GATEWAYS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-14
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+77.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
-1.2% vs 2023
Employees
121
+7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£167K
-276.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-14.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,862,416 | £8,861,734 | |
| Operating profit | £967,426 | £774,279 | |
| Profit before tax | £94,724 | -£167,315 | |
| Net profit | £94,724 | -£167,315 | |
| Cash | £1,502,311 | £2,662,613 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,476,831 | £17,221,388 | |
| Net assets | £13,880,492 | £13,713,177 | |
| Equity | £13,880,492 | £13,713,177 | |
| Average employees | 113 | 121 | |
| Wages | £3,431,246 | £4,057,137 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 4.40x | 3.21x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Governors have prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the charitable company or cease its operations, as such they have concluded that the charitable company's financial position shows that this is realistic. Pupil retention and recruitment, meeting banking covenants and loan repayments, and the control of costs are all key to the charity continuing as a going concern, and as such these are all closely monitored.”
Significant events
- “Completion of the second phase of refurbishment of the Old Music House to further improve sixth form offer was in summer 2023.”
- “Planning permission received to add study pods for further increase in Sixth Form numbers commencing September 2024.”
- “Planning permission received for a new Prep Building next to the Sports Hall, with a link to the existing building, to accommodate increased pupil numbers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEPWORTH, Graham David | Secretary | 2025-11-03 | — | — |
| CALVERT, Michelle | Director | 2020-09-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
| LORENCE, Tori | Director | 2023-11-27 | Jun 1987 | British |
| MACHUGH, Nick | Director | 2023-06-21 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MARSH, Roger, Sir | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| MATHAROO, Jasvinder Singh | Director | 2019-11-14 | Jul 1966 | British |
| STEPHENS, Nicola | Director | 2023-05-12 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WEBSTER, Richard Michael | Director | 2004-03-17 | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Lesley Patricia | Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| CHATTO, Amanda | Secretary | 2006-08-21 | 2009-01-01 |
| COOPER, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2005-06-22 | 2006-04-07 |
| DAVISON, Katherine | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | 2023-04-24 |
| GREGORY, Roger Graham | Secretary | 2006-04-07 | 2006-08-21 |
| HALLIDAY, Jeremy David | Secretary | 2010-12-17 | 2021-02-01 |
| HALLIDAY, Jeremy David | Secretary | 1996-06-27 | 2005-06-22 |
| HARRISON, Caroline | Secretary | 2009-11-30 | 2010-12-15 |
| HORBURY, Martin Richard | Secretary | 2023-04-24 | 2024-03-08 |
| LATCHMORE, Andrew Windsor | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| TAGGART, Nigel Lyons | Secretary | 1994-01-01 | 1996-06-27 |
| TODD, Arran | Secretary | 2024-03-08 | 2025-11-03 |
| WHITE, Arthur James | Secretary | — | 1993-12-31 |
| ATKINSON, Louise Jane | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2019-08-08 |
| BARR, Robert George Anthony | Director | 2011-11-29 | 2019-11-17 |
| BEDFORD, Geoffrey Moore | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
| BEVERLEY, Michael | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BLACK, Jill Margaret | Director | — | 2001-03-14 |
| BORLANT, Julie | Director | 2023-03-22 | 2026-02-18 |
| BRENNAN, Geraldine Ann | Director | 2017-11-15 | 2022-11-30 |
| BRENNAN, Michael Gerard, Professor | Director | 2017-11-15 | 2022-11-30 |
| BROTHERON-RATCLIFFE, Jacqueline | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BUNDOCK, Anthony Francis, Reverend | Director | 2005-11-23 | 2015-12-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Carl James | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2025-03-31 |
| CROSTON, Lillian, Mrs. | Director | 2007-06-21 | 2016-07-08 |
| DENNEY, Brian | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
| DIGGORY, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2005-06-22 |
| GOODHALL, Mollie Diane | Director | — | 1996-02-02 |
| GRAHAM, Jonathan Lee | Director | 2013-11-28 | 2014-08-31 |
| HALLIDAY, Jeremy David | Director | 1993-02-26 | 2010-12-17 |
| HEMMING, Penelope Julia | Director | 2002-03-13 | 2009-03-09 |
| HICKMAN, Geoffrey Dalton | Director | — | 1996-07-15 |
| HOGG, David Crossland, Professor | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2020-08-31 |
| JOHN, Anthony Philip Rees | Director | — | 1998-11-19 |
| JOHNSON, James William | Director | — | 1993-02-26 |
| LATCHMORE, Andrew Windsor | Director | — | 1994-06-13 |
| LEE, Shirley, Dr | Director | — | 2012-03-15 |
| MARSH, Roger | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2014-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, Arthur Henry | Director | — | 1992-03-03 |
| NUSSEY, Kenneth George | Director | — | 2010-06-21 |
| NUTTALL, Alice Isa Stather | Director | — | 1997-11-19 |
| OLIVER, Stephen John, The Reverend | Director | — | 1996-12-04 |
| PEMBERTON, James Barry | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Geoffrey | Director | 1993-02-26 | 2003-11-19 |
| ROBERTS, Alan Clive, Colonel | Director | 1992-06-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| SHAW, Martin | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| SHORROCKS TAYLOR, Diane, Prof | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2015-07-03 |
| SMITH, Graham Charles Morell, Reverend Canon | Director | 2001-11-14 | 2003-11-19 |
| SYKES, Paul | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Rosemary Helen, Dr | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2017-08-31 |
| THOMASON, Frances Tennant | Director | 1994-10-04 | 2006-08-31 |
| THORNTON, Rachel | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2012-01-16 |
| TOMLINSON, Victoria Jane | Director | — | 1999-03-02 |
| TURNER, John Deacon | Director | 1994-10-04 | 2006-08-31 |
| WATSON, John Grenville Bernard | Director | — | 1999-11-17 |
| WATSON, Stuart | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2024-11-25 |
| WATSON, Victor Hugo | Director | — | 2008-07-02 |
| WILSON, Caroline, Dr | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2014-04-30 |
| WRENCH, Julie | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2018-07-06 |
| GATEWAYS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-06-21 | 2010-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£7,862,416 £8,861,734
-
Cash
+77.2%
£1,502,311 £2,662,613
-
Net assets
-1.2%
£13,880,492 £13,713,177
-
Employees
+7.1%
113 121
-
Operating profit
-20%
£967,426 £774,279
-
Profit before tax
-276.6%
£94,724 -£167,315
-
Wages
+18.2%
£3,431,246 £4,057,137
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers