INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS INSPECTORATE
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+8.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+16.9% vs 2024
Employees
43
+26.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£904K
-1.6% 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 | £7,185,157 | £7,967,953 | |
| Operating profit | £748,735 | £602,461 | |
| Profit before tax | £918,521 | £903,710 | |
| Net profit | £918,521 | £903,710 | |
| Cash | £4,090,026 | £4,450,207 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,349,965 | £6,253,675 | |
| Net assets | £5,349,965 | £6,253,675 | |
| Equity | £5,349,965 | £6,253,675 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 43 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 10.4% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 9.6% | |
| Current ratio | 9.84x | 10.15x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 have been prepared on a going concern basis. This conclusion is based on a comprehensive review conducted by the Directors, which evaluated both external and internal risks inherent in ISI's operations. The Directors are satisfied that these risks have been sufficiently considered and that ISI's policies and strategies are robust in maintaining operational and financial stability.”
Group structure
- INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS INSPECTORATE · parent
- ISI Consultancy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the 2024-25 academic year, ISI continued to embed its revised inspection framework.”
- “ISI Consultancy ceased all trading activities during the period to 31 August 2024 and the company was dormant throughout the entirety of the current financial year. The company was formally dissolved on 25 November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANSFELD, Kirstin | Secretary | 2025-04-28 | — | — |
| BALL, Adrian James | Director | 2025-03-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| CHESTERS, Pamela Joy | Director | 2023-11-01 | Apr 1956 | British |
| EWART-BIGGS, Kate | Director | 2025-03-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| IDDON, Carol Ann | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1957 | Irish |
| OKUNNU, Robert Hamzah | Director | 2021-01-01 | May 1979 | British |
| OLOWE, Victor Olusegun | Director | 2025-03-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| RAFFEL, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1958 | German,British |
| STEPHENS, Sally Victoria | Director | 2023-08-01 | Dec 1990 | British |
| WATMOUGH, Stephen John | Director | 2022-05-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Rowenna Jayne | Secretary | 2011-09-13 | 2014-03-31 |
| BHANTOO, Kailash | Secretary | 2014-11-25 | 2019-05-01 |
| BHANTOO, Kailash | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | 2013-12-01 |
| RYAN, Christine | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2011-09-13 |
| ALDER, Samuel George | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2014-03-26 |
| BEACH, Philip James | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2023-07-01 |
| BRAY, Jennifer Margaret | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2014-02-03 |
| BROWN, Carolyn Tanya | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2025-03-08 |
| BURDELL, Robin George | Director | 2013-06-12 | 2014-01-20 |
| BURRILL, Fraser Stuart | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| CAMBY, Simon Graham | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2025-03-08 |
| COLE, Stephen Harwood | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2014-03-26 |
| COOK, Paul Roger | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2021-04-01 |
| COOK, Rodney Nicholas | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| CULLEY, Angela | Director | 2014-04-30 | 2016-09-14 |
| DUNSFORD, Valerie Ann | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-03-08 |
| DWYER, Jennifer Claire | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2013-06-12 |
| ELVIN, Charles Lionel | Director | 2017-09-29 | 2018-06-30 |
| ETTINGER, Damian James | Director | 2011-11-07 | 2019-03-08 |
| FALCONER, Andrew Innes | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2010-11-08 |
| FORTIN, Jane Elizabeth Sperryn, Prof | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2010-06-11 |
| GIBSON, John | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2010-12-31 |
| GORTON, Graham Robert | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-03-26 |
| GORTON, Graham Robert | Director | 2008-10-24 | 2010-03-21 |
| GREEN, Richard Paul | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| GUINNESS, Freya Caroline | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2022-03-31 |
| HADEN, John Demmery | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2012-11-21 |
| HAMPTON, Andrew Simon | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2019-03-08 |
| HARTLEY, Mark Nicholas | Director | 2018-06-05 | 2019-03-08 |
| HARVEY, David John Guy | Director | 2008-09-29 | 2017-06-30 |
| HATTERSLEY, Emma Jane Frances | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-03-08 |
| HEDRICH-WIGGANS, Annika | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-06-12 |
| HOLLIDAY, Stephen Adrian | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2019-03-08 |
| JONES, Alun Selwyn | Director | 2013-06-12 | 2016-08-31 |
| KIRK, Penelope Sari | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2018-06-30 |
| MAYNARD, Paul | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2009-08-31 |
| PETTITT, Adam Sven | Director | 2014-04-30 | 2017-10-10 |
| PICKERING, Janet Dolton | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2010-11-08 |
| POWER, Ian Gregory | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2009-08-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Jane Miranda | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2012-06-30 |
| RYAN, Christine | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2017-04-07 |
| SHAKESPEARE, Alison | Director | 2014-04-30 | 2016-08-31 |
| SMITH, Jamie Drummond | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2022-07-01 |
| STEPHENS, Mark | Director | 2011-11-07 | 2020-12-31 |
| STOREY WALKER, Richard Tilston | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2011-11-04 |
| SWABEY, Christine Anne | Director | 2017-04-11 | 2023-09-30 |
| TAYLOR, David William | Director | 2014-11-04 | 2019-03-08 |
| TAYLOR, June Marian | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2012-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Mark Reynell | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2012-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Stephen Charles | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-11-08 |
| WILDING, James Thomas | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2008-10-03 |
| WILLIAMSON, Peter John | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Garry Bowe | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-09-19 | Ceased 2019-03-08 |
| Mr Paul Motte | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-06-05 | Ceased 2019-03-08 |
| Mr David Geoffrey Vanstone | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-11-18 | Ceased 2019-03-08 |
| Ms Margaret Joyce Milner-Williams | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-29 | Ceased 2019-03-08 |
| Mr Michael Henry Vickery Jeans | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-06-15 | Ceased 2019-03-08 |
| Mrs Marion Olive Gibbs | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-08 |
| Mr Roger Peel | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-05 |
| Mr Paul Maynard | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-05 |
| Ms Diana Elizabeth Watkins | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+10.9%
£7,185,157 £7,967,953
-
Cash
+8.8%
£4,090,026 £4,450,207
-
Net assets
+16.9%
£5,349,965 £6,253,675
-
Employees
+26.5%
34 43
-
Operating profit
-19.5%
£748,735 £602,461
-
Profit before tax
-1.6%
£918,521 £903,710
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