THORPE HOUSE SCHOOL TRUST
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Cash
£614k
-55.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.9m
-17.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
72
+14.3% 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 | £4,576,769 | £4,818,562 | £5,072,278 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £159,397 | -£209,432 | -£601,002 | -187% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £159,515 | -£209,110 | -£601,072 | -187.4% | |
| Cash | £1,936,806 | £1,375,005 | £614,469 | -55.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,931,891 | £3,506,322 | £2,874,850 | -18% | |
| Net assets | £3,672,157 | £3,463,047 | £2,861,975 | -17.4% | |
| Equity | £3,672,157 | £3,463,047 | £2,861,975 | -17.4% | |
| Average employees | 64 | 63 | 72 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £2,529,072 | £2,890,962 | £3,120,657 | +7.9% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | -4.3% | -11.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | -4.3% | -11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | -6.0% | -20.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 0.28x | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | 0.92x | -1.24x | -3.69x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors believe the School's financial resources are sufficient to ensure the School will continues as a going concern for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “One student, displaced from Ukraine with his family, has had a full 100% scholarship awarded since he joined us three years ago. He is currently in Year 13, his final year at Thorpe.”
- “On 31 October 2025 the school completed the sale of Haytor House that was held as a fixed asset at the reporting date. The property was sold for net proceeds of £565,005.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARSHCHI-HEIDARI, Celia Jane | Secretary | 2024-11-04 | — | — |
| COWARD, Richard John | Director | 2003-12-11 | Apr 1949 | British |
| FERNANDO, Anne Gayani | Director | 2025-09-09 | Sep 1968 | British,Australian |
| MEAZZO, Julia | Director | 2024-10-19 | Jan 1969 | British |
| RAJA, Rennie | Director | 2019-01-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
| TUFFT, Richard James | Director | 2021-03-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| WAKEFIELD, Michael Reginald | Director | 2018-09-01 | Mar 1950 | British |
| WEBBER, Ruth Helen | Director | 2016-09-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARUNDEL, Michael John | Secretary | — | 1992-10-12 |
| DOLLING, Terence Charles | Secretary | 2004-08-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| FAHEY, Anne Geraldine | Secretary | 1993-11-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| POTTER, Jo Emily Marie | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| SEGROVE, Geoffrey Eric | Secretary | 1992-10-12 | 1993-11-01 |
| WATTS, Matthew Charles | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| ARMITAGE, David | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2013-03-08 |
| ARUNDEL, Michael John | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| BABB, Judith Anne | Director | 1997-11-26 | 2009-03-06 |
| BANNISTER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2014-02-28 | 2023-03-31 |
| BEEBEE, Meyrick Richard Legge | Director | 1997-11-26 | 2006-12-31 |
| BENNETT, Christopher Frederick | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2002-03-28 |
| BICKNELL, Marcus | Director | 2004-10-11 | 2012-03-09 |
| BOTHA, Hendrick Jacobus | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2019-08-31 |
| BRISTOW, Andrew Deryck Jason | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2024-10-22 |
| BURKE, Gerald John | Director | — | 1997-11-26 |
| COCHRANE, Ian Andrew | Director | 1994-04-25 | 1999-03-08 |
| COLLINS, Geoffrey Roderick | Director | 1998-06-12 | 2007-02-23 |
| CURTIS, James Richard | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2014-06-20 |
| DOUGHTY, William Ronald, Sir | Director | 1995-09-01 | 2005-05-16 |
| DRIVER, Chales Jonathan | Director | — | 1992-05-31 |
| FROST, Michelle Anne | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2017-12-31 |
| GIBB, Francis Ross, Sir | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| GODFREY, Stephen | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2011-03-11 |
| GORNER, Christopher David | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2019-08-31 |
| HOGARTH, Audrey, Doctor | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2005-02-21 |
| HOY, David Forrest | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| KAYE, Alexander Marco James | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| KENT, Trevor Lincoln | Director | — | 1995-06-19 |
| LEWIS, Alan George Whittlesey | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| LONGSHAW, Alan | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2005-10-14 |
| MACMILLAN, Roy Alexander | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2023-09-25 |
| MARRIS, Roger George | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2018-08-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Gerard Paul | Director | 2014-02-28 | 2017-12-31 |
| MILLINS, Peter John | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2019-08-31 |
| MILLINS, Peter John | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2018-12-31 |
| MYERS, Amanda | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2021-08-31 |
| NEESON, Paul Gerard, Dr | Director | 1996-10-07 | 2004-05-18 |
| PARNIS, Emanuel, Dr | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-10-16 |
| RAVEN, Deborah Jane | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2017-12-31 |
| SAMUELS, Sam | Director | 1995-03-20 | 1997-06-13 |
| SEGROVE, Geoffrey Eric | Director | — | 1992-01-20 |
| STANNING, David Ralph | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2021-08-31 |
| STANNING, Glynis Elizabeth | Director | 2006-02-24 | 2016-06-24 |
| SYMONS, Jacqueline | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| THOMPSON, Nicholas Henry Croom | Director | 2005-11-15 | 2016-02-04 |
| TIMBERLAKE, Audrey | Director | — | 1998-03-02 |
| TURNER, Nicola Simone, Dr | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| WATKINS, John Robert | Director | 1994-04-25 | 2005-02-21 |
| WELCH, Karen | Director | — | 1996-02-19 |
| WILKINSON, Keith Howard, The Reverend Canon | Director | 1992-02-24 | 1996-08-31 |
| WISE, Fiona | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-07-11 |
| WITTY, Caroline Margaret | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2016-06-24 |
| WOLPERT, Grant Wallace | Director | 2024-10-19 | 2025-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 244 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.