The Abbey School, Reading

Active00133676 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
31 January 1914 (112 years)
Industry
General secondary education (85310)
Directors
Adam Douglas Jacobs
Richard Brown
Accounts type
Group
Region
South East
Address
17 Kendrick Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 5DZ

Filing status

Accounts due
31 May 2027
Last accounts
31 August 2025
Conf. stmt due
28 November 2026
Last conf. stmt
14 November 2025

Charges

Total
19
Outstanding
2
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
17

Officers 12 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Jacobs, Adam Douglas
Director · Appointed 2 December 2025
British
Born September 1975 (51)
Brown, Richard
Director · Appointed 23 September 2024
British
Born March 1971 (55)
Director · Appointed 23 September 2024
Also at Old Redingensians Association Limited · more companies
British
Born July 1958 (68)
Maclennan, Hector
Director · Appointed 23 September 2024
British
Born October 1979 (47)
Director · Appointed 11 July 2022
Also at Resources Direct Limited
British
Born November 1969
Kemp, Harriet, Dr
Director · Appointed 22 March 2021
British
Born June 1983 (43)
Peach, Andrew
Director · Appointed 22 March 2021
British
Born April 1973 (53)
Field, Robyn Lucy
Director · Appointed 29 June 2020
British
Born December 1984 (41)
Director · Appointed 18 March 2019
Also at Abbey Commercial Enterprises Limited
British
Born March 1958 (68)
Singer, Colin Geoffrey
Director · Appointed 3 December 2018
British
Born May 1955 (71)
Harrison, Elizabeth Ann
Director · Appointed 23 March 2015
British
Born May 1949 (77)
Director · Appointed 7 December 2009
British
Born January 1952 (74)
Officer history (82 former)
31 August 2026
Resigned West, Elisabeth as Director
2 December 2025
Appointed Jacobs, Adam Douglas as Director
31 August 2025
Resigned Colebrook, Susan Lesley as Director
2 December 2024
Resigned Thiruppathy, Kumaran as Director
2 December 2024
Resigned Emmanuel, Michael as Director
23 September 2024
Appointed Brown, Richard as Director
23 September 2024
Appointed Burrows, Nicholas Charles as Director
23 September 2024
Appointed Maclennan, Hector as Director
18 March 2024
Appointed Thiruppathy, Kumaran as Director
4 December 2023
Resigned Burgess, Sanya Elizabeth as Director
5 December 2022
Resigned Sheehan, Jeremy Richard as Director
11 July 2022
Appointed Jolly, Joanna Kumari as Director
11 July 2022
Resigned O'Shea, Conor Michael as Director
21 March 2022
Resigned Williams, David Nigel as Director
6 December 2021
Resigned Cornell, Julie Lydon as Director
22 March 2021
Appointed Peach, Andrew as Director
22 March 2021
Appointed Kemp, Harriet, Dr as Director
28 September 2020
Appointed O'Shea, Conor Michael as Director
29 June 2020
Appointed Field, Robyn Lucy as Director
2 December 2019
Resigned Anderson, Juliet Ann as Director
2 December 2019
Resigned Uppal, Paramjit Singh as Director
2 December 2019
Resigned Print, Carole Frances, Dr as Director
2 December 2019
Resigned Kemp, Ian Charles, Dr as Director
18 March 2019
Appointed Butler, Julie Irene as Director
3 December 2018
Appointed Singer, Colin Geoffrey as Director
3 December 2018
Resigned Hopes, Nigel David as Director
3 December 2018
Appointed Williams, David Nigel as Director
3 December 2018
Resigned Templeman, Ann Joyce, Rev as Director
3 December 2018
Appointed West, Elisabeth as Director
3 December 2018
Resigned Lane, Catherine Ma as Director
3 December 2018
Resigned Bell, Louise Caroline, Lady as Director
26 September 2017
Appointed Sheehan, Jeremy Richard as Director
18 September 2017
Appointed Burgess, Sanya Elizabeth as Director
30 April 2017
Resigned Reynolds, Deborah Judith, Dr as Director
3 January 2017
Resigned Taku, Georgina Makwe as Director
26 September 2016
Resigned Stanley, Peter Howard as Director
7 December 2015
Appointed Stanley, Peter Howard as Director
7 December 2015
