WHICKHAM SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-9.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-3.9% vs 2024
Employees
217
-4.4% 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 | £11,550,039 | £12,609,500 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£431,601 | -£499,148 | |
| Cash | £2,329,484 | £2,117,896 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,302,210 | £14,702,062 | |
| Net assets | £15,302,210 | £14,702,062 | |
| Equity | £15,302,210 | £14,702,062 | |
| Average employees | 227 | 217 | |
| Wages | £6,742,482 | £7,287,287 |
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 | -3.7% | -4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.53x | 2.83x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The school is currently undertaking due diligence in relation to a merger with a local multi academy trust. Trustees have not yet made a final decision about whether to proceed with this merger but a decision is expected within the next twelve months.”
- “Trustees have identified the requirement to hold an amount of reserves to dedicate to expenditure associated with moving into a new build once this is complete (School Rebuilding Programme) and for an IT refresh when appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERSKINE, Rebecca | Secretary | 2026-01-26 | — | — |
| BAN, Sasha Lyn | Director | 2011-11-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
| BERRY, Kevin | Director | 2021-06-23 | Apr 1988 | British |
| BERRY, Simon Anthony | Director | 2024-10-04 | Jun 1987 | British |
| BRAIN, Malcolm Alfred, Cllr | Director | 2017-03-07 | May 1958 | British |
| BROWN, Adam | Director | 2022-06-14 | Sep 1976 | British |
| CRABTREE, Mark Stephen | Director | 2019-09-01 | Jul 1963 | British |
| HEWISON, Anthony Gordon | Director | 2011-08-04 | Mar 1952 | British |
| LAKE, Tarryn Alice | Director | 2024-03-18 | Jan 1984 | British |
| LAMBERT, Mark | Director | 2023-02-17 | Feb 1964 | British |
| MCLEOD, Vicki | Director | 2016-01-16 | Nov 1968 | British |
| PENDLETON, Stuart | Director | 2023-10-19 | Apr 1987 | British |
| SIMPSON, Laura Celeste | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
| TURNBULL, Fraser Ian | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jun 1975 | English |
| XU, Qi | Director | 2023-05-11 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVISON, Hazel | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2023-05-26 |
| HAIGH, Stephen James | Secretary | 2023-07-20 | 2025-12-31 |
| LEDGER, Moira | Secretary | 2011-08-04 | 2013-08-01 |
| ALEXANDER, Simon | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2022-03-27 |
| ANDERSON, Gloria | Director | 2011-09-26 | 2015-09-26 |
| BRADFORD, David Berry, Councillor | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2022-04-07 |
| BRAIN, Malcolm Alfred | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2016-03-19 |
| BUTLER, Jacqueline | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-09-01 |
| CAMSELL, Deborah Louise | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2017-03-27 |
| CHARLES, Fenella | Director | 2019-10-28 | 2020-08-31 |
| CONVERY, Deborah | Director | 2020-04-06 | 2021-05-26 |
| CRABTREE, Mark Stephen | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-01-20 |
| DAY, Aaran | Director | 2019-10-28 | 2022-08-31 |
| ENLUND, Catherine Joy | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2019-08-31 |
| GABEL, Rachael | Director | 2023-02-17 | 2023-11-15 |
| GUNN, Ian Robert | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-07-19 |
| HAIGH, Katrina | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2016-12-31 |
| HAIGH, Steven James | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| HALEY, Gary Robert, Cllr | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-06-26 |
| HEWITSON, Clare Denise | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2023-07-21 |
| HEWSON, Roger John | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2018-06-09 |
| HOGARTH-WILLIS, Ross | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| HOPPER, Thomas Herron | Director | 2011-08-04 | 2016-08-31 |
| JONES, Rhonda Elizabeth | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2020-06-16 |
| JONES, Rhonda Elizabeth | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2019-06-17 |
| LEDGER, Moira | Director | 2014-11-17 | 2018-11-17 |
| LITTLE, Geoffrey | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| MAITLAND, Graham Ian | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-11-05 |
| MAUGHAN, Peter James | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-09-01 |
| OAKES, Adrian William | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2021-01-25 |
| PATTERSON, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2013-07-19 |
| PEARS, Melanie Louise | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2025-10-20 |
| PENDLETON, Stuart | Director | 2023-10-19 | 2023-10-20 |
| PHILLIPS, Michael Ronald | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2021-05-11 |
| PHILLIPSON, Michael | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2018-02-05 |
| POTSE, Geessien Alida | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| POTTS, Melanie Jane | Director | 2024-02-13 | 2024-02-13 |
| PRICE, Philip John | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2013-09-03 |
| RIDLEY, Emma | Director | 2018-08-14 | 2022-08-14 |
| SCOTT, Sian | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-07-06 |
| SMITH, John | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-01-29 |
| STEPHENSON, Dee Lesley | Director | 2011-08-04 | 2016-12-31 |
| TOLLEY, Raymond John | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-09-26 |
| TROLLEY, Raymond John | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-02-28 |
| TURNBULL, Ian James Victor | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2018-02-05 |
| WALDEN, Denise | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-03-10 |
| WILSON, Anthony | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| YEO, Jenny Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2022-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | 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
- 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
+9.2%
£11,550,039 £12,609,500
-
Cash
-9.1%
£2,329,484 £2,117,896
-
Net assets
-3.9%
£15,302,210 £14,702,062
-
Employees
-4.4%
227 217
-
Wages
+8.1%
£6,742,482 £7,287,287
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