FOREST SCHOOL, LONDON
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Cash
£9.5m
-41.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£19m
+11.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
455
+7.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
+295.5% vs 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £29,385,867 | £34,032,590 | £38,364,241 | +12.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £395,869 | £1,462,737 | +269.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £476,478 | £1,884,705 | +295.5% | |
| Net profit | £485,630 | £476,478 | £1,884,705 | +295.5% | |
| Cash | £2,657,277 | £16,294,473 | £9,474,578 | -41.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,310,091 | £26,316,492 | £24,502,392 | -6.9% | |
| Net assets | £16,273,370 | £16,749,848 | £18,634,553 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £16,273,370 | £16,749,848 | £18,634,553 | +11.3% | |
| Average employees | 417 | 422 | 455 | +7.8% | |
| Wages | £14,326,601 | £15,582,605 | £17,731,784 | +13.8% | |
| 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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.2% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.4% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.5% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.8% | 57.0% | 59.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 1.36x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.68x | 6.95x |
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
- FOREST SCHOOL, LONDON 2021-12-30 → present
- FOREST SCHOOL,ESSEX. 1947-02-06 → 2021-12-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the funding facilities available to the School together with the expected ongoing demand for places and the School's future projected cash flows, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future and consider that there were no material uncertainties over the School's financial viability.”
Group structure
- FOREST SCHOOL, LONDON · parent
- Sylvestrian Enterprises Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2025 the School acquired 100% of the share capital of Snaresbrook Preparatory School Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRYMAN, Steven, Dr | Director | 2022-06-17 | Jan 1982 | British |
| DAVIES, Jane Diane | Director | 2015-05-01 | Feb 1959 | British |
| FULLER, William Martin | Director | 2013-12-04 | Feb 1970 | British |
| GIBBONS, Yemisi | Director | 2023-08-30 | Feb 1977 | British |
| HADI, Saniya Marriam, Dr | Director | 2017-11-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| LALL, Neena | Director | 2024-02-27 | Jun 1967 | British |
| LAW, Kateryna | Director | 2025-09-04 | Mar 1982 | British |
| MANN, Richard Alexander James | Director | 2024-12-05 | Apr 1972 | British |
| PERRY, Simon Thomas | Director | 2018-11-14 | Jun 1954 | British |
| POWER, Michael Andrew, Archdeacon | Director | 2025-06-18 | Sep 1961 | British |
| WILSON, David Thomas Monti | Director | 2012-12-11 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS, Roger William George | Secretary | 1993-08-01 | 2005-08-19 |
| COOMBS, Diane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2005-08-20 | 2025-12-10 |
| HAWKINS, Peter Frank | Secretary | — | 1993-07-31 |
| ATLEE, Geraldine Claire | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2024-03-22 |
| BANATVALA, Jehangir Edalji, Professor | Director | 1993-03-24 | 2014-12-04 |
| BECKETT, Denis Arthur, Major General | Director | — | 1995-07-05 |
| BETT, Michael, Sir | Director | — | 1992-12-11 |
| BRIGSTOCKE, Heather Renwick, Baroness | Director | — | 1990-10-12 |
| CALCUTT, Barbara Ann, Lady | Director | 1993-03-24 | 2000-03-24 |
| CAMPION, Susan Ruth | Director | 1993-03-24 | 2014-09-01 |
| CAZENOVE, Bernard Michael De Lerisson | Director | 1996-07-03 | 2015-06-25 |
| CLAPP, Terence Kenneth | Director | 1993-07-07 | 2000-03-24 |
| COCKETT, Elwin Wesley, The Venerable | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2024-07-05 |
| DORAN, David Kenneth | Director | — | 1997-03-26 |
| DOVE, Edward Craig | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2018-11-19 |
| DUNN, David Christy | Director | — | 1993-07-09 |
| DUNN, Richard Johann | Director | — | 1998-08-03 |
| GODFREY, David Warren | Director | 2002-06-19 | 2009-03-17 |
| GODFREY, David Warren | Director | — | 1999-06-28 |
| GREEN, Geoffrey Stephen | Director | 1999-03-26 | 2018-06-27 |
| HEWITSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2011-12-14 |
| HURDMAN, William Richard, The Reverend | Director | 1996-10-18 | 2001-11-26 |
| IZZARD, Alan | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2004-06-07 |
| JENKINSON, Glynis | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2023-03-24 |
| JONES, David Ian Stewart, Revd | Director | — | 1993-07-09 |
| KENNEDY, William, Judge | Director | 2011-03-23 | 2023-03-24 |
| KOLADE, Oluwole Olatunde | Director | 2009-07-02 | 2013-09-01 |
| KOTECHA, Bhik | Director | 2009-03-17 | 2012-12-11 |
| LITTLE, John Albert, Doctor | Director | 1999-03-26 | 2009-02-25 |
| MARLAND, Linda Susan | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2015-06-25 |
| MATTHEWS, John Waylett | Director | 1998-11-25 | 2016-10-31 |
| MORTON, Pamela Mary | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2006-12-05 |
| OATES, Penelope Mortimer | Director | 2011-03-23 | 2023-08-31 |
| RANKIN, Susan, Professor | Director | 2000-06-14 | 2012-07-04 |
| ROBINSON, Anthony Martin | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2021-06-30 |
| ROWLEY, Geoffrey William | Director | 1991-07-03 | 1997-07-02 |
| SAMPAT, Paul Charan | Director | 2022-06-17 | 2025-12-05 |
| SIDWELL, Elizabeth Mary, Dr | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2017-03-21 |
| SMALLBONE, Graham | Director | 1993-10-15 | 2011-12-14 |
| SMITH, Colin Beaumont | Director | — | 2001-06-20 |
| SORRELL, Alec Dudley Mott | Director | — | 1998-03-25 |
| TILLETT, Peter Gordon Fraser | Director | — | 1997-07-02 |
| WELCH, Leeming Arthur | Director | — | 1996-06-10 |
| WILLIAMSON, Keith Alex, Marshal Of The Royal Air Force | Director | — | 1993-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.