COTHAM SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-7.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+3.9% vs 2024
Employees
206
-0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£332K
+14.9% vs 2024
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 | £12,573,499 | £13,242,520 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£389,395 | -£331,536 | |
| Net profit | -£389,395 | -£331,536 | |
| Cash | £2,653,697 | £2,450,382 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,765,223 | £21,379,687 | |
| Net assets | £20,573,223 | £21,379,687 | |
| Equity | £20,573,223 | £21,379,687 | |
| Average employees | 207 | 206 | |
| Wages | £6,753,404 | £7,470,118 |
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 | -3.1% | -2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.4% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.21x | 2.48x |
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
- “On 29th September 2021 the Members passed a resolution to adopt the Department for Education Model Articles of Association for use by mainstream academies.”
- “A two-day inspection took place in October 2023. The school was praised by Ofsted inspectors for the 'breadth and ambition' of its curriculum and for its 'calm and harmonious' atmosphere.”
- “Bristol City Council approached secondary schools in 2024 -2025 and asked if they could take more year 7 students... Cotham agreed for the intake of 2025 - 2026 to take 18 more year 7 students.”
- “A Town and Village Green application was approved by the Public Rights of Way and Greens Committee in June 2023... Through a legal case heard in the High Court in Bristol in January 2025, handed down in June 2025... the Town and Village Green status was legally removed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSLAND, Allison Jacqueline | Secretary | 2020-02-24 | — | — |
| DREISSIG, Malgorzata | Secretary | 2025-06-12 | — | — |
| ALDERSON, Dora Lilian | Director | 2011-09-01 | Feb 1948 | British |
| BRADSHAW, Paula Kirsten | Director | 2025-06-24 | Jun 1968 | British |
| BUTLER, Joanne Marguerite | Director | 2015-09-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| CORRIGAN, Thomas George | Director | 2025-03-11 | Jul 1961 | British |
| FRYER, Sandra Rosa | Director | 2021-09-30 | Oct 1952 | British |
| HAMILTON, Sophie Anita | Director | 2022-03-21 | Oct 1974 | British |
| HUCKLE, Peter Reginald | Director | 2026-03-05 | Jul 1956 | British |
| HUNT, Lucy Jane | Director | 2017-12-14 | Apr 1974 | British |
| JEWELL, Rachel Helen | Director | 2025-03-24 | Jul 1979 | British |
| LETTAU, Susanne | Director | 2025-05-21 | Jun 1976 | German |
| NA THWANI, Henna | Director | 2024-06-19 | Oct 1986 | British |
| NUTBROWN, Graham Giles, Dr | Director | 2022-09-22 | Nov 1951 | British |
| PUTTICK, Richard Alexander | Director | 2020-01-31 | Feb 1960 | British |
| REID, Rebecca Ann-Maria | Director | 2020-01-31 | Sep 1970 | British |
| RUFUS, Jared Stephen Farquhar | Director | 2022-12-08 | Feb 1993 | British |
| THOMAS, Katherine Ruth | Director | 2024-02-27 | Nov 1974 | British |
| TOBIAS, Isabel Marianna | Director | 2020-12-02 | Oct 1959 | British |
| WYNNE, Kirsty Louise | Director | 2026-01-22 | Feb 1993 | English |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUCKLE, Peter | Secretary | 2021-05-06 | 2021-05-17 |
| SOWERSBY, Leanne Marie | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2020-02-24 |
| SPERRING, Melanie | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | 2013-09-10 |
| SWINDALL, Thursa Stephanie Charlotte | Secretary | 2013-09-09 | 2014-06-06 |
| BARBER, Jack | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2025-07-10 |
| BASS, John Martin | Director | 2016-03-16 | 2022-09-22 |
| BATANERO DE MONTENEGRO, Anne Gabrielle | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2012-12-16 |
| BONADDIO, Massimo | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2019-10-03 |
| BOWYER, James William | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2021-05-03 |
| BRADSHAW, Paula Kirsten | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2018-09-12 |
| BROCKINGTON, David Payne | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-07-04 |
| BURSTON, Heather Claire | Director | 2019-09-11 | 2020-01-30 |
| CAMPION-SMITH, Jennifer | Director | 2024-02-29 | 2024-11-21 |
| CARPENTER, Edward John | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2021-03-22 |
| CHADWICK, Andrew David | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2022-01-31 |
| CHAMBERLIN, Jane | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2022-12-11 |
| COPPLESTONE, Nancy | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2013-04-02 |
| CURRIE, John Jeremy Nigel Ulph | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-05-19 |
| EDMUNDS, Gareth Clifford | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2018-11-15 |
| ELLIS, Andrew John | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2018-09-01 |
| FEATHER, Jo | Director | 2014-10-02 | 2022-12-11 |
| FRANCIS, Caroline Anne | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2015-09-09 |
| FRYER, Sandra Rosa | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2021-07-12 |
| GIBBS JOUBERT, Phillipa Katherine | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2021-09-18 |
| GORDON, Helen Margaret | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2016-07-14 |
| GREENSLADE, William Paul, Professor | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2014-10-01 |
| GROCOTT, Claire Louise | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HAY, Lynda Susan | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-07-22 |
| HIBBERT, Delroy Howard | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2020-01-31 |
| HUCKLE, Peter Reginald | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2025-05-05 |
| KRAUSE, Jeremy Elliott | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| LETTAU, Susanne | Director | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-21 |
| LEWIS, Bronwen | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-03-24 |
| MARTIN, David Leonard | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-03-02 |
| MOHAMED ALI, Fatima | Director | 2021-04-13 | 2023-03-17 |
| PATEL, Daxesh | Director | 2022-07-07 | 2023-02-06 |
| PIRIE, Morag Fiona | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2021-04-19 |
| REED, Tracy Elizabeth | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-05-19 |
| RUSSELL, Hannah Louise | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2019-11-12 |
| SHAKOOR, Sadia | Director | 2022-12-08 | 2023-12-07 |
| SHEPPARD, Emma Marie | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2021-12-31 |
| SMITH, Emma Louise | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2024-07-23 |
| SPENCER, Ian James Matthew | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2026-03-20 |
| SPRING, Lesley | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-06-10 |
| STORER, Richard Henry, Dr | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2023-01-21 |
| SUBRAMANIAN, Sujitha, Dr | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2016-02-03 |
| WILCZEWSKI, Jakub | Director | 2024-06-19 | 2025-07-29 |
| WILLIS, Malcolm Richard, Dr | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| WINTER, David Francis | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-07-04 |
| YORATH, David Llewelyn | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2021-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
+5.3%
£12,573,499 £13,242,520
-
Cash
-7.7%
£2,653,697 £2,450,382
-
Net assets
+3.9%
£20,573,223 £21,379,687
-
Employees
-0.5%
207 206
-
Profit before tax
+14.9%
-£389,395 -£331,536
-
Wages
+10.6%
£6,753,404 £7,470,118
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