BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-13 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-30
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
-6.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£44M
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
203
+7.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-2,525.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,200,000 | £14,659,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£43,000 | -£1,129,000 | |
| Net profit | -£97,000 | -£1,163,000 | |
| Cash | £8,880,000 | £8,304,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,114,000 | £44,331,000 | |
| Net assets | £42,021,000 | £44,219,000 | |
| Equity | £42,021,000 | £44,219,000 | |
| Average employees | 189 | 203 | |
| Wages | £5,948,000 | £6,348,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.7% | -7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 1.76x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PETERS ELWORTHY & MOORE
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' 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 significant doubt on the Group's or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED (THE) · parent
- Bell Educational Services Ltd 100%
- Bell Switzerland SA 100%
Significant events
- “Significant events that have proved challenging in the management of these assets this year include the continued recovery of the wholly owned UK trading subsidiary from the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic. While inflation has fallen to more normal levels in 2024, costs remain challenging for the Foundation and its trading subsidiaries.”
- “An increasingly volatile climate came to a climax in the summer, when racist riots further exacerbated the vulnerabilities of refugees and asylum seekers. These vulnerabilities included those related to language barriers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Shahzad | Director | 2025-06-25 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CHAKRABORTY, Radha Rupa | Director | 2021-08-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| FAZAELI, Toni Elizabeth | Director | 2018-12-06 | Jul 1955 | British |
| HUGHES, David | Director | 2021-08-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| KODWANI, Devendra Gopaldas, Dr | Director | 2025-06-25 | Dec 1964 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2025-03-26 | May 1984 | British |
| REED, Camila Eve | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| REED, Laura | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jun 1990 | German |
| ROSCROW, Peter Donald | Director | 2021-08-01 | May 1963 | Australian,British |
| SCOTT-BARRETT, Alexander John | Director | 2018-12-06 | Jun 1955 | British |
| TESSEYMAN, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-07-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENCE, David Edward | Secretary | 2012-06-29 | 2012-09-28 |
| CONNON, Lynda Anne | Secretary | 2007-09-30 | 2012-06-29 |
| HARRIS, Colin Peter | Secretary | — | 2007-09-30 |
| ARNOLD BAKER, Charles James | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2003-09-11 |
| AULADIN, Reshard Sheik Mahmad | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
| BAIRD, Robert James | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2011-12-08 |
| BARROW, Jocelyn Anita, Dame | Director | — | 1995-07-28 |
| BERRY, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2005-09-26 |
| BOWERS, Roger George | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| CONNOLLY, Catherine | Director | 1994-12-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| COWLEY, Virginia | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2007-12-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Catherine Lynne | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-03-20 |
| DENIS, Monsieur | Director | — | 1992-06-12 |
| DU PLESSIS, Adrian Buys | Director | — | 2002-04-12 |
| EVANS, John Patrick | Director | 2000-09-08 | 2002-09-01 |
| FELLOWS, Andrew Matthew | Director | 2007-09-13 | 2018-12-06 |
| FLEMING, Ellen Mccool | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2013-12-06 |
| GANDY, John | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2023-07-28 |
| GORDON LENNOX, Nicholas Charles, Lord | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| GORDON LENNOX, Nicholas Charles, Lord | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| GOWER, Roger John | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2007-02-28 |
| GRANT, Robin | Director | 1994-04-29 | 2003-12-04 |
| GREEN, Diana Margaret, Dr | Director | — | 1993-06-25 |
| HOWELL, Paul Philip, Dr | Director | — | 1991-04-12 |
| JUPP, Thomas | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| KING, Elizabeth Jan | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
| KUZNETSOVA, Daria | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2025-12-03 |
| LANE, David William Stennis Stuart, Sir | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| LEWIS, Peter Tyndale | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| LILLEY, Angela | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2007-12-06 |
| LITTLE, Judith | Director | 1996-03-27 | 2007-03-31 |
| MACKENZIE SMITH, Peter | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2016-09-29 |
| MAINGAY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-12-10 |
| MAUNDER, Matthew Neil | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-07-08 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Louise | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| MILANOVIC, Mike | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2021-02-10 |
| MILNER, Eileen | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2016-03-09 |
| PEARSON, Margaret May | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1998-05-08 |
| PRIOR, Russell Charles | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2021-07-29 |
| REDDAWAY, John Lewis | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| REDDAWAY, John Lewis | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| RHODES JAMES, Robert Vidal, Sir | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1996-03-27 |
| RIX, Timothy John | Director | — | 2004-09-09 |
| ROBINSON, John Edwin | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2014-09-08 |
| SHARMA, Pooja | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2018-07-06 |
| SMITH, Trevor Arthur, Professor | Director | — | 1994-04-01 |
| SPINK, Geoffrey | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2023-07-28 |
| SQUIRE, Sarah Laetitia | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2019-12-04 |
| STANDLEY, Marilyn Teresa | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2009-03-06 |
| TELLWRIGHT, Nicholas John | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2018-12-06 |
| TOMALIN, Barry Anthony | Director | — | 1996-09-13 |
| TOMEI, Anthony Laurence | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2021-10-07 |
| WALTER, Helen Catherine | Director | 1993-06-25 | 2003-05-31 |
| WHITE, Ronald Verdun | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2008-09-11 |
| WIDDOWSON, Henry George, Professor | Director | — | 1992-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 261 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.2%
£14,200,000 £14,659,000
-
Cash
-6.5%
£8,880,000 £8,304,000
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£42,021,000 £44,219,000
-
Employees
+7.4%
189 203
-
Profit before tax
-2,525.6%
-£43,000 -£1,129,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£5,948,000 £6,348,000
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