BOLTON SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-35.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£36M
-2.9% vs 2024
Employees
573
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-1,466.9% vs 2024
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 | £32,854,000 | £31,376,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £145,000 | -£1,982,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,193,000 | -£1,002,000 | |
| Cash | £9,675,000 | £6,241,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,448,000 | £40,536,000 | |
| Net assets | £37,001,000 | £35,916,000 | |
| Equity | £37,001,000 | £35,916,000 | |
| Average employees | 588 | 573 | |
| Wages | £17,485,000 | £17,881,000 |
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 | 3.6% | -3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.7% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 0.99x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustee's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BOLTON SCHOOL · parent
- Bolton School Services Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The School entered phased withdrawal from TPS on 1 January 2023, from which date no new entrants of Bolton School teaching staff may join the TPS.”
- “Governors have carefully and strategically managed the introduction of VAT on School fees from January 2025 as well as full business rates from April 2025.”
- “The impact of this tax on education will slow down progress to reaching our target of supporting 1 in 3 bursary pupils. Governors had planned to reach this target in 2030, however this will now need to be delayed.”
- “The Leigh Bramwell fund has been transferred to BSBF in full where its use is restricted to the purpose of funding bursary award grants to Bolton School.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Catherine Lisa | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | — | — |
| APSION, George Robert Neville | Director | 2016-10-07 | Feb 1978 | British |
| BAILEY, Sylvia Joy | Director | 2019-11-29 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BANERJEE, Suvadip | Director | 2022-07-20 | Apr 1981 | British |
| CHADWICK, James Kenneth | Director | 2021-10-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
| CLINTON, Katherine Helen | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| CRAVEN, William John | Director | 2021-12-03 | Apr 1964 | British |
| DIGGLE, Karen Wendy | Director | 2013-03-04 | Sep 1957 | British |
| GIBSON, Victoria, Dr | Director | 2022-04-25 | Feb 1975 | British |
| MCGUFFIE, Stewart Robert | Director | 2021-10-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| QUAYLE, Chris | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1987 | British |
| RILEY, Ian | Director | 2014-03-21 | Mar 1963 | British |
| TAYLOR, Timothy Paul | Director | 2019-11-29 | Oct 1960 | British |
| VALENTINE, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2009-02-27 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWLING, Charles Anthony | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2011-09-01 |
| MARSDEN, Simon Peter | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| MARSDEN, Simon Peter | Secretary | 2005-05-20 | 2007-05-24 |
| BROOKES, David Hayes Vaughan | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2014-10-13 |
| BUCKLEY, Catherine Margaret | Director | 2011-01-21 | 2017-06-30 |
| BURROWS, Julia Kathryn | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2007-09-30 |
| BYROM, Richard John | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2012-05-14 |
| COCKSHAW, Alan, Sir | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2007-12-14 |
| COOPER, Cary Lynn, Professor Sir | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2009-12-11 |
| COWLING, Charles Anthony | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2022-03-25 |
| CRITCHLOW, Helen Claire | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2021-03-25 |
| DUGGAN, Richard James | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-12-15 |
| FAIRWEATHER, Eric John | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2024-07-05 |
| FAIRWEATHER, Eric John | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2012-03-30 |
| FISHER, Sheila Eunice, Dr | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2021-12-03 |
| GOULD, John Roger Beresford | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2018-12-07 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael Thomas | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2019-11-29 |
| HEBER PERCY, Margaret Jane, The Hon | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-06-27 |
| HENTHORN, Laura | Director | 2006-06-23 | 2009-03-31 |
| HIRST, John Nigel | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2013-03-22 |
| HODGKISS, Susan Katrina | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-09-29 |
| HOLMES, George Edward Thomas, Dr | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2016-12-31 |
| HOPKINSON, Lesley Angela | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-06-27 |
| HUANG, Sally-Anne | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2021-09-07 |
| HUNDLE, Manjeet Kaur | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2021-03-26 |
| LEIGH-BRAMWELL, Brian Herbert | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2012-12-14 |
| MOHYUDDIN, David Niaz | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2020-12-04 |
| MORRIS OF BOLTON, Baroness | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2012-03-30 |
| NUTTALL, Laura Beatrice | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-06-02 |
| OGILVIE, Robert Seton | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2024-12-13 |
| OLDERSHAW, Anthony Daykin | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2018-12-07 |
| PALMER, Andrew Russell | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2025-06-27 |
| RELPH, Louise | Director | 2009-06-12 | 2022-01-28 |
| REYNOLDS, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2009-06-12 | 2015-07-03 |
| TONGE, Sheila Ruth | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-03-14 |
| TOPHAM, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2018-12-07 |
| TURNBULL, Jacqueline Karen | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2015-03-20 |
| WARBURTON, William Ross | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2006-06-23 |
| WINDSOR, Francesca | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2010-12-09 |
| WOODS, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2022-02-14 | 2024-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-03 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-4.5%
£32,854,000 £31,376,000
-
Cash
-35.5%
£9,675,000 £6,241,000
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£37,001,000 £35,916,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
588 573
-
Profit before tax
-1,466.9%
£145,000 -£1,982,000
-
Wages
+2.3%
£17,485,000 £17,881,000
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