THE OPEN SCHOOL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-30 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-16
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+30.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+36.5% vs 2024
Employees
27
+3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,241,595 | £1,526,345 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £35,060 | £289,564 | |
| Cash | £859,354 | £1,118,891 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £896,976 | £1,205,774 | |
| Net assets | £794,375 | £1,083,939 | |
| Equity | £794,375 | £1,083,939 | |
| Average employees | 26 | 27 | |
| Wages | £625,886 | £672,732 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.8% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | 9.58x | 10.24x |
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
- Prentis & Co LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Council's 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 Trust'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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT-HART, Tim Lewis | Director | 2025-06-20 | Feb 1979 | British |
| MORPETH, Roslyn Louise, Dr | Director | 2010-12-15 | Apr 1946 | British |
| PITTARD, Vanessa, Dr | Director | 2018-11-09 | May 1963 | British |
| ROSE, Ceri Lianne | Director | 2023-11-24 | Jul 1982 | British |
| TWEED, James David | Director | 2025-06-20 | Feb 1973 | British |
| WELLER, Martin James, Professor | Director | 2024-03-22 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WOOLLISCROFT, Colin James | Director | 2018-03-23 | Mar 1983 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAUSEN, Jorgen | Secretary | 2008-06-25 | 2013-07-26 |
| DAVIES, William Gideon Peter Howell | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| EVANS, Bryn Stuart | Secretary | 1998-12-22 | 2000-01-14 |
| FROUD, Susan Kathleen | Secretary | 2000-01-04 | 2003-07-21 |
| GRIFFIN, Pauline | Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 1998-12-22 |
| TAIT, Margaret Kirsteen | Secretary | — | 1995-03-22 |
| WEST, Alison | Secretary | 2003-07-21 | 2008-06-25 |
| BARRATT, Nick David, Dr | Director | 2023-02-09 | 2023-11-24 |
| BRIDGES, David | Director | 2003-07-21 | 2010-12-15 |
| CALLAWAY, Corrinne Norma | Director | 2013-11-15 | 2022-06-17 |
| CARLTON, Shiela Eadie | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2016-01-20 |
| CHESTERMAN, Esther Jane Noelle | Director | 2021-04-23 | 2021-04-23 |
| CLOSE, Avrille Anne | Director | 1993-12-13 | 1997-09-10 |
| CLOSE, Douglas George | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1997-09-10 |
| DAVIES, William Gideon Peter Howell | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| DODDS, John Antony | Director | 2010-12-15 | 2018-11-09 |
| DORRANCE, Richard Christopher, Dr | Director | 2013-11-15 | 2025-04-04 |
| EASTMAN, Henry Guy | Director | 1996-10-17 | 2000-01-14 |
| ESP, Derek George | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1997-05-31 |
| FOSTER, Donald Michael Ellison | Director | 1993-02-24 | 1998-12-03 |
| FROUD, Susan Kathleen | Director | 1997-05-16 | 2003-07-21 |
| GERA, Inder | Director | 1996-10-17 | 1998-04-20 |
| GRIBBLE, Rosemary Lynette | Director | 1993-05-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| HAWKSLEY, Anthony Thomas | Director | 1991-04-08 | 1996-03-18 |
| HEYWOOD, Martha | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2003-07-21 |
| HOPE, Christopher Lucien | Director | 1994-01-31 | 2000-01-14 |
| HORSMAN, Malcolm | Director | 1998-12-03 | 2000-01-14 |
| JONES, Brian James | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2003-06-26 |
| JONES, Jane | Director | 2018-11-09 | 2019-11-15 |
| KELLETT, Mary Cecilia, Professor | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2018-03-23 |
| KNIGHT, James Arthur | Director | 1995-03-22 | 2003-07-21 |
| LAVENDER, Peter | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2016-01-20 |
| MARSHALL, Rachel Alexandra | Director | 2024-07-09 | 2025-08-21 |
| MARSHALL, Rachel Alexandra | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2022-11-11 |
| MISTRY, Sanjay | Director | 2022-03-18 | 2023-11-24 |
| MOORE, Richard Edward | Director | 2015-11-06 | 2021-11-12 |
| PERRATON, Hilary David | Director | 2003-07-21 | 2011-12-09 |
| POLACK, Rosemary | Director | 2003-07-21 | 2010-12-16 |
| RUMBLE, Greville William Sumpter Vosper | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2017-11-10 |
| STOLLIDAY, Ivor Robert | Director | 1994-01-31 | 1995-10-26 |
| TAIT, Margaret Kirsteen | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| YOUNG OF DARTINGTON, Michael Dunlop, Lord | Director | 1990-01-26 | 2000-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Vanessa Pittard | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-04-04 | Active |
| Mrs Esther Jane Noelle Chesterman | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-04-27 | Ceased 2021-04-27 |
| Mrs Esther Jane Noelle Chesterman | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-04-27 | Active |
| Dr Richard Christopher Dorrance | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-05-04 | Ceased 2025-04-04 |
| Dr Roslyn Louise Morpeth | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-27 |
| Mr John Antony Dodds | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+22.9%
£1,241,595 £1,526,345
-
Cash
+30.2%
£859,354 £1,118,891
-
Net assets
+36.5%
£794,375 £1,083,939
-
Employees
+3.8%
26 27
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Wages
+7.5%
£625,886 £672,732
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