DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
Cash
£261K
-39.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+2% vs 2024
Employees
106
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £5,704,591 | £6,595,901 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£2,071,602 | -£12,792 | |
| Cash | £429,762 | £261,430 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,543,949 | £7,487,923 | |
| Net assets | £7,267,294 | £7,413,502 | |
| Equity | £7,267,294 | £7,413,502 | |
| Average employees | 108 | 106 | |
| Wages | £3,555,106 | £3,787,500 |
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 | -36.3% | -0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.23x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The Academy had a free reserves position at the 31 August 2025 of £100,730 in addition to restricted reserves of Nil, with £261,430 held of cash at this date. Going forwards, the Academy is expanding by 32 pupils per year for the next 3 years,”
Significant events
- “The Academy is expanding by 32 pupils per year for the next 3 years, and we will start to benefit from this extra funding in future years. There is also an ongoing focus on increasing sixth form pupil numbers, and the financial benefit of this change is expected in 2025/26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN, Ellen Marie | Director | 2022-09-12 | Mar 1970 | British |
| COTTON, Heather Joan | Director | 2021-06-21 | Mar 1973 | British |
| JENNISON, Jessica, Dr | Director | 2024-12-04 | Apr 1980 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Karen Mary | Director | 2024-04-08 | Feb 1967 | British |
| PLANT, Katie Marysia | Director | 2023-03-13 | May 1979 | British |
| SPOONER, Grace Ellen | Director | 2024-03-09 | Mar 2005 | British |
| TUSTAIN, Sarah Jane | Director | 2024-11-15 | Jul 1968 | British |
| VARGA, Alina Laura | Director | 2025-03-03 | Sep 1976 | Romanian |
| WILSON, Jodie Charlotte Andrea | Director | 2023-10-21 | Sep 1987 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADKINS, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| BECKMAN, Fiona | Director | 2014-06-29 | 2018-06-26 |
| BELL, Beverley Jane | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Matthew George James | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-09-03 |
| CLARKE, Helena | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2025-01-06 |
| CLATWORTHY, Sonia Bergitte | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2014-07-22 |
| DINHAM, Adrian | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2015-09-10 |
| DOLAN, Jill Eileen | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2020-12-31 |
| DOWRICK, Mark | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2014-06-28 |
| FARRELL, Corinne Susan | Director | 2014-06-29 | 2018-06-28 |
| FRINGS, Olivia Katherine | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2015-05-16 |
| FROST, Victoria Anne | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2025-09-22 |
| FRY, Andy | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2014-06-28 |
| GALLEY, Robert Peter | Director | 2018-09-16 | 2019-09-02 |
| GRAHAM, Jamie Piers, Dr | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2020-12-14 |
| GRIMES, Olivia | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2023-09-18 |
| HARRINGTON-SEDDON, Maria | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2023-05-15 |
| HARRINGTON-SEDDON, Maria | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2014-07-14 |
| HARRIS, Vanessa | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2024-11-03 |
| HAYWARD, John David | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2012-09-17 |
| HEHIR, Suzanne Rhiannon | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HEMSI, Anita Elizabeth | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2021-08-31 |
| HUTCHINGS, Carl | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2022-06-28 |
| HUTTON, Alison Clare | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-12-17 |
| JAMES, Ann | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-03-12 |
| JAY, Rosalind Ann | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2024-08-08 |
| JONAS, Nicola Sarah | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2012-08-31 |
| LAM, Alison, Dr | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2014-07-02 |
| NOTT, Kathryn | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2018-09-11 |
| O'RILEY, Warren | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2023-07-10 |
| PEARCE, David Anthony | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2015-08-31 |
| RAHMAN, Syed Shahidur | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2026-01-26 |
| READ, James Michael, Dr | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2012-08-31 |
| ROGERS, Zoe Frances | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2021-09-29 |
| SARGEANT, Lee James | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| SMITH, Karl Peter Lock | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2023-10-17 |
| SMITH, Laura Janice | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2014-06-28 |
| STARTUP, David Robert | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2013-08-31 |
| TUCKWELL, Gemma | Director | 2022-06-04 | 2023-05-15 |
| TUSTAIN, Sarah Jane | Director | 2024-11-15 | 2026-04-28 |
| WEBSTER, Victoria | Director | 2018-09-16 | 2022-06-10 |
| WESTCOTT, Glynis Wendy | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2022-09-11 |
| WESTERN, Margaret Linda | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2015-11-30 |
| WIDDECOMBE, Julie Ann | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2023-07-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Shirley Anne | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2019-07-13 |
| WILSON, Jodie Charlotte Andrea | Director | 2023-10-21 | 2026-04-28 |
| WILTON, Patricia Maria | Director | 2023-05-04 | 2023-05-04 |
| WILTON, Patricia Maria | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2022-06-28 |
| WIMALARATNA, Rohini | Director | 2011-03-29 | 2013-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Glynis Wendy Westcott | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2023-05-04 |
| Mrs Shirley Anne Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2023-05-04 |
| Mrs Olivia Grimes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2023-05-04 |
| Mrs Shirley Anne Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2022-09-12 |
| Mrs Glynis Wendy Westcott | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-03-01 | Ceased 2022-09-12 |
| Mrs Shirley Anne Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-03-12 | Ceased 2022-09-12 |
| Elspeth Scott Wiltshire | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-03-12 | Ceased 2022-09-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
+15.6%
£5,704,591 £6,595,901
-
Cash
-39.2%
£429,762 £261,430
-
Net assets
+2%
£7,267,294 £7,413,502
-
Employees
-1.9%
108 106
-
Wages
+6.5%
£3,555,106 £3,787,500
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