DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-18 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£610K
-30.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-1.7% vs 2024
Employees
152
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£605K
-80.6% vs 2024
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 | £9,084,313 | £9,318,497 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£335,136 | -£605,235 | |
| Net profit | -£162,136 | -£263,235 | |
| Cash | £882,371 | £610,155 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,245,815 | £15,644,580 | |
| Net assets | £15,907,815 | £15,644,580 | |
| Equity | £15,907,815 | £15,644,580 | |
| Average employees | 154 | 152 | |
| Wages | £5,106,981 | £5,417,364 |
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 | -1.8% | -2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.33x | 1.72x |
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
- Griffin Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees are confident that the school can continue to operate on a Going Concern basis. Further details regarding the adoption of the Going Concern Basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “A further £20k has been added in 2024-25 to the 3G Pitches sinking fund.”
- “The bus service for 2024-25 the school continued to run 4 buses all of which are full and were run at a level that does not incur a deficit. Six buses are planned for 2025/26 with the use of an external provider to manage debt and maximise capacity and the available service.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAITES, Jackie | Secretary | 2022-05-17 | — | — |
| BLIGHT, Giles Richard | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
| BRUCE-SPENCER, Carolyn Grace | Director | 2011-02-09 | Jan 1964 | British |
| CHALLACOMBE, Alison Jane | Director | 2025-02-04 | Oct 1971 | British |
| ELFORD, Philippa Elizabeth | Director | 2026-01-12 | Jul 1980 | British |
| GODEFROY, Shona Elizabeth | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| GREENACRE, Richard Paul | Director | 2014-03-25 | Aug 1959 | British |
| PICKERSGILL, Mark John | Director | 2022-04-13 | Sep 1961 | British |
| PRICE, Heidi Natasha | Director | 2014-03-25 | Oct 1966 | British |
| ROBERTS, Daniel James John | Director | 2015-09-01 | Dec 1978 | British |
| SANDERS, Carys | Director | 2020-03-09 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Graham Lord | Secretary | 2011-02-09 | 2014-08-25 |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey Charles | Secretary | 2011-02-09 | 2022-05-11 |
| EDWARDS, Karen | Secretary | 2019-10-07 | 2023-08-31 |
| BREARE, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2018-08-31 |
| BULTMANN, Liam | Director | 2019-01-25 | 2020-02-09 |
| CHALINDER, Lynn Michele | Director | 2015-01-06 | 2019-01-05 |
| CHALINDER, Lynne | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2024-08-31 |
| COOMBS, Ffion | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2023-12-04 |
| CREBER, Diane | Director | 2011-03-11 | 2023-07-04 |
| DAVARIAN-DEHSORKHE, Sima Katie | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2014-11-18 |
| DONNELLY, Rebecca Joanne | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2021-09-21 |
| EARLEY, Kieran John | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2015-08-31 |
| FARMER, Andrew | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2015-03-05 |
| GREEN, Rachel Grace | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2020-01-26 |
| GREEN, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2015-09-15 | 2017-08-31 |
| HALL, Lindsey Victoria | Director | 2014-11-19 | 2018-04-25 |
| HARLEY, Richard Michael Charles | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2018-04-13 |
| HUQ, Tristin | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2018-10-21 |
| JOHNSON, Roger William | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2021-03-23 |
| KILLICK, Richard George Brakespeare | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2022-07-05 |
| KING, Audrey Dorothy | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2017-08-31 |
| KING, Wendy Jean | Director | 2015-01-06 | 2019-01-05 |
| LOWE, Lisa Rose | Director | 2011-03-16 | 2016-03-22 |
| MARSH, Philip | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-09-11 |
| MORETON, Sue | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2022-10-06 |
| ORCHARD, Thomas Langdon | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2025-08-31 |
| OWENS, Stephanie Lynne | Director | 2025-02-04 | 2026-02-02 |
| PANNELL, Wendy Jane | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2014-11-17 |
| PENTECOST, Simon | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2022-07-05 |
| SHOWELL, Geoffrey John | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2019-06-30 |
| TINDALL-JONES, Julia Mary | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2014-08-31 |
| VILES, Susan | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2019-02-08 |
| WEST, Maurice Arnold | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2024-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+2.6%
£9,084,313 £9,318,497
-
Cash
-30.9%
£882,371 £610,155
-
Net assets
-1.7%
£15,907,815 £15,644,580
-
Employees
-1.3%
154 152
-
Profit before tax
-80.6%
-£335,136 -£605,235
-
Wages
+6.1%
£5,106,981 £5,417,364
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