COBHAM FREE SCHOOL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£606K
-32.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
160
+0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COBHAM FREE SCHOOL TRUST 2012-03-16 → present
- NEXUS FREE SCHOOLS (COBHAM) LTD 2011-05-23 → 2012-03-16
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 | £6,037,025 | £6,910,339 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£420,625 | -£130,135 | |
| Cash | £902,417 | £605,652 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,658,543 | £21,541,408 | |
| Net assets | £21,645,543 | £21,541,408 | |
| Equity | £21,645,543 | £21,541,408 | |
| Average employees | 159 | 160 | |
| Wages | £3,858,167 | £4,264,352 |
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 | -7.0% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.9% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 2.77x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the strength of the Trust's reserves which are now £762,210 and the cash position of £852,138 this provides evidence of the Trust's liquidity and the Trustees have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Academic Outcomes included: 77% of pupils achieved good development in Early Years, 90% passed phonics check Year 1, strong Key Stage 2 results, 83% GCSE pass rate, improved A Level outcomes. Extensive enrichment programmes, residential stays, developed careers programme, music/drama opportunities, Duke of Edinburgh awards, sporting success.”
- “Site improvements included: refurbishment of playground and learning zones for Early Years, installation of resin pathways, progress on well-being garden, Lodge building refurbished for wrap-around care facility, and installation of EV superchargers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHATIB, Rafil Hamid | Secretary | 2011-05-23 | — | — |
| BEDFORD, Paul James | Director | 2021-12-11 | Jan 1979 | British |
| BENTLEY, John | Director | 2025-07-03 | Oct 1975 | British |
| COGSWELL, Nicholas James | Director | 2020-10-16 | Apr 1978 | British |
| ELLIS, Vicky | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jan 1980 | British |
| HACKFORTH, Marisa Charlotte | Director | 2025-01-23 | Jan 1973 | British |
| HUTTON-ATTENBOROUGH, Helen Louise | Director | 2020-08-25 | May 1962 | British |
| MORRIS, Howard Royston | Director | 2012-04-06 | Nov 1959 | British |
| ROLFE, Gillian Mary | Director | 2023-10-03 | May 1971 | British,South African |
| SANTOS-BINNEY, Max Malet | Director | 2025-12-17 | May 1988 | British |
| SAUNDERS, Ashleigh | Director | 2020-04-02 | Mar 1987 | British |
| SUKHDEO, Sachin | Director | 2023-10-03 | Apr 1979 | British,South African |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Charles Robert Maynard | Director | 2020-07-11 | 2023-07-11 |
| BANKS, Christopher Nigel | Director | 2021-12-11 | 2025-12-10 |
| BEDDISON, Catherine Ann | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2023-07-11 |
| CONSTANT, Clare | Director | 2016-01-23 | 2019-07-04 |
| DALY, Patrick | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2015-09-17 |
| HALL, Gillian Norma | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2011-11-25 |
| HAMBLETON, Helen Louise | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2015-09-21 |
| KHATIB, Michaela Ruth | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2023-10-03 |
| KHATIB, Rafil Hamid | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2021-12-11 |
| LIGHTBODY, Tanya | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2024-09-30 |
| MANDAN, Talib Ramzan Virji | Director | 2014-01-18 | 2017-09-30 |
| MARANGONI, Manola | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2012-02-19 |
| MCCARTHY, Martyn John Ives | Director | 2016-01-23 | 2020-01-22 |
| MERLINO, Paul Gerard | Director | 2014-01-18 | 2017-08-01 |
| MOSS, Fiona Dawn | Director | 2023-01-19 | 2025-01-19 |
| MURPHY, Pippa Stephanie | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2012-08-20 |
| NEWMAN, Laura | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2016-01-23 |
| PARSONS, Richard | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2021-10-19 |
| POPPE, Janet Mary | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2016-08-31 |
| RANGASAMY, Julia Clare | Director | 2011-11-26 | 2021-12-11 |
| RICHARDSON, Lauren | Director | 2021-10-24 | 2025-07-10 |
| ROLFE, Gillian Mary | Director | 2016-01-23 | 2020-01-22 |
| SHAH, Pritesh | Director | 2016-12-14 | 2020-06-12 |
| SHAH, Pritesh | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2016-10-18 |
| SHEARN, John Anthony | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2011-11-25 |
| SMITH, Andrew Stewart | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2015-07-10 |
| SMITH, Ian | Director | 2014-01-18 | 2020-12-04 |
| STAEGEMANN, Robert Graeme | Director | 2020-10-20 | 2022-10-19 |
| STURGES, Robert | Director | 2012-09-12 | 2013-05-22 |
| TIEDT, Trevor Anthony | Director | 2023-01-19 | 2025-01-19 |
| UNWIN, Miles Stewart | Director | 2012-11-17 | 2021-09-16 |
| WOOD, Paul | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2020-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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
+14.5%
£6,037,025 £6,910,339
-
Cash
-32.9%
£902,417 £605,652
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£21,645,543 £21,541,408
-
Employees
+0.6%
159 160
-
Wages
+10.5%
£3,858,167 £4,264,352
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