ST JOHN'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Governors are satisfied that the School has sufficient working capital to meet its commitments as they fall due and that there are no material uncertainties surrounding its ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. ST JOHN'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE · parent
   1. SJCS International Limited 100% · England · to licence the intellectual property of the School to a partner in China in return for a fee with the aim of setting up nurseries overseas in the School's name.

Significant events

• “The School developed a new marketing strategy in the light of the potential impact on pupil numbers resulting from the introduction of VAT on fees.”
• “The appointment of a Director of Development in September 2024 has led to a launch of a significant campaign to raise money for the Bursary Endowment Fund.”
• “The School commissioned an Energy Infrastructure Upgrade and Decarbonisation Report, the results of which will be considered as part of the School's future investment in the estate and facilities.”
• “The new Head was appointed with effect from 1st September 2025.”

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

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -2.8%

  £9,051,000 → £8,797,000

• Cash

  -18.5%

  £2,491,000 → £2,031,000

• Net assets

  -11%

  £7,337,000 → £6,533,000

• Employees

  +3%

  135 → 139

• Operating profit

  -537.5%

  £184,000 → -£805,000

• Wages

  +8.3%

  £4,330,000 → £4,688,000

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