MANCHESTER SCHOOL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+5.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£557K
+86.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£592K
+26% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,768,131 | £3,344,799 | £3,855,297 | |
| Operating profit | — | £412,995 | £483,849 | |
| Profit before tax | £436,614 | £469,669 | £591,621 | |
| Net profit | £352,804 | £293,342 | £443,716 | |
| Cash | £3,444,992 | £3,583,506 | £3,789,439 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £325,793 | £298,642 | £557,326 | |
| Equity | £325,793 | £298,642 | £557,326 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.3%
£3,344,799 £3,855,297
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+5.7%
£3,583,506 £3,789,439
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+86.6%
£298,642 £557,326
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+17.2%
£412,995 £483,849
-
Profit before tax
+26%
£469,669 £591,621
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 12.3% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 8.8% | 11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 98.4% | 96.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.82x | 2.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.46x | 0.59x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- MANCHESTER SCHOOL SERVICES LIMITED 2005-03-14 → present
- MANCHESTER SCHOOLS SERVICES LIMITED 2005-02-17 → 2005-03-14
- INHOCO 3158 LIMITED 2004-12-22 → 2005-02-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the provision of a secondary school and its subsequent operation and maintenance for the benefit of Manchester City Council. The contract is in year 16 of its term expiring in April 2032.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-25 | — | — |
| DAVIES, David Wyn | Director | 2011-12-19 | Sep 1968 | British |
| GEORGE, John Philip | Director | 2011-12-19 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOEDE, Klaus | Secretary | 2005-05-27 | 2006-01-25 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-22 | 2005-05-27 |
| BARBER, Jane Catherine | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2016-11-22 |
| BOEDE, Klaus | Director | 2005-05-27 | 2008-07-01 |
| BROOKS, Sally-Ann | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2018-01-29 |
| COOPER, Philip | Director | 2005-05-10 | 2005-10-17 |
| GRIFFITHS, Peter Robert | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2008-11-27 |
| HESKETH, Timothy John | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2016-11-22 |
| JENNINGS, Oliver James Wake | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2009-06-24 |
| MCBREARTY, Michael Joseph | Director | 2007-09-11 | 2009-12-01 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2009-10-14 | 2010-02-02 |
| MCCLATCHEY, Robert Sean | Director | 2007-07-23 | 2009-06-24 |
| MILLS, Angela | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2018-01-29 |
| POTTS, Roger Harold | Director | 2005-10-17 | 2007-09-11 |
| RAWLINSON, Martin James | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2011-01-25 |
| REICHERTER, Matthias Alexander | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2011-09-30 |
| RICTHIE, Alan | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2009-10-14 |
| STOREY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2016-11-22 |
| VEERAPEN, Priya Ruth | Director | 2010-02-02 | 2011-12-19 |
| BIIF CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-10-27 | 2011-12-19 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-12-22 | 2005-05-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester School Services Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-20 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.