THE FREE SCHOOL NORWICH
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-28 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£328K
+20.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£695K
+6.6% vs 2024
Employees
21
0% 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 | £1,303,463 | £1,466,856 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£68,924 | £53,974 | |
| Cash | £272,445 | £327,788 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £652,126 | £695,100 | |
| Net assets | £652,126 | £695,100 | |
| Equity | £652,126 | £695,100 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 21 | |
| Wages | £637,254 | £664,954 |
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 | -5.3% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.28x | 3.06x |
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
- MA Partners Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Friends of The Free School Norwich raised £26,452 (2024: £6,610) towards play equipment for the playground. The school also achieved good across all areas with an outstanding for its EYFS provision during a Section 5 inspection.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOEL, Gareth | Director | 2025-03-31 | Jun 1968 | British |
| RIX, Jaime | Director | 2020-01-29 | Feb 1977 | British |
| SOFOPOULOS, Christos | Director | 2025-05-19 | Jul 1983 | Greek |
| VIRGOE, Julia Suzanne | Director | 2020-06-03 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WEBSTER, Darren Mark | Director | 2021-01-27 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGAND, Roger Patrick | Secretary | 2010-11-10 | 2013-08-31 |
| ATKINSON, Sharon King | Director | 2010-12-08 | 2011-03-28 |
| BOURGEOIS, Paul James | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2016-07-13 |
| BUNN, Faye | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2023-08-31 |
| BURDETT, Michelle Louise | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2017-01-18 |
| BURRETT, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2020-06-03 | 2023-08-31 |
| COLLIER, Emma Mary | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2014-06-30 |
| COWLES, Kasha Christine | Director | 2023-04-27 | 2024-04-24 |
| DACK, Benjamin William | Director | 2021-02-05 | 2022-09-24 |
| DON, Graham | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2011-01-24 |
| DUNNILL, Sarah Jane | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2013-09-30 |
| EDWARDS, Aiden James Alexander | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2014-07-31 |
| GALLAGHER, Kerrie | Director | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| GHIMIRE, Dev | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2016-01-23 |
| GURNEY, Alison Kate | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2018-03-14 |
| HILL, David Rowland | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2012-09-07 |
| HODDS, Catherine Frances | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2018-10-16 |
| HOWE, Patricia Margaret | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2012-01-09 |
| JAMES, Carole | Director | 2020-06-03 | 2024-06-02 |
| JORDAN, Angela Mary | Director | 2020-06-03 | 2021-04-05 |
| LANGFORD, Polly Anne | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2020-02-03 |
| LEE, Lisa Marie | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2016-07-13 |
| LITTLE, Antony Daniel | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2013-07-31 |
| MANCINI, Ben | Director | 2023-03-15 | 2024-03-07 |
| MARGAND, Roger Patrick | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2013-07-29 |
| MCCLOUD, Andrew | Director | 2024-07-17 | 2025-11-12 |
| MILES, Luke Thomas | Director | 2018-05-16 | 2022-05-15 |
| NASH, Richard Manton | Director | 2016-01-23 | 2021-01-27 |
| PAPAGEORGIOU, Markella | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2017-05-17 |
| PRICE, Nicolas | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2024-03-29 |
| SANDS, Mike | Director | 2019-11-27 | 2021-09-21 |
| SANDS, Susan Joan | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2021-01-29 |
| SANDS, Susan Joan | Director | 2012-11-14 | 2013-08-14 |
| SANDS, Susan Joan | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2012-02-24 |
| SEARLE, Tristan John | Director | 2023-05-24 | 2023-09-17 |
| SIDNEY-ROBERTS, Tania Lorraine | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2020-12-31 |
| SKEGGS, Andrew | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2023-12-01 |
| STARR, Sean, Dr | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2011-11-22 |
| STEVENS, Gareth Robert | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-07-17 |
| SWEET, Donna Elaine | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2020-01-29 |
| TAPPING, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2012-01-23 | 2016-01-23 |
| TOYE, Rebecca Davinia | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2024-10-15 |
| WARING, Helen Louise | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2017-08-31 |
| WEBSTER, Darren Mark | Director | 2010-12-08 | 2018-03-14 |
| WOODHOUSE, Christopher David | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2020-02-06 |
| WRIGHT, Peter James | Director | 2010-11-10 | 2012-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roger Patrick Margand | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Mrs Markella Papageorgiou | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Skeggs | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-25 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+12.5%
£1,303,463 £1,466,856
-
Cash
+20.3%
£272,445 £327,788
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£652,126 £695,100
-
Employees
0%
21 21
-
Wages
+4.3%
£637,254 £664,954
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