CLAIRES COURT SCHOOLS LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

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.

1. CLAIRES COURT SCHOOLS LIMITED 1998-12-21 → present
2. VELOCITY 229 LIMITED 1998-12-09 → 1998-12-21

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Auditor

James Cowper Kreston Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Accordingly, the directors believe it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “During 2023-24 planning permission was obtained for the creation of a Food Studio at the Senior Boys site: building work commenced at the end of the summer term 2024 and was completed during the first half of the autumn term 2024. Similarly at Juniors, during 2023-24 planning permission was obtained for the development of a Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) for which works also commenced during the summer 2024: this work was completed in March 2025.”
• “During the Academic Year under review, the School continued to make school places available on a pro bono basis to displaced Ukrainian children whose education had been disrupted by the Russian invasion of their native country in February 2022.”
• “Shortly after the Labour Party's election to form the new UK Government in July 2024, the incoming Chancellor announced her intention to apply VAT on private school fees at the standard rate of 20% from 1 January 2025. This has significantly increased the costs to our fee payers, leading to a reduction in pupil numbers.”
• “After the year end, on 19th February 2026 Claires Court Schools Limited was acquired by Licensed Trade Charity.”

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

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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