WOOLGROVE SCHOOL SPECIAL NEEDS ACADEMY
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+18.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+1.1% vs 2024
Employees
95
+11.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£112K
+182.8% 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 | £2,927,298 | £3,292,284 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£135,766 | £112,398 | |
| Net profit | -£135,766 | £112,398 | |
| Cash | £975,288 | £1,158,175 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,320,724 | £5,379,122 | |
| Net assets | £5,320,724 | £5,379,122 | |
| Equity | £5,320,724 | £5,379,122 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 95 | |
| Wages | £1,755,291 | £1,928,143 |
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 | -4.6% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.80x | 3.45x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Woolgrove School, in conjunction with Hertfordshire County Council, are looking to expand in September 2026. This project will be funded by Hertfordshire County Council and will provide an additional 30 places for pupils.”
- “Woolgrove School applied for a CIF bid which was successful for the third phase of the roof. The application was successful and work carried out over the summer holidays 2025. This means all of the school roof is now under a warranty.”
- “This year the school was successful in getting the third phase of the roof replaced. This has dramatically reduced the risk of school closure and expensive repairs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKIERT, Julian | Director | 2019-06-10 | Jan 1950 | British |
| FULLER, Katie | Director | 2022-12-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
| FURMAN, Amy Louise | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| HALL, Lisa | Director | 2016-09-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| HAYES, John Francis Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | Jun 1944 | British |
| HURWORTH, Philip John | Director | 2024-06-01 | Oct 1953 | British |
| SIMMS, Stephen | Director | 2024-06-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| VENNEEAR, Nigel George | Director | 2025-10-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHCROFT, Timothy Robert | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2014-12-31 |
| BRAZIER, Terence Roland Gregory | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2013-03-01 |
| CLARKE, Patrick Roger Horst | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2013-03-01 |
| CLARKE, Roger Horst | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-11-06 |
| CLAXTON, Laura | Director | 2020-06-02 | 2024-10-11 |
| FAWCETT, Simon | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2024-10-11 |
| FERNANDES, Emma | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-05-10 |
| FIRTH, Kate Jillian | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| FREDERICK, Brian John | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2018-08-31 |
| HARRISON, Susan Jane | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2013-08-31 |
| HEWAVITHANA, Harshini | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-10-19 |
| HEWITT, Mandy | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-11-20 |
| JOHNSTONE, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2019-07-16 |
| LANGFORD, Timothy James | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2013-03-01 |
| LITCHFIELD, Vicky-Ann | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2015-12-31 |
| MASSIE, Mark Ranald | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2012-12-01 |
| MORLEY, Georgina Ann | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-01-13 |
| MORRISON, Sonia Yvonne | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2022-02-24 |
| MULES, Andrew | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-06-05 |
| PITCHERS, Susan Mary | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-06-01 |
| PORTER, Karen | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2023-03-27 |
| RAYNER, Zoe | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-10-11 |
| RUSHTON, Jacqueline | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2013-03-01 |
| SAGE, Phillipa Jane | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| SELLEY, Susan Anthea | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2016-08-31 |
| TOWNSEND, Clare Louise | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2014-08-31 |
| TURNER, Claire | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| TYLER, Christine Rosemary | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2013-08-31 |
| WHITROW, Jane Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2020-09-15 |
| WILSON, Craig | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2019-10-31 |
| WINDER, John | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2016-11-25 |
| WRIGHT, Hannah | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Julian Ekiert | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-01-01 | Active |
| Mr John Hayes | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-06-01 | Ceased 2024-06-01 |
| Mr Brian John Frederick | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
| Mrs Lisa Hall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+12.5%
£2,927,298 £3,292,284
-
Cash
+18.8%
£975,288 £1,158,175
-
Net assets
+1.1%
£5,320,724 £5,379,122
-
Employees
+11.8%
85 95
-
Profit before tax
+182.8%
-£135,766 £112,398
-
Wages
+9.8%
£1,755,291 £1,928,143
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