THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-08 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-22
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-8.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
-5.8% vs 2024
Employees
141
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL 2014-03-06 → present
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL 2014-02-27 → 2014-03-06
- THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM 2012-02-22 → 2014-02-27
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 | £9,537,000 | £10,055,000 | |
| Operating profit | £261,000 | -£66,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£644,000 | -£926,000 | |
| Cash | £2,345,000 | £2,155,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,257,000 | £17,190,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,257,000 | £17,190,000 | |
| Equity | £18,257,000 | £17,190,000 | |
| Average employees | 141 | 141 | |
| Wages | £5,189,000 | £5,594,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | -6.8% | -9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | -0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 11.99x | 6.95x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | -0.57x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group 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
- “Ahead of the 2024/25 academic year, the School recruited its tenth full cohort of pupils into year 7.”
- “The School also received 1400 applications for the 200 places available in year12 in September 2025.”
- “Moving into September 2024 the Sixth Form retention rate from year 12 to year 13 studies was 97%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
18 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSIMETTI, Anna Louise | Secretary | 2025-12-03 | — | — |
| ALLAN, Julie Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2017-04-24 | Oct 1963 | British |
| BALE, Jeffrey Stuart, Professor | Director | 2019-03-08 | Oct 1949 | British |
| BRADFIELD, Nicola Louise | Director | 2020-07-08 | Jan 1978 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Simone Ruth | Director | 2026-02-25 | Mar 1986 | British |
| DIAMOND, Colin James, Professor | Director | 2025-10-16 | Jun 1950 | British,Irish |
| DRUBHRA, Seema | Director | 2023-09-20 | Aug 1983 | British |
| GULDBERG, Karen Rathie, Professor | Director | 2023-09-14 | Jan 1964 | British |
| HINDSON, Thomas Edward | Director | 2024-10-09 | Oct 1987 | Welsh |
| KITE, Joanna Ruth | Director | 2024-01-05 | Feb 1973 | British |
| LAMBERT, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2023-09-01 | Aug 1983 | British |
| NISHIMWE, Aurore | Director | 2026-03-25 | Dec 1986 | British |
| O'CONNOR, Fionnuala Ann | Director | 2019-02-15 | Oct 1988 | British |
| PETERSON, Andrew David, Professor | Director | 2020-01-06 | Oct 1976 | British |
| PRITCHARD, Jeremy, Professor | Director | 2023-09-14 | Oct 1961 | British |
| SCRIVENS, Neil James | Director | 2025-03-26 | Mar 1975 | British |
| SOUZA-FARIA, Oliver Michael | Director | 2026-03-25 | Aug 1995 | British |
| VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, Nicholas David, Professor | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDO-BOATENG, Ernest | Director | 2021-09-03 | 2023-06-19 |
| ARMOUR, Kathleen Mary Teresa, Professor | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2015-05-11 |
| ARTHUR, James, Prof | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2019-11-15 |
| ASHMORE, David Thomas King | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2021-09-03 |
| BANKS, Christopher Nigel | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2019-03-21 |
| BECKER, Saul, Professor | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| BLACK, Richard, Professor | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2023-10-05 |
| BRINKWORTH, Anna Rose | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| CHAUDHARI, Pradeep Kumar | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-10-05 |
| CHAUDHRY, Maryam Hamid, Dr | Director | 2024-10-09 | 2025-12-03 |
| CLARKE, Michael Gilbert, Professor | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2015-12-10 |
| COBANE, Kevin John | Director | 2023-09-14 | 2025-12-03 |
| DAVIES, David Johnston | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2019-06-19 |
| DAVIS, Mark Edward | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2024-09-01 |
| DEEKS, Michele Clare | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2019-03-21 |
| DUBERLEY, Joanne Patricia, Professor | Director | 2023-10-05 | 2024-04-12 |
| ELLIS BRYANT, Eleanor May | Director | 2016-12-28 | 2021-09-03 |
| FAVERO, Claudia, Dr | Director | 2019-07-26 | 2023-07-21 |
| GALLAGHER, Smita | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2016-11-04 |
| GILBERT, Catherine Mary | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2023-12-07 |
| GILSON, Julie Ann, Dr | Director | 2016-12-23 | 2018-10-23 |
| HODDINOTT, Caroline | Director | 2015-03-30 | 2016-11-04 |
| HOWARD, Natalie Rachel | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2023-03-28 |
| HOWARD, Natalie Rachel | Director | 2016-12-24 | 2018-08-31 |
| ISLAM, Joey Moinul | Director | 2015-06-26 | 2026-01-05 |
| KUMAR, Prem, Professor | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2023-07-21 |
| LABEAU, Emmanuelle, Dr | Director | 2023-09-14 | 2024-09-01 |
| MILLARD, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2021-05-31 |
| O'BRIEN, Karen Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2013-05-30 |
| PECK, Edward William | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2014-09-01 |
| RODEN, Michael | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2018-08-31 |
| SAINI, Kirandeep Singh | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2020-01-31 |
| SANDERS, Lee | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2019-11-15 |
| SENIOR, Mark Robert | Director | 2019-07-18 | 2023-07-21 |
| WASHBOURNE, Stephen Richard | Director | 2016-12-28 | 2025-12-03 |
| WATKIN, Katy Heather | Director | 2021-09-03 | 2023-07-21 |
| WEDGE, Alison | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2018-08-02 |
| YOUDELL, Deborah Catherine, Professor | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2023-06-19 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | Corporate Director | 2012-02-22 | 2014-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+5.4%
£9,537,000 £10,055,000
-
Cash
-8.1%
£2,345,000 £2,155,000
-
Net assets
-5.8%
£18,257,000 £17,190,000
-
Employees
0%
141 141
-
Operating profit
-125.3%
£261,000 -£66,000
-
Wages
+7.8%
£5,189,000 £5,594,000
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