ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY
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Cash
£414k
+181.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.9m
+2.1% vs 2024
Employees
102
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£124k
-14.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,794,787 | £5,365,841 | +11.9% | |
| Operating profit | £144,911 | £124,377 | -14.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £144,911 | £124,377 | -14.2% | |
| Net profit | £277,069 | £183,455 | -33.8% | |
| Cash | £147,242 | £413,901 | +181.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,728,807 | £8,912,262 | +2.1% | |
| Net assets | £8,728,807 | £8,912,262 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £8,728,807 | £8,912,262 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 102 | 102 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,840,587 | £3,120,481 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £359,215 | £453,713 | +26.3% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.0% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 1.60x |
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
- ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY 1997-07-15 → present
- RSD SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY 1997-05-09 → 1997-07-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bates Weston Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees reasonably expect the Charity has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Last year Trustees noted that language deprivation is a key barrier for D/deaf children impacting upon many developmental outcomes including school readiness. Plans for future periods included increasing the scope of the School's Early Year's provision. In the year a milestone was passed: there are now seven children in Early Years.”
- “As one long-term-campus development plan came to an end a new consultation started.”
- “A number of research projects happened throughout the year. Working with the National Health Service (NHS) and a partner charity, young people in Post 16 had their say at a strategic level about the lived experiences of Deaf people in the health care system.”
- “At the end of the academic year a number of members of the Governing Body (GB), including its Co-chairs, stepped down to make way for new recruits.”
- “Following the Chancellor's declaration on 31 October 2024 to bring Non Maintained Special Schools (NMSS) into scope of VAT policy, the School moved quickly and coherently to secure the best outcomes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RADFORD, Helen Netta | Secretary | 2016-08-15 | — | — |
| BULGER, Douglas Edward | Director | 2018-02-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| CROWLEY, Craig Andrew | Director | 2018-11-05 | Apr 1964 | British |
| DU CELLIEE MULLER, David Colin | Director | 1998-08-10 | Oct 1949 | British |
| OTTEWELL, James Alexander Bruce | Director | 2016-12-06 | Jan 1965 | British |
| TOMALIN, Mark Ian | Director | 2022-09-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIPP, Antony John | Secretary | 1997-05-09 | 2016-08-15 |
| CASTLEDINE, Alan Douglas | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2018-02-01 |
| KILLIAN, Samatha | Director | 2018-02-14 | 2019-09-30 |
| MORRIS, Marion Reid, Lady | Director | 1998-09-10 | 2000-04-10 |
| PASSMORE, Alan Michael Lamplough | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2021-04-21 |
| PASSMORE, Alan Michael Lamplough | Director | 1997-05-09 | 2000-05-04 |
| PEPPER, Tracy | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| RICHARDSON, James Hadden | Director | 1997-05-09 | 2021-09-15 |
| SENIOR, Lynn Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2018-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.