MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£350K
+34.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+12.7% vs 2024
Employees
32
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£141K
+165.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD 2011-09-01 → present
- NEW BEACON SCHOOL LIMITED 1985-04-03 → 2011-09-01
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 | £1,671,923 | £1,740,801 | |
| Operating profit | £53,090 | £140,937 | |
| Profit before tax | £53,090 | £140,937 | |
| Net profit | £53,090 | £140,937 | |
| Cash | £260,173 | £350,009 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £963,190 | £1,085,127 | |
| Net assets | £963,190 | £1,085,127 | |
| Equity | £963,190 | £1,085,127 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 32 | |
| Wages | £955,787 | £1,012,297 |
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 | 3.2% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.4% | 14.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.93x | 2.43x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of governors has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the board of governors continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the statement of accounting policies.”
Significant events
- “In 2025, Maharishi Free School was delighted to welcome Dr Peter Warburton for a full-day visit to both our primary and secondary sites.”
- “During 2024-25, Maharishi Free School commissioned an internal scrutiny review to assess financial and non-financial controls.”
- “During 2024-25, Maharishi Free School engaged an School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) to provide independent assurance on financial management and governance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 67 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGEE, Paul Alexander | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | — | — |
| BIRNBAUM, Ian Brian, Dr | Director | 2011-09-01 | Nov 1950 | British |
| BUSWELL, Richard William | Director | 2015-10-20 | Mar 1951 | British |
| EDWARDS, Lisa Jane | Director | 2016-09-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| EVANS, Gwyndaf | Director | 2004-01-20 | Jul 1948 | British |
| GASKELL, Laura | Director | 2022-01-31 | Jun 1984 | British |
| INGRAM, Mareanna | Director | 2013-05-08 | Jan 1963 | British |
| LATHAM, Claire Kathleen | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| LEES, Julian Richard Howard | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1950 | British |
| MARRIOTT, Rosemary | Director | 2022-01-31 | Jun 1952 | British |
| MCARTHUR-GREENALL, Daniel Stephen | Director | 2024-12-12 | Jul 1994 | British |
| MCCLOSKEY, Carmel Louise | Director | 2024-02-07 | Oct 1970 | British |
| MERCER, Nathaniel William Toby | Director | 2025-02-14 | Oct 1994 | British |
| O'NEILL, Audrey | Director | 2020-11-05 | Sep 1977 | British |
| WALTERS, Lisa Vicki | Director | 2012-11-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| WINTERINGHAM, Claire Alexandra | Director | 2020-01-06 | Aug 1956 | British |
Show 67 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, John Dickinson | Secretary | 1993-12-08 | 1996-11-20 |
| HINDLE, Susan Elizabeth Megan | Secretary | — | 1993-11-22 |
| MARTINEZ, Jesus | Secretary | 1996-11-20 | 2001-09-28 |
| MITCHELL, Philip Douglas | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| ALEXANDER, Bruce John Forrest | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-12-11 |
| ALEXANDER, Bruce John Forrest | Director | 1997-10-22 | 2004-04-19 |
| ANDREWS, Lucy Elizabeth Jessie | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2024-11-08 |
| ARROWSMITH, Anne Binny | Director | — | 1994-02-19 |
| BISWAS, Joanne Marie | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| BOWLER, Jeremy James | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2021-09-26 |
| BOWLER, Jeremy James | Director | 2003-07-08 | 2007-05-13 |
| BUSWELL, Richard William | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2012-06-15 |
| BUSWELL, Richard William | Director | — | 1992-12-01 |
| CASSELLS, Fiona Sheila | Director | 1996-11-06 | 1997-05-14 |
