COPTHALL SCHOOL
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+44.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£37M
-1.3% vs 2024
Employees
112
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£373K
+22.2% vs 2024
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 | £8,054,278 | £8,303,006 | |
| Operating profit | -£461,045 | -£347,522 | |
| Profit before tax | -£479,212 | -£372,809 | |
| Net profit | -£479,212 | -£372,809 | |
| Cash | £1,265,783 | £1,827,885 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,085,167 | £37,515,838 | |
| Net assets | £37,951,670 | £37,453,861 | |
| Equity | £37,951,670 | £37,453,861 | |
| Average employees | 116 | 112 | |
| Wages | £4,188,262 | £4,497,769 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £200,000 | £170,000 |
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
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Turnover
+3.1%
£8,054,278 £8,303,006
-
Cash
+44.4%
£1,265,783 £1,827,885
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Net assets
-1.3%
£37,951,670 £37,453,861
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Employees
-3.4%
116 112
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Operating profit
+24.6%
-£461,045 -£347,522
-
Profit before tax
+22.2%
-£479,212 -£372,809
-
Wages
+7.4%
£4,188,262 £4,497,769
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.7% | -4.2% | |
| Net margin | -5.9% | -4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.2% | -0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.52x | 3.30x | |
| Interest cover | -10.25x | -5.35x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, including in regards to any impact of the general downward trend in student numbers, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Ofsted graded Copthall School as a Good school in November 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINTERS, Maria | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| BUXTON, Claire Elaine | Director | 2020-03-09 | Feb 1961 | British |
| CARTER, Caroline Jane | Director | 2019-03-13 | Dec 1963 | British |
| CHOHOLLO, Afiya, Ms. | Director | 2019-03-13 | Mar 1990 | British |
| COUCHMAN, Sarah | Director | 2024-10-09 | Oct 1963 | British |
| FRANKS, Anthony | Director | 2024-10-09 | Jun 1958 | British |
| MAZIARKA-NYAMPINGIDZA, Katarzyna | Director | 2019-03-13 | Mar 1984 | British |
| OGUN, Adenike (Nikki) | Director | 2022-11-14 | Sep 1992 | British,Nigerian |
| QURESHI, Ihjaaz Fatima, Dr | Director | 2022-12-07 | Sep 1977 | British |
| RUNSWICK, Elaine Sheila | Director | 2016-04-13 | Jun 1946 | British |
| SANCHEZ, Jane | Director | 2020-09-16 | Dec 1960 | British |
| SHAFRAN, Victoria Constance | Director | 2025-12-10 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WATERS, Elena Victoria | Director | 2025-12-10 | Jul 1986 | British |
| WINTERS, Maria | Director | 2023-09-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAUMONT, Jane Laura | Secretary | 2012-07-30 | 2016-02-26 |
| FORDE, Evelyn Helen | Secretary | 2016-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| SMALLWOOD, Jane | Secretary | 2016-02-29 | 2016-08-31 |
| ABEYASINGHE, Rohini | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-03-28 |
| ADJEI, Oluwatoyin | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2017-04-21 |
| ALEXANDER, Robert Geoffrey | Director | 2020-09-18 | 2022-10-07 |
| BEAUMONT, Jane Laura | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2016-02-26 |
| BLACKMAN, Julia Jane | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2021-08-31 |
| BULMAN, Karl Philip | Director | 2019-12-04 | 2024-12-11 |
| CAVAYE, Corinna | Director | 2019-10-12 | 2021-03-24 |
| CLIFFORD, John David | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-09-05 |
| DASGUPTA, Sandeep | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2018-06-27 |
| DAVE, Poonam | Director | 2022-10-07 | 2024-10-09 |
| DAVE, Poonam | Director | 2018-05-16 | 2022-05-15 |
| ELIKWU, David | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2022-07-06 |
| EREIRA, Marcus | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2018-06-27 |
| FORDE, Evelyn Helen | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| FRAZER, Alexander Thomas Walter | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2020-07-03 |
| GOONETILLAKE, Uparima Lankakumari | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-02-15 |
| HALLETT, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2022-10-12 | 2026-01-05 |
| HAMER, Kym | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2021-07-15 |
| JOVANOVIC, Damir | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| KELLY, Joanne Marie | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2018-09-21 |
| KENDRICK, Christopher John | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2020-04-03 |
| KHIROYA, Fenil Bijal | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2018-12-05 |
| KORNICZKY, Caroline | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2024-08-31 |
| LEIGH, Janet Angela | Director | 2016-11-15 | 2022-12-31 |
| LISTER, Simon | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-09-08 |
| MARSH-HENRY, Simone | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2018-09-02 |
| MAY-PARKER, Caroline | Director | 2019-12-04 | 2022-08-31 |
| MOHINDRA, Dev Kumar | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-04-21 |
| NYAWO, Wadzanayi Pamela | Director | 2023-12-04 | 2025-08-31 |
| ODUNLAMI, Catherine Olusola | Director | 2016-12-06 | 2017-07-01 |
| PIGNATE, Leigh | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-01-28 |
| QUADIR, Mahjabin | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-11-29 |
| RIAZ, Mohammad Saqlain | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2022-03-09 |
| ROMANER, Victoria Constance | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2021-07-15 |
| ROSEN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2025-09-01 |
| ROSEN, Mr Stephen Marc | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2024-10-16 |
| SABATO, Daniel | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2019-05-28 |
| SCANNELL, Joan | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-03-21 |
| SCOTT, Anthony Tamerlane | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2016-03-03 |
| SHAH, Omar Syed | Director | 2021-09-24 | 2025-09-23 |
| SHAH, Omar Syed | Director | 2021-09-18 | 2021-09-18 |
| SHERIDAN, Elizabeth Rose | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2018-09-20 |
| SINGH, Anjula | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2019-03-13 |
| SKELTON, Kathryn Clare | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2019-04-05 |
| SMALLWOOD, Jane | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2016-08-31 |
| SYED-BAIG, Tahira | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-08-19 |
| VIALA, Kath | Director | 2022-10-07 | 2023-08-31 |
| WHITE, Susan Catherine | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-10-21 |
| WREN, Kim | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-03-07 |
| ZAIDI, Anwar Mahmood | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2022-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Claire Elaine Buxton | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-08-31 | Ceased 2024-04-19 |
| Ms Julia Blackman | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
| Ms Mahjabin Quadir | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-15 |
| Ms. Susan Catherine White | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-03 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-04-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.