BURLINGTON HOUSE SCHOOL LTD
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Cash
£366K
-4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1.3M
-95.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
95
+3.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£698K
-138.2% 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.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £7,291,447 | £7,648,014 | +4.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£292,871 | -£697,771 | -138.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£292,934 | -£697,771 | -138.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£267,851 | -£617,385 | -130.5% | |
| Cash | £236,779 | £102,994 | £381,624 | £365,644 | -4.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £580,797 | -£604,598 | -£1,266,800 | -109.5% | |
| Net assets | £170,334 | £580,797 | -£649,415 | -£1,266,800 | -95.1% | |
| Equity | £170,334 | £580,797 | -£649,415 | -£1,266,800 | -95.1% | |
| Average employees | 47 | 64 | 92 | 95 | +3.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,406,146 | £3,878,498 | +13.9% | |
| 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. 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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -4.0% | -9.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -3.7% | -8.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 110.8% | 116.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.54x | 0.64x |
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
- BURLINGTON HOUSE SCHOOL LTD 2022-10-10 → present
- THE MOAT SCHOOL LTD 2017-06-28 → 2022-10-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company is bound by an intra-group cross guarantee in respect of bank debt with other members of the group, headed by its parent undertaking, Burlington Education Holdings Limited. The amount guaranteed at 31 August 2025 is £192,085,000 (2024 - £111,400,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, Emily Elizabeth | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| HASSAN, Aatif Naveed | Director | 2017-06-28 | Apr 1979 | British |
| WERGAN, Nicholas Raymond | Director | 2026-05-06 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIANO, Stephen George Gerard | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-06-01 |
| AIANO, Stephen George Gerard | Director | 2018-01-18 | 2020-01-21 |
| BALCOMBE, Gary Leigh | Director | 2024-08-31 | 2026-05-06 |
| CARR, Deborah Joan | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2019-11-15 |
| COLES, Simon | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2026-05-06 |
| DOYLE, Gemma Claire | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2026-05-06 |
| DOYLE, Gemma Claire | Director | 2018-01-18 | 2020-01-21 |
| PICKLES, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2024-08-31 |
| SLEVIN, Rachel | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2026-05-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire Schools Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.