Resigned Rennie, Hilary Jane as Director
15 April 2015
Resigned Smith, Steven Duncan Ross as Director
23 March 2015
Appointed Hopes, Nigel David as Director
23 March 2015
Appointed Harrison, Elizabeth Ann as Director
8 December 2014
Resigned Rutland, Felicity Mary as Director
1 September 2014
Appointed Taku, Georgina Makwe as Director
31 August 2014
Resigned Hampshire, Russell, Doctor as Director
30 June 2014
Resigned Mcdiarmid, Briar Elizabeth as Director
30 June 2014
Resigned Edwards, Margaret Ellen as Director
30 June 2014
Resigned Cottingham, Myra Lee as Director
21 May 2014
Resigned Macfarlane, Jonathan Henry as Director
9 December 2013
Resigned Smith, Peter Bruce as Director
9 December 2013
Appointed Macfarlane, Jonathan Henry as Director
31 October 2013
Resigned Maunder, Lucy Anne as Secretary
23 September 2013
Resigned Mellor, Rebecca as Director
23 September 2013
Appointed Anderson, Juliet Ann as Director
24 June 2013
Appointed Bell, Louise Caroline, Lady as Director
1 March 2013
Appointed Rutland, Felicity Mary as Director
31 December 2012
Resigned Burrell, Jane Elizabeth as Director
3 December 2012
Appointed Hampshire, Russell, Doctor as Director
24 September 2012
Appointed Templeman, Ann Joyce, Rev as Director
24 September 2012
Appointed Uppal, Paramjit Singh as Director
25 June 2012
Resigned Jones, Anne, Professor as Director
25 June 2012
Resigned O'Brien, Gerard John as Director
6 December 2011
Resigned Blackburn, Margaret Jean as Director
6 December 2011
Appointed Mellor, Rebecca as Director
6 December 2011
Resigned Pearson, Beatrice, The Reverend as Director
6 December 2011
Appointed Colebrook, Susan Lesley as Director
6 December 2011
Resigned Garthside, Lisa Genevieve as Director
3 August 2010
Resigned Kerruish, Peter as Secretary
3 August 2010
Appointed Maunder, Lucy Anne as Secretary
7 December 2009
Resigned Griffiths, Richard Gareth as Director
7 December 2009
Resigned Rand, Richard John as Director
7 December 2009
Appointed Garthside, Lisa Genevieve as Director
7 December 2009
Appointed Dimmick, Simon Mark as Director
7 December 2009
Resigned Doctor, Paul Ahamed as Director
7 December 2009
Appointed Reynolds, Deborah Judith, Dr as Director
28 September 2009
Appointed Lane, Catherine Ma as Director
19 July 2009
Resigned Taylor, Cyril Frederick as Director
29 June 2009
Resigned Snell, Barbara Jean, Doctor as Director
31 December 2008
Resigned Rutland, Felicity Mary as Director
1 September 2008
Appointed Emmanuel, Michael as Director
12 March 2008
Resigned Thornton, Patricia Ann as Director
10 March 2008
Appointed Burrell, Jane Elizabeth as Director
10 December 2007
Resigned Kerevan, Austin James as Director
10 December 2007
Resigned Shenton, Brian, Revd Canon as Director
10 December 2007
Appointed Pearson, Beatrice, The Reverend as Director
10 December 2007
Appointed Doctor, Paul Ahamed as Director
10 December 2007
Appointed Rennie, Hilary Jane as Director
4 December 2007
Resigned O'Brien, Gerard John as Secretary
4 December 2007
Resigned Cornell, Julie Lydon as Secretary
12 March 2007
Appointed Smith, Steven Duncan Ross as Director
21 February 2007
Resigned Rennie, Hilary Jane as Director
4 December 2006
Resigned Ries, Alison Carolyn, Dr as Director
4 December 2006
Appointed Cornell, Julie Lydon as Secretary
4 December 2006
4 December 2006
Appointed O'Brien, Gerard John as Secretary
4 December 2006
Appointed O'Brien, Gerard John as Director
4 December 2006
Appointed Cornell, Julie Lydon as Director
23 August 2006
Resigned Thomson, Peter David as Director
19 June 2006
Appointed Blackburn, Margaret Jean as Director
10 November 2005
Resigned Dytor, Clive Idris as Director
10 October 2005
Resigned Smith, Helen Margaret as Director
14 March 2005
Appointed Cottingham, Myra Lee as Director
6 December 2004
Resigned Blandy Services Limited as Corporate Secretary
6 December 2004
Appointed Kerruish, Peter as Secretary
6 December 2004
