CHESHAM PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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Cash
£530K
-61.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.7M
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
+5.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,433,717 | £5,711,230 | £5,949,643 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £336,880 | £292,117 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £179,722 | £78,044 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £179,722 | £78,044 | £163,466 | +109.5% | |
| Cash | £1,169,191 | £1,387,141 | £530,472 | -61.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,958,628 | £12,434,719 | £11,416,521 | -8.2% | |
| Net assets | £7,504,358 | £7,582,402 | £7,745,868 | +2.2% | |
| Equity | £7,504,358 | £7,582,402 | £7,745,868 | +2.2% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 86 | 91 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £2,799,706 | £2,890,014 | £3,163,916 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £226,273 | £232,844 | +2.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 5.1% | — | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 1.4% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 2.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.4% | 48.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.73x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 2.14x | 1.36x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “From 1st January 2025 VAT became payable on Independent School Fees. The school made a decision to not pass on the whole 20% of VAT to the parents, instead the overall charge to the parents rose by 15%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Caroline Anne | Secretary | 2014-01-07 | — | — |
| AXON, Rosamund Jane | Director | 2026-05-01 | Feb 1981 | British |
| BROWN, Rebecca | Director | 2025-01-01 | Dec 1985 | British |
| CARTLEDGE, Benjamin | Director | 2019-06-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| CROMPTON, Jacqueline | Director | 2023-11-07 | Dec 1967 | British |
| DRUMMOND, Shirley | Director | 2026-05-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| GULAMALI, Shahin Begum | Director | 2023-11-27 | May 1968 | British |
| HAYCOCK, Adam Vaughan | Director | 2019-05-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| MATTHEWS, John Reginald | Director | 2019-05-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MCNANEY, Annmarie | Director | 2012-07-31 | Feb 1966 | British |
| PARKES, Edward Hugh | Director | 2026-05-01 | Sep 1979 | British |
| TEASDALE, Catherine Margaret | Director | 2024-05-06 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARVEY, Robert William | Secretary | 2007-10-17 | 2013-06-30 |
| CORNHILL, John Leslie | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2014-01-07 |
| CORNHILL, John Leslie | Secretary | 1999-09-01 | 2007-10-17 |
| MCARA, James Geoffrey | Secretary | 1994-07-13 | 1999-08-31 |
| PROCTER, Leslie Hall | Secretary | — | 1994-07-13 |
| ALMOND, Catherine Margaret | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2023-07-07 |
| ANDREWS, Irene | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2006-06-21 |
| AXON, John Temperley | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
| BAKER, Nicholas | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2021-07-05 |
| BANERJEE, Rajashi, Dr | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2018-11-12 |
| BUGG, Martin Geoffrey | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2010-03-17 |
| DICKSON, Andrew Charles Patrick | Director | 1998-06-03 | 2000-04-10 |
| DRUMMOND, Shirley | Director | 2024-10-02 | 2026-05-20 |
| GOODBODY, Diana | Director | — | 2002-06-26 |
| GOSS, Frances Ann | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-07-31 |
| GROUNDS, Andrew | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| HARRIS, Crispin Saunders | Director | 1992-11-09 | 2001-06-20 |
| HURD, Michael Patrick | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2022-07-08 |
| JOHNSON, Paul James | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2020-07-10 |
| JORDAN, Andrew | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2021-07-05 |
| KILLINGER, Dominic Adam | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-01-05 |
| KINNIER, Andrew John | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2022-07-08 |
| KYTE, Peter John | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2008-06-25 |
| LAWSON, Susanne | Director | 2003-03-19 | 2008-06-25 |
| LEES, Catherine | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-05-20 |
| LOARRIDGE, John Alan | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2005-09-07 |
| MC INERNEY, Jennifer Anne | Director | — | 2005-06-22 |
| MELLOR, Christopher Charles | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2002-06-26 |
| NICHOLLS, Christopher | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2015-03-18 |
| NIJKMAP-LYELL, Fiona Karen | Director | 2021-12-13 | 2025-06-10 |
| NOTT, Andrew Jonathan Peter | Director | 2007-01-24 | 2011-07-31 |
| NUNN, Kenneth Bilson | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| O'GORMAN, Jane Marie | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-09-19 |
| PECK, Susan Alexandra | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2023-07-07 |
| ROYALS, Rachel Mary | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2015-11-18 |
| SCOTTER, Iain Gordon David | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| SHEPHERD, Nicola Jane | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2024-01-18 |
| SHEPPARD, Hilary Catherine | Director | — | 2009-12-19 |
| SHERIDAN, Francis Anthony, His Honour Judge | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2013-12-05 |
| SIMONS, Jonathan | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2015-06-23 |
| SIMPSON, Keppel Moore | Director | — | 1998-07-12 |
| SIMPSON, Nicola Jane | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2001-05-15 |
| SMITH, Paul Richardson | Director | — | 1997-07-09 |
| SMITH, Rosemary Anne Jane | Director | — | 2003-06-25 |
| STRONG, David Thomas George | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2021-12-20 |
| TIMPERLEY, Stuart Read, Professor | Director | — | 1998-06-03 |
| TURNER, William | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2019-07-30 |
| WALKER, Martin Gordon James | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2024-03-06 |
| WEST, Julian James | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-03-23 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Milton | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.