THE COWPLAIN SCHOOL

1. THE COWPLAIN SCHOOL 2016-06-26 → present
2. COWPLAIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL 2012-02-17 → 2016-06-26

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Moore (South) LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trust Board 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

• “Achievement at Cowplain had risen for 10 consecutive years, although 2023 saw a drop in attainment closer to 2019 as grade boundaries for examinations were adjusted to pre-pandemic levels. In 2025, we improved again and now see our results in line with the progression made pre-pandemic.”
• “In addition to the academic curriculum, we offer opportunities for all our students to participate in a range of extensive activities outside the school curriculum; consequently, our students excel in a number of fields, gaining local and national recognition in many areas.”
• “Results in 2025 saw an improvement in attainment of students achieving both Grade 4 and Grade 5 in English and Maths, compared to previous years, with the percentage of students achieving English and Maths at grade 4 increasing to 62%, an increase of 5% compared to 2024. Those achieving a grade 5 in both English and Maths rose 5% to 39%.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +10.6%

  £7,715,323 → £8,530,729

• Cash

  -49.8%

  £4,238,749 → £2,128,506

• Net assets

  +3.6%

  £22,998,071 → £23,836,177

• Employees

  -2.8%

  141 → 137

• Operating profit

  -96%

  £1,865,703 → £73,788

• Profit before tax

  -89.3%

  £1,948,764 → £209,261

• Wages

  +5.1%

  £4,351,407 → £4,573,219

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