BELL CONCORD EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-69.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£59M
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
323
-1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,845,031 | £26,650,001 | |
| Operating profit | £5,265,208 | £3,479,431 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £6,088,438 | £4,126,516 | |
| Cash | £31,280,811 | £9,430,765 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £59,746,403 | £58,872,919 | |
| Net assets | £54,746,403 | £58,872,919 | |
| Equity | £54,746,403 | £58,872,919 | |
| Average employees | 327 | 323 | |
| Wages | £11,802,370 | £11,851,841 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 13.1% | |
| Net margin | 21.1% | 15.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.7% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 0.52x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- 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 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 CONCORD EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Concord College International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The construction of Lawley Residence has been taking place during the year and completion is anticipated for summer 2026.”
- “The new Sports and Examination Hall will incorporate high quality facilities including a new gym and spin room. The building is forecast to be complete in Spring 2026.”
- “The transition phases for the new MIS and finance systems has been completed, and these went live in September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGE, Matthew Zebedee | Secretary | 2023-01-03 | — | — |
| AKINLOSE, Fehintola Olayinka | Director | 2023-09-08 | Jun 1972 | British |
| BROWN, Fiona Louise | Director | 2023-09-08 | Mar 1969 | British |
| CURRIE, Ashley | Director | 2024-06-12 | Feb 1989 | British |
| DONOVAN, Anthony Francis Scott | Director | 2020-04-03 | Jan 1948 | British |
| GKOSDIS, Christos | Director | 2023-12-01 | Dec 1978 | Greek |
| KRASOCKI, Jean | Director | 2007-04-20 | Oct 1951 | British |
| MCCAGHERTY, Ian Leslie | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| RUBEN, Peter Stephen | Director | 2007-06-22 | Dec 1967 | British |
| STANFORD, Colin Andrew, Dr | Director | 2019-02-05 | Mar 1958 | British |
| WOODCOCK, Michael Charles | Director | 2024-12-08 | Dec 1968 | British |
| YATES, Brian Robert | Director | 2006-07-05 | Feb 1950 | British |
| YONG, Peter | Director | 2014-03-28 | Jan 1965 | Singaporean |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAN, Barbara Mary | Secretary | — | 2022-12-31 |
| BLACKBOURN, Nicholas John | Director | 2016-02-16 | 2019-03-22 |
| BOGG, Roger Thomas | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
| BOULTON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2015-09-24 |
| BRIDE, Iain Melvin, Dr | Director | — | 2024-04-19 |
| CURTIS, Andrew Grant | Director | — | 2017-06-29 |
| DURHAM, Robin Emmerson | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2019-09-27 |
| DYSON, Richard George | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2024-12-06 |
| FRICKER, Angela Margaret, Dr | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2019-03-22 |
| GOOD, Patricia Mary | Director | — | 2009-11-06 |
| GRIEVE, Michael Robertson Critchon | Director | — | 2000-12-15 |
| HARDING, Alison Giulia | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2003-04-12 |
| HOLDSWORTH, Elizabeth Andree | Director | — | 2007-06-22 |
| HORWOOD, John Martyn Nicholas | Director | — | 2007-04-20 |
| HUGHES, Timothy Clarke | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2022-11-23 |
| JAMES, Susan | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2013-09-20 |
| LATHAM, John Charles | Director | 2005-06-14 | 2006-07-11 |
| MANNELL, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2024-04-19 |
| MELLOR, Ian | Director | 2009-06-26 | 2010-04-16 |
| NIXON, Rosemary | Director | — | 2006-09-22 |
| PARKER, John | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
| PECK, Thomas David | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2018-07-27 |
| PRITCHARD, David Alexander | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2007-04-20 |
| RIGG, James Edward | Director | 2002-09-20 | 2003-12-12 |
| SNOWDEN, Andrew Cree | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2005-06-03 |
| TWIST, Dennis Richard | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2006-06-23 |
| WESTLAKE, Timothy, Dr | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2008-12-12 |
| YATES, Henry Donald Anthony | Director | — | 1993-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-7.6%
£28,845,031 £26,650,001
-
Cash
-69.9%
£31,280,811 £9,430,765
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£54,746,403 £58,872,919
-
Employees
-1.2%
327 323
-
Operating profit
-33.9%
£5,265,208 £3,479,431
-
Wages
+0.4%
£11,802,370 £11,851,841
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