THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION
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Cash
£18m
-21.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£98m
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,027
-3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 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 | £48,385,000 | £56,929,000 | £70,802,000 | +24.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | £36,571,000 | £1,924,000 | -94.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £955,000 | £36,842,000 | £1,886,000 | -94.9% | |
| Cash | £7,354,000 | £23,099,000 | £18,225,000 | -21.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,371,000 | £116,285,000 | £112,949,000 | -2.9% | |
| Net assets | £59,016,000 | £95,858,000 | £97,744,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £59,016,000 | £95,858,000 | £97,744,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 724 | 1,068 | 1,027 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £26,887,000 | £31,514,000 | £40,394,000 | +28.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £2,031,000 | £2,580,000 | +27% |
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 | — | 64.2% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 64.7% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 31.4% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 30.9% | 36.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 56.44x | 3.04x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Tracey Young (HaysMac LLP)
- 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 group'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.”
Group structure
- THE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION · parent
- Mill Hill School Enterprises
- Mill Hill Education Group International Limited
- Mill Hill Thailand
- The Mill Hill Schools Trust
Significant events
- “Mill Hill School and Belmont were chosen as the location of the UK's only dedicated 11-18 Maths school, which will open for pupils in September 2026.”
- “Bligh House, a dedicated facility for SEN pupils was opened within Cobham Hall in January 2025.”
- “A new Head, Kevin Dobson, was appointed to Grimsdell from September 2025, with the incumbent moving to our new school in Thailand.”
- “Approval for the Belmont astro was obtained, with the hope of the facility opening by the end of calendar year 2026.”
- “The January 2025 imposition of VAT, and the subsequent loss of charitable business rate relief, caused significant financial challenges to the schools and fee paying families.”
- “The charity mergers with Westbrook Hay School and Heathfield School completed on 1 September 2025.”
- “A Charity merger will take place in June 2026 to bring Framlingham College into the Group.”
- “The junior school building of Mill Hill International School Thailand was completed on time, with a successful opening to its first pupils in September 2025.”
- “Mill Hill International created new Sixth Form provision, with the first pupils joining Year 12 in September 2025.”
- “Kingshott School pupils starting GCSE courses, as part of its expansion up to GCSE.”
- “Westbrook Hay has also embarked on the same expansion to GCSE.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTALL, Michael James Reinhard | Director | 2024-05-17 | Nov 1968 | British |
| DASGUPTA, Debashis | Director | 2024-10-09 | Feb 1963 | British |
| DUNLEAVY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2020-10-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| JAMES, Neil | Director | 2024-10-09 | Apr 1962 | British |
| LEGGETT, Anthony Edwin | Director | 2025-11-12 | Sep 1957 | British |
| LEWIS, Mary | Director | 2020-10-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| LIPTON, Elliot Stephen | Director | 2013-03-19 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MILLER, Stephanie Jones | Director | 2013-03-16 | Oct 1973 | British |
| MILLET, Andrew | Director | 2018-03-24 | Jun 1968 | British |
| NIHAT, Noyan | Director | 2020-12-12 | Feb 1969 | British |
| PATEL, Eleni Alexia | Director | 2025-10-23 | Apr 1975 | British |
| POOLE, Anthony | Director | 2023-10-09 | Feb 1960 | British |
| SKELLY, Mark James | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
| TAYLOR, Nigel Gerrard | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1956 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXWORTHY, Roger Leonard, Dr | Secretary | 2016-09-10 | 2016-12-05 |
| BASSINGTHWAITE, Maisie | Secretary | 2019-10-19 | 2025-03-10 |
| FRASER, Bruce Davidson | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2016-09-10 |
| HALL, Juliet | Secretary | 2025-02-10 | 2025-09-19 |
| LUNDY, Countess | Secretary | 2025-09-22 | 2026-06-11 |
| MORGAN, Beverley, Lt. Col. | Secretary | 1997-07-17 | 2004-08-31 |
| STARLING, Rebecca Louise | Secretary | 2016-12-05 | 2018-08-29 |
| ALTON, Eric Walter Frederick Wolfgang, Professor | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2023-06-17 |
| AVERY, Charlotte Frances | Director | 2017-09-23 | 2023-12-09 |
| BALCHIN, Robert George Alexander, Lord | Director | 2004-03-20 | 2007-12-08 |
| BANATVALA, Jangu, Professor | Director | 2001-06-24 | 2014-09-20 |
| BAYLISS, Simon | Director | 2020-10-07 | 2022-10-14 |
| BEWSHER, John Bowen | Director | 1997-07-17 | 1998-12-12 |
| BROOKE, Anthony Leonard | Director | 2007-09-29 | 2018-03-24 |
| BURDELL, Robin | Director | 2017-12-09 | 2020-10-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Roger Geoffrey, Dr | Director | 1998-12-12 | 2017-05-14 |
| CHAPMAN, Sydney, Sir | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2005-09-18 |
| CHASE, Graham Frank | Director | 1999-12-11 | 2007-12-08 |
| CRAIG, Amanda Polly, Dr | Director | 2006-09-10 | 2019-01-04 |
| DHILLON, Kamal | Director | 2022-06-18 | 2026-06-20 |
