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Next accounts due

2027-05-31 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-07 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-24

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5M

-11.4% vs 2024

Net assets

£41M

-3.1% vs 2024

Employees

531

-3.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

Period ending 2025-08-31

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. THE SWAN TRUST 2019-07-17 → present
  2. THE HORSELL VILLAGE SCHOOL 2013-07-24 → 2019-07-17

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric Trend 2024-08-312025-08-31
Turnover
Operating profit
Profit before tax
Net profit £23,876,963-£1,343,500
Cash £5,264,746£4,662,824
Total assets less current liabilities £42,927,022£41,441,522
Net assets £42,785,022£41,441,522
Equity £42,785,022£41,441,522
Average employees 548531
Wages £10,160,080£13,328,679

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 2024-08-312025-08-31
Current ratio 2.05x2.39x

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
Auditor
James Cowper Kreston Audit
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees, including all Committees, has a reasonable expectation that the 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

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

11 active · 23 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DICKEN, Nicketa Secretary 2021-01-01
CHEESMAN, Carol Ann Director 2013-07-24 Dec 1951 British
COLE, Robert Arthur James Director 2025-09-01 Oct 1978 British
COOPER, Elaine Jack Reid Director 2013-09-01 Jul 1972 British
GARNER, Margaret Theresa Director 2019-07-10 Mar 1946 British
GIRDLER, Ian Michael Director 2019-07-10 Jul 1957 British
GREEN, Joanne Kathrine Director 2024-03-01 Feb 1963 British
MAIN, Dermot Patrick Director 2020-03-13 Jun 1956 British
PENSON, Bruce Ainslie Director 2021-10-01 Jul 1976 British
SMITH, Alistair John Director 2019-07-10 Jan 1957 British
SMITH, Helen Director 2024-03-01 Oct 1971 British
Show 23 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GIRDLER, Fiona Jayne Secretary 2013-09-25 2021-01-01
AUGHTERSON, Alexandra Renata Director 2013-09-01 2014-08-31
BOORMAN, Justin Keith Page Director 2013-07-24 2017-03-21
BOTHA, Jenny Director 2016-03-17 2016-11-22
BOWLER, Carl Director 2024-03-01 2024-08-31
CHARLES, Catherine Director 2019-07-10 2024-03-31
CHILD, Kay Director 2015-11-27 2019-07-10
COMERFORD, Kerri Director 2014-11-27 2019-07-10
EDWARDS, Katherine Director 2017-12-12 2019-07-10
ELLIS, Stephen James Director 2018-07-13 2019-07-10
FOX, Helen Margaret Director 2013-09-01 2019-07-10
GIRDLER, Ian Michael Director 2013-09-01 2016-11-22
HALL, Shanna Kristy Director 2019-03-20 2019-07-10
HOLLAND, Davina Elizabeth Director 2014-11-27 2019-07-10
HUMPHREYS, Martin Charles Director 2013-07-24 2018-07-13
KHAN, Noshaba Sarfaraz Director 2018-11-26 2019-07-10
KILLER, Martin David Director 2014-11-27 2018-11-26
LAWRENCE, Yvonne Leila Director 2019-07-10 2020-07-31
MACDONALD, Joanne Director 2019-07-10 2022-12-31
RYALLS, Kim Michelle Director 2013-09-01 2014-06-18
STOLWORTHY, Tim Director 2016-11-22 2017-12-31
TURNER, Jennifer Wendy Jane Director 2013-09-01 2015-08-31
WAVISH, Christine Joan Director 2013-07-24 2015-08-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 102 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-06-15 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-06-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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