LUDGROVE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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Cash
£6.9m
+15.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
+15.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
108
-1.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+224.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | — | £6,425,809 | £6,801,570 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | £87,492 | £850,326 | £2,762,143 | +224.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £87,492 | £850,326 | £2,762,143 | +224.8% | |
| Net profit | £87,492 | £850,326 | £2,762,143 | +224.8% | |
| Cash | £2,592,643 | £5,955,616 | £6,881,563 | +15.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,095,533 | £17,265,383 | £19,155,154 | +10.9% | |
| Net assets | £15,095,533 | £16,335,859 | £18,861,002 | +15.5% | |
| Equity | £15,095,533 | £16,335,859 | £18,861,002 | +15.5% | |
| Average employees | 114 | 110 | 108 | -1.8% | |
| Wages | £2,621,866 | £2,689,031 | £2,777,732 | +3.3% | |
| 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 | — | 13.2% | 40.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 13.2% | 40.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 4.9% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 5.4% | 1.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.81x | 2.67x | |
| Interest cover | 0.29x | 2.60x | 9.33x |
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
- S&W Audit
- 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 over the ability to continue for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LUDGROVE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED · parent
- The Ludgrove School Foundation 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end the School has registered for VAT in order to comply with the change in VAT regulation which requires fees for education to incur VAT at 20%. The School will apply VAT to fees as from 1 January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTAIN, Maura Elizabeth | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | — | — |
| CARTER, James Dominic Peers | Director | 2026-01-26 | Sep 1974 | British |
| DEN BESTEN, Ruth Michelle | Director | 2020-06-24 | Nov 1977 | British |
| FITZWILLIAMS, Logie Charles Lloyd | Director | 2021-04-24 | Mar 1980 | British |
| HINCHLIFF, Andrew John | Director | 2020-02-12 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MORPHET, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2022-12-12 | Oct 1969 | British |
| SCOTT-MALDEN, Charles Edward Rodney | Director | 2024-06-17 | Aug 1975 | British |
| VIGORS, D'Arcy Donna | Director | 2017-12-09 | Oct 1970 | Canadian,British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACKMAN, Wendy Jean | Secretary | — | 1999-06-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Christine Susan | Secretary | 1999-06-29 | 2013-12-02 |
| BARKER, Guy William | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2021-06-21 |
| BOLDERO, Esmond Dunn | Director | — | 2003-06-26 |
| BROOKS, Neil Richard | Director | 2018-01-23 | 2024-06-17 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Charles Langhorne | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2025-11-25 |
| CHAPPELL, Emily Charlotte | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2020-03-11 |
| CORMACK, Richard Nicholas Thomas | Director | 2016-03-16 | 2026-03-09 |
| ECKERSLEY, Peter David Charles | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2014-06-19 |
| ECKERSLEY, Roger Alexander | Director | — | 2004-11-16 |
| EDEY, Philip David | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2021-06-21 |
| FLOYD, John Edward | Director | 2025-02-07 | 2026-03-09 |
| HARBORD-HAMOND, John Edward Richard, The Honourable | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2016-06-22 |
| HENSHILWOOD, Alexander Balfour | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2025-11-25 |
| HILL-WOOD, Peter Denis | Director | — | 2003-06-26 |
| HOARE, Jonathan Michael Douro | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2011-03-15 |
| HOLDEN, Benedict John | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2024-03-11 |
| HYSLOP, Rosalind Jane | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2017-06-21 |
| INGLEBY-MACKENZIE, Alexander Colin David | Director | — | 2001-07-01 |
| JOHNSTON, William Stewart | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2022-06-21 |
| MCKEE, Peter John | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2014-03-11 |
| MILNE, Garth Peter Denis | Director | — | 2012-11-14 |
| MORPHET, Vanessa Jane | Director | 2022-12-14 | 2023-01-01 |
| MORRISSEY, Helena Louise | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2015-11-22 |
| PARSONS, Nicholas John Walter | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2014-03-04 |
| PILKINGTON, Christopher Douglas | Director | — | 2009-03-04 |
| REOCH, Robert David | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2012-06-28 |
| ROSSLYN, Peter, Lord | Director | 1989-03-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| SINCLAIR, Alan Gordon William | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2015-06-15 |
| SMYTH-OSBOURNE, Michael Alexander | Director | 2015-03-10 | 2025-06-23 |
| STOCKDALE, Thomas Minshull, Sir | Director | — | 2009-11-09 |
| THE EARL OF ROSSLYN, Peter | Director | — | 2009-11-09 |
| WETHERED, James Adam Lawrence | Director | 2003-02-27 | 2013-06-28 |
| WIGGIN, Michael Peter | Director | — | 2001-07-01 |
| WIGGIN, Rupert Michael | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2022-06-21 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul Gordon | Director | 2014-02-21 | 2018-11-14 |
| WORSLEY, Francis Edward | Director | — | 1999-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.