ELLESMERE COLLEGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£162K
-8.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-3.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
244
+0.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,382,248 | £10,359,989 | £10,759,183 | |
| Operating profit | -£409,703 | -£315,150 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£386,468 | -£315,150 | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£307,920 | -£177,761 | |
| Cash | £110,225 | £177,323 | £161,828 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,982,796 | £4,915,238 | £5,186,728 | |
| Net assets | £4,350,563 | £4,035,413 | £3,908,032 | |
| Equity | £4,350,563 | £4,035,413 | £3,908,032 | |
| Average employees | 240 | 243 | 244 | |
| Wages | — | £6,208,747 | £6,332,096 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+3.9%
£10,359,989 £10,759,183
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-8.7%
£177,323 £161,828
-
Net assets
-3.2%
£4,035,413 £3,908,032
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+0.4%
243 244
-
Wages
+2%
£6,208,747 £6,332,096
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.9% | -3.0% | — | |
| Net margin | — | -3.0% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.2% | -6.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 55.6% | 58.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.25x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.24x | — |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the very considerable pressures imposed on the independent school sector in the recent budget statement, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the group will be able to continue operating for the foreseeable future, and thus the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ELLESMERE COLLEGE LIMITED · parent
- Ellesmere College Enterprises Limited 1%
- Ellesmere College International Limited 1%
Significant events
- “A second school, Ellesmere Riyadh opened in September 2024.”
- “In her Autumn budget statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed that VAT should be applied to private school fees from the 1st January 2025.”
- “an increase in employers' National Insurance contributions is to take effect from April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVERY, Rhona | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| CASTLE, Karen Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2019-11-27 | Dec 1963 | British |
| CLARKE, John Kevin | Director | 2025-09-08 | Apr 1965 | British |
| CLARKSON - WEBB, Simon | Director | 2026-03-06 | Feb 1958 | British |
| CONNOR, Siobhan Margaret | Director | 2011-05-10 | May 1972 | British |
| LILLIS, Charles Edward | Director | 2011-01-27 | Sep 1952 | Irish |
| SAMPSON, Michael Donald | Director | 2014-05-01 | Sep 1951 | British |
| SCANLON, Julie, Dr | Director | 2023-01-29 | Aug 1963 | British |
| SUTTON, Anna | Director | 2021-03-17 | Sep 1952 | British |
| TROWBRIDGE, Jane Marie | Director | 2014-10-16 | Aug 1956 | British |
| WARD, Michael Alexander | Director | 2023-06-19 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEESLEY, Peter Frederick Barton | Secretary | 2004-03-08 | 2004-07-20 |
| HAWORTH, Nicholas Charles | Secretary | 2006-04-24 | 2020-08-31 |
| LOWRY, Terence, Lt Col | Secretary | 2004-07-20 | 2006-04-23 |
| WIGNALL, Brendan Joseph | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| BEESLEY, Peter Frederick Barton | Director | 2004-03-08 | 2004-08-31 |
| BREWITT, David Charles | Director | 2012-12-18 | 2016-04-26 |
| BULLOCK, Sarah Ruth, Rt. Revd. | Director | 2020-11-23 | 2023-03-20 |
| CHAMBERS, Guy Philip, Lt Col | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2008-01-07 |
| CHARNOCK, John Peter | Director | 2015-03-03 | 2018-03-12 |
| CHRISTIE, Frances Mary | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2015-06-09 |
| CLOVER, Brendan David, The Reverend Canon | Director | 2006-09-04 | 2013-03-20 |
| CLUTTON, Charles | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2011-08-01 |
| DELLAR, Howard John | Director | 2004-03-08 | 2004-08-31 |
| DENTON, Margaret Ann | Director | 2015-03-03 | 2019-12-28 |
| EISENSTEIN, Stephen Michael, Prof | Director | 2008-06-12 | 2011-06-30 |
| FAIRWEATHER, Davina | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2023-07-03 |
| GRIFFITH, Philippa Claire | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2013-03-12 |
| HARVEY, Steven Charles, The Revd | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2006-04-16 |
| HOPKINS, John Stuart | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2022-11-21 |
| HOPPINS, Richard Alan Kelsey | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2025-03-24 |
| JEWISS, John Oliver, Wg Cdr | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2009-07-22 |
| JONES, John Kenrick | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2008-06-12 |
| MATHIAS, Jon Ashwoode | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2017-08-31 |
| MORRIS, Anthony Leonard | Director | 2005-03-08 | 2015-06-09 |
| NEWBOLD, Carolyn Susan | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2017-12-08 |
| NIETO, Julie | Director | 2024-03-25 | 2026-03-19 |
| PATERSON, Rose Emily, The Hon Mrs | Director | 2012-12-18 | 2015-06-09 |
| PAULSON, Peter Ellis | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2006-06-06 |
| POCHIN, Jonathan Camm | Director | 2020-03-03 | 2025-05-06 |
| RYLANDS, Mark James, The Rt Revd | Director | 2011-03-17 | 2018-08-09 |
| SAVAGE, Raimond | Director | 2004-07-20 | 2008-07-01 |
| SCANLON, Julie, Dr | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2020-09-18 |
| SHEARER, Andrew | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2012-11-05 |
| SMITH, Alan Gregory Clayton, Right Reverend Dr | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2004-09-01 |
| SMITH, Alan Gregory Clayton, Right Reverend Dr | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2009-03-02 |
| TOMKINSON, Jane | Director | 2016-10-06 | 2019-07-01 |
| WIGGINTON, Gordon Roy | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2012-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Woodard Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-18 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.