GARD'NER MEMORIAL LIMITED(THE)
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Cash
£7.2m
+31.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
190
+1.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,310,971 | £10,260,103 | £11,642,053 | +13.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £173,242 | £981,764 | £1,101,519 | +12.2% | |
| Cash | £4,074,032 | £5,436,551 | £7,169,168 | +31.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,361,702 | £17,313,617 | £18,376,892 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £14,646,858 | £15,628,622 | £16,730,141 | +7% | |
| Equity | £14,646,858 | £15,628,622 | £16,730,141 | +7% | |
| Average employees | 182 | 188 | 190 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £5,496,094 | £6,142,563 | £6,692,701 | +9% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.9% | 9.6% | 9.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.46x | 4.19x | 2.99x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' 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 school'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.”
Significant events
- “Recording the largest pupil-roll in the School's 87-year history.”
- “Constructing the new St Matthew's classroom and public-examinations suite.”
- “Obtaining planning consent to construct a new all-weather artificial sports pitch, floodlighting, sports pavilion new campus-entrance and roadway.”
- “Responding effectively to the new Value Added Tax on school fees, implemented with only weeks' notice from Government.”
- “Appointment of the headmaster to the honorary positions of National Chair of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), and Non-executive Director and board-member of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) for the 2025-26 year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANDLEY, Glenn Victor | Secretary | 2021-09-01 | — | — |
| BELL, Helen | Director | 2024-11-14 | Feb 1977 | British |
| BURNELL, Charlotte Louise | Director | 2024-03-21 | Jul 1964 | British |
| COBY, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| DE SOUSA, Kyla | Director | 2024-02-05 | May 1991 | British |
| GOSNELL, Nicholas, The Very Reverend | Director | 2022-06-09 | Nov 1958 | British |
| HANDLEY, Glenn Victor | Director | 2018-07-20 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MALDEN, Jack | Director | 2024-06-20 | Oct 1996 | British |
| POOLE, David Stephen | Director | 2024-06-20 | Oct 1968 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Alison | Director | 2023-06-15 | Feb 1967 | British |
| ROUTLEY, Andrew | Director | 2022-09-29 | Jun 1964 | British |
| SKINNER, Louise | Director | 2024-06-20 | Dec 1981 | British |
| SPAWFORTH, Graham David | Director | 2021-06-17 | Dec 1964 | British |
| STEPHENS, Michael John Alexander | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, David James | Secretary | — | 1994-05-11 |
| COLLINS, Sean Anthony | Secretary | 2003-03-13 | 2021-08-31 |
| SIMKINS, Peter William | Secretary | 1994-05-11 | 2003-03-13 |
| ATASSI, Mounir, Dr | Director | 2024-06-20 | 2025-06-16 |
| BOYD, Malcolm James | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2014-09-20 |
| BRADBY, Daniel James, Captain | Director | 2003-02-03 | 2010-03-31 |
| BRAND, Suzie | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2024-03-07 |
| BROOKS, Peter Linton | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2004-10-07 |
| COLLETT, Roger James | Director | — | 1997-05-31 |
| COLLINS, Sean Anthony | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2021-08-31 |
| EDWORTHY, Pamela Mary | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2024-07-31 |
| EGAN, William Owen Timothy | Director | 1993-10-13 | 1997-01-22 |
| FORSTER, Robert Mark | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2024-03-07 |
| GARDNER, Anthony Britten, Dr | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2019-07-13 |
| GARRATT, Jeremy Michael St Clair, Reverend | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| GOODYEAR, Christine | Director | 2022-06-09 | 2024-10-16 |
| GOWLAND, Susan Lindsay | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2023-06-02 |
| HAY, Gary Michael | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2024-07-31 |
| KING, John Michael | Director | 1993-10-13 | 1999-08-31 |
| KIRKHAM, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 1997-03-18 | 2012-06-13 |
| MAHER, Heulwen Sarah | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-07-08 |
| MANNING-SMITH, John Kenneth | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2018-12-31 |
| MARCHANT, Susan Carol | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2013-05-09 |
| MARTIN, James, Father | Director | — | 2001-12-22 |
| PARKER, Patricia Mary, Dr | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2013-05-30 |
| PARKER, Phyllis Margaret | Director | — | 1993-10-13 |
| SHEARN, Colin | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-07-08 |
| SHERLOCK, Patrick Anthony, Rev | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| SICELY, Michael John | Director | 2022-06-09 | 2023-12-31 |
| SIMKINS, Peter William | Director | — | 2003-03-13 |
| STARES, John Bertram | Director | 2003-10-09 | 2021-12-31 |
| WHALE, Anthony | Director | 2002-03-04 | 2009-10-10 |
| WILSON, Patrick Andrew | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2020-06-18 |
| WOELLWARTH, William Anthony | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2018-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Glenn Victor Handley | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2021-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Sean Anthony Collins | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.