ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
-49.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£127M
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
342
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-31.2% 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 | £43,771,000 | £43,828,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,311,000 | -£2,433,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,949,000 | -£2,558,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,510,000 | -£404,000 | |
| Cash | £49,650,000 | £24,985,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £184,392,000 | £183,007,000 | |
| Net assets | £127,664,000 | £127,451,000 | |
| Equity | £127,664,000 | £127,451,000 | |
| Average employees | 331 | 342 | |
| Wages | £21,094,000 | £22,664,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.0% | -5.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.7% | -1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.40x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | -0.90x | -1.67x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Governors are satisfied that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL · parent
- St Paul's School Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “59% of A-Level candidates achieved A* grades and 93% are in the A*/A range, which is the best result in post-COVID years for 2025.”
- “95% of UK bound pupils secured places at Russell Group universities, with 44 attending Oxford or Cambridge, and 38 accepting US offers for 2025.”
- “U15 rugby team victorious in Continental Tyres National Vase Final; Senior football team made ISFA Shield Final; cross country intermediate boys team finished 2nd in Nationals in 2025.”
- “In rowing, won the Head of the Charles and Schools' Head, and six teams won gold medals at the National Schools Regatta in 2025.”
- “Formation of the St Paul's Group publicly announced in November with Shrewsbury House and Durston House Prep Schools as founding members.”
- “Junior School rebuilding nearing completion, with new buildings designed to meet needs and staff/pupils excited to occupy them in January 2026.”
- “ISI inspection in January 2025 highlighted the School's compassionate support and professionally warm staff-pupil relationships along with the pupils' strong academic outcomes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRACE, Steven Ian | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| ADEYOOLA, Tom Modupe | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| BARKER, Sarah Anne | Director | 2015-03-11 | May 1976 | British |
| BAROT, Jaideep Mahendrakumar | Director | 2024-09-01 | May 1974 | British |
| CASSELL, Richard Alexander | Director | 2020-01-09 | Jul 1955 | British |
| EXELBY, Veryan Jane | Director | 2020-07-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| FENWICK, John Andrew | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| HAMPSON, Harold Arthur | Director | 2020-01-09 | Apr 1965 | British |
| HARRIS, Joanne, Professor | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HAYNES, Timothy Hugh Penzer | Director | 2019-03-01 | Apr 1955 | British |
| NEWHOUSE, Samuel George Anthony | Director | 2020-07-01 | Dec 1977 | British |
| PALMER, Alison Jane | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| TATE, Rupert David | Director | 2022-09-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| TUFFNEY, Mark | Director | 2022-10-31 | Oct 1971 | British |
| VAIZEY, Edward Henry Butler, Rt. Hon | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WITHERS GREEN, Jeremy | Director | 2026-03-24 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEGBEY, Georgina Anne | Secretary | 2010-10-11 | 2012-11-21 |
| CHAUNDLER, Margot Suzanne | Secretary | 2007-06-15 | 2007-06-26 |
| FURTER, John Richard | Secretary | 2010-01-27 | 2010-10-11 |
| GREER, Patricia, Dr | Secretary | 2014-06-18 | 2015-01-06 |
| MAY, Ian | Secretary | 2007-03-06 | 2007-06-28 |
| MCGREGOR, Menna Lyn | Secretary | 2007-06-28 | 2010-01-27 |
| OWENS, Tricia Claire | Secretary | 2015-01-06 | 2018-07-05 |
| WYLD, David John Charles | Secretary | 2013-02-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| BAILEY, Mark David | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2010-09-11 |
| BARLOW, Claire Yvonne, Dr | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2010-12-31 |
| CARTLEDGE, Paul Anthony, Professor | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2007-11-21 |
| CLAYTON, Christopher Sands | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2007-11-30 |
| CUNIS, Richard Cawton | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2010-06-17 |
| DORFMAN, Lloyd Marshall | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2016-06-21 |
| DOYLE, Nicola Jane | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2022-07-31 |
| FENWICK, Adam | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2022-07-31 |
| FINCH, Robert Gerard, Sir | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2008-11-27 |
| FRASER, Simon James, Sir | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2020-12-16 |
| GRABINER QC, Anthony Stephen, Lord | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2023-07-31 |
| GRAHAM, Alexander Michael, Sir | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2009-12-31 |
| HALL, Cynthia Lesley | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2017-06-30 |
| HIGGINS, Peter John | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-06-22 |
| HODSON, Daniel Houghton | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2007-11-19 |
| HOHLER, Frederick Christopher Gerald | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2014-07-31 |
| LUCKIN, Rosemary Helen | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2021-01-08 |
| MACLEOD, Alison | Director | 2007-10-20 | 2019-07-31 |
| MAYER, Colin Peter, Professor | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2011-06-15 |
| MCCOLL, Ian, The Rt Hon The Lord | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2010-01-31 |
| MORGAN, Alan William | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2010-01-29 |
| PALMER, Henry William, The Hon | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2010-04-17 |
| POUNDER, Robert Edward, Professor | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2010-06-17 |
| RICKARD, Josanne Penelope | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2014-07-31 |
| ROBERTSON, John Manwaring | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2020-12-31 |
| SAMUEL, Coral Cynthia | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2007-11-19 |
| SANUSI, Aisha Maryam | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-03-28 |
| ST ALDWYN, Michael Henry Hicks Beach, Earl | Director | 2007-11-02 | 2019-07-31 |
| SUMMERS, Alistair Gerald | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2019-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Benjamin Victor Robert | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2020-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Sarah Joan | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-07-04 |
| THOMPSON, Nigel Cooper, Sir | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2011-11-15 |
| TRAINOR, Richard, Professor Sir | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| VERMONT, Christopher John | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2022-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+0.1%
£43,771,000 £43,828,000
-
Cash
-49.7%
£49,650,000 £24,985,000
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£127,664,000 £127,451,000
-
Employees
+3.3%
331 342
-
Operating profit
-85.6%
-£1,311,000 -£2,433,000
-
Profit before tax
-31.2%
-£1,949,000 -£2,558,000
-
Wages
+7.4%
£21,094,000 £22,664,000
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