Appointed Rennie, Hilary Jane as Director
21 October 2004
Resigned Bevan, Caroline Sela as Director
6 July 2004
Appointed Jones, Anne, Professor as Director
5 July 2004
Appointed Smith, Peter Bruce as Director
25 June 2004
Resigned Van Den Bos, Shauna Suzanne as Director
25 June 2004
Resigned Curran, Emma Hope Wallis as Director
1 January 2004
Appointed Ries, Alison Carolyn, Dr as Director
1 January 2004
Appointed Edwards, Margaret Ellen as Director
17 December 2003
Resigned Vaughan, Nigel Robert as Director
17 December 2003
Appointed Thornton, Patricia Ann as Director
17 December 2003
Appointed Marston, Fiona Angela Olinda, Dr as Director
1 December 2003
Resigned Belcher, Joan Doreen as Director
30 June 2003
Appointed Mcdiarmid, Briar Elizabeth as Director
14 March 2003
Appointed Dytor, Clive Idris as Director
14 March 2003
Appointed Rand, Richard John as Director
5 July 2002
21 April 2002
Resigned Whitfield, Susan Margaret as Director
3 December 2001
Resigned Barclay, William as Director
4 December 2000
Resigned Maskell, Dominic Brands as Director
4 December 2000
Appointed Blandy Services Limited as Corporate Secretary
4 December 2000
Resigned Stephens, Anne as Director
4 December 2000
Resigned Tovey, John Roger as Secretary
4 December 2000
Resigned Tovey, John Roger as Director
27 March 2000
Appointed Vaughan, Nigel Robert as Director
27 March 2000
Appointed Shenton, Brian, Revd Canon as Director
6 December 1999
5 July 1999
Appointed Van Den Bos, Shauna Suzanne as Director
5 July 1999
Appointed Whitfield, Susan Margaret as Director
31 May 1999
Resigned Ayles, Rosemary Anne as Director
26 April 1999
Resigned Phillips, Nathaniel as Director
8 March 1999
Appointed Stephens, Anne as Director
8 March 1999
Appointed Print, Carole Frances, Dr as Director
3 February 1999
Resigned Essery, Eric, The Reverend Canon as Director
13 January 1999
Resigned Print, Carole Frances, Dr as Director
8 December 1998
Resigned Lilley, John Edmund Mcnamara as Director
7 December 1998
Resigned Carter, Peter Morton as Director
6 July 1998
Appointed Bevan, Caroline Sela as Director
6 July 1998
Resigned Fone, Melanie Joan, Dr as Director
6 July 1998
Appointed Curran, Emma Hope Wallis as Director
1 December 1997
Resigned Latto, Conrad as Director
10 April 1997
Appointed Fone, Melanie Joan, Dr as Director
10 April 1997
Resigned Oliver, Lorna June as Director
4 December 1995
Resigned Smith, Linda Margaret as Director
4 December 1995
Appointed Belcher, Joan Doreen as Director
5 December 1994
Appointed Ayles, Rosemary Anne as Director
4 July 1994
Resigned Wright, John David Maitland, Professor as Director
4 July 1994
Resigned Massey, Alan as Director
8 July 1993
Resigned Emmanuel, Carole Ann as Director
19 May 1993
Appointed Essery, Eric, The Reverend Canon as Director
15 March 1993
Resigned Kingston, Richard James as Director
15 March 1993
Appointed Print, Carole Frances, Dr as Director
14 December 1992
Appointed Rutland, Felicity Mary as Director
4 December 1992
Appointed Smith, Helen Margaret as Director
22 May 1992
Appointed Kemp, Ian Charles, Dr as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 1

Companies where The Abbey School, Reading is registered as a person with significant control

Owns 75–100% of shares
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What The Abbey School, Reading say about themselves

“The Abbey | We provide outstanding real-world education for girls, equipping them to achieve academic excellence with confidence, purpose and joy.”

— from theabbey.co.uk

Filings 339

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
4 September 2026Termination of appointment of a director
9 January 2026Group of companies' accounts31 August 2025
4 December 2025Appointment of a director
14 November 2025Confirmation statement with no updates14 November 2025
22 October 2025Director's details changed
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