SALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-08 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-22
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+50.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-2.6% vs 2024
Employees
127
+13.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£320K
-153.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £9,283,000 | £9,857,000 | |
| Operating profit | £622,000 | -£293,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £603,000 | -£320,000 | |
| Net profit | £603,000 | -£320,000 | |
| Cash | £808,000 | £1,219,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,050,000 | £14,653,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,050,000 | £14,653,000 | |
| Equity | £15,050,000 | £14,653,000 | |
| Average employees | 112 | 127 | |
| Wages | £4,827,000 | £5,115,000 |
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 | 6.7% | -3.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | -2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.9% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.98x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | 18.29x | -6.37x |
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
- “re-opening of an upgraded Music Block which has seen areas being re-purposed enabling a layout that better supports the delivery of the curriculum especially for the delivery of Music and Drama.”
- “The school continued to progress its work on its climate action plan which focuses on both infrastructure, behavioural and educational elements. This saw the school setting up a range of new initiatives such as securing a new renewable energy supplier for its electricity, students increasing their educational understanding of this area through running campaigns to promote active travel and setting up a pop-up refill shop, electric vehicle chargers being installed on site for staff and visitors to use, and a new waste management strategy being launched across the school site to increase the percentage of waste that we recycle.”
- “The school also invested in a significant upgrade to its digital infrastructure as part of its digital strategy, and through the procurement and implementation of a new management information system.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INNES, John Matthew | Secretary | 2022-02-21 | — | — |
| BLACK, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2022-07-05 | Jul 1975 | British |
| CHOW, Kin Kee, Dr | Director | 2022-11-30 | Nov 1975 | British |
| DAVENPORT, Laura Maria | Director | 2025-11-26 | Jun 1978 | British |
| DAVIES, Gareth John | Director | 2026-01-27 | Apr 1983 | British |
| HALL, Linda Karen | Director | 2024-10-23 | Jun 1962 | British |
| JOHNSON, Helen Anne Marie | Director | 2019-12-13 | Sep 1975 | British |
| PATIL, Jaydeep Gajanan | Director | 2022-07-05 | Apr 1974 | British |
| PORTER, Olivia Kate | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| REEVES, Gemma Louise | Director | 2023-07-06 | Oct 1978 | British |
| ROYLE, Caroline Rose | Director | 2018-03-23 | May 1964 | British |
| SMITH, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2021-12-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| TSAI, Hsin-Ju, Dr | Director | 2024-01-29 | Jan 1979 | British |
| TURYA, Eva Asiimwe | Director | 2021-10-18 | Jan 1975 | British |
| WEIGHTMAN, Vincent | Director | 2023-09-20 | Nov 1983 | British |
| WITTERICK, Stephen Edward | Director | 2025-11-26 | Feb 1977 | British |
| YEUNG, Kai Yin | Director | 2021-10-21 | Jun 1992 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCPARTLAND, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2011-02-22 | 2022-02-21 |
| ALI, Nasar, Dr | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2022-05-16 |
| ASHAN, Sara | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-06-18 |
| ASHWORTH, Zoe Elizabeth | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2024-11-24 |
| AZZOUNI, Khouloud Saleh | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2018-03-15 |
| BARRON, Philippa Elizabeth | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2023-12-22 |
| BARRON, Philippa Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-12-04 |
| BIRKMIRE, David Michael | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2014-09-01 |
| BRATT, Martyn Andrew | Director | 2023-03-10 | 2024-03-21 |
| BRINDLEY, Christopher James | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2022-07-31 |
| BUDENBERG, Alan Neil | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2023-09-20 |
| CHAMPION, Olivia Josephine | Director | 2020-10-23 | 2022-07-31 |
| CITRINE, David Peter | Director | 2021-10-17 | 2023-12-22 |
| CITRINE, David Peter | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2020-09-01 |
| CUTTERIDGE, Alastair John | Director | 2021-10-15 | 2023-12-22 |
| CUTTERIDGE, Alastair John | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2020-09-01 |
| FENTON, Alex | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-09-26 |
| GREENSTREET, Susan Catherine | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2016-12-07 |
| HARRISON, Nicola Jane | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2021-09-16 |
| HAWKINS, Frances | Director | 2021-08-10 | 2022-12-05 |
| HOLE, Victoria Kelly Morgan | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2020-01-06 |
| HOLLAND, David Charles | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-06-18 |
| HOPLEY, Teresa | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-10-17 |
| HOPLEY, Teresa | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2016-02-10 |
| HOWELL, Zehida Perveen | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2016-11-14 |
| HUSSAIN, Sirfraz, Dr | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2019-09-05 |
| INESON, Samuel James | Director | 2021-10-20 | 2022-08-23 |
| JAMEEL, Mohammed | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-03-15 |
| KELL, Alistair William | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-03-15 |
| KIRKHAM, Aileen Isabelle Joan | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2020-02-18 |
| LUND, John Rodney | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2018-12-04 |
| MCNAMARA, Jonathan Paul, Dr | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2019-03-13 |
| NESFIELD, Jade Sarah | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2023-03-21 |
| RILEY, Maxine | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2023-10-18 |
| ROBERTS, Philip | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-01-25 |
| ROBERTS, Philip | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2020-10-05 |
| SAGER, Donna, Dr | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2019-09-12 |
| SINGLETON, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2013-12-03 |
| SMALLWOOD, Mark Stephen | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2020-09-01 |
| STEWART, Patrick Charles Donald | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2023-12-22 |
| WILKINSON, Kirsty | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2023-03-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Carl Alan | Director | 2023-11-29 | 2025-09-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rebecca Louise Smith | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2020-09-01 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
| Mr Mark Stephen Smallwood | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2020-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+6.2%
£9,283,000 £9,857,000
-
Cash
+50.9%
£808,000 £1,219,000
-
Net assets
-2.6%
£15,050,000 £14,653,000
-
Employees
+13.4%
112 127
-
Operating profit
-147.1%
£622,000 -£293,000
-
Profit before tax
-153.1%
£603,000 -£320,000
-
Wages
+6%
£4,827,000 £5,115,000
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