DHS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£649K
+259.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-86.9% vs 2023
Employees
110
+3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-7.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DHS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION LIMITED 2025-06-03 → present
- DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 2007-05-23 → 2025-06-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,466,466 | £4,629,230 | |
| Operating profit | -£989,211 | -£1,067,752 | |
| Profit before tax | -£989,211 | -£1,067,752 | |
| Net profit | -£1,047,208 | -£1,067,752 | |
| Cash | £180,491 | £649,410 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,959,490 | £1,499,890 | |
| Net assets | £7,749,776 | £1,011,661 | |
| Equity | £7,749,776 | £1,011,661 | |
| Average employees | 106 | 110 | |
| Wages | £3,015,573 | £2,961,346 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -22.1% | -23.1% | |
| Net margin | -23.4% | -23.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.4% | -71.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | -200.25x | -31.03x |
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
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following the sale of the assets of the School and the transfer of its operation to Durham Education Limited the Trustees consider the charity to be a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 20 December 2024 the assets of the School together with its rights of patents and trademarks were sold to Durham Education Limited. The operation of the School passed across to Durham Education on the same day.”
- “These financial statements have been prepared to take account of the sale that took place after the balance sheet date and assets have been written down accordingly to reflect their net realisable value at that point.”
- “Impairment - Post year end, assets were transferred to Durham Education Limited and as a result, there is an impairment loss of £5,670,363 to the Statement of Financial Activities (see note 14).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Katherine Gertrude | Director | 2017-11-16 | Mar 1952 | British |
| BEATTIE, Annabel Dorothy | Director | 2020-04-14 | Nov 1967 | British |
| EYNON, John Christopher | Director | 2024-03-07 | Dec 1970 | British |
| GOODING, Ross James | Director | 2024-03-07 | Jun 1976 | British |
| HARRISON, Karen Tracey Elliott | Director | 2020-08-25 | Jun 1969 | British |
| HOPPER, Andrew James | Director | 2024-03-07 | Sep 1964 | British |
| HYDER, Mohammed Azfar, Dr | Director | 2016-06-16 | Feb 1969 | British |
| MCMILLAN, Helen | Director | 2018-11-15 | Jan 1967 | British |
| RYAN, Andrea Mary | Director | 2023-03-09 | Nov 1968 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADE, Carol | Secretary | 2019-07-19 | 2021-04-30 |
| PAYNE, David Richard | Secretary | 2013-06-19 | 2019-07-19 |
| RUSKIN, Sandra Ann | Secretary | 2007-05-23 | 2013-06-19 |
| BARCLAY, John Martyn Gurney, Professor | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2014-06-12 |
| BERRY, Elisa Joanne | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2020-06-25 |
| BLAKE, Gerald Henry | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2010-11-25 |
| BROWN, Rosalind, The Reverend Canon | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2010-11-25 |
| BRYANT, Mark Watts, Bishop | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2012-11-22 |
| CHAPMAN, Angela Mary | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2012-11-22 |
| CHEFFINGS, Stephen Jerome George | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2021-11-18 |
| CLARK, Linda | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2022-03-10 |
| CLEUGH, Hannah Felicity, The Revd Dr | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2017-06-08 |
| COOPER, Michelle, Dr | Director | 2022-09-05 | 2022-09-05 |
| CUMMINGS, Morag Mcdonald | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2019-10-24 |
| DELANOY, Kenneth | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2018-06-14 |
| DUNSFORD, Valerie Ann | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2014-06-12 |
| ENGLISH, Christine Joy, Dr | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2020-04-08 |
| EVERITT, Michael John, The Revd Canon | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2023-03-09 |
| FRENCH, Andrew Peter | Director | 2009-03-17 | 2010-11-25 |
| GILMORE, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2022-06-16 |
| GREEN, Marie | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2018-05-10 |
| HAMILTON, Valerie | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2012-11-22 |
| HEDLEY, Dilys Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2016-06-16 |
| HILL, Michael Arthur, Captain | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2015-06-11 |
| HOBBS, Jennifer Lynn | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2010-11-25 |
| HURWORTH, William | Director | 2007-05-23 | 2013-08-31 |
| KASHOURIS, Peter, Reverend | Director | 2012-11-22 | 2017-06-08 |
| KENNEDY, David John, Cannon | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2013-07-18 |
| LAKE, Andrew Michael | Director | 2012-11-22 | 2020-11-19 |
| LOGAN, Joanne, Rev'D | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2022-06-16 |
| LUCK, Lucia Ilona | Director | 2022-09-05 | 2022-09-05 |
| MESTON, Ian | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2022-09-30 |
| METCALFE, Richard James | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2022-08-31 |
| PRESCOTT, Gillian | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2016-06-16 |
| RIBCHESTER, Alan | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2020-01-23 |
| STUCKENBRUCK, Loren Theo, Professor | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2009-07-31 |
| WALKER, Patricia Anne | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2022-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-06-03 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2022-11-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-03 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-01-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+3.6%
£4,466,466 £4,629,230
-
Cash
+259.8%
£180,491 £649,410
-
Net assets
-86.9%
£7,749,776 £1,011,661
-
Employees
+3.8%
106 110
-
Operating profit
-7.9%
-£989,211 -£1,067,752
-
Profit before tax
-7.9%
-£989,211 -£1,067,752
-
Wages
-1.8%
£3,015,573 £2,961,346
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