 |
| BELL, Caroline | Director | 2016-06-04 | 2017-09-20 |
| BENNETT, Matthew Alfred | Director | 2016-09-10 | 2025-09-04 |
| CHALLIS, Shirley | Director | 2004-04-28 | 2007-07-21 |
| COLE, Gordon William | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2022-08-12 |
| DAVIES, Ian Michael | Director | 2014-05-03 | 2020-12-09 |
| GORDON, Aonghus Coinn Huntly | Director | 2004-04-28 | 2004-11-08 |
| HANCOX, Shelagh | Director | 2007-03-31 | 2008-09-30 |
| HOULSTON-HOPE, James | Director | 2020-12-03 | 2023-01-09 |
| LEADBETTER, David Morgan | Director | 2012-05-19 | 2014-02-07 |
| LEE, Christopher Graham | Director | 2014-05-03 | 2019-09-07 |
| LEWERS, David Holden | Director | 2007-03-31 | 2009-11-13 |
| PAYNE, Gillian Mary | Director | 2005-12-03 | 2010-08-14 |
| PHILLIPS, John | Director | 2004-04-28 | 2011-11-19 |
| RAMPTON, Julian Neville | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2015-11-10 |
| RICE, David Michael | Director | 2023-09-06 | 2025-12-04 |
| SMITH, David | Director | 2004-04-28 | 2005-07-31 |
| TARR, Jane Mary, Dr | Director | 2005-05-21 | 2014-01-18 |
| TITMUSS, Barbara | Director | 2012-02-25 | 2020-01-20 |
| TROY, Colin Michael | Director | 2009-11-14 | 2013-02-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Chrstine Yvonne | Director | 2016-09-10 | 2022-08-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gordon William Cole | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-01 |
| Mr Matthew Alfred Bennett | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-01 |
| Miss Christine Yvonne Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-01 |
| Mr Ian Michael Davies | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-09 |
| Mrs Barbara Titmuss | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-20 |
| Mr Christopher Graham Lee | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-07 |
| Ms Caroline Bell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+5.5%
£14,384,702 £15,174,520
-
Cash
+19.1%
£3,978,687 £4,737,665
-
Net assets
+1.1%
£20,819,813 £21,054,057
-
Employees
+2.9%
309 318
-
Wages
+4.4%
£8,683,238 £9,066,234
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