RATCLIFFE COLLEGE

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

Cooper Parry Group Limited

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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. RATCLIFFE COLLEGE · parent
   1. Ratcliffe Enterprises Limited 1% · Provision of summer school and conference facilities at Ratcliffe College along with the College tuck shop and school shops

Significant events

• “The Gift of Education is a five-year bursary campaign with the goal of raising £1 million to support twenty-seven students by providing them with the transformative opportunity to study for two years at Ratcliffe's Sixth Form.”
• “Bursaries awarded to 4 Ukranian female students for the 2022-2024 academic years have been extended for a VI Form place to 2026 for one student and another to complete her VI form studies in June 2025.”
• “The new Government implemented 20% VAT on all Private School fees from 1 January 2025.”
• “The Labour Government have now removed Mandatory Business Rate Relief (MBRR) for private schools effective from 1 April 2025.”
• “The Government increased employer NICs on 1 April 2025, and the threshold for NICs was reduced.”
• “The Government increased employer contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) by 5%, from 23.68% to 28.68% on 1 April 2024.”
• “The Boarding Appeal was launched in 2025 to support the ongoing refurbishment of rooms within boarding.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +1.5%

  £15,413,519 → £15,647,530

• Cash

  -15.2%

  £3,617,907 → £3,069,224

• Net assets

  +0.2%

  £26,355,651 → £26,403,098

• Employees

  +4.1%

  242 → 252

• Profit before tax

  -250.6%

  £43,464 → -£65,467

• Wages

  +6.7%

  £8,862,297 → £9,459,170

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