THE OLDERSHAW SCHOOL

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  Following an Ofsted Inspection in April 2025, it was determined that the school should be transferred to a Multi Academy Trust. Whilst the details of the transfer have yet to be agreed, the trustees have concluded that this is likely to be within twelve months of the date of the approval of these financial statements and on that basis these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than as a going concern.

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

• Turnover

  +0.6%

  £8,750,422 → £8,801,424

• Cash

  +29%

  £939,436 → £1,212,208

• Net assets

  +15.7%

  £7,376,387 → £8,534,478

• Employees

  -4.4%

  136 → 130

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -17.5%

  £625,900 → £516,091

• Wages

  -2%

  £4,618,146 → £4,524,893

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

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.

1. THE OLDERSHAW SCHOOL 2021-09-20 → present
2. THE OLDERSHAW ACADEMY 2012-03-06 → 2021-09-20
3. THE OLDERSHAW SCHOOL 2011-05-31 → 2012-03-06

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“Following an Ofsted Inspection in April 2025, it was determined that the school should be transferred to a Multi Academy Trust. Whilst the details of the transfer have yet to be agreed, the trustees have concluded that this is likely to be within twelve months of the date of the approval of these financial statements and on that basis these financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “Following an Ofsted Inspection in April 2025, it was determined that the school should be transferred to a Multi Academy Trust.”
• “The school had 813 pupils on roll as at the autumn 2024 census.”
• “In April 2025 OFSTED graded the school as Inadequate and the school has been placed into special measures.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.