POOLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£783K
-1.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+3.8% vs 2024
Employees
150
-6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £8,346,574 | £8,882,568 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£476,008 | -£280,330 | |
| Cash | £794,011 | £783,455 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,630,625 | £14,325,183 | |
| Net assets | £13,656,619 | £14,180,289 | |
| Equity | £13,656,619 | £14,180,289 | |
| Average employees | 160 | 150 | |
| Wages | £4,934,831 | £5,007,917 |
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 | -5.7% | -3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.8% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.75x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore (South) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Governors 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 Governors continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Group structure
- POOLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL · parent
- Poole Grammar School Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “continuing significantly increased utility, food and fuel prices following the ongoing crisis in Ukraine as well as general cost of living pressures”
- “support staff national pay awards from April 2025”
- “Increased pressure on funding following the 2024 and 2025 Teachers national pay awards and increased National Insurance.”
- “Increase in the pension contribution for teaching staff”
- “successful Ofsted visit in May 2025 with outstanding in the areas of behaviour and attitudes and personal development and good in the areas of quality of education, leadership and management and sixth form provision.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITT, Katherine Anne | Secretary | 2023-10-31 | — | — |
| BARNARD, Marianne | Director | 2023-03-09 | Jun 1977 | British |
| BICHARD, Neil John | Director | 2011-07-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| BOWDEN, Simon John | Director | 2014-12-18 | Sep 1959 | United Kingdom |
| CARR, Jonathan | Director | 2025-07-09 | Oct 1972 | British |
| COPE, James Christopher | Director | 2024-05-13 | Mar 1971 | British |
| CULKIN, Lucy | Director | 2024-03-26 | Nov 1978 | English |
| DANIELS, Mark Jason | Director | 2026-01-06 | Mar 1962 | English |
| ETHERIDGE, Katie | Director | 2024-09-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| PINDER, Andrew Kerr | Director | 2024-05-13 | Sep 1964 | British |
| POWER, Kenneth John, Dr | Director | 2011-06-10 | Apr 1956 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Mark | Director | 2022-09-15 | Feb 1969 | British |
| THOMAS, April Jayne | Director | 2015-12-10 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STIBY, Jonathan Robert Thomas | Secretary | 2011-06-17 | 2023-10-31 |
| BAKER, Andrew John | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| BATES, Stephen Charles | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2019-07-19 |
| BUFTON, Robert Leslie | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2016-12-31 |
| CARTER, Ian Charles | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-12-31 |
| CHASE, Nathan | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2021-03-11 |
| CHURCHES, Catherine Ann | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2017-11-06 |
| CRISELL, Brian Terence | Director | 2022-11-28 | 2023-06-20 |
| CROSBY, Catherine Louise | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2018-10-18 |
| DANIELS, Mark Jason | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| DICKSON, David Munro, Dr | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-07-10 |
| DULLAGE, Bryan | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| EADES, Philip Michael, Cllr | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2012-05-24 |
| ECCLES, Susan Ann, Dr | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-10-19 |
| FALCK, Adrian Clive | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2023-06-20 |
| FRENCH, Frances Margaret | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2023-04-19 |
| FRY, Susan Da Conceicao | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2023-11-10 |
| FULLER, Simon Philip | Director | 2020-01-16 | 2023-01-12 |
| GOLLAN, Fiona | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2024-05-13 |
| HALL, Hilary | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2024-12-10 |
| HOLMES-EVANS, Marika Helen | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2024-01-15 |
| KNAPPER, Rosie | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2023-03-09 |
| KNOWLES, Richard Hugh | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| LOCKYER, Alison Margaret | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-05-24 |
| MERRY, Suzanne Jane | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| MORRIS, Stephen John | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2023-04-19 |
| NEWELL, David Mark | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2023-11-03 |
| PHILLIPS, Joshua | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2023-03-09 |
| PIDGLEY, Michael | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| POWELL, Simon Geoffrey Robert | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2022-09-15 |
| POWELL, Simon Geoffrey Robert | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| PULLEN, John Christopher | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2017-10-19 |
| RANA, Jayes Krasandas | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2021-12-09 |
| RISNESS, Jane Marjorie Dean | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2019-01-24 |
| ROOD, Simon James Churches | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| SMITH, Amanda Jane, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| SMITH, Rhiannon Jane, Dr | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2021-09-02 |
| STEEL, Anita Louise | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2024-10-14 |
| STEVENS, Kirsty | Director | 2021-11-17 | 2024-01-12 |
| THOMPSON, Emma, Dr | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2022-09-21 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2017-05-10 |
| YEO, Hayley | Director | 2024-01-10 | 2025-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+6.4%
£8,346,574 £8,882,568
-
Cash
-1.3%
£794,011 £783,455
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£13,656,619 £14,180,289
-
Employees
-6.3%
160 150
-
Wages
+1.5%
£4,934,831 £5,007,917
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