HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales under Companies House number 00141076 and incorporated on 23 July 1915. It is also a registered charity, number 309678, with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Companies House lists the company as active, with its registered office at The Bursary, Headington School Oxford, Headington Road, Oxford OX3 0BL. The company is the proprietor of Headington School Oxford, an independent school in Oxford for pupils aged 3 to 19.
Its charitable object, set out in the articles of association, is to advance education for the benefit of the public, including by running a school or schools whose teaching reflects a broad Christian ethos while also supporting pupils of all faiths and none. The Charity Commission describes the charity’s activities as providing education for day and boarding pupils, together with welfare support for pupils. The company’s SIC codes cover pre-primary, primary and general secondary education.
The Department for Education’s Get Information about Schools record (URN 123290, DfE number 931/6064) lists the school as an open “other independent school”. It is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, has a selective admissions policy, takes boarders, has nursery classes and a sixth form, and records 1,082 pupils against a capacity of 1,528 (record last changed 1 September 2026). That record gives gender of entry as girls. The trustees’ report for 2024–25 says something different: since 30 August 2024 the school has taught boys and girls from nursery to Year 6, and girls only from Year 7 to Year 13.
That change followed a merger with Rye St Antony School, another Oxford charity. The two schools announced the merger on 15 September 2023, legal completion took place on 19 March 2024, and they combined on 30 August 2024. On the same day the company’s name changed to HEADINGTON RYE OXFORD LIMITED. It changed back to HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED on 10 April 2026. Both dates are taken from the change-of-name certificates.
For the year to 31 July 2025 the consolidated accounts report total income of £28,817,855, of which £27,022,021 came from charitable activities, mainly fees. Expenditure was £27,057,534, and net income was £2,722,355 after £962,034 of investment gains. Total funds stood at £45,371,259. The prior year’s £34,968,275 is not like-for-like. It includes a one-off £7,626,889 transfer of Rye St Antony’s assets and liabilities, and without that transfer income was £27,341,386. Means-tested fee grants totalled £928,396 (2023–24: £921,386). For 2024–25 the charity reported 422 employees to the Commission.
Sources
- Companies House, company overview 00141076: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, certificates of incorporation on change of name dated 30 August 2024 and 10 April 2026, filing history: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, articles of association filed 3 May 2026 (filing history, as above; retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Group accounts and annual report for the year ended 31 July 2025, filed 18 December 2025: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history/MzQ5Mzk2MjM3OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Charity Commission for England and Wales, register entry 309678 (overview, financial history, governing document): https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/309678 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, URN 123290: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/123290 (record last changed 1 September 2026; retrieved 15 October 2026)
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED is a charitable company limited by shares, not by guarantee. Companies House types it “Private limited Company”, both change-of-name certificates describe it as “incorporated as private limited by shares”, and the articles are headed “Company limited by shares”. The share capital is 1,151 ordinary shares of £1 each (£1,151). That figure appears in article 6.1.1 and in the 2024–25 accounts, and it matches the confirmation statement exactly.
The confirmation statement made up to 8 January 2026 lists 15 holdings with shares:
- 1,038 shares (90.18%) held jointly by two of the company’s trustees, Penelope Gardner and Keira Nicole Newall;
- 100 shares (8.69%) registered in the name of the executrix of a deceased person’s estate;
- 13 single shares (0.087% each), each held by an individual who was a trustee at that date.
Three further single shares were transferred on 27 March 2025.
These shares do not work like equity in a trading company. Under the articles, the company’s income and property must be applied only to its charitable objects, and no dividend or profit may be paid to any member (article 5.1). On a winding-up, any remaining property goes to another charity with similar objects, not to the members (article 15.1). Shares may be allotted only to trustees (article 6.3.2), and a trustee who leaves must transfer their shares to a trustee for nil consideration (article 6.4).
Ultimate beneficial ownership
The register of persons with significant control names Penelope Jane Gardner (notified 23 January 2023) and Keira Nicole Newall (notified 28 March 2019). Each is registered under “Ownership of shares – 75% or more with control over the trustees of a trust”, and both entries had their details changed on 28 January 2026. The register gives this as a band, not a precise figure. Eleven other trustees had been registered under “significant influence or control”, and those entries ended on 28 January 2026. These entries record control held as trustees. Under articles 5.1 and 15.1, no member or trustee can receive the company’s income or assets, so no person holds an economic ownership interest in the charity.
