BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
-15.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£59m
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
397
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+815.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-14.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED·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 | £24,189,000 | £26,756,000 | £26,768,000 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | — | £77,000 | £250,000 | +224.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,094,000 | -£257,000 | £1,838,000 | +815.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,539,000 | £125,000 | £1,756,000 | +1,304.8% | |
| Cash | £6,920,000 | £15,056,000 | £12,750,000 | -15.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,444,000 | £72,832,000 | £66,259,000 | -9% | |
| Net assets | £56,696,000 | £56,821,000 | £58,577,000 | +3.1% | |
| Equity | £56,696,000 | £56,821,000 | £58,577,000 | +3.1% | |
| Average employees | 391 | 411 | 397 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £11,218,000 | £13,685,000 | £13,032,000 | -4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,277,000 | £1,153,000 | £1,048,000 | -9.1% |
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 | — | 0.3% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 0.5% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.1% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 30.4% | 28.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 1.90x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.10x | 0.54x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 group'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.”
Group structure
- BENENDEN SCHOOL (KENT) LIMITED · parent
- Lime Avenue Sales & Services Limited 100%
- Benenden International Limited 100%
- Benenden School 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 September 2025 Benenden School (Kent) Limited entered into a merger deed with Orwell Park School Educational Trust Limited... Under the terms of the merger, the assets, liabilities and activities of the Orwell Park School Educational Trust Limited transferred to the school on 1 December 2025.”
- “During the year LASS ceased to act as the main trading arm of the School and its principal activities of retail of school uniform, stationery, sports equipment and pharmacy products for sale to the School community were outsourced in a free and open competition to Stevensons Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 80 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEEWEZEN, Carl | Secretary | 2025-07-01 | — | — |
| BLAKEMORE, Fiona Jane Conway | Director | 2020-12-03 | Jan 1974 | British |
| CATON, Annabel Vera | Director | 2023-02-18 | Jul 1971 | British |
| CLARKE, Alison Jane | Director | 2014-11-20 | Oct 1960 | British |
| CORNISH, Fiona Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2013-11-21 | Nov 1960 | British |
| COSLETT, Deborah Joyce | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
| LAWSON, Kathryn Charlotte | Director | 2026-01-13 | Mar 1976 | British |
| LEWIS, Joseph John Christopher | Director | 2025-11-01 | Apr 1983 | British |
| LICENCE, Callum Donald | Director | 2026-01-13 | Feb 1972 | British |
| MARSHALL, Patrick Antony Jean Charles | Director | 2021-03-17 | Jan 1972 | British |
| MCBEATH, Damian | Director | 2021-12-13 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MCNAB, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2016-06-09 | Mar 1958 | British |
| MCNAB, Duncan James | Director | 2024-05-09 | Jun 1967 | British |
| PEARCE, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2018-12-05 | Apr 1957 | British |
| SIMPKIN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2017-11-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| TAYLOR, Helen Louise, Professor | Director | 2023-07-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| THOMAS, Clare Louise | Director | 2022-04-25 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 80 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Nicholas Jeremy | Secretary | 2003-02-10 | 2016-02-24 |
| BRADLEY, Elizabeth Julia | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| DALTON HOLMES, Robin | Secretary | — | 2003-02-10 |
| GRAHAM, James Mungo Murray | Secretary | 2020-02-28 | 2022-12-31 |
| HIGGS, Angela | Secretary | 2024-12-19 | 2025-07-01 |
| LANDER, Martin Christopher | Secretary | 2016-02-24 | 2019-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Rachael | Secretary | 2024-04-15 | 2024-12-18 |
| WOODS, Nicholas John Dillon | Secretary | 2019-09-30 | 2020-02-28 |
| ANDERSON, Jane Megan Owen | Director | 1998-05-16 | 1999-05-15 |
| BELLHOUSE, Lillian Justine | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2006-06-01 |
| BIRKETT, Joanna Sarah | Director | 2011-03-02 | 2024-08-03 |
| BIRTS, Peter William | Director | — | 1993-09-28 |
| BONSALL, David Charles | Director | 1993-11-18 | 2007-07-07 |
