HIGHWOODS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-29
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£154K
-10.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-2.9% vs 2024
Employees
75
+10.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£92K
-813.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-29.
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 | £2,327,304 | £2,564,608 | |
| Operating profit | £133,907 | -£113,934 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,937 | -£92,285 | |
| Net profit | £12,937 | -£92,285 | |
| Cash | £171,761 | £154,095 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,671,587 | £4,538,302 | |
| Net assets | £4,671,587 | £4,538,302 | |
| Equity | £4,671,587 | £4,538,302 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 75 | |
| Wages | £1,507,079 | £1,674,088 |
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 | 5.8% | -4.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | -2.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | -0.87x |
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
- Edmund Carr 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The school had a Section 8 Ofsted inspection in June 2024 and continues to be rated as good.”
- “The academy is currently owed £29,100 in outstanding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) funding from Essex Authority with many payments now over a year in arrears.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMIESON, Natalie Lesley | Secretary | 2017-06-05 | — | — |
| BARRACLOUGH, Timothy Luke, Dr | Director | 2018-03-15 | Apr 1979 | British |
| COOPER, Hannah Rosemary, Rev | Director | 2018-12-04 | Jan 1984 | British |
| CORK, Natalie Amy, Dr | Director | 2024-02-08 | Sep 1987 | British |
| DISLEY, Paul | Director | 2016-09-01 | Aug 1979 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Laura Janine | Director | 2021-04-30 | Oct 1960 | British |
| KING, Kieren John | Director | 2024-02-08 | Jul 1988 | British |
| NEAL, Timothy | Director | 2023-07-21 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARGENT, Evelyn | Secretary | 2013-03-15 | 2017-06-04 |
| BENNETT, Gail Elizabeth | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2020-12-07 |
| COX, Alison, Doctor | Director | 2016-02-17 | 2019-08-31 |
| DEARLING, Beverly Anne | Director | 2018-12-04 | 2019-10-08 |
| DJUROVICH, Katharine | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2014-08-31 |
| EDWARDS, Louise | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2013-10-15 |
| GOPU, Aruna | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2024-02-26 |
| HAYTER, Joanne | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2014-08-31 |
| HOOKWAY, Nigel Thomas | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| HOY, Deborah | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2015-12-15 |
| IDROOS, Melanie Louise | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2018-11-15 |
| KNIGHTS, Ronald Ivor | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2022-08-31 |
| LAYMEN-DEVINS, Silviana | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2023-08-31 |
| LEACOCK, Diane | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2015-07-09 |
| LEE, Simon John | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2018-11-15 |
| LENIHAN, Joanna | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| MCCULLAGH, John | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2016-03-24 |
| MCDADE, Richard | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2018-03-15 |
| PARSONS, Alan | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2017-09-14 |
| PHILLIPS, Lisa | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2014-08-31 |
| PRINCE, Tracey | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2022-06-24 |
| REILLY, Patrick | Director | 2016-07-07 | 2018-10-17 |
| RICE, James | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2014-09-15 |
| ROWE, Matthew James | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2017-07-05 |
| THORNHILL, Sarah Austin | Director | 2023-07-13 | 2025-01-31 |
| TIFFIN, Wendy Patricia | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2021-08-31 |
| TIFFIN, Wendy Patricia | Director | 2016-09-27 | 2016-09-27 |
| WALLINGTON, Graeme | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2013-07-19 |
| WARING MBE, Susan Anne | Director | 2017-07-05 | 2025-07-31 |
| WILDE, Janine Odett | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2023-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Timothy Luke Barraclough | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-03-14 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Anne Waring Mbe | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-03-14 | Active |
| Alison Cox | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-03-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-24 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+10.2%
£2,327,304 £2,564,608
-
Cash
-10.3%
£171,761 £154,095
-
Net assets
-2.9%
£4,671,587 £4,538,302
-
Employees
+10.3%
68 75
-
Operating profit
-185.1%
£133,907 -£113,934
-
Profit before tax
-813.3%
£12,937 -£92,285
-
Wages
+11.1%
£1,507,079 £1,674,088
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