BICKLEY PARK SCHOOL LIMITED
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Cash
£680K
-47.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.7M
-6.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
72
-12.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£442K
-25.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The company has agreed to merge during the financial year 25/26 with Sevenoaks School, with the trade and net assets of the company being transferred to Sevenoaks School. The directors therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £5,575,677 | £5,461,342 | £4,889,800 | -10.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£378,274 | -£461,433 | -22% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£350,942 | -£441,748 | -25.9% | |
| Net profit | £383,974 | -£350,942 | — | — | |
| Cash | £1,738,389 | £1,297,452 | £679,912 | -47.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,603,898 | £8,523,015 | £7,799,701 | -8.5% | |
| Net assets | £8,603,898 | £8,252,956 | £7,686,208 | -6.9% | |
| Equity | £8,603,898 | £8,252,956 | £7,686,208 | -6.9% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 82 | 72 | -12.2% | |
| Wages | £2,996,893 | £3,202,488 | £2,859,347 | -10.7% | |
| 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 | — | -6.9% | -9.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | -6.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -4.4% | -5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 27.8% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.03x | 0.78x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The company has agreed to merge during the financial year 25/26 with Sevenoaks School, with the trade and net assets of the company being transferred to Sevenoaks School. The directors therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “Plans have been approved for Bickley Park School to join the Sevenoaks Family of Schools as part of a charitable merger during the financial year 2025/2026.”
- “The School left the TPS after the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODWIN, Diane | Secretary | 2024-02-12 | — | — |
| ALMOND, Philippa Claire | Director | 2002-11-19 | Nov 1956 | British |
| CARPENTER, Jane Margaret | Director | 2004-11-23 | Mar 1957 | British |
| HANSRA, Mandeep Singh | Director | 2011-11-30 | Jun 1958 | British |
| NUIJENS, Geraldine Hazel | Director | 2016-11-30 | Apr 1969 | British |
| TILEY, John Sheridan | Director | — | Sep 1943 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARIES, David Martin | Secretary | 2021-03-10 | 2023-10-03 |
| HANSRA, Mandeep Singh | Secretary | 2023-10-03 | 2024-02-12 |
| SEDGWICK, Judy Geraldine | Secretary | — | 1996-03-22 |
| WOOD, Nigel | Secretary | 2011-11-30 | 2021-03-10 |
| WOODTHORPE, Anthony Edmund | Secretary | 1996-03-22 | 2011-11-30 |
| ALEXANDER, Lesley Jane | Director | 1993-03-15 | 2001-06-26 |
| BROUARD, Philip | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2018-01-02 |
| CHARLES, Benjamin Patrick Harries | Director | 2021-06-22 | 2025-07-04 |
| CORNISH, Alan Stewart | Director | — | 1993-04-05 |
| DREW, Angela Margaret | Director | 2016-06-29 | 2022-07-31 |
| GRINDLAY, Bruce Colin Walter | Director | 2012-03-21 | 2021-06-22 |
| HAMMOND, John Martin | Director | — | 2005-06-29 |
| HAYNES, Tim Hugh Penzer | Director | 2005-11-28 | 2018-06-26 |
| IVES, David Gell | Director | 1997-11-26 | 2005-11-28 |
| JORDAN, Gillian Lesley | Director | — | 2015-07-18 |
| LUCAS, Robert Ernest | Director | 1992-06-24 | 1996-02-24 |
| MALCOLM, James Graham | Director | — | 1991-06-20 |
| MARTIN, Andrew Maclaren | Director | 1995-11-27 | 2008-06-24 |
| MATTHEWS, Harold James, Rev | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2015-07-01 |
| MCLAREN, Mary Rose Annette | Director | — | 1997-06-25 |
| MOORE, Claire | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2011-09-13 |
| NORTHCOTE-GREEN, Simon Roger | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2006-12-31 |
| PEEL, Nicholas Charles | Director | 1997-11-26 | 2009-12-01 |
| PERCIVAL, Donald Dimitri | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2023-07-07 |
| PERRY, Karen Diane | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2019-09-24 |
| PRIORY, James Edwin | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2026-05-31 |
| PULLAN, Hugh Henry Ayrton | Director | — | 1996-11-27 |
| ROBERTSON, David | Director | 2023-03-14 | 2026-01-20 |
| RUSSELL, Richard Frederick | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2010-06-22 |
| SARGEANT, Diana Mary | Director | — | 1995-03-15 |
| SHRIMPTON, Peter John | Director | — | 1997-06-25 |
| SIMPSON, Alastair Mckenzie | Director | — | 2002-11-19 |
| STURGESS, Ian William | Director | 2013-03-20 | 2018-09-01 |
| WARREN, Howard Roy | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2013-07-03 |
| WILL, Edmund Nicholas | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2021-07-22 |
| WILSON, Frederick Robert Frank | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| WINPENNY, Jonathan Stewart | Director | 2001-11-20 | 2004-11-12 |
| WOODTHORPE, Anthony Edmund | Director | 1994-06-24 | 2004-06-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.