BURFORD SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+16.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
-1% vs 2024
Employees
205
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£701K
-388.5% 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 | £11,471,000 | £11,862,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£679,000 | -£981,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £243,000 | -£701,000 | |
| Net profit | £243,000 | -£701,000 | |
| Cash | £1,498,000 | £1,749,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,356,000 | £15,602,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,315,000 | £15,167,000 | |
| Equity | £15,315,000 | £15,167,000 | |
| Average employees | 203 | 205 | |
| Wages | £6,468,000 | £6,807,000 |
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 | -5.9% | -8.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | -5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.2% | -6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.0% | 13.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | -12.13x | -36.33x |
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
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- 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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Group structure
- BURFORD SCHOOL · parent
- Wysdom Touring Caravan Park Ltd
Significant events
- “The school has also spent money to improve the condition of the boarding house in 2024/25, focusing on the external condition of the building. Spend included the replacement and repair of roofs, stonework and guttering.”
- “Following the implementation of a new accounting system in February 2025, no formal monthly bank reconciliations were prepared by the Academy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REEVE, Suzanne | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | — | — |
| ALBRIGHTON, Matthew James | Director | 2021-09-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
| BRACEY, Cheryl | Director | 2017-12-13 | Dec 1970 | English |
| DOVER-SMITH, Etienne Laurent | Director | 2025-03-10 | Dec 1979 | British |
| FOSTER, Philip | Director | 2018-02-05 | Sep 1972 | English |
| GRIMSLEY, Derek Thomas Alfred | Director | 2012-05-24 | Nov 1963 | British |
| MINTON-BAILEY, Rachael Anne | Director | 2026-03-01 | Nov 1980 | American |
| NORRIDGE, Christopher Stuart | Director | 2012-05-24 | Aug 1950 | British |
| REAVLEY, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2021-05-24 | Feb 1958 | British |
| RENWICK, Virginia Ann | Director | 2017-12-13 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WALL, Julie Norreen | Director | 2018-12-12 | Dec 1951 | British |
| WILDEN, Danielle Faye | Director | 2025-03-10 | Jul 1982 | British |
| WILLIS, Matthew James | Director | 2021-01-19 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERIDEW, Edwin James | Secretary | 2012-05-24 | 2014-12-31 |
| ALCOCK, Mary | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2017-03-06 |
| BARRETT, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2015-07-31 |
| BECKETT, Wiliam Bruce Martin | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2016-07-31 |
| BECKETT, Wiliam Bruce Martin | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2014-03-31 |
| BIRD, Andrea | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2023-07-31 |
| BROWN, Clare | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2024-07-15 |
| CARROLL, Steven | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2024-07-15 |
| CONNOLLEY, Robert | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2016-09-30 |
| COWLEY, Christopher | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2022-04-04 |
| CRANE, Richard John | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2014-03-31 |
| DAMPNEY, Richard | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-07-02 |
| GAUDION, Sally Ann | Director | 2022-01-05 | 2024-03-21 |
| HAIG, Kathryn Marie | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2021-08-31 |
| HARPER, Malcolm Charles | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2013-05-09 |
| JAGGER, Susan | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2017-07-31 |
| KEMP, Richard | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2014-03-31 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Robin | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2016-07-31 |
| LANDRAY, Martin Jonathan, Dr | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2012-12-31 |
| LEACH, Tony | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2017-11-14 |
| MARTIN, Richard | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Sarah | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2021-05-24 |
| MOWBRAY, Clive Howard | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| PILGRIM, James | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| PITMAN, Andrew John | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2018-12-31 |
| PULLIN, Daniel | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-09-15 |
| RAE, Shane James | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2017-10-09 |
| RISELEY, Daren Peter John | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2020-09-08 |
| SHERWOOD, Angela Michelle | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2025-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, Karen | Director | 2014-10-29 | 2018-10-31 |
| SPRACKLEN, Virginia Anne | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2021-10-01 |
| STACEY, Martyn William | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2013-06-30 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Robert | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| WARRINER, Jennifer | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2024-07-15 |
| WHITE, John Jameson | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2020-07-07 |
| WILLIAMS, David George Philip | Director | 2012-05-24 | 2013-08-31 |
| WILSON, Philip Andrew | Director | 2025-03-10 | 2026-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+3.4%
£11,471,000 £11,862,000
-
Cash
+16.8%
£1,498,000 £1,749,000
-
Net assets
-1%
£15,315,000 £15,167,000
-
Employees
+1%
203 205
-
Operating profit
-44.5%
-£679,000 -£981,000
-
Profit before tax
-388.5%
£243,000 -£701,000
-
Wages
+5.2%
£6,468,000 £6,807,000
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