WEST DERBY SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£427K
+123.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-1.6% vs 2024
Employees
110
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£719K
-115.8% 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 | £8,759,082 | £8,994,148 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£333,245 | -£719,200 | |
| Net profit | -£333,245 | -£719,200 | |
| Cash | £191,208 | £426,826 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,052,572 | £23,266,372 | |
| Net assets | £23,634,572 | £23,266,372 | |
| Equity | £23,634,572 | £23,266,372 | |
| Average employees | 112 | 110 | |
| Wages | £4,625,473 | £4,801,274 |
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 | -3.8% | -8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.5% | 2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.30x | 2.20x |
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
- “The Academy Trust recruited two new parent trustees and two new member appointed trustees to the board during the financial year.”
- “A feasibility study and costing exercise for the Sixth Form was conducted due to a drop in pupil numbers.”
- “Significant uncertainty was experienced during the year around public sector pay increases.”
- “All of the 2025 KS5 cohort are currently in a secure education, employment or training programme with 72% of the cohort moving onto university.”
- “60% of the 2025 disadvantaged cohort have moved onto university, and 75% of the SEND cohort have moved onto university.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST PAULS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-10-04 | — | — |
| CONCHIE, Terence William | Director | 2019-09-04 | Jul 1991 | British |
| DAVIES, Stuart John | Director | 2021-09-27 | Sep 1980 | British |
| FLYNN, Michelle | Director | 2025-09-27 | Dec 1984 | British |
| FURNESS, Christopher | Director | 2025-09-27 | Jun 1987 | British |
| GLASSEY, Paula June | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| GRAHAM, Sian | Director | 2015-09-01 | May 1970 | British |
| HIPKINS, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2025-09-12 | Dec 1974 | British |
| HODGKISS, Katherine Anne | Director | 2020-11-02 | Nov 1976 | British |
| JONES, Gareth Ian | Director | 2025-01-23 | Nov 1967 | British |
| KEEN, Andrew | Director | 2019-09-04 | Jul 1969 | British |
| KOFI, Alvin | Director | 2020-11-02 | Mar 1963 | British |
| MISRA, James Suneel | Director | 2021-12-04 | Mar 1994 | British |
| PARRY, Ann Margaret | Director | 2017-10-30 | Oct 1964 | British |
| POYNTON, Susan | Director | 2017-10-30 | Oct 1966 | British |
| SMITH, Robert | Director | 2020-11-02 | Mar 1977 | British |
| TSALAVOUTA, Matina, Dr | Director | 2021-12-04 | Aug 1978 | Greek |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEIGHTMAN, Brenda | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | 2016-09-23 |
| ANDAIN, Ian Philip | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2020-03-30 |
| ATKINSON, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2022-01-25 |
| BARLOW, David Robert | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-09-05 |
| BARLOW, David Robert | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| BIRCH, Charles | Director | 2016-09-13 | 2018-11-10 |
| BIRCH, Charles | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| BIVON, Lionel | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2016-08-31 |
| CAIN, John Matthew | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2017-05-12 |
| CALLANT, Karen Lesley | Director | 2016-09-13 | 2019-02-26 |
| CALLANT, Karen Lesley | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2016-08-31 |
| CAVANAGH, Christopher James | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2017-03-24 |
| CAVANGH, Christopher James | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Francis Damian | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-12-11 |
| COLLIGAN, Paul Joseph | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| DEAKIN, Maureen | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| DUNCAN, John Bernard | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2023-07-17 |
| ECKL, Katja, Dr | Director | 2019-04-29 | 2021-12-09 |
| HARRY, Angela | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-01-30 |
| JONES, Carmel Catherine | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| JONES, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2015-04-23 |
| KEEN, Andrew | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2019-09-04 |
| KEERY, David Thomas | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| KIRKMAN, David | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
| KYLE, Judith Anne | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| KYLE, Judith Anne | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| LORDER, Shirley | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| MILLS, Marjorie | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-07-26 |
| ORME, Joseph James | Director | 2019-09-04 | 2021-03-26 |
| ORME, Joseph James | Director | 2017-09-06 | 2019-09-04 |
| PRICE, Debra | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-12-11 |
| PRICE, Susan Janet | Director | 2019-09-04 | 2022-08-31 |
| PRICE, Susan Janet | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2019-09-04 |
| RANNARD, Margaret | Director | 2012-08-03 | 2015-09-01 |
| RENNIE, Keith Mckenzie | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| SIDAWAY, Martin | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-12-11 |
| THOMAS, Sara Kelly | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2025-02-14 |
| WEBB, Alexander Victor | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£8,759,082 £8,994,148
-
Cash
+123.2%
£191,208 £426,826
-
Net assets
-1.6%
£23,634,572 £23,266,372
-
Employees
-1.8%
112 110
-
Profit before tax
-115.8%
-£333,245 -£719,200
-
Wages
+3.8%
£4,625,473 £4,801,274
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