BOWDON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-36.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-4.9% vs 2024
Employees
79
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,606,764 | £3,280,677 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £371,674 | -£144,055 | |
| Cash | £2,029,070 | £1,283,492 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,971,799 | £2,817,484 | |
| Net assets | £2,961,539 | £2,817,484 | |
| Equity | £2,961,539 | £2,817,484 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 79 | |
| Wages | £1,801,977 | £1,945,351 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-9%
£3,606,764 £3,280,677
-
Cash
-36.7%
£2,029,070 £1,283,492
-
Net assets
-4.9%
£2,961,539 £2,817,484
-
Employees
-2.5%
81 79
-
Wages
+8%
£1,801,977 £1,945,351
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 10.3% | -4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 1.63x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “On 13 March 2026, the school announced that it would be joining the charitable Repton Family of Schools on 1 September 2026.”
- “The Trustees took the decision in March 2026 to admit boys from September 2026.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHEASANT, Karen June | Secretary | 2020-06-17 | — | — |
| BACON, Janet Sarah | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
| COMMARMOND, Charlotte Jane | Director | 2024-04-08 | Aug 1977 | British |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas John, Lt Col (Retd) | Director | 2022-01-13 | Feb 1956 | British |
| HUSSAIN, Ettrut Batool | Director | 2022-08-25 | Sep 1976 | British |
| LINES, Gregory John | Director | 2019-10-07 | Jul 1968 | British |
| MURPHY, Rachel | Director | 2020-09-30 | Sep 1965 | British |
| STEWART, Abbie | Director | 2022-01-31 | Feb 1977 | British |
| SUMRA, Montu, Dr | Director | 2024-10-29 | Nov 1970 | British |
| WILLEY, Roger Martin | Director | 2024-10-16 | Mar 1963 | British |
| ZHAO, Huahui, Dr | Director | 2019-03-25 | Oct 1980 | Chinese |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUSCHENES, Jennie | Secretary | 2019-12-31 | 2020-06-17 |
| EVANS, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2016-09-05 | 2019-12-31 |
| STEVENSON, John | Secretary | 2015-06-19 | 2016-09-05 |
| WHYTE, Angus Alan Fraser | Secretary | 2011-03-24 | 2015-06-19 |
| ASHURST, Catriona Mary | Director | 2017-11-15 | 2018-12-31 |
| BIRKETT, Catherine Sioned | Director | 2019-03-25 | 2019-12-02 |
| BOCQUET, Maria | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2020-10-07 |
| COCKER, Betsan Mary | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2012-07-05 |
| DOHERTY, Wendy Jane | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2017-06-09 |
| DONALDSON, David | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2014-11-10 |
| DUSCHENES, Jennie | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2025-07-16 |
| HARLAND, Janet | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2015-08-28 |
| HAYWOOD, Mark Bower | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2021-08-31 |
| HEALEY, Gillian Mary | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2019-07-17 |
| HEMMING, Gareth John | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2024-11-10 |
| HOWARD, Emma Louise | Director | 2019-10-07 | 2024-02-12 |
| HOWES, Penelope Mary | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2016-11-07 |
| JENKINS, Lise Kate | Director | 2013-09-09 | 2015-06-29 |
| JONES, Sarah Louise | Director | 2013-11-11 | 2014-11-10 |
| KAWASAKI, Mina | Director | 2023-06-23 | 2026-03-04 |
| LEWIS, Vernon | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2015-08-24 |
| LITTMAN, Wendy | Director | 2021-05-12 | 2024-04-29 |
| MORTIMER, Helen | Director | 2015-11-05 | 2017-10-26 |
| MYATT, Tessa Sharon, Dr | Director | 2015-09-07 | 2021-05-12 |
| PEARSON, Paula Ena | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2012-07-05 |
| PINNINGTON, Ian Harry | Director | 2015-09-07 | 2019-12-30 |
| REZA, Safiya | Director | 2013-09-09 | 2014-01-20 |
| RYLANDS, Susan | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2020-09-30 |
| SANDERSON, Susan Tredega | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2013-05-22 |
| SENESCALL, Joy Elizabeth | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2015-06-29 |
| SHOVLIN, Kevin Martin | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2015-06-29 |
| STEVENSON, John | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2021-08-31 |
| TAN, Jane Helen | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2013-07-16 |
| TIGHE, Nicola Jane, Dr | Director | 2019-03-25 | 2026-01-11 |
| WANG, Xiaofan, Dr | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2026-03-04 |
| WHYTE, Angus Alan Fraser | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2015-02-23 |
| WITHEY, Clare | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2019-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.