NEWFRIARS COLLEGE
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Cash
£2.5m
+99.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2m
+41.4% vs 2024
Employees
149
+18.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-04.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,248,000 | £7,420,000 | -19.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £3,842,000 | £1,338,000 | -65.2% | |
| Cash | £1,253,000 | £2,499,000 | +99.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,288,000 | £5,245,000 | +22.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,689,000 | £5,218,000 | +41.4% | |
| Equity | £3,689,000 | £5,218,000 | +41.4% | |
| Average employees | 126 | 149 | +18.3% | |
| Wages | £3,200,000 | £3,700,000 | +15.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £228,000 | £253,000 | +11% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 41.5% | 18.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.4% | 17.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 2.42x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the Charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following recent governance changes from 31 March 2025, The Board of Trustees of The Shaw Education Trust do not recognise The Shaw Education Trust as a controlling Parent of Newfriars College.”
- “As at 31 August 2025, an amount of £650,000 was owed by the College to The Shaw Education Trust... In December 2025, the Trustees... agreed to adjust the outstanding balance... reducing the amount owed to £200,184, by way of a £450,000 credit.”
- “In December 2025, The Shaw Education Trust transferred land and building improvements to the College for nil consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Beth | Secretary | 2024-05-24 | — | — |
| BARTRAM, Simon Martin | Director | 2025-12-17 | Aug 1964 | English |
| BATESON, David John | Director | 2018-06-21 | Mar 1955 | British |
| BIRCH, Nicola Louise | Director | 2026-02-09 | May 1975 | British |
| HOWES, Mark | Director | 2025-12-17 | Sep 1982 | British |
| OWEN, Joanne Louise | Director | 2025-12-17 | Aug 1981 | British |
| TAYLOR, Robert | Director | 2023-07-14 | May 1971 | British |
| WARNER, Neil Robert | Director | 2025-03-31 | Dec 1974 | British |
| WATKINS, Lynn Susan | Director | 2026-02-09 | Feb 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Philip Roy | Secretary | 2018-06-21 | 2022-07-13 |
| TURNER, Helen Louise | Secretary | 2022-07-13 | 2024-05-24 |
| HARRISON, Philip Roy | Director | 2022-07-13 | 2023-07-04 |
| HEARD, Joanne Vivienne | Director | 2022-07-13 | 2025-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shaw Education Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-10 CC01 Notice restriction on company articles
- 2023-08-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-10 | CC01 | change-of-constitution | Notice restriction on company articles | |
| 2023-08-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.