HAWTHORNS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED (THE)

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the governors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast doubt on the group and parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. HAWTHORNS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED (THE) · parent
   1. The Hawthorns (Pendell Court) Limited 100% · United Kingdom · non-trading company

Significant events

• “With effect from 31 December 2024, Caterham School became the sole member of The Hawthorns Educational Trust Ltd. Significant recent external events, including the imposition of VAT on school fees, the removal of business rates relief and increases in costs of employing staff resulted in significant challenges best met from a position of financial and collaborative strength. This has been achieved by joining the Caterham Family of Schools.”
• “To align with Caterham School, the financial year end was changed from August to July and so the financial statements have been prepared for the 11 months ended 31 July 2025.”

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

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  -0.9%

  £8,454,264 → £8,381,082

• Cash

  -17.8%

  £2,017,712 → £1,659,059

• Net assets

  +7.1%

  £7,076,599 → £7,579,441

• Employees

  -2.7%

  149 → 145

• Wages

  -7%

  £4,170,433 → £3,878,805

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