THE ECCLESBOURNE SCHOOL

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Governors has a reasonable expectation that the Academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The School was inspected by OFSTED in September 2023. The outcome of the review was as follows: Overall effectiveness - good; The quality of education - good; Behaviour and attitudes - requires improvement; Personal development - good; Leadership and management - good; Sixth form provision - good.”
• “Additional grant income was received during the year to assist with rising costs to the Academy.”
• “Areas where expenditure increased most were teaching staff costs, following nationally agreed pay increases, utilities costs, site maintenance costs and examination fees.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +5.1%

  £10,130,438 → £10,644,930

• Cash

  +43.7%

  £3,285,479 → £4,720,250

• Net assets

  +1%

  £26,223,870 → £26,483,117

• Employees

  -9.8%

  173 → 156

• Profit before tax

  -80.4%

  £1,620,507 → £318,247

• Wages

  +5.3%

  £5,737,966 → £6,041,716

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