THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
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Cash
£1.4m
+7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.7m
-0.3% vs 2024
Employees
23
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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8 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1,791,519 | £1,869,753 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £102,916 | -£4,875 | -104.7% | |
| Cash | £1,299,930 | £1,395,484 | +7.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,718,220 | £1,713,345 | -0.3% | |
| Equity | £1,718,220 | £1,713,345 | -0.3% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 23 | 0% | |
| Wages | £769,986 | £866,987 | +12.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.7% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.0% | 16.7% | |
| Current ratio | 6.07x | 4.42x |
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
- THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 1996-05-24 → present
- INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED(THE) 1895-11-06 → 1996-05-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company and its subsidiary (the group) ability to continue as a going concern. The Trustees believe that the forecasted results and good level of cash flow of the charity will enable the charity to continue as a going concern and, as a result, do not include any adjustments that would result if the charity was not able to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION · parent
- The Independent Schools Association (Trading) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Over the course of this year there were 29 members who left the Association due to their schools either closing or merging.”
- “Obsolete stock with a total value of £5,254 were written off during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 183 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIOTT LOCKHART, Rudolf Alastair | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Stefan William Sturgess | Director | 2025-09-01 | Aug 1958 | British,Canadian |
| BROWN, David Edward | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1978 | British |
| BURKE, Matthew William | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1976 | British |
| CAIRNS, Allan Robert | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1980 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Amanda Susan | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| COULTER, Maria Honoria | Director | 2026-03-20 | Jan 1970 | British,Irish |
| DUKE, Jeremy Martin | Director | 2019-09-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| HAMPTON, Andrew Simon | Director | 2022-09-01 | May 1958 | British |
| HETHERINGTON, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2019-03-25 | Apr 1981 | British |
| KNOX, Susan Isabel | Director | 2021-09-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
| MAIDMENT, Geraldine Angharad Alice | Director | 2022-09-01 | May 1958 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Stuart | Director | 2024-09-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| PLAYFORD, Victoria Kelly | Director | 2024-09-01 | Mar 1987 | British |
| PRESTON, David Stephen | Director | 2018-04-16 | Jan 1987 | British |
| PRICE, Dominic Charles Huw | Director | 2020-01-07 | Feb 1959 | British |
| SAMSON, Kevin John | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| SHAW, Jeffrey | Director | 2017-03-14 | Aug 1979 | British |
| STERLING, Ian | Director | 2026-05-07 | Apr 1970 | British |
| WILSON, Pauline Marie | Director | 2017-03-18 | May 1951 | British |
Show 183 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAM, Timothy Michael | Secretary | 1994-01-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| LE POIDEVIN, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| ROSKILLY, Neil | Secretary | 2009-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| WINTERSON, Patrick Sourd | Secretary | — | 1993-12-31 |
| ADSHEAD, Matthew John | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2020-08-31 |
| AHMED, Amjad Vaqar | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| ALI, Kishwar | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| ASHBY, Colin James | Director | 1994-04-21 | 2015-08-31 |
| BAINES, Christine Anne | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2015-08-31 |
| BAKER, Carole Ann | Director | 2008-05-17 | 2013-05-17 |
| BALDWIN, David | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2002-04-25 |
| BANKS, Margaret Rose | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
| BARBER, Michael James | Director | 1992-03-04 | 1994-04-21 |
| BATE, Paul William | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2006-05-11 |
| BAYES, Michael David | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2002-12-31 |
| BAYLISS, Franciska | Director | — | 1992-05-09 |
| BELL, Emma | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| BILLING, Jane Dorothy | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2002-04-25 |
| BISHOP, Stephen Percival | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| BLACKBURN, David Keith | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2008-05-17 |
| BLACKBURN, David Keith | Director | 1993-05-01 | 2000-05-11 |
| BLACKHURST, Anthony John | Director | 1994-04-21 | 2001-07-31 |
| BLAKE, Adrian Moreton | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| BLAKE, Adrian Moreton | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| BOYD, Robert Carlton | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| BOYES, Steven Daniel | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| BOYSON, Rhodes, Sir | Director | — | 1992-05-09 |
| BRAY, Arthur George | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2013-05-17 |
| BRIERLY, Roger Harry | Director | 2007-05-12 | 2015-08-31 |
