BARNARD CASTLE SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-13 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-29
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+87.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+16.8% vs 2023
Employees
206
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£26K
-106.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,412,904 | £13,834,321 | |
| Operating profit | £398,900 | -£43,878 | |
| Profit before tax | £395,473 | -£25,832 | |
| Net profit | £395,473 | £1,543,068 | |
| Cash | £2,479,629 | £4,646,067 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,157,612 | £12,541,617 | |
| Net assets | £9,212,325 | £10,755,393 | |
| Equity | £9,212,325 | £10,755,393 | |
| Average employees | 204 | 206 | |
| Wages | £6,072,294 | £6,820,926 |
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 | 3.2% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.7% | 35.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 6.29x | -0.87x |
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
- Auditor
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Governors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The teaching staff unanimously agreed to exit the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) due to unsustainable cost increases and potential future risks.”
- “Mr David Cresswell started his tenure as Headmaster on 1st September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| METCALF, Suzanne Marie | Secretary | 2017-06-15 | — | — |
| ALI, Salma Abdelmoniem Abdelbagi | Director | 2021-03-31 | May 1999 | British |
| ALLISON, Ian Martin | Director | 2018-03-31 | Dec 1957 | British |
| BLISS, Nicholas John | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jul 1959 | British |
| CLOUSTON, David Stewart | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| ELPHICK, Jonathan Richard, Dr | Director | 2014-06-27 | Aug 1970 | British |
| GIRDLER, Nicholas Martin, Professor | Director | 2024-11-15 | Jun 1960 | British |
| HODGES, Norman Peter | Director | 2008-12-05 | Apr 1954 | British |
| MARSHALL, Katie Jane | Director | 2021-10-18 | Mar 1977 | British |
| MOFFATT, Robert Iain | Director | 2017-10-31 | Dec 1961 | British |
| MOTHERSILL, Peter David Alan | Director | 2013-03-28 | May 1957 | British |
| OSBORNE, David Charles | Director | 2008-07-30 | Sep 1970 | British |
| RHODES, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| STARR, Donald Frederick | Director | 2008-12-05 | Aug 1945 | British |
| SUNLEY, Catherine Jean | Director | 2008-07-30 | Jul 1964 | British |
| VINSOME, Donna | Director | 2017-10-31 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Michael Joseph | Secretary | 2008-07-07 | 2017-06-15 |
| YORK CHAMBERS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-05-19 | 2008-08-06 |
| AIREY, Michael Robert | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2017-07-28 |
| CHERRY, William James Bruce, Dr | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2010-06-11 |
| CLOUSTON, David Stewart | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-08-12 |
| CROSBY, Michael Howard | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2016-08-31 |
| CROWE, Simon Andrew | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2017-08-31 |
| DENNIS, Clive | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2018-08-31 |
| DENT, Ruth | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2019-12-05 |
| FIELDER, Alan John | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2019-02-08 |
| HAMILTON, Margaret Winifred Lillian | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2013-04-01 |
| HICK, Brian William | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2017-07-04 |
| HINCHCLIFFE, John Ralph | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2009-06-12 |
| HUNTER, John Harvey | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2022-03-29 |
| KELSALL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2026-04-28 |
| MACFARLANE, John Caldwell | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2012-03-23 |
| MCALLUM, Malcolm | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2016-12-02 |
| MILLEN, Nicholas Charles Tristrim, Colonel | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2013-04-01 |
| MILLEN, Nicholas Charles Tristrim, Colonel | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2008-12-17 |
| NEWMAN, Clare Margaret | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2023-04-30 |
| PEAT, Susan | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2012-03-23 |
| PENNY, David Simpson | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2021-09-16 |
| PRATT, Karen Stephanie | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-09-25 |
| RAMSINGH, Jason Keron | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-14 |
| RATCLIFFE, Graham Gordon | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2008-11-27 |
| RENDALL, Erland Robert | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| RICHARDSON, George Morland, Cllr | Director | 2010-09-16 | 2025-05-06 |
| THORPE, Neil | Director | 2008-12-18 | 2022-08-31 |
| WILIAMS, David Nigel | Director | 2008-07-30 | 2013-09-06 |
| YORK CHAMBERS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-05-19 | 2008-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+11.5%
£12,412,904 £13,834,321
-
Cash
+87.4%
£2,479,629 £4,646,067
-
Net assets
+16.8%
£9,212,325 £10,755,393
-
Employees
+1%
204 206
-
Operating profit
-111%
£398,900 -£43,878
-
Profit before tax
-106.5%
£395,473 -£25,832
-
Wages
+12.3%
£6,072,294 £6,820,926
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