LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+50.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+18.1% vs 2023
Employees
146
+2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£374K
+241.8% 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 | £7,238,107 | £8,104,351 | |
| Operating profit | £117,520 | £352,663 | |
| Profit before tax | £109,539 | £374,409 | |
| Net profit | £109,539 | £374,409 | |
| Cash | £1,978,974 | £2,976,757 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,055,781 | £3,832,452 | |
| Net assets | £2,067,173 | £2,441,582 | |
| Equity | £2,067,173 | £2,441,582 | |
| Average employees | 143 | 146 | |
| Wages | £3,781,767 | £3,982,307 |
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 | 1.6% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 2.31x | 5.84x |
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
- Bates Weston Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate, that is, whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the school to continue as a going concern. The Governors make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the school has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The most influential issue facing independent schools during the 2023-2024 academic year was the possible introduction of VAT on school fees.”
- “At LCS, staff and pupils were significantly impacted by the sudden death of a Sixth Form teacher.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Catherine Mary | Director | 2025-06-24 | Jan 1958 | British |
| BROWN, David William Prentice | Director | 2023-12-05 | Jun 1963 | British |
| DAWES, Nina Alexandra | Director | 2014-06-20 | Dec 1947 | British |
| EVANS, Claire Victoria | Director | 2023-09-14 | Dec 1973 | British |
| LUNT, Eric John | Director | 2021-07-01 | Dec 1953 | British |
| MASON, Jennifer | Director | 2012-03-16 | Feb 1950 | British |
| MCFARLANE, Janet Elizabeth, The Right Reverend | Director | 2023-07-20 | Nov 1964 | British |
| MORRIS, Joseph David | Director | 2023-01-10 | Oct 1978 | British |
| OAKLEY, Robert James | Director | 2017-04-24 | Dec 1972 | English |
| RICKART, Clive | Director | 2011-12-01 | Nov 1959 | British |
| ROY, Nicola Jane Catherine | Director | 2017-04-24 | May 1976 | British |
| SMITH, Amanda | Director | 2023-12-05 | Nov 1969 | British |
| STEAD, Andrew Michael, Reverend Canon | Director | 2017-05-26 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, Catherine Mary | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2019-12-19 |
| BELL, William Wealands, The Reverend Canon | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2014-03-10 |
| BISHOP, Huw Daniel, The Revd | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2017-04-24 |
| BOWEN, Angela | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2013-06-21 |
| DORBER, Adrian John, The Very Rev'D | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| FENDER, Brian, Sir | Director | 2012-03-16 | 2014-09-23 |
| HADLEY- LEONARD, Rachel | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2022-03-10 |
| HAWKINS, Patricia Sally, The Revd Canon | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2019-12-19 |
| HOLLIDAY, Peter Leslie | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2018-05-03 |
| HOPKINS, Colin | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2020-07-14 |
| KILMINSTER, Amanda Jayne, Professor | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2013-01-19 |
| LILEY, Christopher Frank, The Venerable | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2013-03-22 |
| LOCKWOOD, Lyneth | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2011-07-07 |
| MOORE, Anthony Michael, Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2017-04-24 |
| NEVILLE, James William | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2026-03-06 |
| PLATTEN, Gregory Austin David, The Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2021-09-07 | 2023-06-23 |
| PRIMROSE, Alison Frances, Doctor | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2015-04-13 |
| SHARPE, Peter James | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2010-09-02 |
| SHAW, Claire Suzanne | Director | 2019-11-08 | 2023-04-14 |
| TONKS, Claire Jennifer | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2019-06-14 |
| WILCOX, Peter Jonathan, The Reverend Canon Dr | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2012-06-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-12 CC01 Notice restriction on company articles
- 2023-09-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-12 | CC01 | change-of-constitution | Notice restriction on company articles | |
| 2023-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+12%
£7,238,107 £8,104,351
-
Cash
+50.4%
£1,978,974 £2,976,757
-
Net assets
+18.1%
£2,067,173 £2,441,582
-
Employees
+2.1%
143 146
-
Operating profit
+200.1%
£117,520 £352,663
-
Profit before tax
+241.8%
£109,539 £374,409
-
Wages
+5.3%
£3,781,767 £3,982,307
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