HORSFORTH SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
180
+4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£97K
+85.7% 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 | £156,000 | £163,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£676,000 | -£97,000 | |
| Net profit | -£676,000 | -£97,000 | |
| Cash | £903,000 | £1,067,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,208,000 | £15,073,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,208,000 | £15,073,000 | |
| Equity | £15,208,000 | £15,073,000 | |
| Average employees | 173 | 180 | |
| Wages | £6,321,000 | £7,024,000 |
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 | -433.3% | -59.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.61x | 3.17x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that Horsforth School 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 going concern basis can be found in the Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “New build to accommodate 6th form students to allow for an increase in admission numbers for year 7's from 225 to 285 in existing building”
- “Library Roof refurbishment”
- “Upgrade to heating system”
- “New 6th form Common Room”
- “New Reception and security gates”
- “Horsforth School was last inspected in October 2023 where it was judged that standards were being maintained and Horsforth remained a good school.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Paul, Dr | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jan 1974 | British |
| CLARKE, Tania | Director | 2025-01-08 | Sep 1967 | British |
| DIXON, Ian | Director | 2021-02-23 | Jun 1963 | British |
| EASTWOOD, Robert Lee | Director | 2025-10-08 | Dec 1970 | British |
| EDWARDS, Rosemary | Director | 2013-03-14 | Jun 1966 | British |
| FREER, Tessa | Director | 2013-10-23 | Jan 1982 | British |
| GRAY, David Nicholas | Director | 2025-01-08 | Jan 1964 | British |
| LA DELL, Tom | Director | 2018-11-13 | Sep 1981 | British |
| PARKINSON, Philip | Director | 2025-03-24 | Dec 1975 | British |
| RIORDAN, Shaun | Director | 2020-09-21 | Sep 1965 | British |
| TURNER, Amanda Jane | Director | 2024-10-24 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WOOD, Stephen William | Director | 2011-11-16 | Feb 1953 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOFIELD SWEENEY LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2011-11-16 | 2013-01-10 |
| AGAR, Raymond | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2018-08-31 |
| AKAL, Nicola | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2018-08-31 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Richard | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| BODEN, Peter, Dr. | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2018-08-31 |
| BOTHAMLEY, Keith, Dr | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2024-07-08 |
| BOTHAMLEY, Keith, Dr | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| HICKS, Martin Leslie | Director | 2022-10-03 | 2025-10-15 |
| HIGGINS, Paul | Director | 2013-12-11 | 2018-08-31 |
| HOGG, Helen | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2017-08-31 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Samantha | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2022-06-14 |
| LLOYD, Fiona Jane | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MCARTHUR, Nicola | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MCFADDEN, Katie | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2018-12-02 |
| MEREDITH, Charles Roland | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2018-08-31 |
| PARSONS, Katherine | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2018-08-31 |
| RYATT, Jennifer Kaur | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2018-12-02 |
| SHARE, Jennifer Elizabeth | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2018-08-31 |
| SHAW, Damon | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2024-03-24 |
| SHAW, Damon | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2020-07-27 |
| SHEARER, Helen Margaret | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2024-07-08 |
| STOKES, Ruth | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2022-01-28 |
| TOWNSLEY, Christopher | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-17 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+4.5%
£156,000 £163,000
-
Cash
+18.2%
£903,000 £1,067,000
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£15,208,000 £15,073,000
-
Employees
+4%
173 180
-
Profit before tax
+85.7%
-£676,000 -£97,000
-
Wages
+11.1%
£6,321,000 £7,024,000
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