| COHEN, Simon John | Director | 1997-09-11 | 2002-02-20 |
| COLLINS, John Dickinson | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2006-01-10 |
| COOMBES, Lisa Jayne | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| COPPLESTONE, Hayley | Director | 2020-09-11 | 2021-08-31 |
| COPPLESTONE, Hayley | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2019-10-31 |
| CROSS, Stephen Richard Harold, Dr | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2003-02-03 |
| CROSS, Stephen Richard Harold, Dr | Director | — | 1998-02-13 |
| DAVIES, Christopher Dennis | Director | 1993-07-11 | 1998-02-13 |
| DUCKETT, Jay | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2024-08-09 |
| DUCKWORTH, Philip | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| FREEL, Ellen Sarah Day | Director | 2013-05-08 | 2017-09-27 |
| GRICE, Dinah | Director | 1998-07-14 | 2004-04-19 |
| GRIFFITHS, Bridget | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-02-08 |
| GRIFFITHS, Bridget | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2007-12-04 |
| HILL, Joanne | Director | 2014-10-31 | 2016-10-31 |
| HOBSON, Rachel Fern | Director | 2024-02-07 | 2025-01-24 |
| HUGHES, Lisa | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2014-10-31 |
| HUGHES, Patricia Joan | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2000-02-15 |
| JOHNSTONE, Janice Isobel | Director | 2003-04-02 | 2004-04-19 |
| JOHNSTONE, Robert Andrew | Director | 1993-03-11 | 2004-04-19 |
| JUMP, Harriet Sarah, Dr | Director | 2001-01-23 | 2002-07-08 |
| KOEHORST, Mark | Director | 1999-10-12 | 2000-01-18 |
| LAMBERT, Gerard | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2009-06-09 |
| LINES, Richard John Myott | Director | — | 1995-12-01 |
| LOREYS, Marek Jan | Director | — | 1992-03-13 |
| MARRIOTT, Richard Malcolm | Director | 1993-03-13 | 1994-02-19 |
| MARRIOTT, William | Director | 2013-05-08 | 2014-08-28 |
| MERCER, Anne Louise Rebecca | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2011-08-17 |
| MITCHELL, Philip Douglas | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2001-09-28 |
| ORR, William Graham | Director | 1997-10-22 | 1998-05-19 |
| PANTER, Steven | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2017-09-28 |
| PENN, Michael Stuart | Director | — | 1993-02-19 |
| PHILLIPS, Jonathon Gregory | Director | 2015-09-20 | 2019-12-11 |
| POOLE, Justine Louise | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2016-12-11 |
| POTHULA, Vijaya Babu, Dr | Director | 2003-04-02 | 2004-04-19 |
| RAE, Isobel Margery | Director | — | 1992-03-13 |
| READ, Sheila Maureen | Director | 1994-02-19 | 1995-12-01 |
| ROBINSON, Carla | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-09-02 |
| ROSS, Victoria | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| RUSSELL, Carolyn Andrea | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2003-09-08 |
| SCOTT, James | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2012-07-03 |
| SCOTT, Richard | Director | 2009-07-08 | 2011-09-01 |
| SCOTT, Richard | Director | 1992-03-13 | 1997-09-11 |
| SINTON, James | Director | — | 1993-12-10 |
| SMALLEY, Jane Ann | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2023-12-07 |
| SOULT, Ruth | Director | 1994-11-09 | 2000-11-21 |
| SPONG, Maurice Wynne | Director | — | 1992-06-26 |
| TRANDAFOIU, Ruxandra | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| WALKER, Debbie | Director | 1997-10-22 | 2000-11-21 |
| WILKINSON, Lavinia | Director | 2014-10-31 | 2022-08-31 |
| WINTERINGHAM, Claire Alexandra | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-12-11 |
| WINTERINGHAM, Claire Alexandra | Director | 1993-03-13 | 1997-09-11 |
| WYNNE, Paula | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Secretary Of State For Education | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
+4.1%
£1,671,923 £1,740,801
-
Cash
+34.5%
£260,173 £350,009
-
Net assets
+12.7%
£963,190 £1,085,127
-
Employees
-5.9%
34 32
-
Operating profit
+165.5%
£53,090 £140,937
-
Profit before tax
+165.5%
£53,090 £140,937
-
Wages
+5.9%
£955,787 £1,012,297
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