BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY SCHOOLS SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£814k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4.1m
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£885k
Period ending 2024-03-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,300,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £535,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £885,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £545,000 | — | |
| Cash | £814,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,339,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £4,083,000 | — | |
| Equity | £4,083,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £65,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.3% | |
| Net margin | 23.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.17x | |
| Interest cover | 2.43x |
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
- BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY SCHOOLS SERVICES LIMITED 2001-10-26 → present
- JARVISHELF 12 LIMITED 2001-07-13 → 2001-10-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the company's projected profits and cashflows. Having examined the current status of the principal contracts and likely developments in the foreseeable future, the directors consider that the company will be able to settle its liabilities as they fall due and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “No significant changes are expected to the company's activities, as set out in the Strategic Report, in the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMPERIAN SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-09-01 | — | — |
| LITTLE, Richard Geoffrey, Mr. | Director | 2025-11-30 | Oct 1979 | British |
| RAE, Neil, Mr. | Director | 2014-02-11 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-07-13 | 2005-09-01 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2007-12-01 | 2014-02-11 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2006-12-07 |
| BIRCH, Alan Edward | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2004-08-27 |
| BLUNDELL, Christopher John | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2025-08-29 |
| DALGLEISH, Bruce Warren | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2006-12-07 |
| DANE, Aart | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2018-04-16 |
| DOUGHTY, William Robert | Director | 2004-08-26 | 2008-01-02 |
| GARDINER, Patrick Hugh | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2004-06-07 |
| GETHIN, Ian Richard | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2008-01-02 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Nigel | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2004-06-15 |
| MASON, Geoffrey Keith Howard | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2002-03-06 |
| MATTHEWS, Andrew | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2005-12-22 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2005-12-22 |
| MCCULLOCH, Paul | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2006-12-18 |
| MICHELSON-CARR, Ruth Tessa | Director | 2001-07-13 | 2002-01-23 |
| MILNER, Paul George | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2004-06-15 |
| NORTH, Daniel Geoffrey | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2025-11-30 |
| REES, Robert Hugh Corrie | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2008-01-02 |
| SEMPLE, Brian Mervyn | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2008-01-02 |
| SUTTON, Andrew John | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton & Hove City Schools Services (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.