| BROWN, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2012-01-01 |
| BROWN, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| BURTON, Patricia Beryl | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2001-10-18 |
| CALAMINUS, Peter Andrew Frank Augustus, Rev | Director | — | 2002-04-25 |
| CASSIDY, Sean Henry | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2000-12-05 |
| CHALMERS, Helen | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| CHENEY, Kevin Andrew | Director | — | 1992-05-09 |
| CHITTICK, Brian George | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2012-05-18 |
| COLEY, Elizabeth Patricia | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2003-08-31 |
| COLLINS, Lawrence Grenville | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| CORBETT, Bernice Yvonne | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2007-12-06 |
| CULLEY, Angela | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2022-08-31 |
| DANGERFIELD, Marian Polly | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2008-05-17 |
| DANGERFIELD, Natasha Louise Kefford | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| DEBENHAM, Nicholas | Director | — | 1993-05-06 |
| DENTON, Margaret Ann | Director | 2010-05-14 | 2014-08-31 |
| DEVONSIDE, Thelma Alys | Director | 1997-04-24 | 1998-05-07 |
| DOE, Alan Robert, Dr | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2006-05-11 |
| EAGAR, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1996-05-09 |
| EASTERBROOK, Paul | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2017-08-31 |
| ELLSMOOR, Francesca Lea | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2026-04-07 |
| EVANS, Anna | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2012-05-18 |
| FARRELL, Thomas David | Director | 1996-05-09 | 2000-12-31 |
| FARRELL, Thomas David | Director | — | 1994-04-21 |
| FORD, Penelope Rosalind | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2023-05-09 |
| FOWKE, Rupert Antony | Director | 2008-05-17 | 2012-05-18 |
| GAMBLE, Graham Neill | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| GEAR, Alexander James | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2020-03-12 |
| GIBSON, John | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2011-02-14 |
| GORTON, Graham Robert | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2014-05-16 |
| GRANT, Marie | Director | 1993-03-22 | 2015-08-31 |
| GRIFFIN, Roger | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2008-05-17 |
| HAM, Timothy Michael | Director | — | 1994-01-01 |
| HAMMOND, Andrew James | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HAMMOND, Christopher James | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| HAMPTON, Andrew Simon | Director | 2008-05-17 | 2021-08-31 |
| HARGREAVES, Pamela | Director | 1992-05-09 | 1997-03-26 |
| HARRISON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2025-01-27 | 2026-05-07 |
| HAWORTH, Robert | Director | 1996-05-09 | 2001-04-26 |
| HAYDEN, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 1992-05-09 |
| HEARNDEN, Arthur George, Doctor | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2002-04-25 |
| HEWETT, Michael | Director | 2011-05-13 | 2017-08-31 |
| HEWETT, Michael John | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2009-03-20 |
| HODKIN, Margaret Ishbel | Director | 1993-05-06 | 1995-05-04 |
| HOLMES, Patricia Mary | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| HUGGETT, Barry George | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| HUTLEY, Pamela Susan | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| IREMONGER, Roy Kelvyn | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2008-07-31 |
| JANDRELL, Steven Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-06-08 |
| HEWETT, Michael John | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2009-03-20 |
| HODKIN, Margaret Ishbel | Director | 1993-05-06 | 1995-05-04 |
| HOLMES, Patricia Mary | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| HUGGETT, Barry George | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| HUTLEY, Pamela Susan | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| IREMONGER, Roy Kelvyn | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2008-07-31 |
| JANDRELL, Steven Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-06-08 |
| JASPAL, Samantha Lynne | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2014-05-16 |
| KNIGHT, Keith Martin | Director | 2014-06-13 | 2015-12-31 |
| LACEY, Charles Patrick | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2007-05-12 |
| LAIDLER, Hilary Pamela | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2004-07-15 |
| LAIT, Rosemary Lloyd | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2003-08-31 |
| LARKMAN, Peter Scott | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2002-04-25 |
| LATIF, Irfan Hamid | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2026-03-06 |
| LE POIDEVIN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2008-07-31 |
| LEEK-BAILEY, Deborah | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2012-12-31 |
| LEEK-BAILEY OBE, Deborah Ann | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2018-08-31 |
| LLOYD, Martin Charles | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2014-12-31 |
| LLOYD, Martin Charles | Director | — | 1998-09-01 |
| LOCKYER, Sarah Jane, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| LOCKYER, Sarah Jane, Dr | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2019-12-31 |
| LOVEDER, Frank Joseph | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2004-09-14 |
| LOVEJOY, Kaye Marilyn | Director | 2017-03-18 | 2020-08-31 |
| LOWE, Janet Lesley | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2017-08-31 |
| LYNCH, James Gordon Walter | Director | — | 1993-05-06 |
| MAGGS-WELLINGS, Lynn | Director | 2011-03-16 | 2016-12-31 |
