THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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Cash
£12m
+61.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
+32.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
287
-6.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS·Consumer Discretionary median
THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS·Consumer Discretionary median
THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS·Consumer Discretionary median
THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS·Consumer Discretionary median
THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-30 | 2024-08-30 | 2025-08-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,184,159 | £20,676,517 | £20,902,760 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,052,300 | £497,270 | £2,075,698 | +317.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,179,977 | £896,292 | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,521,179 | — | |
| Cash | £9,111,512 | £7,138,941 | £11,507,451 | +61.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,656,836 | £10,039,541 | £12,763,805 | +27.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,666,574 | £7,663,980 | £10,185,159 | +32.9% | |
| Equity | £6,666,574 | £7,663,980 | £10,185,159 | +32.9% | |
| Average employees | 243 | 307 | 287 | -6.5% | |
| Wages | £9,292,157 | £10,150,523 | £9,434,478 | -7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £1,364,395 | £1,234,683 | -9.5% |
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 | 2023-08-30 | 2024-08-30 | 2025-08-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 2.4% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 5.0% | 16.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 51.8% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.02x | 2.06x | 3.08x | |
| Interest cover | 53.77x | 24.81x | — |
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
- THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 1997-05-21 → present
- RICKMANSWORTH MASONIC SCHOOL LIMITED(THE) 1977-11-22 → 1997-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 Charities SORP
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Governors believe the school is able to manage its business risks successfully and that there are no material uncertainties in applying the going concern basis for the. preparation of the accounts.”
Group structure
- THE ROYAL MASONIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS · parent
- RMS Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The academic year 2024/25 was a particularly challenging year for independent schools following the introduction of VAT and the removal of business rate relief as a result of changes in government policy.”
- “On 16 June 2023, the school signed a six-year interim lease which has been applied retrospectively to commence with effect from 1st September 2020.”
- “A long-term (99 year) tenant repairing reversionary lease was executed simultaneously and is planned to commence upon the expiry of the interim lease on 1st September 2026.”
- “In summer 2025, the school refurbished five of the senior school classrooms in the long corridor with more modern facilities, lighting, furniture and decor.”
- “Following a collective consultation process the school withdrew from the TPS from September 2022 and provides a defined contribution scheme to teaching staff.”
- “The School signed an agreement on 31 March 2016 entering into an unsecured loan agreement with RMTGB to allow the school to buy out its liability relating to the RMTGB Staff Pension scheme.”
- “Redundancies took place of 16 staff during the year 2023/24 which resulted in payments of £186k. Enterprise income increased to £656k from £460k in the previous year as residential lettings during the summer holidays were higher. Income from the sports hall increased to £280k from £169k as a result of increased lettings of the facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
18 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHOSH, Emma | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| BREW, Sean Christopher | Director | 2016-12-08 | Aug 1967 | British |
| CORNISH, Tessa Anne Louise | Director | 2019-01-10 | Jul 1960 | British |
| DETRE, Simon Jacques Hugh | Director | 2024-03-26 | Mar 1977 | British |
| GOLDS, Thomas Keith | Director | 2025-07-01 | Aug 1990 | British |
| HARRISON, Clare Louise, Dr | Director | 2025-01-28 | Jan 1979 | British |
