PROSPECT EDUCATION (TECHNOLOGY) TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£558K
+39.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-1.4% vs 2024
Employees
200
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£67K
+82% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- PROSPECT EDUCATION (TECHNOLOGY) TRUST LIMITED 1999-03-12 → present
- PROSPECT EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED 1997-10-21 → 1999-03-12
- ADT EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED 1991-03-04 → 1997-10-21
- ADT WANDSWORTH CTC LIMITED 1990-03-26 → 1991-03-04
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 | £12,571,000 | £13,803,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£536,000 | -£223,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£373,000 | -£67,000 | |
| Net profit | -£373,000 | -£67,000 | |
| Cash | £400,000 | £558,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,931,000 | £22,609,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,931,000 | £22,609,000 | |
| Equity | £22,931,000 | £22,609,000 | |
| Average employees | 202 | 200 | |
| Wages | £7,539,000 | £8,053,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.3% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.3% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.41x | 6.14x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, and in agreeing the latest 5-year financial forecast, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PROSPECT EDUCATION (TECHNOLOGY) TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Prospect Educational and Public Services Limited 1%
Significant events
- “GCSE performance ranked the Academy in the top 15 schools, out of over 4,500 maintained schools and academies in England, with a progress score of +1.34.”
- “The Academy was ranked in the top 5 non-selective state schools in England with an attainment score of 66.3 (2025).”
- “The Academy's International Baccalaureate (IB) students produced an excellent set of results this year, with the top performer achieving 44 points (out of 45 points).”
- “The Academy was inspected in September 2021 and achieved a judgement of 'Outstanding' across all five core areas of inspection.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERRY, Richard James | Secretary | 1998-10-30 | — | British |
| ASHCROFT, Michael Anthony, Lord | Director | — | Mar 1946 | British |
| ENTWISTLE, Angela Elizabeth | Director | — | Sep 1961 | British |
| GAZE, Peter Michael Reeder | Director | 2020-01-06 | Jun 1951 | British |
| HARRIS, Stewart Anthony | Director | 2018-02-25 | May 1950 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODFRAY, Terence William | Secretary | — | 1998-10-30 |
| DURBAN, David Douglas | Director | 2009-09-17 | 2012-01-18 |
| HAMMOND, David Bruce, Dr | Director | — | 2018-02-25 |
| JERMINE, John Grover | Director | — | 1995-05-04 |
| LORD IMBERT OF NEW ROMNEY | Director | 1995-05-04 | 2000-05-10 |
| NAISMITH, Donald | Director | — | 1992-11-03 |
| PAINTER, Richard Eric | Director | — | 2006-09-01 |
| SANDLAND, Christopher Andrew | Director | 1993-02-16 | 2006-04-13 |
| SLIGO YOUNG, Torquil Charles | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2014-12-31 |
| SMITH, John Alfred, Sir | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2004-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Michael Anthony Ashcroft | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-04-22 | Active |
| Mr Stewart Anthony Harris | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-02-25 | Ceased 2020-01-06 |
| Lord Michael Anthony Ashcroft | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-06 |
| Ms Angela Elizabeth Entwistle | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-06 |
| Dr David Bruce Hammond | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+9.8%
£12,571,000 £13,803,000
-
Cash
+39.5%
£400,000 £558,000
-
Net assets
-1.4%
£22,931,000 £22,609,000
-
Employees
-1%
202 200
-
Operating profit
+58.4%
-£536,000 -£223,000
-
Profit before tax
+82%
-£373,000 -£67,000
-
Wages
+6.8%
£7,539,000 £8,053,000
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