LANCING COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT WORTHING LIMITED
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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
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2M
-1.4% vs 2024
Employees
52
-7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £2,475,624 | £2,414,915 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £281,862 | -£28,469 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,923,881 | -£2,104,143 | |
| Net assets | -£2,107,753 | -£2,136,222 | |
| Equity | -£2,107,753 | -£2,136,222 | |
| Average employees | 56 | 52 | |
| Wages | £1,284,486 | £1,361,310 |
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 | 11.4% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 808.7% | 564.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.02x | 0.06x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered all factors and reviewing the available evidence, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the charity will be able to continue operating for the foreseeable future and the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The school achieved its highest number of 13+ Scholarships with 24 awarded to Year 8 pupils to the Senior School of their choice.”
- “Significant investment continues to be made into the buildings and the site with various classrooms and pupil and adult bathrooms being refurbished, and the school kitchen was completely renovated.”
- “An Aspire Programme was launched and continues to grow, partnering with local maintained schools and supporting educational networks.”
- “The school started a Global Friendship Club with six schools around the world to forge bonds of friendships for pupils internationally.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIBBERT, Benita Mary | Secretary | 2023-10-02 | — | — |
| CRAWFORD CLARKE, Robert William | Director | 2023-09-01 | May 1964 | British |
| SLUMBERS, Martin Richard | Director | 2014-02-27 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTS, Hannah | Secretary | 2019-09-04 | 2023-10-02 |
| BULMAN, Pauline | Secretary | 2013-12-10 | 2018-06-05 |
| JONES, Tanya Louise | Secretary | 2018-11-09 | 2019-09-04 |
| BRUNJES, Henry Otto, Dr | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2019-08-31 |
| BULMAN, Pauline | Director | 2014-01-03 | 2014-01-04 |
| EDGELL, Anne-Marie | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2023-06-23 |
| HARRISON, Richard Kingswood, Reverend | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2017-08-31 |
| MOLL, Simon John | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2017-05-09 |
| OLIVER, Dominic Thomas | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| RUST, Anne | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2016-12-31 |
| RUST, Anne | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2014-02-28 |
| SIGNY, Mark, Dr | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2016-12-31 |
| SLUMBERS, Martin Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2014-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancing College Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary 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
- 0
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
-2.5%
£2,475,624 £2,414,915
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-1.4%
-£2,107,753 -£2,136,222
-
Employees
-7.1%
56 52
-
Wages
+6%
£1,284,486 £1,361,310
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