THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
-27.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£22m
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
157
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£141k
-150.8% 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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,508,323 | £8,905,767 | £9,218,413 | +3.5% | |
| Operating profit | £46,037 | £277,413 | -£140,806 | -150.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £277,413 | -£140,806 | -150.8% | |
| Net profit | -£251,289 | £1,112,178 | -£493,259 | -144.4% | |
| Cash | £1,563,883 | £3,144,220 | £2,273,937 | -27.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,290,260 | £22,400,727 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £21,288,549 | £22,400,727 | £21,907,468 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £21,288,549 | £22,400,727 | £21,907,468 | -2.2% | |
| Average employees | 139 | 147 | 157 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £4,206,780 | £4,471,887 | £4,904,492 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 3.1% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | 12.5% | -5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 1.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.9% | 11.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 1.22x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 55.27x | — | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the Charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM LIMITED · parent
- BCS Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2024, the School was subject to a Routine Inspection conducted by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), the statutory body responsible for the inspection of independent schools in England. The inspection concluded that the School met all required regulatory standards without exception.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Elizabeth Helen | Director | 2023-05-16 | Oct 1958 | British |
| BAHIA, Sarbjit Singh, Dr | Director | 2023-10-18 | Apr 1971 | British |
| BROUGHTON-TAYLOR, Mark Alistier | Director | 2024-11-29 | Jul 1958 | British |
| BUTLER, Charles, Rev | Director | 2023-03-22 | Jan 1987 | British |
| DYKE, Martin Hamilton | Director | 2013-04-24 | Mar 1951 | British |
| GILMORE, Karan Diedrie | Director | 2013-04-24 | Mar 1955 | British |
| HORDERN, William Guy Shubra | Director | 2013-04-24 | Jun 1939 | British |
| MILNER, Andrew | Director | 2022-06-06 | Sep 1959 | British |
| POOLE, Anita | Director | 2017-10-02 | May 1973 | British |
| SINGLETON, Bernard Hugh | Director | 2013-04-24 | Dec 1946 | British |
| THOMPSON, Matthew, The Very Reverend | Director | 2017-11-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNT, Hedley | Secretary | 2013-12-17 | 2014-06-30 |
| COLLYER, Kate Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-06-30 | 2017-07-31 |
| LONGDON, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2017-09-04 | 2018-04-11 |
| MORGAN, Gareth William | Secretary | 2018-04-11 | 2025-04-28 |
| ABRAHAM, Michael Clive | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-01-30 |
| ALDEN, Dierdre Caroline | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2015-04-01 |
| ALLCOCK, Jeremy Robert, Rev | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2026-05-15 |
| BAILEY, Laura Ann | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| BAILEY, Nicholas Ricardo | Director | 2025-02-10 | 2025-08-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Delyth Protheroe | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2017-03-31 |
| COOK, Emma | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2022-06-22 |
| COTTER, Martin John | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2020-09-17 |
| EVANS, Luke, Dr | Director | 2016-06-29 | 2018-03-28 |
| HAY, James Neilson, Dr | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2015-01-22 |
| JONES, Stewart William, Canon | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2017-09-01 |
| JOYCE, Alison Jayne | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2014-06-02 |
| KIRKHAM, Frances Margaret, Her Honour | Director | 2021-03-24 | 2022-06-22 |
| KITTO, Michelle | Director | 2016-06-29 | 2024-10-21 |
| KITTO, Michelle | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2016-05-01 |
| LAWSON, Elizabeth | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2024-09-23 |
| MILNER, Andrew | Director | 2022-04-25 | 2022-04-26 |
| NARENDRAN, Parth, Dr | Director | 2020-11-25 | 2025-07-11 |
| OGLE, Catherine, The Very Reverend | Director | 2016-06-29 | 2017-03-31 |
| OGLE, Catherine, The Vary Revd | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2016-05-11 |
| PAGE, Steve | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2025-04-27 |
| RAINE, Stephen Michael | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2025-08-31 |
| REES, Elizabeth Napier | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2018-06-30 |
| RODDICK, Adrian John | Director | 2020-01-30 | 2023-10-18 |
| THOMAS, Persis | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2018-06-30 |
| TUCKER, Nick, Reverend | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2022-06-22 |
| WHEELER, Jessica Alice | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2021-06-23 |
| WHITE, Graham | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2017-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.