PRINCE'S MEAD SCHOOL TRUST
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Cash
£2.5m
-36.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.7m
+12.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
70
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£726k
+184% highest in 3 filed years
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 financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the charitable company is no longer a going concern. The charitable company executed a full Transfer Agreement with King Edward VI School and transferred its entire operations, assets and liabilities to King Edward VI School on 1 September 2025 and it is the view of the Governors that it will be possible to close down the current Trust within the next 12 months.
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6 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 | £4,147,505 | £4,617,744 | £4,790,644 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £205,829 | £630,104 | +206.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £274,167 | £255,750 | £726,371 | +184% | |
| Net profit | £274,167 | £255,750 | £726,371 | +184% | |
| Cash | £1,085,461 | £3,931,220 | £2,479,746 | -36.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,738,842 | £5,994,592 | £6,720,963 | +12.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,738,842 | £5,994,592 | £6,720,963 | +12.1% | |
| Equity | £5,738,842 | £5,994,592 | £6,720,963 | +12.1% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 73 | 70 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £2,009,205 | £2,160,674 | £2,118,909 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £255,664 | £281,123 | +10% |
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 | — | 4.5% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 5.5% | 15.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.4% | 9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 37.3% | 20.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.36x | 2.30x |
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
- PRINCE'S MEAD SCHOOL TRUST 1999-07-08 → present
- PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL TRUST 1984-01-24 → 1999-07-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the charitable company is no longer a going concern. The charitable company executed a full Transfer Agreement with King Edward VI School and transferred its entire operations, assets and liabilities to King Edward VI School on 1 September 2025 and it is the view of the Governors that it will be possible to close down the current Trust within the next 12 months.”
Significant events
- “As a result of a merger agreement dated 9 May 2025 after the reporting date, on 1 September 2025, Prince's Mead School Trust merged with King Edward VI School. The legal entity, however, continues to exist during the formal winding-up process, which will be completed in due course.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Clare Alexandra Forbes | Secretary | 2022-10-31 | — | — |
| GIDDINS, Jill | Director | 2023-03-22 | Apr 1970 | British |
| GILLOW, Charles Henry Paulyn | Director | 2021-06-16 | Aug 1957 | British |
| LOWE, Christopher Michael | Director | 2019-02-06 | Jul 1974 | British |
| PATTISSON, William Thomas | Director | 2016-06-15 | Jun 1963 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Duncan | Director | 2025-01-24 | Dec 1982 | British |
| STYLSKI, Kerry | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRRON, Derek Anthony, Bsc Ceng | Secretary | 1996-11-01 | 1997-11-30 |
| CARSWELL, Ian Morrice | Secretary | — | 1994-08-03 |
| COOPER, Lynda | Secretary | 1999-11-17 | 2007-08-31 |
| GINNEVER, Jane Darlington Cook | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 1999-01-14 |
| MALLOCK, Geoffrey Ross, Colonel | Secretary | 1994-08-03 | 1996-10-31 |
| WHITE, Richard Ian | Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| ANNESLEY, Sue Jane | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2023-06-21 |
| BATEMAN, Georgina Louise | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2025-10-24 |
| BELTRAN, Louis Henry | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| BURGE, Geraldine Teresa | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2011-08-31 |
| BURGE, Michael John | Director | 1997-03-13 | 1998-01-08 |
| CLARKE, Alan Francis | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1995-03-09 |
| CURRIE, Angela | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2016-06-15 |
| DAVIS, Steven Richard | Director | 2004-10-06 | 2010-01-20 |
| DRYDEN, Susan Jane | Director | 2015-10-21 | 2023-03-02 |
| EKINS, James Maurice Sydney | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2006-08-31 |
| FOSTER, Marion | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2013-03-06 |
| GIDDINGS, Timothy | Director | 2021-06-16 | 2025-11-07 |
| HAIG, Gavin John | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2013-09-19 |
| HAMILTON, Peter Bryan | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2002-10-02 |
| HANCOCK, Peter, Right Revd Bishop Of Bath And Wells | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-03-27 |
| HAUSER, Pamela Ann | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2024-07-05 |
| HELLER, William Kingham | Director | 1997-03-13 | 1999-01-12 |
| HENDRIKSEN, Neil | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2017-12-31 |
| IRVING-BELL, Elizabeth Blanche | Director | — | 2000-07-06 |
| JONES, Alun Selwyn | Director | 2005-03-02 | 2010-05-27 |
| KELLY, Martin Dominic | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| KNOWLES, Godfrey Nelson | Director | — | 1998-09-22 |
| LEWIS, Geraldine | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2016-06-15 |
| LONGHURST, Peter James Christopher | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| MATTHEWS, William John Joseph, Revd | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-11-30 |
| MCMILLAN, Andrew Campbell | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2021-06-17 |
| MCWHIRTER, Anthony Sheridan, Mr. | Director | 2002-10-02 | 2008-01-22 |
| MORGAN, Lorraine Claire | Director | 2004-10-06 | 2010-12-31 |
| PERTWEE, Richard James Charles | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| POTTER, Muriel | Director | 1995-06-30 | 1999-01-12 |
| PUTT, Robert James | Director | 2007-01-23 | 2016-12-31 |
| RENWICK, Melanie Jane | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2025-01-01 |
| SALTER, Alicia Bancroft | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2001-12-11 |
| SAUND, Keeya Anjali | Director | 2022-06-22 | 2025-09-29 |
| SCOFFIN, Jon | Director | 2025-01-18 | 2025-09-04 |
| SEAFORD, John Nicholas, The Reverend Canon | Director | — | 1993-06-11 |
| SHEPPARD, Emma | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2020-03-18 |
| SHERGOLD, Julia Catherine | Director | 2024-07-05 | 2025-09-30 |
| SIBSON, David William Thomas | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2025-11-05 |
| STANLEY, Oliver Hugh | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2002-01-22 |
| TAYLOR, Arthur Ronald | Director | — | 1997-03-13 |
| THOMAS, Neil Howard, Dr | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2010-08-31 |
| TICE, Sarah Jane | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2024-07-05 |
| TURNER, Stephen Edward | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2004-10-07 |
| VAN GEEST, Leonard Waling | Director | 1998-06-17 | 2003-07-11 |
| VERNON, Diana Charlotte | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2002-01-22 |
| WALKER, Victoria Margaret | Director | — | 2009-08-31 |
| WELCH, Brian David | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, David Grant | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2018-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 6
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.