WOODCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-16% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
241
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£898K
-417.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £13,121,863 | £13,661,290 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£173,450 | -£898,012 | |
| Net profit | -£173,450 | -£898,012 | |
| Cash | £4,149,270 | £3,486,051 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,716,942 | £26,665,966 | |
| Net assets | £26,488,604 | £26,355,591 | |
| Equity | £26,488,603 | £26,355,591 | |
| Average employees | 245 | 241 | |
| Wages | £7,831,064 | £8,514,405 |
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 | -1.3% | -6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.0% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | -6.00x | -4.89x |
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
- Langtons Professional Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concem basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WOODCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL · parent
- Woodchurch High School Sports Complex Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The pension fund was in surplus as at 31 August 2025 in the amount of £1,674,000 (2024: deficit £925,000). This is due to the Local Government Pension Fund moving out of a deficit position during the year to 31 August 2025.”
- “The arrangement with Wirral BC ceased on 30th September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOYDEN, Suzanne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2025-03-03 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Stuart Philip | Director | 2025-12-09 | Sep 1975 | British |
| BAXTER, Tracey, Dr | Director | 2015-11-06 | Apr 1972 | British |
| CANHAM, Martyn Christopher | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| CUMBERLAND, David John Scott | Director | 2011-10-04 | May 1962 | British |
| GILBERTSON, Michael Robert, The Venerable Dr | Director | 2012-10-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
| HAM, Alec Geoffrey | Director | 2025-10-02 | Nov 1987 | British |
| JONES, Valerie Ann | Director | 2017-09-21 | Dec 1953 | British |
| KEELAN, Christopher | Director | 2024-07-10 | Nov 1962 | British |
| MCARDLE, Ian James | Director | 2021-11-12 | Oct 1983 | British |
| OWEN, Rosemary | Director | 2021-12-09 | Dec 1959 | British |
| SIMPSON, Gareth Richard | Director | 2017-09-21 | Feb 1981 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2011-10-04 | Jan 1977 | British |
| SMITH, Patrick Anthony | Director | 2012-10-01 | Feb 1946 | Irish |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Susan | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2025-03-02 |
| ASTLE, Glenys Elizabeth | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2015-09-24 |
| BRIMAGE, Alan | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2016-12-15 |
| BRODERICK, Sharon Louise | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2021-09-16 |
| BROWN, Michael Ronald | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2021-09-16 |
| BUCKINGHAM, Jacqueline Patricia | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2012-09-30 |
| BURKE, Simon Robert | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2019-08-31 |
| BUTLER, Alexandra Ellen | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2012-09-30 |
| CAIN, Maureen Eileen | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2014-11-26 |
| COLEY, Lee | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2011-10-07 |
| COWLEY, Beverly Clair | Director | 2021-11-12 | 2025-11-11 |
| CRONIN, Margaret (Sue) | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2020-11-18 |
| DELLAR, Howard John | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2011-10-07 |
| EDWARDS, Louise | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2019-08-31 |
| EGERTON-VERNON, Lucy | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2011-10-07 |
| FOG, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2012-09-30 |
| HERON, Eileen | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2013-12-12 |
| JENKINS, David Ian | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2012-09-30 |
| JONES, Valerie Ann | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MERRY, Julie Maria | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MOORE, Helen | Director | 2020-11-18 | 2024-03-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Rebekah | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2023-12-31 |
| RENSHAW, Elizabeth, Canon | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2025-08-31 |
| ROBERTS, Paula Anne | Director | 2017-01-18 | 2021-11-12 |
| WHORTON, Ailsa Claire | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2016-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Jennifer Anne Wright | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-01-09 | Active |
| Mr Martyn Christopher Canham | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-01-01 | Ceased 2024-01-01 |
| Mr Chris Penn | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-01 | Active |
| Ms Rebekah Phillips | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2023-12-31 |
| Mrs Helen Moore | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-09 |
| Mr Patrick Anthony Smith | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+4.1%
£13,121,863 £13,661,290
-
Cash
-16%
£4,149,270 £3,486,051
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£26,488,604 £26,355,591
-
Employees
-1.6%
245 241
-
Profit before tax
-417.7%
-£173,450 -£898,012
-
Wages
+8.7%
£7,831,064 £8,514,405
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