WADDESDON CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-17
Watchouts
Cash
£975K
-38.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
146
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+6% 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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,799,456 | £1,931,452 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,585,665 | £1,680,470 | |
| Net profit | £1,585,665 | £1,680,470 | |
| Cash | £1,587,981 | £975,095 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,600,297 | £21,099,715 | |
| Net assets | £18,578,496 | £20,378,966 | |
| Equity | £18,578,496 | £20,378,966 | |
| Average employees | 149 | 146 | |
| Wages | £4,905,391 | £5,013,946 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.3% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.86x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 6.92x | 6.87x |
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
- BKL Audit LLP
- 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the goi”
Significant events
- “The Sixth Form Centre project has been successfully concluded within the budget allocated and a much-reduced level of reserve use than initially anticipated. The outcome has exceeded our initial aspiration back in 2020.”
- “Progress is not as advanced on the Building Maintenance and Development objective through a combination of time and the wider budgetary issues creating a need to delay decisions on capital spend.”
- “£8.1m has been invested into the buildings of the school over this period. This has now all been reflected into the accounts with necessary transfers between accounts to provide a new baseline position which will aid our forward planning.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLAS, Julie Ann | Secretary | 2019-03-29 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Matthew | Director | 2017-09-01 | May 1974 | British |
| BOX, Stephen David | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1955 | British |
| DAWSON, Roxann Cleotha | Director | 2021-07-14 | Nov 1978 | British |
| DEANS, Anna Louise | Director | 2024-02-28 | Aug 1978 | British |
| DUGGAN, Ellen Claire | Director | 2024-02-28 | Jun 1976 | British |
| GROVES, Ian Frank, Dr | Director | 2021-02-05 | Oct 1954 | British |
| HORTON, Michael David | Director | 2024-12-09 | May 1982 | British |
| HORTON, Sarah Louise | Director | 2022-01-29 | Apr 1984 | British |
| HOWARD, Andrew Craig | Director | 2017-05-11 | Jun 1969 | British |
| JUDSON, Kathryn Jill | Director | 2017-06-21 | Aug 1950 | British |
| LOGAN, Nicola Jane | Director | 2025-09-10 | Nov 1966 | British |
| PIOSEK, Emily Victoria | Director | 2022-05-06 | Dec 1993 | British |
| PYE, Andrew John, Dr | Director | 2022-05-09 | Nov 1972 | British |
| WAINMAN, Caroline, Reverend | Director | 2022-03-23 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMEWOOD, Valerie Ann | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | 2019-03-29 |
| BALE, Mark | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2019-01-20 |
| BALL, Julian | Director | 2014-01-29 | 2024-01-19 |
| BARRETT, Matthew | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-03-28 |
| BECKERLEG, April Cornelia | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| BRANDON, Geoffrey Paul | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-02-28 |
| BRAZIER, David Thomas | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-10-09 |
| CAMPBELL, Colin Deas, Dr | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| COULTER, Ann | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2019-09-03 |
| CROWNE, Andrew Dee | Director | 2017-05-13 | 2018-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Sarah Mary Bruce | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| DOVE, Jacqueline Mcclintock, Revd | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| EALES, Benjamin James | Director | 2025-09-10 | 2025-09-10 |
| EALES, Benjamin James | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2025-07-28 |
| FELL, Barbara Molly | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| FULTON, Diana | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2018-01-09 |
| GOODGAME, Jessica | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2017-03-27 |
| GORHAM, Karen Marisa, The Venerable | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2017-08-31 |
| HAILEY, Max Richard | Director | 2024-03-12 | 2024-11-18 |
| HAYES, Daniel John | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-02-28 |
| HOWSON, Lisa Diana | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| JOYNER, Gordon George, Mr. | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2018-05-31 |
| KELLETT, Christopher Paul | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-11-30 |
| LAMB, Jill | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-12-02 |
| LEONARD, Karen | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| LOVATT-MORRIS, Victoria Louise | Director | 2019-09-03 | 2020-08-31 |
| MCSWEENEY, Paul David | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-03-13 |
| MEAKIN, David John, Reverend | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-03-23 |
| MEAKIN, David John, Reverend | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-03-12 |
| MORRIS, Fiona Sally | Director | 2019-09-03 | 2021-08-31 |
| NORMAN, Peter Ross | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| PARKER, Graham John | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2025-03-21 |
| PIOSEK, Emily | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2025-03-03 |
| PLOTKIN, Jane Ann | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2019-09-03 |
| PRITCHARD, John Lawrence, The Right Reverend | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2017-08-31 |
| PURCHASE, Duncan | Director | 2018-01-10 | 2026-01-09 |
| ROBINSON, Patricia Anne | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-10-12 |
| ROGERS, Michael Paul | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2023-03-06 |
| SATO, Christina Anderson | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2021-02-04 |
| SNELSON, Suzie | Director | 2016-01-21 | 2023-02-06 |
| STARSMORE, Stephen | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2026-03-18 |
| STEVENS, Rex William | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Clifford Robert | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2018-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Clifford Robert | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| WATTS, Sheila | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Carol | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-38.6%
£1,587,981 £975,095
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£18,578,496 £20,378,966
-
Employees
-2%
149 146
-
Operating profit
+7.3%
£1,799,456 £1,931,452
-
Profit before tax
+6%
£1,585,665 £1,680,470
-
Wages
+2.2%
£4,905,391 £5,013,946
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