PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+5.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£28M
-3.1% vs 2024
Employees
153
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£807K
+39.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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8 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,326,924 | -£807,464 | |
| Net profit | -£1,326,924 | -£806,947 | |
| Cash | £992,064 | £1,043,612 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,884,123 | £27,997,174 | |
| Net assets | £28,884,123 | £27,997,174 | |
| Equity | £28,884,123 | £27,997,174 | |
| Average employees | 149 | 153 | |
| Wages | £5,569,310 | £5,691,302 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.90x |
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
- Randall & Payne LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Governors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Academy's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PATE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL · parent
- Pate's Grammar School Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The School entered into a Funding Agreement to provide educational services with selective admission as part of the state provision of education from 1 December 2010.”
- “The School occupies the School buildings under a 125-year lease from the Pate's Grammar School Foundation at a peppercorn rent.”
- “Pate's was successful in gaining accreditation as a Teaching School Hub in March 2024 for a further three years of funding.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Nicolas Hugh Francis | Director | 2021-06-07 | Dec 1965 | British |
| BINFORD, Heidi May | Director | 2022-04-27 | May 1965 | British |
| BROMBERG, Laura Marianne | Director | 2025-09-08 | Apr 1966 | British |
| COOPER, William James, Dr | Director | 2023-06-07 | Aug 1965 | British |
| EVANS, Daniel Mark Andrew | Director | 2024-02-05 | Jun 1979 | British |
| SAVORY, Steven Ross | Director | 2024-02-05 | Jul 1959 | British |
| SEKHAR, Mangala Yogish | Director | 2022-04-27 | Jul 1979 | British |
| SHANKAR, Gayathiri Gowri | Director | 2019-02-03 | Sep 1976 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Courteney | Director | 2025-03-01 | Feb 1987 | British |
| TERRETT, Dwight | Director | 2021-12-01 | Aug 1993 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKE, Stephen Frederick | Secretary | 2010-09-08 | 2024-02-19 |
| AINSWORTH-PARKER, Warwick | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2022-01-24 |
| ALLINSON, Trevor | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2014-11-30 |
| ANDREWS, Nicolas Hugh Francis | Director | 2021-06-07 | 2025-06-06 |
| ASCHAM, Wallace | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| BARRADELL-BLACK, Ann | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2015-09-23 |
| BOWLES, Nigel, Dr | Director | 2019-01-28 | 2020-04-02 |
| BRADSHAW, Guy Bailey | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| CLARK, Nikki | Director | 2011-10-06 | 2017-12-31 |
| COX, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2012-10-30 | 2016-05-19 |
| DE BRAAL, Bernice Ruth | Director | 2024-01-03 | 2025-05-22 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Edward Arthur | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2017-03-28 |
| DICKINSON, Anne | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2018-11-29 |
| DONNELL, Alison Jayne, Dr | Director | 2012-10-30 | 2017-07-05 |
| DYE, Jennifer | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2022-03-07 |
| ELLICOTT, Russel Bryan | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| ELLIOT, Seth | Director | 2022-06-13 | 2025-06-27 |
| FISH, Raymond | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2021-03-27 |
| FLAXMAN, Rebecca Jayne | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2024-08-31 |
| GALE, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| GUE, Robert William Michael | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2018-07-13 |
| HARKNESS, John | Director | 2010-09-08 | 2013-12-31 |
| HEAD, William | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2019-12-31 |
| HENRY, John Philip | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| HOPPER, Carolyn Ruth | Director | 2018-12-04 | 2024-12-06 |
| HORROCKS, Carolyn | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2018-09-20 |
| JOHNSTON, Fiona Heather | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2024-06-27 |
| MACLEOD, Molly | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2026-03-10 |
| MAY, Graeme | Director | 2017-10-09 | 2023-07-14 |
| MOORE, Helen Dale, Dr | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| MORTON, Robert | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| PARK, Shirley | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| PARKER, John Henry | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-06-05 |
| RALPH, Laura Debra | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2022-07-14 |
| RICHARDSON, James David, Sir | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-10-09 |
| SMITH, Catherine Theresa | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2021-01-15 |
| STILES, Bryan Charles | Director | 2020-09-30 | 2024-07-16 |
| WATERS, Alec | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2014-09-01 |
| WATERS, David | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-03-13 |
| WATTS, John, Dr | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| WESTERN, Nancy Deborah | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2017-07-05 |
| WRIGHT, Miriam | Director | 2020-01-20 | 2024-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark David Turner | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-11-21 | Ceased 2026-03-25 |
| Ms Susan Jane Wade | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-11-21 | Ceased 2026-03-25 |
| Mr Martin Charles Horwood | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-10-12 | Ceased 2026-03-25 |
| Mr Peter Joseph Udale | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-01-30 | Ceased 2026-03-25 |
| Mr Chris Boulton | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-01-20 | Ceased 2026-03-25 |
| Mrs Helen Caroline Hooper | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2019-03-21 | Ceased 2024-12-06 |
| Mr Nicholas James Anthony Melhuish | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-09-17 | Ceased 2023-02-25 |
| Mr Anthony Paul Kenmir | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-07-25 | Active |
| Mrs Jane Caroline Louise Williams | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-07-05 | Ceased 2025-09-01 |
| Mr David Waters | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-09-08 | Ceased 2021-10-07 |
| Mr John Henry Parker | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-06-05 | Active |
| Mr Robert Morley May | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-25 |
| Mrs Judith Wynn | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-01 |
| Mr Lloyd Marcus Surgenor | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-01 |
| Mrs Eleanor Kirby | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-11 |
| Mr Christopher John Mourton | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-04 |
| Mrs Lesley Sanchez | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-05 |
| Mr Richard James Comstive Wright | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-05 |
| Mr John Harrison | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-04 |
| Mr John Henry Parker | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-05 |
| Mr John David Clarke | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Guy Bailey Bradshaw | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Wallace Priestley Ascham | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+5.2%
£992,064 £1,043,612
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£28,884,123 £27,997,174
-
Employees
+2.7%
149 153
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Profit before tax
+39.1%
-£1,326,924 -£807,464
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Wages
+2.2%
£5,569,310 £5,691,302
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