| HEAD, Christopher Geoffrey John | Director | 2024-03-26 | May 1947 | British |
| LAUDHAM-MURPHY, Louisa Eve | Director | 2024-10-03 | Jul 1980 | British |
| PEARSON, Philippa Mary | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SAINI, Berneej Singh | Director | 2020-03-27 | Jan 1979 | British |
| SHACKELL, Sharron | Director | 2019-03-25 | Dec 1979 | British |
| SHORTEN CONN, Caroline Frances | Director | 2022-06-20 | May 1967 | British |
| STAITE, Simon Anthony | Director | 2016-12-08 | Sep 1956 | British |
| TALBOTT-HAWORTH, Freyja Elizabeth | Director | 2024-10-03 | May 1993 | British |
| WAUCHOPE, Andrew George | Director | 2019-01-10 | Oct 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Ian Douglas | Director | 2020-03-27 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Penelope Jane | Director | 2024-11-27 | Nov 1961 | British |
| WILSON, Helen Jane | Director | 2020-03-27 | Dec 1968 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAVEN, Joy | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2011-10-06 |
| HIND, Robert Keith, Colonel | Secretary | — | 2004-02-12 |
| JONES, Bryan Edward | Secretary | 2004-02-12 | 2010-07-31 |
| LEMON, Tessa | Secretary | 2019-01-10 | 2019-02-12 |
| ROBINSON, Diana Elizabeth Deborah | Secretary | 2011-10-06 | 2023-09-01 |
| WAUCHOPE, Andrew George | Secretary | 2019-01-10 | 2019-02-12 |
| BARLETT, Miriam Elizabeth | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2016-09-15 |
| BERRY, Christopher Robin | Director | 2002-07-13 | 2007-06-28 |
| BRAIN, Mark | Director | 2023-06-29 | 2023-10-02 |
| BREWER, John, Prof | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2022-03-11 |
| BROPHY, Sinéad Mary | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2023-06-29 |
| CADOGAN, Charles Gerald John, Earl | Director | 1994-05-26 | 2013-12-05 |
| CARMICHAEL, Keith Stanley | Director | — | 2013-08-31 |
| CLAPPISON, James | Director | 2005-10-21 | 2014-12-03 |
| DYKE, Peta Ruth Alexandra | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2023-06-29 |
| EGLINTON & WINTON, Marion Carolina, Countess Of | Director | 1994-10-21 | 2001-02-20 |
| ELLIS, David Richard | Director | 2007-01-25 | 2019-03-21 |
| EMMERSON, Herbert Keith | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2019-03-21 |
| FLECKER, James William | Director | 2007-12-06 | 2019-05-15 |
| FORRESTER, Wendy Jacqueline | Director | — | 2001-02-24 |
| GARDINER, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2015-03-05 |
| GARVEY, Robert | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2025-08-31 |
| GOULD, John Edward Endersby | Director | 2006-03-23 | 2018-03-22 |
| GRAY, Abigail Chloe | Director | 2010-05-05 | 2019-07-01 |
| HAYWARD, Christopher Michael | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2019-07-01 |
| HEMINGWAY, Peter, Reverend | Director | — | 2005-06-23 |
| HIND, Robert Keith, Colonel | Director | — | 2013-08-31 |
| HOPKINS, Jill | Director | 1991-10-21 | 2001-02-22 |
| JONES, Michael Batham | Director | — | 2006-03-23 |
| KEMP, Helen Le Cato | Director | — | 1993-05-27 |
| KNOPP, Jonathan Gary | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2021-12-07 |
| MORROW, Robert Anthony Henry | Director | 1999-07-10 | 2002-05-09 |
| OATES, Laura | Director | 2001-10-19 | 2004-10-22 |
| PAGE, Richard Lewis | Director | 2002-07-13 | 2014-01-27 |
| PAGE, Richard Lewis | Director | — | 1995-02-17 |
| PARDON, Joanna Ruth | Director | 2020-03-27 | 2022-12-08 |
| PILLER, Gordon James, Dr | Director | — | 2005-06-23 |
| PORTER, Hilary | Director | 2002-07-13 | 2015-12-02 |
| RICHARDS, Fiona Kirsty | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2019-10-18 |
| SMART, Edward Kenneth | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1999-07-10 |
| SMITH, Raymond John | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-08-05 |
| SPRINGER, Nicholas Sidney | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2020-03-27 |
| STEPHENS, Christine Ann | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2018-03-22 |
| SURRY, Keith Raymond Stewart | Director | 2004-10-22 | 2016-12-08 |
| TUCKER, Stephen John, Dr. | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2014-07-31 |
| VAUGHAN, Gerard Folliott, Dr Sir | Director | 1992-02-27 | 2003-07-29 |
| WALKER, Harold Grenville | Director | — | 1992-10-23 |
| WOODCOCK, Mike | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-10-03 |
| YEAMAN, David Ridley | Director | 2012-06-14 | 2017-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.