REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£28M
Equity attributable
Employees
228
Average over period
Profit before tax
£789K
Period ending 2025-01-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Governors have determined that they should therefore be prepared on an other than going concern basis, as outlined in note 1.2 to the financial statements. The intention of the Governors is to arrange an orderly wind-up of the company within a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- REDMAIDS' HIGH SCHOOL 2016-06-11 → present
- THE RED MAIDS' SCHOOL 2004-06-29 → 2016-06-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,972,085 | £18,722,945 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £274,006 | £789,158 | |
| Net profit | -£506,254 | £1,140,222 | |
| Cash | £2,847,079 | £6,776,106 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,421,258 | £28,686,209 | |
| Net assets | £26,470,049 | £27,610,271 | |
| Equity | £26,470,049 | £27,610,271 | |
| Average employees | 199 | 228 | |
| Wages | £5,935,381 | £9,392,976 |
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 | 2023-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.2% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.7% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.33x |
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
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Governors have determined that they should therefore be prepared on an other than going concern basis, as outlined in note 1.2 to the financial statements. The intention of the Governors is to arrange an orderly wind-up of the company within a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “At the end of August 2024, the Governors signed an agreement that Redmaids' High School would join the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) in February 2025.”
- “The School registered for VAT in November 2024, in anticipation of VAT being imposed on school fees from 1 January 2025 and the school cushioned the effect of VAT being added with a fee reduction provided for Spring and Summer term fees for 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, David Mark | Director | 2025-02-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HAYWOOD, Simon Philip | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jul 1977 | British |
| HUMPHRIES, Juliet Claire | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWINNELL, Keith Ian | Secretary | 2009-11-26 | 2011-04-21 |
| GWINNELL, Keith | Secretary | 2004-06-29 | 2008-12-31 |
| HOUGHTON, Rodger Clifford | Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2009-11-23 |
| MARSHALL, Mark | Secretary | 2018-04-09 | 2025-02-01 |
| TAYLOR, Peter King | Secretary | 2011-04-21 | 2017-12-31 |
| ATKINS, Catherine Ann | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| BACON, Richard Francis | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| BATTRICK, David Gwyn | Director | 2011-06-26 | 2013-07-05 |
| BERNARD, Dinah | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2006-08-31 |
| BONHAM, Arthur Keith | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2010-12-31 |
| CLARSON, Elizabeth Spanton | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2025-02-01 |
| CRAGGS, Yvonne Mary | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2017-06-21 |
| CULLIGAN, Marie Colette | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2015-06-24 |
| DARWALL SMITH, Susan Patricia | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2010-12-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Perdita Catherine Jane Morley | Director | 2022-09-21 | 2025-02-01 |
| DAVIES, Michael Warren | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| DIXON, Valerie Anne | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| DORE, Sally Macdonald | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2025-02-01 |
| EZOBI, Bisola Olayinka, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| FAROOQ, Abdul Rehman, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-02-10 |
| FOX, James Robert | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2023-06-28 |
| FRY, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| GRAHAM-BROWN, James | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| HALTON, Clive Alan | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2006-08-31 |
| HARDWICK, Andrew Charles | Director | 2011-12-07 | 2018-11-20 |
| HEALD, Rosemary Anne | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2025-02-01 |
| HENRY, Michael James | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2025-02-01 |
| HILLMAN, Alice Judith | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2012-06-27 |
| HILLMAN, Andrew George Aldridge | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2025-02-01 |
| HODGES, Christopher John | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2012-03-21 |
| HOLLINGDALE, John Anthony | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2012-06-27 |
| HOWELL, Thelma Ellen | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2020-11-30 |
| HYLSON-SMITH, Gillian | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2006-08-31 |
| LITTLER, John Samuel, Dr | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2018-07-31 |
| MACFARLANE, Jane Alexandra | Director | 2004-09-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Sanford | Director | 2015-03-18 | 2019-06-26 |
| MERCER, Sheila Catherine | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2006-08-31 |
| PAGE, Richard John | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2025-02-01 |
| PATTISON, Judith Anne | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2017-03-22 |
| PERRY, Susan Mary | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2017-06-21 |
| PHILLIPS, Timothy Coulson | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2019-12-04 |
| PICKERING, Brian Thomas | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2011-12-07 |
| PICKERING, Susan Jane, Dr | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| POLLOCK, Lucy Elizabeth | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2018-03-14 |
| POPLE, Christopher John | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2011-06-29 |
| PYPER, Phyllida Lucy Noel | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2017-06-21 |
| ROBINSON, William Peter, Professor | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2005-12-07 |
| ROMAIN, Michael John | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2010-08-21 |
| ROWCLIFFE, Gillian Barbara | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2023-12-06 |
| RYAN, Stephen Patrick | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2017-06-21 |
| STONE, Margaret | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2010-12-31 |
| STUNT, Christopher William | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2008-03-12 |
| TAYLOR, Anne Denise | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2023-06-28 |
| TAYLOR, David John | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2017-06-21 |
| TAYLOR, Stuart Bryan, Reverend | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2013-12-04 |
| WHATMOUGH, Jean Macdonald | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2017-06-21 |
| WHITE, Juliet Angela Pamela | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2023-03-21 |
| WHITE, Juliet Angela Pamela | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-05-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Anne Marcelle | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2017-06-21 |
| THE RED MAIDS' SCHOOL | Corporate Director | 2009-07-01 | 2009-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Girls' Day School Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2025-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-21 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary 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
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2023-01-31