CATERHAM SCHOOL

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. CATERHAM SCHOOL 2020-11-02 → present
2. CATERHAM SCHOOL LIMITED 2005-04-01 → 2020-11-02

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

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have reviewed the financial performance of the last 12 months, assessed three-year financial forecasts, including cash flow forecasts for over the next year, supported by the continued strong demand for pupil places at the School, to consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of accounting and Reporting Responsibilities in the Trustees' report.”

Group structure

1. CATERHAM SCHOOL · parent
   1. Caterham School Trading Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
   2. Caterham School International Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
   3. Sphinx Al Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
   4. Copthorne School Trust Limited 100% · UK · Prep School
   5. The Hawthorns Educational Trust Limited 100% · UK · Prep School

Significant events

• “this year (January 2025) The Hawthorns Educational Trust also joined our family of schools”
• “the school underwent a material change inspection from ISI”
• “total surplus amounted to £9,266,000 (2024 - £8,085,000), this includes an increase to restricted funds from becoming the sole member of The Hawthorns Educational Trust Ltd from the 1 January 2025.”
• “During the year, the School embarked on a phased withdrawal from the TPS. From 1 October 2024, the School established a defined contribution scheme, administered by Aviva, known as the Aviva Pension Trust for Independent Schools ("APTIS").”
• “Trustees considered fees for 2024-2025 at their June 2024 meeting and a meeting in August 2025 with the introduction of VAT by the Government on fees. An average increase of 15.5% was implemented for the year, with 6% in September 2024 and 9% in January 2025, this is inclusive of the increase due to VAT.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +22.1%

  £28,754,000 → £35,116,000

• Cash

  -3.7%

  £11,891,000 → £11,447,000

• Net assets

  +20.5%

  £45,134,000 → £54,400,000

• Employees

  +28.2%

  433 → 555

• Wages

  +27.9%

  £14,207,000 → £18,172,000

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