Data availability
Availability: full. The UK publishes holders of a non-traded company in the confirmation statement, and it publishes the persons with significant control register. The provider shareholder table on this page is incomplete in one material respect. It attributes the 1,038-share holding (90.18%) to Penelope Gardner alone and omits the joint holder, and it types the deceased estate’s holding as a “Person”. Its percentages are arithmetically correct against the 1,151 issued shares.
Sources
- Companies House, confirmation statement made up to 8 January 2026 (CS01, filed 10 January 2026): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history/MzQ5ODMxMDMzMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, persons with significant control register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, articles of association filed 3 May 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history/MzUxNjUwODIyMmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Group accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025, filed 18 December 2025 (statement of financial activities and note 24): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history/MzQ5Mzk2MjM3OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, certificates of incorporation on change of name, 30 August 2024 and 10 April 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history (retrieved 15 October 2026)
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENELOPE GARDNER | 90.2% | Companies House | |
| CHARLOTTE WINGFIELD DIGBY DECEASED EXECUTRIX OF | 8.7% | Companies House | |
| CARLA STANLEY | 0.1% | Companies House | |
| ANTHONY BUCKLEY | 0.1% | Companies House | |
| ANUP MYSOOR | 0.1% | Companies House |
Officers
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Directors and officers of HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
Companies House records 83 appointments for HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED, of which 70 have ended. The 13 current appointments are 12 directors and one company secretary, Richard Charles Couzens, appointed 24 March 2017. The directors are also the charity’s trustees and together form the governing Council. The 2024–25 annual report names Carol Oster Warriner, a director since 1 September 2017, as Chair of Council.
The Charity Commission lists 12 trustees, and the names match the 12 current Companies House directorships one for one. The secretary is a company-law office only, which is why he does not appear on the trustee list. Two appointment dates differ between the registers:
- Anthony Graham Buckley: 7 October 2025 at Companies House, 14 August 2025 at the Commission;
- Susan Elizabeth Hincks: 31 March 2022 at Companies House, 6 April 2022 at the Commission.
Companies House records the nationality of 11 current directors as British and of one as American and German. It gives England as the country of residence for all 12. The Commission states that no trustee receives remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
Recent officer changes
- 16 April 2026: Kate Elizabeth Gater appointed director (AP01 filed 22 April 2026).
- 25 June 2026: Stephen James Burley ceased as director, about four months after his appointment on 16 February 2026 (TM01 filed 13 July 2026).
- 26 March 2026: Claire Adda Boyd and Richard John James Nicholson ceased as directors (TM01s filed 7 April 2026).
Data availability
Availability: full. Companies House publishes current and former appointments with dates, nationality, country of residence and month and year of birth. This page publishes no birth dates. The provider officer table holds 5 of the 84 rows its source reports, against 83 appointments on the register. All five stored rows are current directors with correct appointment dates. The company secretary is not among the stored rows.
Sources
- Companies House, officers of 00141076: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/officers (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, filing history (AP01/TM01 filings 2025–2026): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Charity Commission, trustees of charity 309678: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/309678/trustees (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Charity Commission, charity overview 309678 (trustee payments): https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/309678 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Group accounts and annual report for the year ended 31 July 2025, filed 18 December 2025 (directors, officers and advisers): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history/MzQ5Mzk2MjM3OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
Group Structure
Group structure of HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED is not a subsidiary of any company. Its persons with significant control register names no corporate entity. It heads a small group: the 2024–25 consolidated accounts include one trading subsidiary, which has a dormant subsidiary of its own in Hong Kong, and the school also holds a 50% interest in an associate.
The corporate tree stored for this page needs three corrections:
- It shows HEADINGTON SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LTD as a current subsidiary. That company was dissolved by voluntary strike-off on 28 November 2023.
- It presents the 50% bus-partnership company as a subsidiary, when it is an associate.
- It omits the Hong Kong foundation.
