BELFAST HIGH SCHOOL
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Cash
£3.2m
+12% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.9m
+3.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
118
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£279k
-27.8% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,824,738 | £6,601,378 | £7,222,483 | +9.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | £252,338 | £183,839 | -27.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £386,209 | £278,753 | -27.8% | |
| Net profit | £503,590 | £386,209 | £278,753 | -27.8% | |
| Cash | £2,492,951 | £2,820,285 | £3,157,942 | +12% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,002,074 | £9,372,468 | £9,443,668 | +0.8% | |
| Net assets | £8,243,123 | £8,629,332 | £8,908,085 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £8,243,123 | £8,629,332 | £8,908,085 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 108 | 113 | 118 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £3,630,641 | £3,961,775 | £4,445,600 | +12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £329,734 | £396,412 | +20.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 5.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.7% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 13.9% | 12.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 4.69x | 4.64x | |
| Interest cover | — | 5.94x | 4.45x |
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
- Baker Tilly Mooney Moore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the accounts, the Governors have a reasonable expectation that the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The School has sufficient funds to support continued operations for at least a period of 12 months from the date of the financial statements. Thus, the Governors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
18 active · 111 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HULL, Evelyn Elisabeth Anne | Secretary | 2019-12-02 | — | — |
| ADAIR-MCCOURT, Amy | Director | 2020-09-01 | Apr 1985 | British |
| BESWICK, David Anthony | Director | 2022-06-08 | Mar 1982 | Irish |
| BLAIR, Neale, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| FINLAY, Maurice Ralph | Director | 2010-05-26 | Jul 1961 | British |
| HAMILTON, Gareth Harold | Director | 2021-12-31 | Dec 1976 | British |
| KILEY, Denise Charlotte | Director | 2017-05-24 | Jun 1985 | British |
| MCDERMOTT, Joanne | Director | 2018-05-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| MCKNIGHT, Karen Margaret, Dr | Director | 2013-11-20 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MCNEILL, Alison Margaret | Director | 2025-12-03 | Jul 1994 | British |
| MILLAR, Richard James, Professor | Director | — | Dec 1964 | British |
| PATTERSON, Jennifer Lyndsay | Director | 2025-12-03 | Oct 1980 | British |
| SWARBRICK, Kenneth William | Director | 2017-12-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| TULLY, Mark, Prof | Director | 2025-12-03 | Nov 1977 | British |
| TURK, Graeme | Director | 2025-12-03 | May 1988 | British |
| WEIR, Charlotte | Director | 2018-09-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| WESTON, Claire | Director | 2025-12-03 | Oct 1980 | British |
| WILLS, Graham | Director | 2017-05-24 | Dec 1986 | British |
Show 111 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCAUGHEY, Mary | Secretary | 2010-05-04 | 2019-10-24 |
| WARKE, Terence Alastair | Secretary | — | 2010-04-30 |
| ADAIR, Carole Ann | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2017-01-12 |
| APPLETON, Ronald | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| ATKINSON, James Alan | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2013-09-24 |
| BAILIE, Roy Ernest | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| BERESFORD, Gayna Patricia | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2017-02-28 |
| BLAIR, Margaret | Director | — | 2010-11-11 |
| BOYCE, James Richard Wesley | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| BROWN, Kenneth | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| BROWN, Samuel Ernest M | Director | — | 2005-09-17 |
| CASSIDY, George Henry, Rt. Rev | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2011-03-31 |
| CLEMENTS, David James | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| COSGROVE, Pamela | Director | 2021-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| CRANSTON, Margaret Bradshaw | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| CRILLY, Alderman Edward Joshua | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2000-02-22 |
| DAVIS, Mary Ann | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| DEVINE, John | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2011-03-31 |
| DUFF, Joan | Director | — | 2002-05-05 |
| DUNDEE, Eileen Mary | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| DUNLOP, Edna Rosemary | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| DUNLOP, Robert E | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| DUNLOP, Samuel Hillis | Director | 2000-11-15 | 2009-09-14 |
| DUNWOODY, Eric Raymond | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| DYER, Leslie Gordon, Dr | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| EASTOP, Simon David | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2011-03-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Joanne Rosemarie | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2011-03-31 |
| FLEMING, Robert Bryce | Director | — | 2009-10-31 |
| GILLIES, J F | Director | — | 1998-08-06 |
| GLOVER, John | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| GLOVER, Michael John | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2015-03-31 |
| GLOVER, Michael John | Director | 2007-05-02 | 2011-03-31 |
| GORDON, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2011-03-31 |
