ST. COLUMBA'S SCHOOL LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  Trustees acknowledge the matter described above results in the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group and School's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, the Group and School may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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  8 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. ST. COLUMBA'S SCHOOL LIMITED 1991-02-01 → present
2. THE PARK AND ST. COLUMBA'S SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED 1987-11-03 → 1991-02-01
3. GIRLS' SCHOOL COMPANY LIMITED 1932-06-06 → 1987-11-03

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

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“Trustees acknowledge the matter described above results in the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group and School's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, the Group and School may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.”

Group structure

1. ST. COLUMBA'S SCHOOL LIMITED · parent
   1. St Columba's School (Construction) Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
   2. St Columba's School (Developments) Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant

Significant events

• “The majority of capital investment relates to "Project 2025". This major project involved the Junior School pupils and staff relocating from the Knockbuckle Road site to the modern classroom block, the Girdwood Building, at the Gryffe Road/Duchal Road site, in order to reduce operating costs.”
• “A new dedicated Junior School entrance was established, with building works required to create additional toilets and divide the building into two separate sections for Junior and Senior School pupils.”
• “From January 2025, VAT at 20% was added to all tuition fees and the capital levy.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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

  +3.8%

  £8,433,011 → £8,754,555

• Cash

  -80.4%

  £1,871,517 → £366,990

• Net assets

  -5.6%

  £8,427,913 → £7,953,543

• Employees

  -3.3%

  92 → 89

• Wages

  +3.5%

  £4,144,263 → £4,290,797

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