OAKHAM SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
+126.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
642
+10.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-27.1% vs 2023
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 | £32,040,000 | £32,725,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,899,000 | £1,385,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,989,000 | £1,755,000 | |
| Cash | £9,707,000 | £22,022,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,902,000 | £41,053,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,146,000 | £31,882,000 | |
| Equity | £30,146,000 | £31,882,000 | |
| Average employees | 580 | 642 | |
| Wages | £15,489,000 | £16,641,000 |
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 | 6.2% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.5% | 43.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.49x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have prepared a number of scenarios that consider our cash position, sources of income and planned expenditure for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 year. ... Results of this cash flow and sensitivity analysis indicate that the cash reserves of the School are adequate to meet the School's obligations as they fall due. ... Having regard to the above, the Trustees believe it appropriate to continue using the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- OAKHAM SCHOOL · parent
- The Trustees of Oakham School
- Oakham School Enterprises Limited
- The Elizabethan Trust
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKES, William Scott Botterill | Secretary | 2020-12-03 | — | — |
| ALLSOP, David Alexander | Director | 2019-06-13 | Nov 1956 | British |
| CHIDLOW, Gareth Graham, Dr | Director | 2024-06-13 | Oct 1970 | British |
| CREAN, David Francis | Director | 2023-06-15 | Dec 1960 | British |
| DALLISTON, Christopher Charles, Very Revd | Director | 2018-06-14 | Apr 1956 | British |
| DAVIES, Geraint Keith | Director | 2025-06-12 | Feb 1967 | British |
| DORSETT, Mark Clinton Albert | Director | 2017-11-30 | Mar 1962 | British |
| FURNESS, Sarah Haddon, Dr | Director | 2018-06-14 | Jun 1956 | British |
| HYDE, Simon | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| JEGEDE, Obioma | Director | 2023-06-15 | Mar 1993 | British |
| JONES, Stephen Charles Ion | Director | 2021-11-01 | Feb 1959 | British |
| MARSHALL, Natasha Faye | Director | 2023-06-15 | Jul 1986 | British |
| MILES, Margaret Allan | Director | 2020-03-19 | Jun 1957 | British |
| PALMER-PHILLIPS, Joanne Eryl, Dr | Director | 2023-10-12 | Jun 1973 | British |
| PATEL, Rashmi Morarbhai | Director | 2017-11-30 | Oct 1970 | British |
| SELLIN, Debbie, Bishop | Director | 2024-06-13 | Oct 1964 | British |
| SUMMERTON, Ian Roger | Director | 2020-07-02 | Mar 1956 | British |
| SWALLOW, Michael John | Director | 2026-03-26 | Mar 1967 | British |
| WEBB, David John Kenneth | Director | 2025-10-09 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WOOLFE, Stephen Howard | Director | 2014-06-19 | Aug 1949 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEDRICH-WIGGANS, Annika | Secretary | 2009-09-02 | 2015-08-18 |
| PIGGOTT, Simon Christopher | Secretary | 2015-12-03 | 2020-09-25 |
| CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETAIAL LTD. | Corporate Secretary | 2009-06-04 | 2009-09-02 |
| ALLISTER, Donald Spargo, The Right Reverend | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2023-01-08 |
| ARKELL, John Hardy | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2013-06-20 |
| BAKER, Philip, Professor | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2024-06-13 |
| BLANK, Katherine Sarah | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2015-06-18 |
| BLAZA, Sandra Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2009-06-04 | 2013-02-28 |
| BLEZARD, David John | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-10-14 |
| BODDY, Peter Ashley | Director | 2020-07-02 | 2024-06-13 |
| BOULTON, Clifford John, Sir | Director | 2009-06-04 | 2010-06-17 |
| BURT, Caroline, Dr | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2014-06-19 |
| CORAH, Penelope Anne Grace | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2014-06-19 |
| CURRAN, Sarah | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2016-04-24 |
| CZARNOTA, John Edward | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2019-06-13 |
| DOUTY, Philip Simon | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2020-07-02 |
| FOULKES, Richard | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2020-07-02 |
| GAINHER, Robin Charles | Director | 2010-06-17 | 2016-04-20 |
| GIBSON, Joan | Director | 2013-10-17 | 2020-07-02 |
| GORMAN, Neil Thomson, Professor | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2025-07-24 |
| GRUNDY, Julia Helen | Director | 2013-10-17 | 2023-07-05 |
| HAEFELI, Hansjorg | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2020-05-29 |
| HARRIS, Gabrielle Margaret | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| HART, Timothy Frederick | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2017-06-15 |
| HOWARD, Laurence, Dr | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2018-03-20 |
| JONES, Nicholas David George | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2020-07-02 |
| LAWSON, Peter Outram | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2017-06-15 |
| LITTLE, Anthony Richard Morrell | Director | 2009-09-02 | 2021-06-14 |
| LUCAS, Jane | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2023-06-15 |
| MEHRA, Sanjeev | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2014-06-19 |
| OSBORNE, Josephine Mary | Director | 2014-03-13 | 2022-03-24 |
| PETERSEN, Stewart Alan, Professor | Director | 2018-04-19 | 2023-06-15 |
| SCHANSCHIEFF, Guy James | Director | 2012-06-21 | 2017-11-30 |
| SMITH, David Lawrence, Doctor | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| SQUIRES, Michael Thomas Dickson | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| TAYLOR, Charles William, Reverend | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2016-10-15 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2013-09-23 |
| WEIR, James Matheson Knight | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-06-17 |
| WILSON, Martin George | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2019-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+2.1%
£32,040,000 £32,725,000
-
Cash
+126.9%
£9,707,000 £22,022,000
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£30,146,000 £31,882,000
-
Employees
+10.7%
580 642
-
Profit before tax
-27.1%
£1,899,000 £1,385,000
-
Wages
+7.4%
£15,489,000 £16,641,000
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