THE COMMONWEAL SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+9.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
-1.6% vs 2024
Employees
173
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£126K
+55.2% vs 2024
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 | £9,618,690 | £10,211,437 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£281,420 | -£126,022 | |
| Net profit | -£281,420 | -£126,022 | |
| Cash | £1,417,279 | £1,549,143 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,991,325 | £18,668,598 | |
| Net assets | £18,536,172 | £18,245,150 | |
| Equity | £18,536,172 | £18,245,150 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 173 | |
| Wages | £5,734,650 | £6,058,667 |
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 | -2.9% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.3% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.83x | 3.02x |
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
- Bishop Fleming 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Trust operates an academy for pupils aged 11 to 19 in Swindon. It has a pupil capacity, including the Sixth Form, of 1400 and had a roll of 1449 in the school census on 5 October 2025.”
- “Total days of suspension in 2024-2025 showed a small decline from the previous year. The number of students receiving one or more suspension decreased more notably.”
- “Three students were permanently excluded from Commonweal during the 2024-25 school year.”
- “The Academy was last inspected by OFSTED in June 2023. This was an ungraded Section 8 inspection. Ofsted found that The Commonweal School continues to be a good school.”
- “Numerous projects have been completed: several classrooms have been updated, as part of an ongoing long-term project to update teaching areas, numerous new IT items have been purchased, roof replacements and various health and safety projects have been completed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Charlotte Anne Crowder | Secretary | 2023-02-20 | — | — |
| ARAM, Ali | Director | 2020-09-01 | Aug 1964 | Swedish,English |
| BAKKER, Johanna, Dr | Director | 2011-08-01 | Oct 1952 | Dutch |
| BALLANCE, Esme | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jul 1980 | British |
| BURCH, Helen | Director | 2022-12-12 | Jul 1976 | English |
| DREW, Charles James Holland | Director | 2021-09-01 | May 1979 | English |
| FORSYTHE, Tony Christopher | Director | 2019-07-08 | Sep 1972 | British |
| GEORGE, Francis | Director | 2022-12-12 | Jun 1968 | British |
| GREEN, Nigel Jonathon | Director | 2024-12-09 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HERON-TAYLOR, Samantha | Director | 2025-02-03 | May 1986 | British |
| IBRAHIMOVIC, Mirela | Director | 2022-12-12 | Nov 1978 | British |
| JACKSON, Hayley | Director | 2025-07-14 | Dec 1980 | British |
| LEROY, Florence | Director | 2020-05-18 | Dec 1970 | English |
| MASON, David Miles | Director | 2011-08-01 | Jun 1954 | British |
| MOORE, Sarah | Director | 2023-12-12 | Aug 1978 | British |
| PARMENTER, Greville John | Director | 2014-02-03 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Neil | Director | 2019-10-21 | Mar 1986 | English |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAR, Joanne Sara | Secretary | 2016-08-30 | 2023-02-20 |
| BENNETT HOLMES, Laura | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| BIRNIE, Joyce | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2023-05-23 |
| BOURNE, Julian David | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2019-10-04 |
| BUSUTTIL, Susan | Director | 2013-03-04 | 2015-05-11 |
| BUTCHER, Wendy | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-12-06 |
| CANTLON, Andy | Director | 2011-06-27 | 2012-09-17 |
| CLARKE, Paul David | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-05-19 |
| CLIFFORD-BUDDEN, Crystal | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2025-10-31 |
| CURNOCK, Audrey Geraldine, Dr | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2013-11-25 |
| DEFTER, Keith | Director | 2011-06-27 | 2017-08-31 |
| EDWARDS, Angela | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2018-05-14 |
| EVANS, Justine Karena | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| FIDAN, Ahmet Gurcan | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2022-07-20 |
| FORD, Erica Jane | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2022-10-10 |
| FRANKLIN, Simone Louise | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2024-04-12 |
| GLENNIE, Edward Brooke | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| GRIST, Scott Warren | Director | 2013-03-04 | 2014-12-16 |
| GUDGEON, Natalie Margaret | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2014-08-31 |
| HARRIS, Heather Louise | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-10-14 |
| HUTTON, Phil | Director | 2020-05-18 | 2024-12-09 |
| LINNEGAR, Robert Earl St. John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Alexandra | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2019-09-06 |
| MCCUSKER, Peter Michael, Dr | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2011-09-26 |
| MEAD, William Anthony | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| MORGAN, Caroline | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-04-28 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Colette | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2015-02-10 |
| PEELE, Linda | Director | 2018-03-12 | 2025-01-06 |
| PINN, Julian Philip | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2017-05-09 |
| REMOIVILLE, Axel | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| ROBINSON, John Derek | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| SHIMWELL, Robert James | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2011-09-01 |
| SHIMWELL, Robert James | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2016-07-22 |
| SKINNER, David Peter | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2020-02-10 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Alison Ruth | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| TUERSLEY, Anna | Director | 2020-05-18 | 2023-12-12 |
| WARE, Nicholas | Director | 2018-03-12 | 2022-08-31 |
| WATTS, Megan | Director | 2023-12-12 | 2025-12-03 |
| WEAVER, Nicholas | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2021-11-08 |
| WHETMAN, Lucy | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2019-09-24 |
| WHETMAN, Lucy | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Genevieve Anne | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Mari | Director | 2011-06-27 | 2016-12-31 |
| WILSON, Debra | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2020-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+6.2%
£9,618,690 £10,211,437
-
Cash
+9.3%
£1,417,279 £1,549,143
-
Net assets
-1.6%
£18,536,172 £18,245,150
-
Employees
+4.8%
165 173
-
Profit before tax
+55.2%
-£281,420 -£126,022
-
Wages
+5.7%
£5,734,650 £6,058,667
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