| BROOKE, Carol Consuelo | Director | 1995-05-20 | 1998-05-16 |
| CAREY, Wendy Margaret | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2020-06-18 |
| CHERRY, Graham Stewart | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2012-02-02 |
| COATES, Michael Odiarne | Director | — | 2007-07-07 |
| COLLUM, Hugh Robert | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2003-03-13 |
| COLLUM, Hugh Robert | Director | — | 1993-10-26 |
| COTTON, Josephine Katharine | Director | 1992-10-23 | 1995-10-18 |
| COVELL, Charles Arthur Alan | Director | 2001-09-10 | 2016-07-02 |
| COWLEY, David John | Director | 1993-11-18 | 2000-10-09 |
| CRAIG-MCFEELY, Elizabeth Sarah Ann, Commandant | Director | — | 1995-03-10 |
| CREWDSON, Frances Mary | Director | 2006-12-20 | 2012-08-01 |
| DARBISHIRE, Owen Richard, Dr | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2012-08-01 |
| DOYLE, Sheila Howard | Director | — | 2003-03-15 |
| DRIVER, Charles Jonathan | Director | — | 2005-06-16 |
| EDWARDS, Ian Michael David | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2003-04-02 |
| EVENETT, Rupert William, Dr | Director | 2017-03-14 | 2024-08-03 |
| FONE, Angela Mary | Director | — | 1992-10-14 |
| GALLAGHER, Laurette | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2021-07-03 |
| GEORGIADIS, Antony Vassos | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2001-09-10 |
| GOOLDEN, Michael Cyril Christopher | Director | 2007-05-24 | 2017-07-08 |
| GREEN, Stephen Nathaniel | Director | 2008-06-12 | 2016-02-24 |
| GROCHOLSKA, Bridget Caroline, Countess | Director | 1999-05-15 | 2004-03-18 |
| HAAS, Richard David Walter | Director | — | 1993-03-04 |
| HALCROW, Gillian Mary | Director | 1997-10-15 | 2000-10-19 |
| HARPER, Ewan William, Sir | Director | — | 1993-10-20 |
| HARRISON, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1997-06-05 |
| HAYES, Jane | Director | 2004-03-18 | 2015-11-19 |
| HAYNES, Timothy Hugh Penzer | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2016-06-09 |
| JAMISON, Peter Christopher, Abbot | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2002-09-18 |
| JOHNSTON, Rachel Joy | Director | 1993-06-10 | 2014-11-20 |
| KENNEDY, Ann Sheila | Director | — | 1993-10-26 |
| LAIT, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 1993-12-21 | 1998-06-01 |
| LAVIN, Deborah Margaret | Director | 1998-02-18 | 2009-02-01 |
| LAWRENCE, Walter Nicholas Murray | Director | — | 1998-03-07 |
| LEUNG, Michael Kai Hung | Director | 1995-10-29 | 2005-06-16 |
| LLOYD DAVIES (JACKS), Susan Vanessa, Surgeon Major | Director | — | 1998-03-07 |
| MARTIN, Rose Mary Anne, Doctor | Director | 1998-01-14 | 2001-03-15 |
| MCDONALD, Margaret | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2023-07-01 |
| MCPARLAND, John Anthony Augustine | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2020-06-18 |
| MITCHELL, Jennifer, Dr. | Director | 2002-09-04 | 2005-06-16 |
| MOORE, Charles Hilary, Lord | Director | 1999-04-05 | 2009-03-05 |
| NICOLLE, Christopher George | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2020-10-09 |
| NUNNELEY, Catherine Elizabeth Armstrong, Ma | Director | 1997-05-03 | 2006-07-08 |
| PUGH, Giles St Aubyn | Director | 2016-02-24 | 2021-12-02 |
| PULLINGER, (Francis) Alan, Sir | Director | — | 2000-11-23 |
| RICE, John Noel | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2021-06-25 |
| ROBERTSON, John William | Director | 2003-03-13 | 2005-06-16 |
| RUSSELL, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | — | 1992-05-16 |
| SALMON, Harry | Director | — | 2015-11-19 |
| SANGER, James Gerald | Director | — | 2005-07-31 |
| SARGENT, Michael Carlisle | Director | 1994-01-11 | 2003-03-13 |
| SCOTT, Jacqueline Mary | Director | 1992-05-16 | 1995-05-20 |
| SHACKLETON, Fiona Sara | Director | — | 2007-07-07 |
| SIMKINS, Charles Edward Thomas | Director | 1993-09-28 | 1996-10-01 |
| SIMPSON, Sancia Helen | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2003-11-20 |
| SMART, Simon Sean | Director | 2002-11-26 | 2019-08-31 |
| STEWART, Catherine Helen | Director | 2023-02-18 | 2024-08-03 |
| STRONG, Jonathan Vezey | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2018-12-05 |
| STRONG, Jonathan Vezey | Director | 1996-12-07 | 2004-03-18 |
| TAUB, Liba Chaia, Professor | Director | 2016-02-24 | 2023-07-01 |
| THOMAS, Benjamin Victor Robert | Director | 1998-07-23 | 2008-07-05 |
| TRELAWNY-VERNON, William Ernle Hardy | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2017-12-07 |
| WALKER ARNOTT, Edward Ian | Director | — | 1993-11-18 |
| WILSON, Helen | Director | — | 1995-06-09 |
| WINSER, Margaret Ellen | Director | — | 2002-08-31 |
| WITHERIDGE, John Stephen, Reverend | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2006-06-15 |
| YORKE, Morag | Director | 1995-10-18 | 1997-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 311 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-19 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.