CHAFYN GROVE SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
Cash
£564K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
76
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-04-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On 1 May 2025 Chafyn Grove School gifted its trade and assets to United Schools Church Trust on 1 May 2025. It is the intention for the Charity to undertake an orderly close down and cease trading. Accordingly, these financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,376,042 | £1,927,289 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£292,179 | -£393,257 | |
| Cash | £559,551 | £563,843 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,117,168 | £3,403,611 | |
| Net assets | £3,694,589 | £3,301,332 | |
| Equity | £3,694,589 | £3,301,332 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 76 | |
| Wages | £2,211,488 | £1,332,485 |
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 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -8.7% | -20.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.2% | 33.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.48x |
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
- Fletcher & Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 1 May 2025 Chafyn Grove School gifted its trade and assets to United Schools Church Trust on 1 May 2025. It is the intention for the Charity to undertake an orderly close down and cease trading. Accordingly, these financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CHAFYN GROVE SCHOOL · parent
- Chafyn Grove School Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2025 Chafyn Grove School joined the educational group United Church Schools Trust (UCST).”
- “Chafyn Grove School gifted its trade and assets to United Schools Church Trust on 1 May 2025.”
- “The Charity intends to undertake an orderly close down and cease trading, and financial statements are not prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Michelle Louise | Secretary | 2018-08-28 | — | — |
| COVENEY, Deborah Lee | Director | 2019-06-27 | Mar 1968 | British |
| COWARD, Benjamin Ian Hamerton | Director | 2023-09-09 | Sep 1982 | English |
| DONALD, Andrew John Alexander | Director | 2023-02-28 | Apr 1969 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Tom Yori | Director | 2018-03-22 | Jul 1965 | British |
| MCNEIL, Christina Mary | Director | 2023-02-28 | Jun 1975 | British |
| MCQUILLEN, Sarah Rebecca | Director | 2023-01-17 | Jul 1975 | British |
| PERRY, Anne-Marie | Director | 2019-04-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| PITCAIRN, Sandra Lannigan | Director | 2020-12-01 | Jul 1963 | Scottish |
| SAENGER, Christian | Director | 2023-01-17 | Nov 1984 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Martin Dominic Richard | Secretary | 2016-04-11 | 2018-08-31 |
| STIVEN, Nicholas Stewart | Secretary | 2007-06-04 | 2015-04-28 |
| SWIFT, Anthony Michael Graham | Secretary | 2015-04-28 | 2016-04-10 |
| BIRCHENOUGH, Helen Judith | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2013-11-21 |
| BROWN, Katherine Lucy | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2019-03-31 |
| CALDER-SMITH, Jonathan David | Director | 2011-11-24 | 2017-08-31 |
| CLAY, Thomas Frederick | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2019-11-19 |
| CRARER, Timothy John | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2016-11-24 |
| DARBY, Michael Douglas, Dr | Director | 2011-11-24 | 2016-11-24 |
| ELCOMB, Christopher Mark George, Brigadier | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2018-11-29 |
| FOWLER WATT, Duncan John | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| JONES, Nicholas Reginald Maurice | Director | 2016-06-23 | 2024-03-21 |
| KIRK, Penelope Sari | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| LELLO, Helen Ruth | Director | 2016-06-23 | 2024-03-21 |
| MIDDLETON, Henry Kilroy William | Director | 2007-06-04 | 2007-06-21 |
| MORTIMER, Mark Duncan | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2022-12-09 |
| OSMOND, Guy Spencer Charles | Director | 2007-06-04 | 2010-11-25 |
| PARNELL, Marjorie Anne | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2018-11-29 |
| PERRY, John Grenfell Russell | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| ROLLER, Michael Roy David | Director | 2016-06-23 | 2024-03-21 |
| SWAYNE, Philippa, Dr | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2018-08-31 |
| TAIT, Peter Stuart | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-11-24 |
| VERDON-SMITH, William George | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-11-24 |
| WOOD, Stella Margaret, Revd Dr | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| WORDSWORTH, Mark Edward Curwen | Director | 2011-11-24 | 2022-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-08-31