SNARESBROOK PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED
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Executive summary
Snaresbrook Preparatory School demonstrates steady financial performance with six consecutive years of net asset growth and a strengthening balance sheet, outperforming many small independent prep schools that have struggled in the post-COVID environment. Its freehold property ownership and Forest School backing provide meaningful competitive advantages, though the impending VAT on school fees poses a material threat to a school operating at modest margins in the price-sensitive middle segment of the London market. The school's long-term viability appears secure, but strategic positioning around fee pricing and pupil retention will be critical through the 2025-2027 transition period.
Shareholders' funds
£1,249,519
Balance sheet as at 2024-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1985-02-20
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 33 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Forest School, College Place, London, England, E17 3PY
- Postcode
- E17 3PY
- Capital
- 618 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-11
- Next due by
- 2026-10-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85200 Primary education
Officers 2 current · 19 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by FOREST SCHOOL, LONDON — since 2025-09-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SNARESBROOK COLLEGE LIMITED | 2011-09-02 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 8 THE SHRUBBERIES, GEORGE LANE, LONDON, E18 1BD | 2007-04-02 |
| HORNBEAM, 143 MONKHAMS LANE, WOODFORD GREEN, ESSEX IG8 0NW | 1999-11-09 |
| 8, THE SHRUBBERIES, GEORGE LANE, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON E18 1BD | 1999-05-12 |
| WOOTTON GRANGE, WOOTTON MOUNT, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET BH1 1PJ | 1990-01-12 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 69 similar companies in E
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (27 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1985.
Competitors London
This company ranks 2 among primary education in London.
The class of 1985
49%
of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-08-08
- Price paid, where recorded
- £985,000
- Where
- Greater London (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGL143298 | Greater London | Freehold | 2018-08-08 | £985,000 |
| EGL393613 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2000-09-07 | — |
| EGL271987 | Greater London | Freehold | 1990-09-04 | — |
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