HOE BRIDGE SCHOOL LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7m
-23.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.3m
-8.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
+6% 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 | £6,501,896 | £7,765,713 | £8,218,478 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | £340,234 | £771,512 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £340,234 | £771,512 | £346,892 | -55% | |
| Cash | £362,123 | £3,535,750 | £2,711,865 | -23.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,707,121 | £11,945,274 | £12,366,317 | +3.5% | |
| Net assets | £9,475,069 | £10,246,581 | £9,339,203 | -8.9% | |
| Equity | £9,475,069 | £10,246,581 | £9,339,203 | -8.9% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 116 | 123 | +6% | |
| Wages | £3,606,363 | £3,904,963 | £4,297,305 | +10% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 5.2% | 9.9% | — | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 9.9% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | 6.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 41.5% | 45.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.90x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | 4.34x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HOE BRIDGE SCHOOL LIMITED 1999-07-09 → present
- HOE BRIDGE AND THE TREES LIMITED 1993-04-19 → 1999-07-09
- ALLEN HOUSE (NO.2) LIMITED 1986-12-30 → 1993-04-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 on the School's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 1 December 2025 Hoe Bridge School merged with Greenfield School. All trade and assets were transferred to Hoe Bridge School on 30 November 2025. The total value of assets transferred on 30 November 2025 per the Greenfield School financial statements was £15,619,911. The total value of the liabilities transferred was £13,488,111, which includes loans of £11,994,775 which are secured upon the property transferred.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Hannah Lucy | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | — | — |
| BLAGDEN, Neil Austin | Director | 2025-11-21 | Jul 1977 | British |
| COOKE, Samuel Thomas | Director | 2022-11-29 | Jun 1984 | British |
| DAY, Janet Rosemary | Director | 2025-11-21 | Aug 1948 | British |
| FOX, David Anthony | Director | 2024-03-26 | Mar 1967 | British |
| KATTE, Ian Paul | Director | 2009-02-11 | Mar 1954 | British |
| LACEY, Susan Joy | Director | 2012-01-26 | Jan 1975 | British |
| PATIENT, Jonathan Le May | Director | 2022-06-21 | Feb 1971 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2025-11-21 | Feb 1971 | British |
| PIPE, Trevor Gregory | Director | 2022-06-21 | May 1950 | British,French |
| VERITY, Giles | Director | 2015-04-13 | Jul 1965 | British |
| WALMSLEY, David Stuart | Director | 2025-11-21 | Jan 1977 | British |
| WALTON, Philip Leonard Francisco | Director | 2008-12-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Robert John | Director | 2019-04-08 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDDOW, Carolyn Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Robert Anthony Bruce | Secretary | — | 2006-05-31 |
| WICKS, Gail | Secretary | 2006-06-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| ALLAN, Gillian Susan | Director | 1997-09-14 | 2008-06-29 |
| ARCHIBALD, Malcolm John | Director | — | 1995-07-16 |
| ARNOLD, Samantha Elizabeth | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2024-12-03 |
| BABER, Sophie Eluned Wallace | Director | 2019-06-12 | 2025-04-14 |
| BEAKE, Stuart Alexander, The Venerable | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2018-08-31 |
| BOULTON, Fiona Jane | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2022-06-21 |
| BRENNAN, Simon Francis Currie, Mr. | Director | 2014-05-08 | 2020-04-28 |
| BROWN, Caroline Pamela | Director | 2006-09-17 | 2017-03-16 |
| CAMERON, Alan Douglas, Dr | Director | 1998-08-16 | 2013-03-18 |
| COLE, Richard Edwin | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| DOUBLE, Gary | Director | 1997-07-12 | 2005-07-07 |
| ELLIS, Robert William | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2021-11-25 |
| HARRIS, Robert Anthony Bruce | Director | 1997-07-12 | 2011-07-18 |
| HEMLEY, David | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HEMLEY, Simon David | Director | 2009-02-11 | 2012-11-07 |
| HENMAN, Jane Marion Ann | Director | — | 1997-07-12 |
| JARVIS, Wendy | Director | 1997-07-12 | 2011-08-31 |
| KEY, Christopher Francis | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| MICHELMORE, Susan Kay, Dr | Director | 2006-09-17 | 2008-02-19 |
| MISON, Stewart John | Director | — | 1992-07-19 |
| MOORS, Lauren Emily Webster | Director | 2025-11-21 | 2026-01-05 |
| MULLER, Richard Oscar | Director | 2006-09-17 | 2009-05-08 |
| PERRY, Andrew Christopher John | Director | — | 2000-02-06 |
| PIPE, Trevor Gregory | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2014-06-10 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Henry | Director | 1997-07-12 | 2008-06-29 |
| SHAW, Maxine | Director | 2015-04-13 | 2017-03-16 |
| SMITH, Timothy George | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2024-03-26 |
| WILSON-SMITH, Christopher | Director | — | 1997-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.