EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST 2016-01-04 → present
2. CFBT EDUCATION TRUST 2006-03-23 → 2016-01-04
3. CENTRE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS(THE) 1987-03-17 → 2006-03-23
4. CENTRE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS LIMITED(THE) 1977-12-31 → 1987-03-17
5. CENTRE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS IN EUROPE LIMITED (THE) 1965-12-31 → 1977-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“We set a budget and a 3-year plan annually. The Board of Trustees and the Executive actively monitor financial results against the budget on a monthly basis. Regular forecasts with associated risks and opportunities are produced for the current financial year, to identify actions to optimise financial performance by mitigating risks and realising opportunities. We monitor solvency by projecting income, net income, free reserves and cash to August 2027. We have reviewed this analysis on a regular basis up to the date of signing the report. We use a range of scenarios to stress test cash and reserves. This testing shows that we have adequate headroom for cash and a strong balance sheet. On this basis, while an amount of uncertainty about the volume and timing of new business exists, this does not pose a material uncertainty that would cast doubt on the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

1. EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST · parent
   1. CfBT Education Services (B) Sdn Bhd 55% · Brunei Darussalam
   2. EDT Middle East Educational Consultancy LLC 49% · UAE
   3. Education Development Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd 100% · Zimbabwe

Significant events

• “The year-on-year decrease in income of £6.6m was primarily due to contracts in the UK funded by the Department for Education reaching their expected conclusion, a reduction in the number of school inspections carried out by the UAE and the sale of the International School of Cape Town and Oakfield Preparatory School, dividends from subsidiaries and gains from financial investments.”
• “During the year, we transferred one of our UK schools, Oakfield Preparatory School, to another proprietor.”
• “During the period, the activity of the Charity was organised in four operational areas: UK, International, Research & Consultancy, Independent Schools: two of our three schools were sold during the year.”
• “On 31 January 2025, Education Development Trust sold International School of Cape Town (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of the Charity based in South Africa.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -8.2%

  £80,388,000 → £73,836,000

• Cash

  -37.9%

  £21,604,000 → £13,426,000

• Net assets

  -4.8%

  £33,103,000 → £31,520,000

• Employees

  -8.4%

  1,159 → 1,062

• Wages

  -3.5%

  £40,075,000 → £38,655,000

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