SANDBACH SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
Cash
£378K
-53.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
-3.3% vs 2024
Employees
228
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£220K
+95.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £12,202,803 | £12,468,070 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,693,913 | -£219,860 | |
| Net profit | -£4,788,913 | -£370,860 | |
| Cash | £819,317 | £378,102 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,283,029 | £10,912,169 | |
| Net assets | £11,283,029 | £10,912,169 | |
| Equity | £11,283,029 | £10,912,169 | |
| Average employees | 229 | 228 | |
| Wages | £7,040,330 | £7,356,469 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -39.2% | -3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.4% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.13x |
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
- WR Partners
- 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.”
Group structure
- SANDBACH SCHOOL · parent
- Sandbach School Developments Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025 the School was visited by OFSTED, maintaining its "Good" OFSTED rating, with Sixth-form provision rated as "Outstanding".”
- “The school estate is set to be redeveloped as part of the School Rebuilding Program with works expected to start within the next 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
18 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYES, Martha Jane | Secretary | 2025-12-15 | — | — |
| BATEMAN, Mark Aveson | Director | 2024-12-16 | May 1985 | British |
| BAXTER, Luke George | Director | 2025-12-15 | Oct 1987 | British |
| BEST, Kimberley Sarah | Director | 2025-12-15 | May 1988 | British |
| BULMAN, Carol Lynn, Councillor | Director | 2019-12-09 | Jan 1948 | British |
| BURNS, Sarah Irene | Director | 2011-10-17 | Aug 1964 | British |
| CARGILL, John Duncan | Director | 2008-01-28 | Oct 1951 | British |
| COOPER, Daniel | Director | 2025-09-15 | Aug 1988 | British |
| COWELL, Jane | Director | 2019-03-25 | Sep 1953 | British |
| DAVIES, Stephen Christopher | Director | 2015-09-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
| GARRATT, Dean | Director | 2024-02-13 | Feb 1970 | British |
| HODBY, Martin James | Director | 2023-12-11 | Apr 1979 | British |
| LEWIS, Jeffrey Keith | Director | 2024-09-23 | Dec 1962 | British |
| LONGDEN, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-30 | Jan 1962 | British |
| MITCHELL, Adrian Paul | Director | 2014-09-29 | Jun 1972 | British |
| SHERRATT, Peter John | Director | 2008-01-28 | Mar 1955 | British |
| SMITH, Ruth Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2025-12-15 | Mar 1973 | British |
| WILKINS, Steven | Director | 2025-03-31 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMRIE, Euan | Secretary | 2008-01-28 | 2012-11-01 |
| OSBORNE, David | Secretary | 2016-09-19 | 2025-12-15 |
| TORJUSSEN, Deborah Jane | Secretary | 2012-11-01 | 2016-09-19 |
| AUSTIN, Louise | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2018-10-01 |
| BARTON, Jill | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2013-01-28 |
| BLEASE-BOURNE, Margaret Ann | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2011-10-17 |
| BRADY, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2014-02-06 |
| BROTHERSTON, Stewart | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2022-11-28 |
| BROTHERSTON, Stewart | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2021-12-04 |
| BUNN, Thomas | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2013-01-28 |
| BURGESS, John Selwyn | Director | 2010-07-05 | 2013-07-08 |
| DAVIS, Lynn Rachel | Director | 2024-02-24 | 2025-09-15 |
| DODDS, Stuart Charles | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2023-04-16 |
| DODDS, Stuart Charles | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2018-11-05 |
| DUNNING, Reginald | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2013-07-08 |
| ENGLAND, Robert David | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2024-09-18 |
| EVANS, David Anthony | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2025-08-31 |
| EVANS, David Anthony | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2018-11-05 |
| FLAVELL, Kathryn Anne, Councillor | Director | 2019-10-07 | 2019-12-09 |
| FURLONG, Stella Veronica | Director | 2009-07-06 | 2011-10-17 |
| GASTON, David John | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2013-08-31 |
| GREASBY, Philip John | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2013-06-30 |
| GRIBBIN, Barrie | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2014-11-01 |
| HANKEY, Emily Marie | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2017-09-18 |
| HAYWARD, John Graham | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2013-01-28 |
| HODGKINSON, Stephen Neil | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2015-07-06 |
| KELLY, Penelope Georgina | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2018-09-27 |
| KENNERLEY, Susan Ann | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2022-08-31 |
| KEOGH, Brenda | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2013-10-22 |
| KNOWLES, Juliette | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2011-10-17 |
| LEA, Edwin Andrew | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2009-09-07 |
| LEWINGTON, Shena Isabel Thornburgh | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2015-09-30 |
| LEWIS, Louise | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2019-10-07 |
| LLOYD-GRIFFITHS, David | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2009-09-07 |
| MACKEY, Geoff | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2018-09-18 |
| MAWSON, Christopher John | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2010-09-10 |
| MERRY, Gillian Mary | Director | 2009-07-06 | 2022-06-13 |
| MICHELL, Philip John | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2015-09-30 |
| MORAN, Barry Edward | Director | 2009-04-02 | 2013-01-01 |
| NURSE, Peter | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2009-09-07 |
| PALFREYMAN, Simon James | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2010-07-05 |
| PRICE, Neville Thomas | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2009-09-07 |
| REEL, Claire Louise | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2021-02-07 |
| ROBERTS, Michael Frank | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2024-08-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Simon John | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2017-01-09 |
| RUSSELL, Raymond | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2012-07-31 |
| SHEARDOWN, Chris Nicholas | Director | 2014-09-29 | 2016-04-23 |
| SMITH, Shaun Martin | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2016-12-10 |
| SMITH-COATS, William | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2025-06-02 |
| SURRY, Dominic David | Director | 2014-07-07 | 2025-02-26 |
| THOMPSON, Bruce Rosetherne | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2008-04-14 |
| TYLER, Christopher James | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2016-03-04 |
| VICTOR, Ingrid | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2014-07-07 |
| WELLS, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-02-12 |
| WELLS, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2021-12-04 |
| WHITE, Carol Wendy | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2022-10-03 |
| WHITE, Diane | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2011-10-17 |
| WOOD, Andrew John | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2010-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+2.2%
£12,202,803 £12,468,070
-
Cash
-53.9%
£819,317 £378,102
-
Net assets
-3.3%
£11,283,029 £10,912,169
-
Employees
-0.4%
229 228
-
Profit before tax
+95.3%
-£4,693,913 -£219,860
-
Wages
+4.5%
£7,040,330 £7,356,469
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