THE HAMBLIN EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-20 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+2.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
225
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£249K
-41.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE HAMBLIN EDUCATION TRUST 2015-09-24 → present
- ALTRINCHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS 2011-01-06 → 2015-09-24
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 | £13,569,000 | £14,953,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£184,000 | -£262,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£176,000 | -£249,000 | |
| Net profit | -£176,000 | -£249,000 | |
| Cash | £1,909,000 | £1,963,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,982,000 | £16,644,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,213,000 | £16,129,000 | |
| Equity | £16,213,000 | £16,129,000 | |
| Average employees | 225 | 225 | |
| Wages | £8,439,000 | £9,118,000 |
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 | -1.4% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.1% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.2% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.97x | |
| Interest cover | -61.33x | -87.33x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In August 2024, Trafford Leisure Trust engaged in a full tender process with the school for the future management of The Grammar sports facility. ... the decision was taken to move away from Trafford Leisure to School Plus+. This took effect from 1st January 2025.”
- “In May 2025, Altrincham Grammar School Developments Limited ceased to continue to accept donations with the intention of closing as an entity.”
- “In May 2023, Altrincham Grammar School for Boys established the AGSB Annual Fund for the purpose of generating donations which had previously been managed by Altrincham Grammar Developments Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTMAN, Duncan William | Director | 2013-07-23 | Sep 1958 | British |
| BOTTOMLEY, Jill Yvonne | Director | 2015-09-30 | May 1967 | British |
| BOULTON, Martin Andrew | Director | 2020-09-01 | Nov 1967 | British |
| FORSTER, Sharon Jane Heather | Director | 2016-12-08 | Nov 1959 | British |
| GARTSIDE, Timothy James | Director | 2011-01-06 | Jan 1961 | British |
| GREEN, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2015-11-24 | Nov 1955 | British |
| HALL, Terence John | Director | 2025-10-16 | Dec 1954 | British |
| HYMAN, Michael Rayner | Director | 2020-09-01 | Mar 1953 | British |
| JONES, Darren | Director | 2024-10-10 | Oct 1965 | British |
| SHAW, Andrew John | Director | 2011-01-06 | Jun 1955 | British |
| THOMPSON, Michael Damian | Director | 2019-10-11 | Feb 1954 | Irish |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIELD, Caroline | Secretary | 2011-01-06 | 2016-12-06 |
| BAILEY, Nicholas Carl | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2016-08-31 |
| BALFOUR, Ann Frances | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| BARCLAY, Karen Myra, Dr | Director | 2013-08-20 | 2016-08-31 |
| BARRAT, Christopher Michael | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2013-09-12 |
| BRADY, Graham Stuart | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2016-12-06 |
| COWEN, Pamela Jayne | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2016-08-31 |
| CUMMINS, Robert | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| EVANS, Nicholas John | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2016-08-31 |
| FINLAN, Rosemary | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2016-08-31 |
| GREEN, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2015-11-25 |
| HADDAD, Denise Louise, Mrs. | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| HALL, Terence John | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| HARDING, Gary | Director | 2013-08-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| INGHAM, Anthony | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2016-08-31 |
| JONES, Darren | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| KINNEY, John Paul | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| KUPUSAREVIC, Sharon | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| LORD, Karen Anne | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2016-08-31 |
| LOWE, Tim | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2016-08-31 |
| NICOL, Judith Anne | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2014-12-19 |
| ORMESHER, David Harrison | Director | 2013-08-07 | 2016-08-31 |
| PERRETT, Stephen John Wedgwood | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2016-08-31 |
| RUSSEL-FISHER, Robin John | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2016-12-06 |
| THOMSON, Malcolm, Dr | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2017-07-13 |
| YOUNG, Emma Christine | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2016-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robin John Russel-Fisher | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2018-09-01 | Active |
| Sir Graham Stuart Brady | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2018-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew John Shaw | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2018-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+10.2%
£13,569,000 £14,953,000
-
Cash
+2.8%
£1,909,000 £1,963,000
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£16,213,000 £16,129,000
-
Employees
0%
225 225
-
Operating profit
-42.4%
-£184,000 -£262,000
-
Profit before tax
-41.5%
-£176,000 -£249,000
-
Wages
+8%
£8,439,000 £9,118,000
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