WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-5.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+9.6% vs 2024
Employees
178
+1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,184,874 | £10,489,750 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£296,686 | £1,669,741 | |
| Cash | £2,417,367 | £2,277,982 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,877,064 | £18,497,305 | |
| Net assets | £16,870,314 | £18,492,055 | |
| Equity | £16,870,314 | £18,492,055 | |
| Average employees | 175 | 178 | |
| Wages | £6,259,482 | £6,506,731 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -2.9% | 15.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.15x | 5.57x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustee Body has a reasonable expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS · parent
- Watford Grammar School for Girls Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the years impacted by Covid and school closure the Academy had been adversely impacted by being unable to generate its own income from weekly hiring's and lettings. During 2024/25 the amount of self-generated income remained buoyant despite some activities ceasing to continue combined with high staff turnover (in the Trading Company) and higher operating costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEASLEY, Philip | Secretary | 2013-12-02 | — | — |
| BANHAM, Richard Mark | Director | 2025-07-28 | Jul 1969 | British |
| CHONG-TAI, Sylvia Lucy | Director | 2017-09-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| CLAY, Emma | Director | 2024-03-01 | Aug 1993 | British |
| FLEET, Joanna Beatrix | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jan 1968 | British |
| GREGORY, David John | Director | 2025-10-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| HAYDEN, Joanne | Director | 2024-03-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| HONOUR, Robert | Director | 2024-05-01 | May 1963 | British |
| HUGHES, James Hugh | Director | 2019-03-25 | Feb 1952 | British |
| MEERABUX, Mary Patricia | Director | 2017-03-06 | Mar 1954 | British |
| OLUNLOYO, Olaide Adepeju | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1977 | British |
| PIRBHAI, Sharmin | Director | 2022-11-19 | Jan 1977 | British |
| REHMAN, Zia Al | Director | 2025-06-16 | Oct 1977 | British |
| SHAH, Jaymin Mahendrakumar | Director | 2025-03-20 | Feb 1981 | British |
| SHOOTER, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| WOODS, Camilla | Director | 2012-05-29 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORALES, Stephen Paul | Secretary | 2010-08-17 | 2013-12-02 |
| BAIRD, Peter George James | Director | 2014-03-10 | 2018-03-09 |
| BATESON, Yvonne | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2017-03-05 |
| COLLISON, Gillian Rosemary | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2017-12-31 |
| COLNE, Michael David | Director | 2010-09-12 | 2013-12-02 |
| CONWAY, Sheila Anne | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| CORDINGLEY, Marianne | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2018-07-31 |
| CORP, Nigel, Dr | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2019-03-16 |
| CRAWFORD, Gregory John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-10-22 |
| DEANE, Russell Guy | Director | 2013-02-19 | 2022-07-21 |
| DODD, Clare Imogen | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2017-09-04 |
| DYSON, Elizabeth Hannah | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2022-07-21 |
| FARMERY, Richard Aspinall | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2016-07-04 |
| GASKELL, Fiona Marie | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-07-21 |
| GRIFFITHS, Harvey Spencer | Director | 2015-03-19 | 2021-09-07 |
| HERMAN, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2017-08-31 |
| HODGKINSON, Richard Alan | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2014-09-06 |
| HYDE, Helen Yvonne | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2016-08-31 |
| JANI, Prakash | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| JENKINS, Lesley Marion | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2013-11-07 |
| JOHNSON, Mr Stephen Ernest | Director | 2018-09-15 | 2021-12-03 |
| KING, Alison Jane | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2019-06-19 |
| KING, Kerry | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2022-07-21 |
| KIRWAN, Clare | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2021-02-19 |
| LEWIS, Michael Duncan | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2025-10-31 |
| MALONE, Richard John | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2012-04-14 |
| MCCLOSKEY, Percy | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2018-09-12 |
| MOORHOUSE, Nicholas John | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2025-09-17 |
| NAIDU, Sreedhara | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2017-01-31 |
| NEWBEY, Adam Nicholas James | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2023-11-18 |
| OYESOLA, Akintomide Idowu | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| PERROTT, Anthony Michael Joseph | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2014-10-14 |
| PIRBHAI, Sharmin | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2022-11-18 |
| REHMAN, Zia Al | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2021-08-26 |
| RENAK, Leigh Maurice | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2015-07-10 |
| RINDL, Anthony William, Rev | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2024-06-15 |
| SANJEEVI, Rajivi Venugopal, Dr | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2023-11-18 |
| SHAH, Shilpa | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-07-21 |
| SHORE, Fiona | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2021-09-07 |
| TURPIE, Andrew James | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2018-06-30 |
| WAGNER, Clare Rebecca | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| WALIA, Rupinder | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-03-10 |
| WELLS, Ian Granville | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2018-03-09 |
| WILLIS, Jane | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2024-07-19 |
| WILLIS, Jane | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2017-07-31 |
| WOOLF, Julie Sharon | Director | 2023-09-08 | 2025-01-13 |
| XIAO, Hannan, Dr | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2025-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+3%
£10,184,874 £10,489,750
-
Cash
-5.8%
£2,417,367 £2,277,982
-
Net assets
+9.6%
£16,870,314 £18,492,055
-
Employees
+1.7%
175 178
-
Wages
+3.9%
£6,259,482 £6,506,731
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