| MALLEY, Mark William | Director | 2008-05-17 | 2011-03-15 |
| MANANI, Nilesh Motilal | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, Edmund Scott | Director | — | 1996-05-09 |
| MARTIN, Anthony John | Director | 1997-04-24 | 1999-04-22 |
| MAYBEE, Bryan John | Director | — | 2013-05-17 |
| MCGOWAN, Peter Francis | Director | — | 1992-07-31 |
| MCKERNAN, Stephen | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-12-05 |
| MEAD, Brian Humphrey | Director | — | 1993-01-01 |
| MILNER-WILLIAMS, Margaret Joyce | Director | — | 2012-05-18 |
| MINEIKIS, Helen Ruth | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2014-12-31 |
| MOSS, Paul | Director | 2006-03-11 | 2019-08-31 |
| MOSS, Paul | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2005-12-31 |
| MUMBY, Joan Muir | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2011-04-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Marlyn Joyce | Director | 2007-05-12 | 2008-07-31 |
| NICHOLSON, Stuart | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2017-02-05 |
| NICOL, Joyce | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2010-05-14 |
| OSBORN, Claire Rosanna | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| OSBORN, Claire Rosanna | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2021-08-31 |
| OWEN, Peter Jeremy | Director | 1987-04-16 | 2005-07-15 |
| PHILLIPS, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2007-05-12 |
| PREEDY, Patricia Mary, Professor | Director | 2014-05-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| PREEDY, Patricia Mary, Professor | Director | 2010-05-14 | 2012-05-18 |
| RAPSEY, Frederick Richard George John | Director | — | 1996-11-04 |
| REEMAN, Richard David Harrison | Director | — | 1992-08-30 |
| RILEY, John Snodin | Director | — | 2007-03-07 |
| RISPIN, Christine Ann | Director | 1994-04-21 | 1996-05-09 |
| ROBINSON, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2002-08-31 |
| ROISLI, Zelma | Director | — | 2006-07-21 |
| ROSKILLY, Neil | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-06-27 |
| SALMON, Claudette | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-09-28 |
| SANDERS, Lee | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| SANDERSON, Christopher Mark | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2002-08-31 |
| SAVJANI, Mahendra Kumar | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2012-12-31 |
| SAYERS, Dan John | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| SCHOFIELD, Kenneth Alfred | Director | — | 1992-05-09 |
| SCOTT, Oliver Dickon Robert | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| SEAGROVE, Dionne Emma | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| SIMINGTON, Sean Andrew | Director | — | 1998-05-07 |
| SINCLAIR, John | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2003-11-26 |
| SMART, Rosemarie | Director | 1996-05-09 | 2001-04-26 |
| SMIT, Victoria Susan | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2018-04-04 |
| SMITH, Paul Frederick | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2011-05-13 |
| SMITH, Paul Frederick | Director | 2005-05-12 | 2010-12-01 |
| SMITH, Paul Frederick | Director | — | 2004-07-15 |
| SOUTAR, Philip Alexander | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| SOUTAR, Philip Alexander, Mr. | Director | 2010-05-14 | 2014-06-04 |
| SOUTHWORTH, John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2023-01-30 |
| SPAWFORTH, Graham David | Director | 2025-02-25 | 2026-08-31 |
| SPENDLOVE, Robert Paul | Director | 1992-05-09 | 2006-07-21 |
| STANTON-TONNER, Helen Ruth | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-07-21 |
| STEARNS, James | Director | 2011-05-13 | 2014-05-16 |
| STEEL, Helen Margaret | Director | 1994-04-21 | 2001-03-27 |
| STRANACK, Ann Docking | Director | — | 2014-08-31 |
| THOMPSON, Leslie James | Director | — | 1996-09-29 |
| THORNTON, Kathleen Lesley | Director | 1999-04-22 | 1999-07-19 |
| THORNTON, Kathleen Lesley | Director | 1993-05-06 | 1997-04-24 |
| TIERNEY, Geoffrey Thomas | Director | — | 1993-05-06 |
| TRAPNELL, Barry Maurice Waller, Dr | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
| ULLMER, Jonathan Philip | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2017-08-31 |
| VANSTONE, David Geoffrey | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2013-05-17 |
| WADE, John Leslie | Director | — | 2005-05-12 |
| WALDEN, Richard Michael | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| WALDEN, Richard Michael | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2015-08-31 |
| WARD, David Antony Turner | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| WARDLE, Craig John Alexander | Director | 2025-09-10 | 2026-02-02 |
| WARDLE, Craig John Alexander | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| WARDLE, Craig John Alexander | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2014-01-27 |
| WEBB, Susan | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2016-12-31 |
| WEDGWOOD, David John, Director | Director | 1993-05-06 | 1996-05-09 |
| WILDING, James Thomas | Director | 1992-05-09 | 2026-05-11 |
| WILLIAMS, David | Director | 2007-05-12 | 2010-05-14 |
| WILLMOTT, Richard Shepherd | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2005-05-12 |
| WILSON, Tracey Ann | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| WOOD, David Roger | Director | 2008-05-17 | 2010-05-14 |
| WOOD, David Edward | Director | 1996-05-09 | 2002-04-30 |
| WOOD, John Robert | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| WOOD, John Robert | Director | 2008-05-17 | 2014-04-16 |
| WOODROFFE, Peter James, Dr | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| WOODWARD, Susan Jane | Director | 2006-05-11 | 2011-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 539 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 8
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.