The trading subsidiary’s own persons with significant control register names two natural persons, with banded holdings, rather than the school. The school’s accounts state that it owns 100% of that company. Both records are shown below without choosing between them.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headington School Services Limited | United Kingdom (England and Wales) | 02677494 | Direct subsidiary (consolidated). Provides lettings and sports facilities and covenants its taxable profits to the school | 100% ordinary shares per the accounts. Its own PSC register names two individuals with 25–50% bands, not the school | Active | 31 July 2025 (accounts); 15 October 2026 (register) |
| Headington School Hong Kong Foundation Limited | Hong Kong | Not disclosed in the accounts | Indirect subsidiary, wholly owned by Headington School Services Limited. Company limited by guarantee without share capital | Wholly owned via the subsidiary (no share capital) | Dormant, per the accounts | 31 July 2025 |
| Headington and MCS Bus Partnership Limited | United Kingdom (England and Wales) | 14527312 | Associate, jointly owned with Magdalen College School Oxford Limited (02106661). Runs a network of 12 home-to-school bus routes | 50% ordinary shares (accounts). Both owners registered as 25–50% PSCs | Active | 31 July 2025; PSC notified 7 December 2022 |
| Headington School International Ltd | United Kingdom (England and Wales) | 11386971 | Historical subsidiary | 75% or more (PSC entry notified 29 May 2018) | Dissolved 28 November 2023 (voluntary strike-off) | 28 November 2023 |
Recent structural changes
- 19 March 2024: legal completion of the merger with Rye St Antony School Limited (00612426, charity 309685), which transferred its assets and liabilities to this company. The 2023–24 accounts record them at £7,626,889. This was a transfer of assets, not an acquisition of shares. Rye St Antony School Limited was dissolved on 14 October 2025.
- 28 November 2023: Headington School International Ltd dissolved following a strike-off application of 31 August 2023.
Data availability
Availability: full. Relationships are taken from the audited 2024–25 accounts (note 16) and the Companies House registers of each company. The Hong Kong company was not checked against the Hong Kong Companies Registry. The Charity Commission also lists 12 linked charities under number 309678, mostly named prize and award funds. They are not companies and are not shown here.
Sources
- Group accounts for the year ended 31 July 2025, filed 18 December 2025 (note 16, statement of financial activities, directors’ report): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00141076/filing-history/MzQ5Mzk2MjM3OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, Headington School Services Limited 02677494, overview and PSC register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02677494/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, Headington and MCS Bus Partnership Limited 14527312, PSC register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14527312/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, Headington School International Ltd 11386971, PSC register and filing history: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11386971/filing-history (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Companies House, Rye St. Antony School Limited 00612426: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00612426 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
- Charity Commission, linked charities of 309678: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/309678/linked-charities (retrieved 15 October 2026)
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HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED do?
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED (Companies House 00141076, incorporated 23 July 1915) is a charitable company, registered charity 309678. It runs Headington School Oxford, an independent school for ages 3 to 19 (DfE URN 123290), with 1,082 pupils recorded in Get Information about Schools.
Who owns HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED?
Of the 1,151 £1 ordinary shares, 1,038 are held jointly by two of the charity's trustees, 100 are registered to a deceased person's estate and 13 single shares are held by individual trustees (confirmation statement, 8 January 2026). The articles bar any dividend or distribution of assets to members.
Who is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
The PSC register names Penelope Jane Gardner and Keira Nicole Newall under 'ownership of shares – 75% or more with control over the trustees of a trust'. This is control held as trustees: under the articles no person can receive the charity's income or assets.
What is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED's company registration number?
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED's registration number is 00141076, filed with Companies House in United Kingdom. Its current status on the register is active.
Is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED still an active company?
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED's status on Companies House is listed as active.
When was HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED incorporated?
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED was incorporated on 23 July 1915, according to Companies House.
What is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED's registered address?
The registered address on file for HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED is Oxford, United Kingdom.
What legal structure is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED registered as?
HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED is registered as a Private limited company (Ltd.) in United Kingdom.
What is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED's revenue?
For the year to 31 July 2025 the consolidated accounts report total income of £28,817,855, mainly fees, and expenditure of £27,057,534. The prior year's £34,968,275 included a one-off £7,626,889 transfer of Rye St Antony School's assets.
Is HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED listed on a stock exchange?
It is not listed on any stock exchange. It is a private company limited by shares and a registered charity, and it may not pay dividends to its members.
Who are the officers/directors of HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED?
Companies House lists 12 directors, who are also the charity's trustees, and one company secretary. Of 83 recorded appointments, 70 have ended. The Charity Commission's 12 trustees match the 12 directors by name.
Does HEADINGTON SCHOOL OXFORD LIMITED have a parent company or subsidiaries?
The company has no corporate parent. It wholly owns Headington School Services Limited (02677494), which has a dormant Hong Kong subsidiary, and holds 50% of Headington and MCS Bus Partnership Limited (14527312). Headington School International Ltd (11386971) was dissolved on 28 November 2023.
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This record is sourced directly from Companies House and was last synced on 8 October 2026.