Company registration number 10401590 (England and Wales)
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 6
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 AUGUST 2025
31 August 2025
page 1
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Current assets
Debtors falling due after more than one year
5
791,420
506,028
Debtors falling due within one year
5
130,234
175,314
Cash at bank and in hand
207,344
383,614
1,128,998
1,064,956
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(1,004,558)
(1,056,828)
Net current assets
124,440
8,128
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
(97,182)
Net assets/(liabilities)
124,440
(89,054)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
85
85
Profit and loss reserves
124,355
(89,139)
Total equity
124,440
(89,054)
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 August 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
P Buss
Director
Company registration number 10401590 (England and Wales)
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
page 2
1
Accounting policies
Company information
The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School Limited, Queens Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6AQ.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of AS SOUTHERN LTD. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office,
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents the school fees invoiced over the course of an academic year.
Any fees received in advance are deferred to the term in which they relate.
Other income which is incidental to the fee income is recognised as and when received.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
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Accounting policies
(Continued)
page 3
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Fixtures and fittings
25 %
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.6
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
1.7
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
page 4
1.8
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.9
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.10
Leases
As lessee
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
25
28
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
page 5
4
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery etc
£
Cost
At 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025
23,703
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025
23,703
Carrying amount
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024
5
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
93,714
138,584
Other debtors
36,520
36,730
130,234
175,314
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
791,420
506,028
Total debtors
921,654
681,342
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
84,600
75,162
Taxation and social security
116,361
76,656
Other creditors
803,597
905,010
1,004,558
1,056,828
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
£
£
Other creditors
97,182
THE CHALFONTS INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025
page 6
8
Related party transactions
During the year Alpha Schools Holdings Limited, the parent company of The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School Limted, charged £120,000 (2024: £96,000) in head office charges.
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Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is qualified and includes the following:
Disclaimer of opinion on financial statements
In our opinion, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 August 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for qualified opinion
The financial statements for the period to 31 August 2025 include a disclaimer of opinion.
The basis of disclaimer of opinion is due to the issues and difficulty in obtaining sufficient audit evidence in relation to assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditure in the financial statements for the period. This issue has arisen due to the availability of supporting documentation ahead of urgent deadlines.
To this extent, as the auditor, we cannot confirm whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
Notwithstanding our disclaimer of an opinion on the financial statements, in the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit performed subject to the pervasive limitation described above, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
Arising from the limitation of our work referred to above:
• we have not obtained all the information and explanations that we considered necessary for the purpose of our audit: and
• we were unable to determine whether adequate accounting records have been kept.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
• returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
• certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Darren Harding
Statutory Auditor:
Affinia (Crawley)
Date of audit report:
28 August 2026
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Parent company
The parent company is AS Southern Limited.
Mr A Khan is the ultimate controlling party owning the majority of the issued share capital of the parent company.