BIG LIFE SCHOOLS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-24 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£497K
-18.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8M
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
125
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,024,000 | £4,470,000 | £7,062,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£97,000 | -£98,000 | -£194,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£97,000 | -£98,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£97,000 | -£141,000 | -£194,000 | |
| Cash | £852,000 | £609,000 | £497,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,291,000 | £8,193,000 | £7,999,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,291,000 | £8,193,000 | £7,999,000 | |
| Equity | £8,291,000 | £8,193,000 | £7,999,000 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 100 | 125 | |
| Wages | — | £2,629,000 | £4,402,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £383,730 | £399,884 |
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
+58%
£4,470,000 £7,062,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-18.4%
£609,000 £497,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-2.4%
£8,193,000 £7,999,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+25%
100 125
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-98%
-£98,000 -£194,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+67.4%
£2,629,000 £4,402,000
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.4% | -2.2% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -3.2% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.2% | -1.2% | -2.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.50x | 2.06x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BIG LIFE SCHOOLS 2015-06-06 → present
- LONGSIGHT COMMUNITY PRIMARY LTD 2012-02-10 → 2015-06-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on current results and planned budgets the Trustees are of the opinion that both schools of Big Life Schools have adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it has adopted 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
9 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHASE, Teresa | Secretary | 2023-02-09 | — | — |
| BROOKS, Lisa | Director | 2019-03-07 | May 1983 | British |
| HEFFERNAN, Andrea | Director | 2017-09-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MCDAID, Liam Anthony Patrick | Director | 2022-07-21 | May 1985 | British |
| PERRY, Emma Elizabeth | Director | 2018-07-19 | Jan 1975 | British |
| RALPH, Colin James | Director | 2022-05-12 | Sep 1965 | British |
| SELVAN, Fay Lila | Director | 2017-12-07 | Aug 1959 | British |
| TROHEAR, Philip Anthony | Director | 2018-10-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| WALLIS, Matthew | Director | 2022-12-08 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGETT, Phillip Edward Charles | Secretary | 2017-11-08 | 2017-12-29 |
| MCMORROW, Regina | Secretary | 2017-12-29 | 2021-08-01 |
| VICKERS, Victoria | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2022-11-14 |
| BANIM, Christine | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-04-15 |
| CARTER, Karina Gay | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2022-07-21 |
| DALEY, Joanna | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2022-12-08 |
| FERRY, Paul Thomas | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2018-04-15 |
| GALE, Edward | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-05-11 |
| HAYES, Sandie | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HODGETT, Phillip Edward Charles | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2017-08-08 |
| JAVED, Tayyaba | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| JOSEPH, Annette | Director | 2022-07-21 | 2023-02-09 |
| MCGARRY, Jennifer | Director | 2017-12-02 | 2018-07-19 |
| MELLO, Ian John | Director | 2020-04-08 | 2021-09-08 |
| PARVEEN, Nazia | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| PERRY, Emma Elizabeth | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2017-07-31 |
| SHEWAN, Garry | Director | 2017-12-02 | 2018-12-05 |
| SINCLAIR, Sandra | Director | 2022-07-21 | 2025-07-09 |
| THE BIG LIFE COMPANY | Corporate Director | 2012-08-09 | 2017-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Life Company Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-03-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.