DR CHALLONER'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-10 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-26
Watchouts
Cash
£673K
-8.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+3.6% vs 2024
Employees
191
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£727K
+560.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £11,003,000 | £12,570,000 | |
| Operating profit | £110,000 | £727,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £110,000 | £727,000 | |
| Net profit | £110,000 | £727,000 | |
| Cash | £732,000 | £673,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,464,000 | £20,156,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,464,000 | £20,156,000 | |
| Equity | £19,464,000 | £20,156,000 | |
| Average employees | 193 | 191 | |
| Wages | £5,912,000 | £6,214,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 0.38x | 2.32x |
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
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have 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.”
Significant events
- “OFSTED inspection on 5th and 6th November 2024, exactly 5 years after the previous inspection.”
- “The Duke of Edinburgh Gold award ceremony at Buckingham Palace in May 2025 for a large number of students.”
- “In September 2024 the school entered into a lease agreement with Dr Challoner's School Educational Trust for the use of a property adjacent to the school (149 Station Road).”
- “Works on the student support centre took place from February 2025 to August 2025.”
- “The school carried out the full refurbishment and remodelling of the student toilet blocks in New Court and West Court, together with the remodelling of several classrooms on the school site during the summer.”
- “Replacement of a large part of the school's water distribution pipework system (over 70 years old) was carried out during the summer holidays.”
- “Final events of the 400th anniversary year took place in the autumn of 2024, including burying a time capsule in the main quadrangle.”
- “A special 400th anniversary Celebration of Challoner's Sport event was hosted in November 2024 at Lord's cricket ground.”
- “First alumni gathering in New York, attended by a dozen people.”
- “Astra gained accreditation as an Apprenticeship provider, with an initial cohort of three apprentices starting in September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, Sean Gerrard | Secretary | 2010-11-25 | — | — |
| ATKINSON, David Alastair | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| ATKINSON, Gillian Clare | Director | 2026-02-26 | Mar 1967 | British |
| ATTON, Vaughan Matthew | Director | 2025-01-13 | Aug 1983 | British |
| BAUMANN, Ursula Jutta | Director | 2021-09-06 | Aug 1971 | British,German |
| BEER, David | Director | 2025-11-06 | Aug 1974 | British |
| COATES, Alyson Jo | Director | 2022-09-01 | May 1964 | British |
| COOKE, Sally Del | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1958 | British |
| DARBY, Isobel Anne | Director | 2011-01-13 | Apr 1957 | British |
| DHANDA, Baljinder Singh, Dr | Director | 2021-12-20 | Oct 1966 | British |
| GALLAGHER, Patrick Scott | Director | 2024-12-10 | Sep 1973 | British |
| GLENISTER, Leon Joel | Director | 2015-11-01 | Aug 1988 | British |
| HASSANALLY, Khalil, Dr | Director | 2025-09-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
| PEARSON, Jonathan David | Director | 2020-02-28 | Sep 1971 | British |
| PEGG, Mark William, Dr | Director | 2010-11-25 | Nov 1953 | British |
| RYATT, Simi | Director | 2025-11-06 | May 1969 | British |
| SERKIS, Paul Christopher | Director | 2021-04-26 | Jan 1969 | British |
| SHINNER, Thomas Patrick James | Director | 2020-11-03 | Oct 1985 | British |
| VENNING, Pernille Anne | Director | 2024-10-23 | May 1964 | British |
| WALSH, Colm Patrick | Director | 2025-01-13 | Feb 1978 | Irish |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Michael | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2017-12-16 |
| ATKINSON, Andrew Henry Edward | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| BATTY, Ian Thomas | Director | 2023-01-12 | 2025-09-01 |
| BRISBOURNE, Richard | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2011-09-01 |
| BUCKRIDGE, James Graham | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2014-12-31 |
| CADMAN, Gareth | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2022-08-31 |
| CRONLY, Joseph Henry | Director | 2016-10-21 | 2020-10-21 |
| DAVIES-CRAINE, George Randal | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2022-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Alison | Director | 2017-02-23 | 2025-09-01 |
| ENGLAND, Ashley | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-08-31 |
| FENTON, Mark Alexander, Dr | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2016-08-31 |
| FOX, Giri | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2021-08-31 |
| GABE, Clare, Dr | Director | 2023-07-14 | 2025-03-20 |
| GARDINER, Mark Stephen | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-11-06 |
| GLEDHILL, Richard Martin | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| GRANT, Gabriella Jane Hamilton | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| HADDOCK, Paul Stuart | Director | 2013-11-05 | 2016-09-11 |
| HAINES, Mark Craig | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2016-06-09 |
| HARDIE, Brian William | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2014-01-25 |
| HARDY, Christopher David | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2013-09-01 |
| HYDE, Stephanie | Director | 2020-02-27 | 2024-11-15 |
| KENNEDY, Shaun Malcolm | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2022-08-31 |
| KILBOURN, Anthony Richard, Mr. | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-11-06 |
| LAWRENCE, Matthew John | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2020-09-01 |
| MACKINTOSH, David Stewart | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2022-08-31 |
| MAYNARD, John Charles, Dr | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2016-06-09 |
| MUNN, Katherine Louise | Director | 2020-11-03 | 2024-10-23 |
| NICHOLLS, Toni-Lynn | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2018-01-01 |
| NOKES, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2022-12-05 |
| PARTRIDGE, Philip Simon | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2015-06-11 |
| PENTON-HAUCHARD, Jane Susan | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2019-06-06 |
| ROBERTS, David Lawton | Director | 2011-11-02 | 2018-03-01 |
| ROYCE, Josephine Helen Dominique | Director | 2025-01-13 | 2025-11-19 |
| STEPHENSON, James | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2018-08-31 |
| SWAIN, Patricia Henrietta Mary | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-08-31 |
| TANNER, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2021-06-08 |
| TINGEY, Michael | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2020-10-24 |
| VEYS, Christopher Charles | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2011-11-02 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2014-07-10 |
| WESTCOTT, Emma | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2024-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | 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
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+14.2%
£11,003,000 £12,570,000
-
Cash
-8.1%
£732,000 £673,000
-
Net assets
+3.6%
£19,464,000 £20,156,000
-
Employees
-1%
193 191
-
Operating profit
+560.9%
£110,000 £727,000
-
Profit before tax
+560.9%
£110,000 £727,000
-
Wages
+5.1%
£5,912,000 £6,214,000
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