CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-11 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-28
Watchouts
Cash
£544K
+29.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
90
-15.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£207K
+76% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The trust is no longer deemed to be a going concern. Early in 2026 the Trust will join the South East Essex Academy trust, and all assets and liabilities will be transferred. The dissolution of Cornelius Vermuyden will then take place.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN SCHOOL 2013-11-20 → present
- CORNELIUS VERMUYDEN 2013-08-28 → 2013-11-20
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 | £6,742,924 | £7,195,531 | |
| Operating profit | -£859,874 | -£206,543 | |
| Profit before tax | -£859,874 | -£206,543 | |
| Net profit | -£859,874 | -£206,543 | |
| Cash | £418,874 | £543,722 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,101,746 | £16,852,203 | |
| Net assets | £17,101,746 | £16,852,203 | |
| Equity | £17,101,746 | £16,852,203 | |
| Average employees | 106 | 90 | |
| Wages | £3,357,459 | £3,231,448 |
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 | -12.8% | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | -12.8% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.0% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.9% | 2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | -6.42x | -1.40x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The trust is no longer deemed to be a going concern. Early in 2026 the Trust will join the South East Essex Academy trust, and all assets and liabilities will be transferred. The dissolution of Cornelius Vermuyden will then take place.”
Significant events
- “The trust is no longer deemed to be a going concern. Early in 2026 the Trust will join the South East Essex Academy trust, and all assets and liabilities will be transferred. The dissolution of Cornelius Vermuyden will then take place.”
- “The main performance indicator prior to this year was the result of the Ofsted visit in November 2023 which resulted in a grading of Inadequate for the school. Since then there have been huge changes at the school which show the positive changes in school improvement that are underway.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Cathryn Virginia | Director | 2024-01-15 | Feb 1957 | British |
| DODD, Julian Hamilton | Director | 2019-09-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
| DRUMMOND, Leah | Director | 2023-01-06 | Feb 1975 | British |
| JOHNSON, Sandra Mary | Director | 2024-11-19 | Dec 1953 | British |
| SHARP, Louise | Director | 2025-01-01 | Nov 1979 | English |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Alan Leslie | Secretary | 2013-11-13 | 2024-01-12 |
| WOODHEAD, Jamie | Secretary | 2024-01-08 | 2024-11-03 |
| ALLERY, Steven | Director | 2023-11-21 | 2024-04-23 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Nicola Jane | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2024-02-28 |
| BANDELE, Oluwafunmilayo Oluwatoyin | Director | 2023-07-20 | 2024-09-17 |
| BINKS, Beatrice Louisa | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2019-09-01 |
| BONHAM, Christine Ann | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2020-09-30 |
| CLOSE, Gillian Sarah | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2023-07-17 |
| COLEMAN, Daniel Joseph | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2020-09-04 |
| EARL, Gemma Tracy | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-01-23 |
| FAULKNER, David Gerald | Director | 2024-02-07 | 2024-09-19 |
| FULLER, Reginald Paul | Director | 2017-12-22 | 2024-02-08 |
| FULLER, Reginald Paul | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2016-08-24 |
| GOODWIN, Hannah Marie | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2015-07-15 |
| HARRISON, Nicola | Director | 2021-03-16 | 2024-05-02 |
| HOCKEY, Ian | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| HOLDAWAY, Mark | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2019-10-02 |
| HOLDAWAY, Mark | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2017-10-04 |
| MCCARTNEY, Danny Michael | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2021-02-10 |
| OUNZAIN, Nadia | Director | 2015-10-07 | 2024-02-12 |
| SKEWES, Carol Patricia | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2018-12-31 |
| STANLEY, Jeffrey Alan | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2024-02-08 |
| TAYLOR, Stewart Victor | Director | 2024-01-15 | 2025-02-14 |
| WALFORD, Marion Gladys, Reverend | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2024-02-09 |
| WATERSON, Jean | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2015-05-13 |
| WHITE, Martin | Director | 2021-03-16 | 2026-01-27 |
| WILKS, Caroline Louise | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2017-12-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sandra Mary Johnson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-04-22 | Active |
| Stewart Victor Taylor | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-30 | Ceased 2025-02-14 |
| Mr Julian Hamilton Dodd | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-02-09 | Active |
| Miss Cathryn Virginia Adams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-02-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
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Turnover
+6.7%
£6,742,924 £7,195,531
-
Cash
+29.8%
£418,874 £543,722
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Net assets
-1.5%
£17,101,746 £16,852,203
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Employees
-15.1%
106 90
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Operating profit
+76%
-£859,874 -£206,543
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Profit before tax
+76%
-£859,874 -£206,543
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Wages
-3.8%
£3,357,459 £3,231,448
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