THE LADY ELEANOR HOLLES SCHOOL

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

HaysMac LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the Governors have reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Pupil numbers for 2025-26 have fallen slightly from last year's near record high level and applications have once again remained strong. The Governors expect that the School will continue to meet applicable financial covenants for the year 2025-26 and that the School will be able to meet its debt repayment obligations as they fall due. Accordingly, the Governors consider that there are no material uncertainties over the School's financial viability and thus continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements as outlined in the Statement of Governors' Responsibilities on page 16.”

Group structure

1. THE LADY ELEANOR HOLLES SCHOOL · parent
   1. The Lady Eleanor Holles School International Limited 1% · England · pursue opportunities for opening British schools outside the UK

Significant events

• “The independent school sector has faced change and considerable headwinds during 2024-25 due to actions taken by the incoming government. The imposition of VAT on school fees from January 2025 and the removal of the business rates exemption for private schools from April 2025, has placed significant financial strain on families and schools alike.”
• “Additionally, the unexpected rise in employer national insurance contributions in April 2025 added an increase to the School's costs.”
• “During the year, the School refinanced its bank loan from Barclays, replacing it with a new facility from HSBC.”
• “During the year, the School become taxable for VAT purposes. An adjustment was made under the Capital Goods Scheme to reflect the VAT recoverable on capital assets.”
• “The Cripplegate Scheme was wound up in January 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +1.7%

  £24,064,167 → £24,471,933

• Cash

  +10.6%

  £5,257,154 → £5,812,725

• Net assets

  +9.1%

  £29,160,150 → £31,804,728

• Employees

  -1.2%

  332 → 328

• Operating profit

  +5%

  £2,353,600 → £2,470,670

• Profit before tax

  +5%

  £2,353,600 → £2,470,670

• Wages

  +0.3%

  £12,412,478 → £12,454,749

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