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Registration number: 12376081

Dolphin School Limited

Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

 

Dolphin School Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements

3 to 9

 

Dolphin School Limited

Company Information

Directors

Miss T H M Follett

Mr A M Compton

Registered office

Dolphin School
Waltham Road
Hurst
Berkshire
RG10 0FR

Accountants

Vale & West Accountancy Services Limited
Chartered AccountantsVictoria House
26 Queen Victoria Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 1TG

 

Dolphin School Limited

(Registration number: 12376081)
Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

2,895,160

2,861,643

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

55,975

63,999

Cash at bank and in hand

 

103,093

252,677

 

159,068

316,676

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(675,946)

(828,389)

Net current liabilities

 

(516,878)

(511,713)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

2,378,282

2,349,930

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

6

(1,671,416)

(1,598,805)

Net assets

 

706,866

751,125

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

100

100

Retained earnings

706,766

751,025

Shareholders' funds

 

706,866

751,125

For the financial year ending 31 August 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 12 June 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Mr A M Compton
Director

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England & Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Dolphin School
Waltham Road
Hurst
Berkshire
RG10 0FR

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 12 June 2026.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

2

Accounting policies (continued)

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 54 (2024 - 56).

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

4

Tangible assets

Long leasehold land and buildings
£

Fixtures and fittings
£

Plant and machinery
£

Office equipment
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 September 2024

2,740,662

35,858

137,421

68,910

2,531

2,985,382

Additions

72,279

-

-

-

-

72,279

Disposals

-

(35,858)

(3,665)

(68,910)

-

(108,433)

At 31 August 2025

2,812,941

-

133,756

-

2,531

2,949,228

Depreciation

At 1 September 2024

-

15,745

38,394

67,868

1,732

123,739

Charge for the year

-

4,476

13,742

1,042

200

19,460

Eliminated on disposal

-

(20,221)

-

(68,910)

-

(89,131)

At 31 August 2025

-

-

52,136

-

1,932

54,068

Carrying amount

At 31 August 2025

2,812,941

-

81,620

-

599

2,895,160

At 31 August 2024

2,740,662

20,113

99,027

1,042

799

2,861,643

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

4

Tangible assets (continued)

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £2,812,941 (2024 - £2,740,662) in respect of long leasehold land and buildings.
 

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

5

Debtors

Current

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

32,470

11,530

Prepayments

23,505

52,469

 

55,975

63,999

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

7

37,401

41,568

Trade creditors

 

73,122

121,358

Taxation and social security

 

1,676

33,939

Accruals and deferred income

 

233,073

355,130

Other creditors

 

330,674

276,394

 

675,946

828,389

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

7

1,671,416

1,598,805

 

Dolphin School Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (continued)

7

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

994,812

922,201

Other borrowings

676,604

676,604

1,671,416

1,598,805

Current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

37,401

37,401

Hire purchase contracts

-

4,167

37,401

41,568