THE MAYNARD SCHOOL
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Cash
£2.9m
-29.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.8m
-1.8% vs 2024
Employees
125
-0.8% vs 2024
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 | £6,816,255 | £6,797,144 | £7,043,665 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £396,993 | £156,918 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £394,083 | £156,918 | -£107,722 | -168.6% | |
| Cash | £3,095,416 | £4,123,803 | £2,909,093 | -29.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,834,108 | £6,968,975 | £6,461,011 | -7.3% | |
| Net assets | £5,712,505 | £5,869,423 | £5,761,701 | -1.8% | |
| Equity | £5,712,505 | £5,869,423 | £5,761,701 | -1.8% | |
| Average employees | 122 | 126 | 125 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £3,492,521 | £3,762,219 | £3,939,333 | +4.7% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.8% | 2.3% | -1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 37.1% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 2.00x | 1.86x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors have assessed the use of the going concern basis to consider possible events or conditions that might affect the ability of the School to continue as a going concern. The Governors are confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The School therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Times and Sunday Times South - West Independent School of the Year 2025”
- “Maynard entered two teams in the 35 Mile Challenge and one team in the 45 Mile Challenge (each team has 6 participants).”
- “A very successful Spanish trip to Madrid and Barcelona took place, organized by the MFL department, we reinstated the biannual ski trip, the History department took their biannual trip to New York and the Geography department spent part of the autumn half term break in Iceland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALCOMBE, Frances Anthea | Director | 2022-09-27 | Dec 1949 | British |
| BEVAN, Nichola Ann | Director | 2025-06-03 | Nov 1970 | British |
| BRUCE-JONES, Anna | Director | 2025-03-04 | Jan 1959 | British |
| CHIVERS, Helena Elizabeth | Director | 2024-06-25 | Jul 1994 | British |
| CUMMINGS, Georgina Elizabeth | Director | 2025-06-03 | May 1995 | British |
| FISHWICK, Meriel Ann | Director | 2024-11-05 | Sep 1964 | British |
| GATHERER, Christopher Douglas Mckay | Director | 2017-05-23 | Apr 1958 | British |
| HEAL, Timothy Ralph | Director | 2023-06-27 | Nov 1968 | British |
| HOLLAND, Peter, Councillor | Director | 2021-10-01 | Mar 1949 | British |
| KIRK, David Gerard | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| LUCE, Henry David | Director | 2011-11-16 | Jul 1963 | British |
| MITCHELL, Michael | Director | 2025-11-04 | Apr 1949 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Gareth Robert Vincent | Director | 2023-02-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| STRUDLEY, Jean Barbara | Director | 2025-06-03 | Oct 1960 | British |
| WITHERIDGE, Sarah Mary | Director | 2013-01-21 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Sandra Heather | Secretary | 2018-03-01 | 2021-06-18 |
| GREEN, Lionel Frederick George | Secretary | 2012-08-20 | 2013-05-31 |
| HAMMOND, Peter | Secretary | 2013-08-29 | 2017-12-31 |
| HUGHES-PARRY, Thomas Antony | Secretary | 2003-08-04 | 2012-08-31 |
| LE GALLEZ, Paula, Dr | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| STANHOPE, Janet, Lady | Secretary | 2008-09-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| STANHOPE, Janet Anne, Lady | Secretary | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 |
| BESS, Diana Winifred Pamela Sutton | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2004-07-14 |
| BICKLEY, Kay Dawn | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2009-01-01 |
| BIRKIN, Emma Louise, Lady | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2024-08-09 |
| BOWDEN, Peter Noel | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| BRUCE-JONES, Nicholas William | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2025-12-09 |
| BUTCHER, Stephen Caivs | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CAMERON, Susan | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Mark | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2019-03-21 |
| CHANOT, Jane Elaine | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2022-08-31 |
| COLUNS, Thomas Joash | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2007-07-31 |
| COURT, Jilly Patricia | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2015-12-09 |
| DART, James Ronald | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2021-12-12 |
| DERSLEY, Wendy | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2017-09-01 |
| FANOUS, Sian | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2016-12-16 |
| FREEMAN, Nicola Jenny | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2006-11-01 |
| GABBITASS, Catherine Mary | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2015-12-09 |
| GARDNER, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2003-08-04 | 2007-07-31 |
| GIBBONS, George Alan | Director | 2014-12-10 | 2019-04-26 |
| GRAY, Catherine Mary, Dr | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2010-04-13 |
| GREGORY, Simon Hugh | Director | 2006-10-28 | 2016-12-16 |
| HENSON, Yolonda Anne Cullis | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| HOPKINS, John | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| HOULT, Christopher | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2010-05-16 |
| HOWARD, Christopher John | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| HUGHES, Bernard Clement John | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| JONES, Jane Margaret | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| KINGDON, Linda Mary | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2011-08-12 |
| LE GALLEZ, Paula, Dr | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| MANFIELD, Wendy Carol | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2025-01-27 |
| MARSH, Stuart | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2012-06-21 |
| MASON, Robin Anthony, Professor | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2016-02-25 |
| MILLAR, Laura Katrine | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2004-11-01 |
| MORRISH, Paul Stephen | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2016-12-16 |
| MURRAY, Topsy | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2009-07-01 |
| MYERS, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| OWENS, Gareth Alan Fergus | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| PASCOE, Caroline Ann | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2018-07-01 |
| PEARSE, Amanda Sylvia | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| POWELL, Ian Hughes Colin | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2013-05-13 |
| PRITCHARD, Sarah Rose | Director | 2005-03-16 | 2015-02-24 |
| RANDALL JOHNSON, Sara Madeleine | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2025-04-30 |
| REGAN, Janet Patricia | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2009-01-01 |
| REYNOLDS, Helen | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| SHELDON, Claire, Dr | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| SHIEL, Norman | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2017-06-15 |
| SMART, Francesca Henley | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| STANHOPE, Janet Anne, Lady | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Robin Dennis | Director | 2003-08-04 | 2006-10-27 |
| THOMPSON, Cynthia | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2019-04-26 |
| TURNER, Lynn | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2023-11-16 |
| VERHAMME, An Jenny Godelieve Angela | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-05-13 |
| WALKER, Adele Mary | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| WALTON-POCOCK, Christina Frances | Director | 2017-09-23 | 2022-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.