THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOLS,CROSBY
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-17.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
+1% vs 2023
Employees
244
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£451K
-222.6% vs 2023
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 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,038,302 | £14,204,992 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £367,913 | -£450,971 | |
| Net profit | £101,327 | £268,949 | |
| Cash | £3,469,509 | £2,861,954 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,226,765 | £28,495,716 | |
| Net assets | £28,226,765 | £28,495,716 | |
| Equity | £28,226,765 | £28,495,716 | |
| Average employees | 256 | 244 | |
| Wages | £7,833,399 | £7,259,876 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.7% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.9% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.59x |
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
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors have given consideration to the basis of preparing the financial statements in the context of the challenging times affecting the sector. Having done so, the Governors consider that the going concern basis remains appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOLS,CROSBY · parent
- Merchant Taylors' Schools Crosby Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events since the year end affecting the Company. As announced in February 2024, the senior schools will become co-educational from September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Jonathan | Secretary | 2023-04-17 | — | — |
| COWLING, Charles Anthony | Director | 2017-06-21 | Oct 1962 | British |
| FLETCHER, Sarah Louise | Director | 2023-08-10 | May 1978 | British |
| GREEN, Chris Stuart | Director | 2020-10-14 | Dec 1968 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Glynis Steen | Director | 2020-02-05 | Dec 1951 | British |
| KING, Matthew | Director | 2024-12-18 | Nov 1990 | British |
| KIRBY, Ian Albert | Director | 2026-02-26 | Feb 1973 | British |
| MARSHALL, Philip John | Director | 2019-09-17 | Oct 1966 | British |
| MAWDSLEY, Gareth Richard | Director | 2022-06-29 | Nov 1978 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Anthony Lee | Director | 2024-03-19 | Dec 1978 | British |
| QUARTERMAIN, Jeremy Alexander | Director | 2024-11-08 | May 1977 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Natalie | Secretary | 2020-12-31 | 2022-08-31 |
| GAUNT, Philip Stephen | Secretary | 2008-07-23 | 2010-09-01 |
| NORTON, Andrew David | Secretary | 2022-09-12 | 2023-04-14 |
| NORTON, Andrew David | Secretary | 2016-12-08 | 2020-12-31 |
| POPE, Alison Patricia | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2016-09-09 |
| AGARWAL, Manoj, Dr | Director | 2019-09-12 | 2025-09-12 |
| BATEY, Peter William James, Professor | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2016-06-23 |
| BELL, Beverley Claire | Director | 2013-03-12 | 2020-07-12 |
| BELL, Beverley Claire | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2011-07-06 |
| CARTWRIGHT, John Paul | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2020-06-21 |
| COLIGAN, Leo Clive | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2011-06-28 |
| CREWE-READ, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2017-02-03 | 2019-10-10 |
| DOBIE, Anne Marjorie | Director | 2009-02-18 | 2017-03-07 |
| EVANS, David Stephen | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2019-03-16 |
| EVANS, Peter James Roderick | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2013-08-31 |
| FAY, Emma Elizabeth | Director | 2022-06-29 | 2025-06-29 |
| FOWLER, Simon Jeffrey | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2023-10-15 |
| FOX, Jennifer Ann, Dr | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| GASCOIGNE, Sandra Jane | Director | 2018-11-16 | 2024-12-18 |
| GERVASONI, Anna Gabriella | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2025-12-18 |
| GREGORY, Stephen Raymond | Director | 2020-11-24 | 2023-01-25 |
| HARTLEY, George Jonathon | Director | 2020-05-14 | 2023-05-14 |
| HAWKINS, Judith Lindsay | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2016-07-07 |
| HEPWORTH, John Hunter | Director | 2018-11-16 | 2021-11-16 |
| HETHERINGTON, Sheelagh | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| HOWE, Joseph Mark | Director | 2020-10-14 | 2022-10-26 |
| HUGHES, Mark Ivor, Dr | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2010-03-16 |
| JACKS, David Robert | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-10-25 |
| JOHNSON, Veronica Alberta Ponsonby | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2013-01-08 |
| MAGILL, Peter Godfrey | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| MARTIN-WRIGHT, Lesley Carol | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| MERCER, Francis Charles | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| POOLE, Claire | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2025-01-22 |
| SINCLAIR, Colin Duncan | Director | 2022-03-22 | 2026-04-30 |
| SUTCLIFFE, John Anthony, The Estate Of Mr | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2016-12-04 |
| THIND, Rani, Dr | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| WALKER, Roderick James | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2016-06-23 |
| WARNE, Sandy Jayne | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2017-03-12 |
| WILKINSON, Stephen Alan | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2018-06-13 |
| WILLIAMS, Clive Robert | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2018-06-13 |
| YIP, David | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2019-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-5.5%
£15,038,302 £14,204,992
-
Cash
-17.5%
£3,469,509 £2,861,954
-
Net assets
+1%
£28,226,765 £28,495,716
-
Employees
-4.7%
256 244
-
Profit before tax
-222.6%
£367,913 -£450,971
-
Wages
-7.3%
£7,833,399 £7,259,876
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