ABBEY SCHOOL LIMITED
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Cash
£402K
-51.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.6M
+19.8% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
178
-16.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+900.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £6,880,622 | £10,610,316 | £10,465,571 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £103,371 | £246,061 | £2,010,091 | +716.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£2,517,270 | £110,432 | £200,625 | £2,006,640 | +900.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£2,517,270 | £2,031,146 | -£379,081 | £1,418,400 | +474.2% | |
| Cash | £7,474 | £90,711 | £300,885 | £104,661 | £827,331 | £401,891 | -51.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£338,494 | -£3,157,174 | £5,500,057 | £7,531,203 | £7,152,122 | £8,570,522 | +19.8% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £7,531,203 | £7,152,122 | £8,570,522 | +19.8% | |
| Equity | -£338,494 | -£3,157,174 | £5,500,057 | £7,531,203 | £7,152,122 | £8,570,522 | +19.8% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 28 | 87 | 155 | 213 | 178 | -16.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,350,428 | £4,452,746 | £6,875,995 | £5,652,280 | -17.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £197,060 | £77,500 | £88,688 | £104,363 | +17.7% |
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 1.5% | 2.3% | 19.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 29.5% | -3.6% | 13.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 1.4% | 3.4% | 23.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 41.1% | 42.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.62x | 0.63x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 23.11x | 5.39x | — |
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
- ABBEY SCHOOL LIMITED 2018-10-09 → present
- SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL LIMITED 2018-01-03 → 2018-10-09
- SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES LIMITED 2011-01-04 → 2018-01-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After careful consideration, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Therefore, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORBELY, Barnabas | Director | 2011-01-04 | Apr 1976 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assum Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-05-09 | Active |
| Special Needs Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-10-15 | Ceased 2022-05-09 |
| Mr Barnabas Borbely | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-03 | Ceased 2018-10-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-01-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-04-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.