DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
-27.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-2.9% vs 2024
Employees
368
-0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+93.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £23,554,074 | £23,769,915 | |
| Operating profit | £499,694 | £711,061 | |
| Profit before tax | £524,960 | £1,015,405 | |
| Net profit | £872,508 | -£694,230 | |
| Cash | £12,084,204 | £8,806,143 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,898,318 | £28,042,078 | |
| Net assets | £23,829,452 | £23,135,222 | |
| Equity | £23,829,452 | £23,135,222 | |
| Average employees | 371 | 368 | |
| Wages | £11,339,996 | £11,303,319 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.1% | 45.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 3.58x | 10.41x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- DAUNTSEY'S SCHOOL · parent
- Dauntsey's School Enterprises Limited 1%
- Jolie Brise Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The 2024/25 academic year saw major changes in the Independent Schools sector with the imposition of VAT on Independent School fees, confirmed in July 2024, and implemented from January 2025.”
- “In September 2024, Dauntsey's welcomed John Davies as the new Head Master.”
- “September 2024 saw the successful completion of the School's roll out of one-to-one devices to all year groups.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANE, Paul | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | — | — |
| BARKLEM, Martyn Stephen | Director | 2026-01-01 | Dec 1956 | British |
| BRUGES, Kate Georgia | Director | 2018-12-06 | Nov 1962 | British |
| CLAY, Toby Charles De Candole | Director | 2023-09-28 | Dec 1973 | British |
| CLIFFORD, Anthony Robin Edward | Director | 2020-06-25 | Oct 1957 | British |
| DAVIES, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2025-02-06 | Sep 1980 | British |
| DAWSON, Sarah Cawdron | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1958 | British |
| DOLMAN, Nicholas John | Director | 2020-06-25 | Feb 1963 | British |
| GREEN, Joanna Lucy | Director | 2018-12-06 | Jun 1966 | British |
| HORGAN, Gavin William | Director | 2021-01-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| MCCORMICK, David Anthony | Director | 2026-01-21 | Apr 1964 | British |
| MUSGRAVE, Christopher Brendan | Director | 2024-01-18 | Mar 1960 | British |
| OXLEY, Stephen Craig Kenneth | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| PAYNE-KUMAR, Sanjeen | Director | 2024-12-05 | Feb 1966 | British |
| RITCHIE, Lorna Rachel | Director | 2024-04-19 | Sep 1989 | British |
| ROSE, Christopher John | Director | 2022-09-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| STAFFORD-SMITH, Hugh | Director | 2026-04-21 | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOKES, Philip Mortimer Allen | Secretary | 2012-03-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| NOKES, Philip Mortimer Allen | Secretary | 2006-07-11 | 2011-08-03 |
| BENSON, Margaret Josephine, Lady | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2009-07-31 |
| BERNARD, Ralph Mitchell | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| BUHARI, Abdulazeez | Director | 2020-12-03 | 2022-12-22 |
| CHRISTIAN, Sameera Rachel | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2026-01-27 |
| CLOUGH, Margaret Joy | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2006-12-31 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Howard | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2021-12-31 |
| CONWAY, Stephen David, The Right Reverend | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2010-11-30 |
| COURTH, Susan Helen | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2013-12-31 |
| DUDGEON, Angus Geoffrey Peter | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2014-03-13 |
| ELLIOTT, Nicholas Blethyn | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2026-03-20 |
| FISK, Nicholas John Spencer | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2025-03-31 |
| FLOYER-ACLAND, Penelope Lucy Priscilla | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2017-12-31 |
| GAMBLE, Sandra Eugene Stewart Duncan | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| GOODHEW, David William | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2020-12-31 |
| HANDOVER, Richard Gordon | Director | 2006-07-11 | 2018-07-31 |
| HARWOOD, Laurence Marius | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2017-06-29 |
| HEDGES, John Drayton | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2009-01-31 |
| HODSON, Henry Charles | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-07-15 |
| JEANS, Alan, The Venerable | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2018-03-27 |
| JOHNS, Richard, Air Chief Marshal Sir | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| LANE, Peter Lionel Roger | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2012-03-31 |
| LIGHT, Eleanor Anne | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2025-08-31 |
| LIVERSIDGE, Michael John Howard | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2018-11-30 |
| LOUGH, Philip James | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2025-12-05 |
| LUCAS, Charles Henry De Neufville | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| MACPHERSON, Angus Stuart | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2020-01-31 |
| MAIN, Dorothea Joan | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2006-11-30 |
| MATTERS, Richard Patton, Major | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2013-08-31 |
| NIELD, Veryan Peta | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2025-06-27 |
| PALMER, Patricia Minette, The Hon Mrs | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2009-01-31 |
| PARKER, Ian David | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2022-11-09 |
| QUARRELL, Rachel Emma Louise, Dr | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2021-12-31 |
| RAWLINS, Peregrine Peter, Brigadier | Director | 2007-11-29 | 2020-12-31 |
| RENDELL, John Austin | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2012-12-31 |
| RUTTER-JEROME, Michael Shane, Brigadier | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2012-08-31 |
| SCARBOROUGH, Frederick William | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2020-11-30 |
| SHELDON, Thomas Clifford | Director | 2007-11-29 | 2010-05-07 |
| SILCOCK, Adrian Glynn | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| SMITH, Nicholas William | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2016-12-31 |
| SUTTON, Gerald Dick | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2008-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Ian Tanter | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2023-12-13 |
| WALSH-WARING, Lucy Fiona | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2022-07-31 |
| WATNEY, David Charles | Director | 2006-08-31 | 2007-01-31 |
| WHITTINGTON, Charles Edward | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2012-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
+0.9%
£23,554,074 £23,769,915
-
Cash
-27.1%
£12,084,204 £8,806,143
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£23,829,452 £23,135,222
-
Employees
-0.8%
371 368
-
Operating profit
+42.3%
£499,694 £711,061
-
Profit before tax
+93.4%
£524,960 £1,015,405
-
Wages
-0.3%
£11,339,996 £11,303,319
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