BLACKFEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-22
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-16.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£43M
-1.8% vs 2024
Employees
163
-11.9% 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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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-22.
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 | £10,823,000 | £11,715,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,254,000 | -£694,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,254,000 | -£694,000 | |
| Cash | £1,580,000 | £1,321,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,744,000 | £43,062,000 | |
| Net assets | £43,690,000 | £42,920,000 | |
| Equity | £43,690,000 | £42,920,000 | |
| Average employees | 185 | 163 | |
| Wages | £6,139,000 | £6,732,000 |
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 | -11.6% | -5.9% | |
| Net margin | -11.6% | -5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.9% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.3% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 2.51x | |
| Interest cover | -57.00x | -36.53x |
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
- Affinia (Orpington)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Governors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant”
Significant events
- “Residential trips for 2024-2025 included a school ski trip, a performance at Disneyland Paris and a trip to New York (107 trips in total).”
- “Continued investment in improving school buildings and IT infrastructure, including internal adaptations and student toilet facility replacement.”
- “The cost of living has been rising sharply since 2021, including unprecedented increases in energy costs, rapid increases in the costs of food and significant increases in the costs of housing via higher rents/mortgage costs.”
- “Unexpected falling pupil numbers from primary schools is impacting the school's budget.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOYLE, Nadine Sarah | Director | 2021-12-09 | Jan 1985 | British |
| FITZ GERALD, Stuart James | Director | 2012-03-02 | Feb 1950 | British |
| HANCE, Lindsay Kay | Director | 2022-10-10 | May 1980 | British |
| JAYAWARDENA, Elsa Geethanjali | Director | 2023-07-13 | Mar 1961 | British |
| JOHNSON, Jeanette Patricia | Director | 2025-12-18 | Oct 1962 | British |
| LANE, Andrew Simon | Director | 2022-10-10 | Nov 1980 | British |
| MCMAHON, Jordan Elaine | Director | 2024-12-04 | Nov 1986 | English |
| OSEKITA, Tope | Director | 2025-07-12 | Oct 1964 | British |
| PEACHE, Sirin | Director | 2025-06-23 | Dec 1980 | British |
| PHELPS, Janet Mary | Director | 2013-09-12 | May 1950 | British |
| SENIOR, Carrie Ann | Director | 2024-05-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
| STONE, William Anthony | Director | 2012-03-02 | Jul 1959 | British |
| TANNER, Bradley | Director | 2023-12-12 | Feb 1980 | British |
| WHITE, Terry Monica | Director | 2025-07-04 | Aug 1962 | English |
| WOOSTER, Janine | Director | 2022-09-30 | May 1959 | English |
| YIANNI, Michele | Director | 2019-10-30 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Janice Mary | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2017-06-29 |
| ANDREWS, Jane | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2021-01-17 |
| ASHDOWN, Launa Joy | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2022-03-22 |
| BIBBEY, Jean Margaret | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2015-03-24 |
| BREWER, Kim | Director | 2013-10-30 | 2021-11-14 |
| BROWN, Matthew Francis William | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2024-04-14 |
| COOPER, Janet | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2014-07-18 |
| DHORAJIWALA, Anita | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2021-09-30 |
| DOWNS, Charlotte | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2022-09-27 |
| DRUMMOND, Elaine Rosemarie | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2017-10-02 |
| FADIPE, Barbara Olushola | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2014-07-08 |
| FELTON, Mark Rolland | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2018-09-20 |
| FORD, Trevor Brian | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2016-03-15 |
| GOUGH, Mary Bridget | Director | 2023-12-14 | 2025-06-01 |
| GULLIS, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2014-09-21 | 2015-09-01 |
| HAMMOND, Hama Kwesi | Director | 2022-09-30 | 2024-10-21 |
| HARRIS, Timothy John | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2025-04-01 |
| HAYWARD, Kim, Dr | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2017-05-09 |
| JONES, Kenneth George | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2017-06-20 |
| MIDDLETON, Angela Jane | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2016-07-07 |
| MONGER GODFREY, Stanley | Director | 2013-10-30 | 2017-06-29 |
| MOORE, Danielle | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2023-07-31 |
| NORWOOD, Helen Patricia | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2022-12-13 |
| PERRIN, Trevor Victor | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2024-01-09 |
| ROGERS, Stephen John | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2018-02-16 |
| SALTER, Alexandra Louise | Director | 2016-07-08 | 2019-01-15 |
| SHAW, Robert Joseph | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2020-09-10 |
| SMITH, Verity Laura | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2024-10-16 |
| SWEATMAN, Edward David | Director | 2013-10-30 | 2017-06-29 |
| THOMAS, Lee Christopher | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2020-10-10 |
| TOWNSEND, Carol Susan | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2025-12-18 |
| TWINER, Louise Clare | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2022-03-22 |
| WATKINS, Lisa | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2023-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-09 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
+8.2%
£10,823,000 £11,715,000
-
Cash
-16.4%
£1,580,000 £1,321,000
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£43,690,000 £42,920,000
-
Employees
-11.9%
185 163
-
Operating profit
+44.7%
-£1,254,000 -£694,000
-
Wages
+9.7%
£6,139,000 £6,732,000
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