HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+32.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£12M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
141
+3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£38K
+90.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL LIMITED 2009-10-01 → present
- HENLEY MANAGEMENT COLLEGE (1945) LIMITED 2009-09-15 → 2009-10-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,263,788 | £16,058,841 | |
| Operating profit | -£56,490 | £248,692 | |
| Profit before tax | -£393,338 | -£38,170 | |
| Net profit | -£384,092 | -£148,326 | |
| Cash | £4,600,484 | £6,104,506 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,562,224 | -£11,737,672 | |
| Net assets | -£11,562,224 | -£11,737,672 | |
| Equity | -£11,562,224 | -£11,737,672 | |
| Average employees | 136 | 141 | |
| Wages | £4,096,070 | £4,373,132 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.4% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | -2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.37x | 0.41x | |
| Interest cover | -0.10x | 0.44x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the company's sole shareholder, the University of Reading, has confirmed its intention to continue to support the company for a period of at least 12 months from the date that these financial statements were approved.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHEAMPONG, Frempong | Director | 2025-10-08 | Mar 1953 | South African |
| ASHLEY, Emma Jane | Director | 2023-01-13 | Aug 1978 | British |
| BELESKA-SPASOVA, Elena, Professor | Director | 2023-07-21 | Aug 1968 | British |
| FOSTER-PEDLEY, Jonathan | Director | 2025-10-08 | Feb 1950 | British |
| VAN DE NOORT, Robertus Adrianus Leonardus, Professor | Director | 2017-02-27 | Apr 1962 | Dutch |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAVAGE, David Charles Lambert | Secretary | 2009-09-15 | 2017-02-27 |
| BOARD, John Ludovic George, Dr | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2023-05-09 |
| BONES, Christopher John | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2010-09-30 |
| DOWNES, Thomas Antony, Professor | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2014-07-31 |
| EVANS, Hugh David Endle | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2012-12-31 |
| FOLEY, Samantha Jane | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2022-11-14 |
| SAVAGE, David Charles Lambert | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2017-02-27 |
| WRIGHT, Carol Angela Brigitta | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2017-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Board Of Directors Of Henley Business School Limited | Legal person | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-31 | Ceased 2017-09-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+5.2%
£15,263,788 £16,058,841
-
Cash
+32.7%
£4,600,484 £6,104,506
-
Net assets
-1.5%
-£11,562,224 -£11,737,672
-
Employees
+3.7%
136 141
-
Operating profit
+540.2%
-£56,490 £248,692
-
Profit before tax
+90.3%
-£393,338 -£38,170
-
Wages
+6.8%
£4,096,070 £4,373,132
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