KAJIMA DARLINGTON SCHOOLS LIMITED
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Cash
£45K
-43.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.9M
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£371K
-7.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,262,346 | £3,586,009 | £3,450,595 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | £299,523 | £382,052 | £340,782 | -10.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £320,338 | £401,332 | £371,072 | -7.5% | |
| Net profit | £243,843 | £300,455 | £278,304 | -7.4% | |
| Cash | £76,383 | £79,499 | £44,707 | -43.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,517,010 | £9,118,340 | £7,796,353 | -14.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,531,252 | £1,693,669 | £1,852,256 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | £1,531,252 | £1,693,669 | £1,852,256 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 10.7% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 8.4% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | 4.2% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.7% | 85.6% | 81.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 0.34x | 0.47x | 0.51x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KAJIMA DARLINGTON SCHOOLS LIMITED 2004-03-26 → present
- HAMSARD 2701 LIMITED 2003-11-18 → 2004-03-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 (Reduced Disclosure Framework)
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wellden Turnbull Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Samantha | Secretary | 2025-10-09 | — | — |
| DUNDAS, John Craig | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| KNOWLES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2024-05-16 | Oct 1972 | British |
| LUFKIN, Antonia Maxine | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jun 1995 | British,German |
| PARLAK, Inci | Director | 2026-04-06 | Apr 1987 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEADLE, Jayne | Secretary | 2009-07-23 | 2026-05-29 |
| HEDGE, David Martin | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2009-07-23 |
| WALTERS, Geoffrey Paul | Secretary | 2004-03-18 | 2007-05-31 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-11-18 | 2004-03-18 |
| AOKI, Noburo | Director | 2004-03-18 | 2007-05-31 |
| CARTER, Jonathan Laurence David | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2024-11-13 |
| COOPER, Phillip John | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2011-11-01 |
| DOCTOR, Graeme | Director | 2008-01-16 | 2022-05-18 |
| DRIVER, Ross William | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2019-11-01 |
| GILL, Christopher Mark David | Director | 2021-08-09 | 2023-05-24 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2023-05-24 | 2024-07-01 |
| KNOWLES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-08-11 |
| LONGLEY, Robert John | Director | 2004-03-18 | 2007-01-17 |
| MARTINA, Giorgia | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2025-08-01 |
| MCERLANE, Andrew John | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2024-05-31 |
| MOSS, David John | Director | 2020-08-11 | 2024-02-16 |
| MURPHY, Luke Anthony | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2020-10-16 |
| NEWTON, Robert James | Director | 2012-01-30 | 2017-11-24 |
| PETTERSON, James Anthony | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2008-01-25 |
| POUPARD, Natalia | Director | 2024-05-31 | 2024-11-13 |
| POUPARD, Natalia | Director | 2019-02-08 | 2023-07-10 |
| QUAIFE, Geoffrey Alan | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2012-01-30 |
| ROPER, Anthony Charles | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2015-02-27 |
| RUDD-JONES, Julian Mark | Director | 2004-03-18 | 2008-01-16 |
| THORNE, Alexander Victor | Director | 2024-11-13 | 2026-04-06 |
| TURNBULL, Rachel Louise | Director | 2017-11-24 | 2018-10-31 |
| WALLACE, Iain Alton | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2019-06-03 |
| WEGENER, Elena Giorgiana | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2019-02-08 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-18 | 2004-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kajima Darlington Schools Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.