| GORDON, Maureen | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| GRAY, Gavin | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| GRIBBEN, Trevor David | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HALLIGAN, Julian John | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HAMILL, William Charles | Director | — | 2017-01-01 |
| HANDLEY, Rose Marion | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2015-01-31 |
| HART, Nigel David, Dr | Director | 2008-03-05 | 2012-05-16 |
| HASSETT, John, Lieutenant Colonel | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HEANEY, Ada Elizabeth | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HEANEY, Norman Mcclement | Director | — | 2005-04-09 |
| HENRY, Mary Lucinda | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HILDITCH, Margaret Anne | Director | 2008-03-05 | 2011-03-31 |
| HILDITCH, Stephen Robert | Director | 2008-03-05 | 2011-03-31 |
| HUNTER, John Alexander | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Kenneth William | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, R.W., Professor | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| HYNDS, Norman Calvert | Director | — | 2000-11-25 |
| IRWIN, Florence Elizabeth Keys | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| JOHNSTON, Leonard | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2021-12-31 |
| KER, Robert Alan | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2011-03-31 |
| KILPATRICK, Keith Robert | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| KING, Julian | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| KIRKWOOD, Amy June | Director | 2003-12-30 | 2003-12-30 |
| LEE, Laura Kate | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2011-03-31 |
| LITTLEWOOD, Ida May | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2011-03-31 |
| LITTLEWOOD, Stanley Acheson | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2011-03-31 |
| LOGAN, Hugh Mc Courtney | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| LOGAN, Margaret Amy Louise | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2011-03-31 |
| LOUGHRIDGE, Elizabeth | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2011-03-31 |
| LOWRY, Stephen Harold | Director | — | 1999-07-19 |
| LYNAS, Sophia Norma | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| MACARTNEY, David | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| MACARTNEY, Judith Eleanor | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| MALCOMSON, Alwyn Maurice | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2011-03-31 |
| MATHEWS, Margaret | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Alison Jayne | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| MAYNE, George Kenneth Armstrong | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| MC CHESNEY, William Samuel | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| MC CORMICK, Judith Margaret | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2011-03-31 |
| MC GRATH, Thomas | Director | — | 2012-02-06 |
| MC KITTRICK, Samuel Ronald | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2011-03-31 |
| MCALLISTER, Pamela Anne | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2011-03-31 |
| MCBRIDE, Kenneth John | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2011-03-31 |
| MCBRIDE, William Denis | Director | — | 2018-05-31 |
| MCDOWELL, Kathryn Alexandra | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| MCDOWELL, Simon John | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2011-03-31 |
| MCLEAN, Christina Roberta | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| MILLER, Harold Creeth, Bishop | Director | 1999-11-17 | 2011-03-31 |
| MORRISEY, Sinead Seadhna | Director | 2009-03-14 | 2011-03-31 |
| ORME, James | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| PORTER, Marjorie B | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| PRESTON, Joseph Alan | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| RADFORD, Colin B | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| REID, William Cordner | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| RICHES, Judith | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, David Taggart | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2011-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Heather Elaine | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2011-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Joseph Kenneth | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| ROBSON, Ronald James | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| RODEN, Brian Wilson | Director | — | 2024-06-12 |
| RODGERS, Kathleen Mary | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| RODGERS, Robert Frederick | Director | — | 2013-05-22 |
| RUSSELL, Norman John | Director | — | 2009-09-23 |
| SCOTT, Doris Ruth | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| SCOTT, Irene Gwendoline | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| SCOTT, Neil Kennedy | Director | 2007-03-07 | 2011-03-31 |
| SCOTT, Norman | Director | — | 2010-09-25 |
| SCOTT, Peter Robin | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2003-01-27 |
| SEDGWICK, John Mc Leod | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, Shirley Rosemarie | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| STEELE, John Martin | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| SULLIVAN, Morna Elinor | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| SUTCLIFFE, James E.L. | Director | — | 2010-01-28 |
| SWARBRICK, Christine Jane | Director | 2004-11-10 | 2011-03-31 |
| SWARBRICK, Kenneth William | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2011-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Millicent | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| WILLIS, John Arthur | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| ZACHAROPOULOU, Amanda | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2025-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 444 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.