| DICKINSON, David John | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2021-03-23 |
| DOBLE, Kevin Allan | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2022-02-21 |
| DOWNIE, Ian | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2021-04-26 |
| ELIOTT LOCKHART, Rudolf Alastair | Director | 2013-09-14 | 2022-10-12 |
| ERSKINE MURRAY, Clare Gillian | Director | 2004-03-20 | 2011-09-10 |
| FREESTONE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-20 | 2017-08-31 |
| FREESTONE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2010-10-16 |
| GOUGH, Malcolm | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-09-18 |
| GRAHAM, George Malcolm Roger | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2005-09-18 |
| HALES, Vernon William | Director | 2023-11-22 | 2024-10-02 |
| HALSTEAD, Andrew David | Director | 2006-09-21 | 2007-12-08 |
| HARRIS, David Henry | Director | 2010-02-23 | 2017-08-31 |
| HARVEY, Eric Stanley | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2003-12-31 |
| HODGSON, Alfred Paul | Director | 1997-07-17 | 1999-06-20 |
| HORNSHAW, Jamie Martin William | Director | 2016-09-24 | 2020-12-07 |
| JACKSON, Rosemary Elizabeth | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2015-09-19 |
| JAMES, Howell | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2002-12-14 |
| LAW, Sophie Kate | Director | 2016-09-24 | 2021-05-15 |
| LESLAU, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2003-03-22 | 2007-12-08 |
| MARCOU, Nicholas Dimitri | Director | 2005-09-18 | 2011-05-12 |
| NOSWORTHY, George Edward | Director | 2004-03-20 | 2016-09-24 |
| O'NEILL-BYRNE, Katrina, Dr | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2025-06-11 |
| PATEL, Mangal Vijayalaxmi | Director | 2014-09-20 | 2024-06-15 |
| PECHARD, Lara | Director | 2024-06-13 | 2025-06-11 |
| PHELPS, Charles Francis, Professor | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2000-01-21 |
| POOLE, Anthony Lethbridge | Director | 1997-07-17 | 1999-12-11 |
| PROCTOR, Michael Richard Edward, Professor | Director | 1999-06-20 | 2014-09-20 |
| ROBERTS, James | Director | 1997-07-17 | 1998-12-12 |
| RUMBOLD, Angela Claire Rosemary, Rt Hon Dame | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2004-06-19 |
| SIMMONS, Veronica Gene Gladys | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2006-09-10 |
| SKINNER, William | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2011-09-10 |
| SKINNER, William | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2006-09-10 |
| STEWART, Robert Lewis | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2003-12-31 |
| STONEHAM, Sunena | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2022-09-14 |
| TAYLOR, Adrian John | Director | 2004-03-20 | 2007-06-23 |
| TAYLOR, June Marian | Director | 1999-06-20 | 2009-06-27 |
| TRAY, Richard Lawrence | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2016-06-25 |
| TUCKER, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1997-07-17 | 1999-02-12 |
| TYME, David Michael | Director | 2022-06-18 | 2026-06-20 |
| VERO, Geoffrey Osborne | Director | 1999-06-20 | 2008-07-31 |
| WELCH, Andrew William | Director | 2008-09-27 | 2020-04-14 |
| WILKES, Pamela Helen | Director | 2010-11-13 | 2019-08-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Anne Margaret | Director | 1998-12-12 | 2004-03-20 |
| WILSON, Michael Trevenen | Director | 2013-06-29 | 2015-12-05 |
| WRAY, Nigel William | Director | 2005-09-18 | 2007-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Millet | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-24 | Ceased 2018-03-24 |
| Mr Robin Burdell | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-09 | Ceased 2017-12-09 |
| Mrs Rebecca Louise Starling | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-05 | Ceased 2016-12-05 |
| Mrs Sophie Kate Law | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-24 | Ceased 2016-09-24 |
| Mr Jamie Martin William Hornshaw | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-24 | Ceased 2016-09-24 |
| Mr Anthony Leonard Brooke | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-24 |
| Mr David Henry Harris | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-31 |
| Mrs Susan Elizabeth Freestone | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-31 |
| Dr Roger Geoffrey Chapman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-14 |
| Dr Roger Leonard Axworthy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-30 |
| Mr George Edward Nosworthy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-24 |
| Mr Bruce Davidson Fraser | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-01 |
| Mr Andrew William Welch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Rudolf Alastair Elliott Lockhart | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Elliot Stephen Lipton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Frances Margaret Raphael King | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr David John Dickinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Professor Eric Walter Frederick Wolfgang Alton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Leon Roberts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Mangal Vijayalaxmi Patel | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Dr Amanda Polly Craig | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Pamela Helen Wilkes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Sunena Stoneham | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Sarah Jane Bellotti | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Kate Simon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Stephanie Jones Miller | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 262 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.