READING SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-21.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-2.8% vs 2024
Employees
151
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £9,155,747 | £9,908,222 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £463,473 | -£1,204,281 | |
| Cash | £3,986,228 | £3,142,040 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,201,151 | £14,950,870 | |
| Net assets | £15,385,151 | £14,950,870 | |
| Equity | £15,385,151 | £14,950,870 | |
| Average employees | 147 | 151 | |
| Wages | £5,172,462 | £5,734,072 |
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 | 5.1% | -12.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.09x | 2.69x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees (i.e. the Governing Body) has a reasonable expectation that the Academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- READING SCHOOL · parent
- The Reading School Overseas Partnership Company Ltd 100%
- Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “2025 marks a remarkable milestone, being the 900th anniversary of the founding of Reading School.”
- “On 21 October 2025, the company, thogether with its subsidiary company, The Reading School Overseas Partnership Ltd, signed a cooperation agreement with Guangzhou Huawan High School Co., Ltd and Guangzhou Keban Education Investment Co., Ltd. Under the terms of this agreement, the parties shall work together to establish an international curriculum school in China.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSLADE, John Kenneth | Director | 2025-12-12 | May 1977 | British |
| BETTERIDGE, Christopher | Director | 2025-12-01 | Oct 1994 | British,South African |
| DESAI, Sanjay | Director | 2024-12-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| EVANS, Christopher Joseph, Dr | Director | 2025-11-01 | May 1979 | British |
| FALLON, Emma Sarah | Director | 2022-01-01 | Feb 1980 | British |
| FAULKNER, Mark Nicholas John | Director | 2014-03-10 | Jul 1959 | British |
| FISHER, David Ronald | Director | 2011-03-14 | Mar 1956 | British |
| FOLLEN, Terence Colin | Director | 2017-12-01 | Aug 1953 | British |
| HOLMES, Neil John | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1980 | British |
| HUDSON, David Russell Deforest | Director | 2018-12-01 | May 1966 | British |
| JOHNSON, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-09-01 | Mar 1953 | British |
| KENWRICK, Robert John | Director | 2011-03-14 | Dec 1955 | British |
| NNABUIFE, Dozie | Director | 2022-12-01 | Jan 1974 | British |
| ROSS MBE, Karen Rosalind | Director | 2016-04-01 | Jul 1954 | British |
| SELLWOOD, Gareth | Director | 2022-11-11 | Dec 1978 | British |
| WAKELIN, Lesley Ann | Director | 2026-01-03 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANNISTER, Jason Hamilton | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2016-12-01 |
| BEAHAN, Gary Paul | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-09-01 |
| BOSE, Aditi | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2020-11-30 |
| BOWEN, Susan Patricia, Dr | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2023-03-20 |
| BRADLEY, Edmund | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| BROWN, Andrew Peter | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2013-11-30 |
| CHHOKAR, Jasbir Kaur | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| CHILDS, Richard | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2017-11-30 |
| EVANS, Thomas Christian Pinkerton | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2021-10-01 |
| HAYES, Adrian Chetwynd | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2012-03-31 |
| HOLLAND, Keith Robert | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| HUGGINS MBE, Rodney Philip | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2023-07-31 |
| JUBB, David Anthony | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| KAY, Angela Karen | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2018-08-31 |
| LONGSTAFF, Steven John | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2012-08-31 |
| MANGHNANI, Ranjit, Dr | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Ian Lindsey | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2015-08-31 |
| MATERLIK, Andrea Maria, Dr | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| MATTEWS, Jonathan, Doctor | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-09-13 |
| MITCHELL, Philip Charles Harry, Dr | Director | 2010-12-21 | 2015-02-28 |
| NORTCLIFF, Stephen, Professor | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2018-08-31 |
| PARSONS, Martin Leslie, Dr | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| PILKINGTON, Oliver Edward Bethune | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| POINTER, Fiona Jean | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2011-09-03 |
| PRAVDA, Georgia Beatrice | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-10-18 |
| REYNAERT, Beth Amelia, Dr | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| ROBSON, Ashley Mark | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| ROGERS, Sophy | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| SHAHI, Sanjay, Dr | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2024-09-12 |
| SMITH, Deirdre | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2021-01-13 |
| SPEARING, Laura | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2012-01-09 |
| STOCK, Margaret Jane | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2017-11-30 |
| TALBOT, David John | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2011-11-30 |
| TOMS, Claire | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2016-03-31 |
| TUGGEY, Timothy John | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| WAKELIN, Lesley Ann | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2026-01-03 |
| WEEDS, John Ian | Director | 2010-12-21 | 2012-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert John Kenwrick | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Richard Childs | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Toel Koyithara | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-09-16 | 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
-
Turnover
+8.2%
£9,155,747 £9,908,222
-
Cash
-21.2%
£3,986,228 £3,142,040
-
Net assets
-2.8%
£15,385,151 £14,950,870
-
Employees
+2.7%
147 151
-
Wages
+10.9%
£5,172,462 £5,734,072
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