THE PLATANOS 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
-30.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
+3.9% vs 2024
Employees
147
-7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+883.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE PLATANOS TRUST 2014-03-10 → present
- PLATANOS COLLEGE 2012-08-22 → 2014-03-10
- STOCKWELL PARK HIGH SCHOOL 2011-01-13 → 2012-08-22
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 | £15,021,000 | £16,340,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£199,000 | £1,560,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£199,000 | £1,560,000 | |
| Net profit | -£199,000 | £1,560,000 | |
| Cash | £2,245,000 | £1,559,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,195,000 | £37,591,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,195,000 | £37,591,000 | |
| Equity | £36,195,000 | £37,591,000 | |
| Average employees | 158 | 147 | |
| Wages | £6,130,000 | £6,037,000 |
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 | -1.3% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.6% | 1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.51x | 5.63x | |
| Interest cover | -1.70x | 11.91x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Platanos Trust is run on a Going Concern/Financial Sustainability basis and we have sufficient resources to operate for the foreseeable future. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE PLATANOS TRUST · parent
- Platanos Development Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The college has successfully put preparations in place, with the approval of the DfE, for the opening of its new ASD resourced provision from September 2025. Resources including a large-scale sensory garden was successfully developed and delivered in advance.”
- “The new Platanos College Sixth Form has developed into a vibrant centre for our young people and there is a sense of belonging.”
- “Our nursery at Castle Hill Academy continues to thrive. It successfully expanded following DfE approval and now caters for children from age 2.”
- “Winterbourne Boys' Academy also joined our other schools in attaining Centre of Excellence status for the first time for the academic year 2024-2025.”
- “The Trust contributed and successfully delivered a number of capital improvement projects, ranging from large-scale heating, windows and LED light replacements to roof and fire safety improvements.”
- “Renegotiated and consolidated our energy contracts in advance, taking advantage of economies of scale.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOMINGO, Agatha Lauretta | Director | 2012-02-15 | Jan 1964 | British |
| MAYAH, Jacob Tata Fongoh | Director | 2019-12-09 | May 1968 | Cameroonian |
| MCKENZIE, Kevin John | Director | 2026-01-28 | Mar 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Terence Roy | Director | 2019-12-09 | Mar 1949 | Scottish |
| OBERHOLZER, Lizana, Dr | Director | 2019-12-09 | Dec 1973 | South African |
| WHYTE, Humroy Adolphus | Director | 2019-12-09 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGEHOUSE COMPANY SECRETARIES | Corporate Secretary | 2012-02-15 | 2012-05-01 |
| ALABI, Akinrin Toyin | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2019-12-28 |
| BOWES, Amymay Mirerennie | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2019-12-09 |
| BRAKUS, Josko | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2025-01-28 |
| BROWN, Maureen Jacqueline | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2019-12-09 |
| FRANKS, David Louis | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-02-15 |
| MCKENZIE, Kevin | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2026-01-28 |
| MORRIS, Benjamin | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2021-07-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Eileen | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-08-20 |
| RODRIGUEZ MONTEIRO, Alan | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2019-12-09 |
| SMITH, Thelma Margueritte | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-06-01 |
| WHYTE, Humroy | Director | 2012-02-15 | 2016-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Agatha Domingo | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-06-17 | Active |
| Mr Akin Alabi | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2017-06-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2026-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+8.8%
£15,021,000 £16,340,000
-
Cash
-30.6%
£2,245,000 £1,559,000
-
Net assets
+3.9%
£36,195,000 £37,591,000
-
Employees
-7%
158 147
-
Operating profit
+883.9%
-£199,000 £1,560,000
-
Profit before tax
+883.9%
-£199,000 £1,560,000
-
Wages
-1.5%
£6,130,000 £6,037,000
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