UNITED CHURCH SCHOOLS TRUST

1. UNITED CHURCH SCHOOLS TRUST 2004-11-03 → present
2. THE UNITED CHURCH SCHOOLS TRUST 2004-06-18 → 2004-11-03
3. THE CHURCH SCHOOLS COMPANY 1993-01-18 → 2004-06-18

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Charitable Company made an operating surplus in the year despite the introduction of VAT, the loss of business rates relief, the increase of National Insurance, and pay inflation impacting trading results, and so strong cash reserves were maintained. The headroom in the different cash flow models and the levers available to the Charitable Company have enabled management to conclude that there is no material uncertainty in management's going concern assessment.”

Group structure

1. UNITED CHURCH SCHOOLS TRUST · parent
   1. United Learning Trust 100% · UK · Education
   2. Priory School (Banstead) Trust Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
   3. United Communities 100% · UK · Community hub development

Significant events

• “During the year we welcomed Chafyn Grove, a day and boarding school for boys and girls aged between 3 and 11 based in Salisbury, into the Group.”
• “Over the course of the year, the Board made the decision to establish United Communities as a registered charity, marking a significant milestone in our journey to broaden and deepen this work.”
• “The total surplus for the year amounted to £10.8m (2024: 18.3m). Included within these results was an actuarial loss on defined benefit pension schemes and other pension commitments of £(69)k (2024: £(127)k).”
• “The case was taken to The Court of Appeal in June 2024 and the original ruling was upheld. As a result, there may have been a further liability to the pension schemes for benefits that were reduced by previous amendments.”
• “On 5 June 2025 the government released a statement confirming that it recognised schemes and sponsoring employers needed clarity around scheme liabilities and member benefit levels.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.4%

  £160,833,000 → £172,672,000

• Cash

  -49.7%

  £91,248,000 → £45,921,000

• Net assets

  +21.2%

  £50,787,000 → £61,540,000

• Employees

  +5.1%

  2,455 → 2,581

• Operating profit

  -38.1%

  £13,910,000 → £8,613,000

• Profit before tax

  -23.3%

  £14,112,000 → £10,822,000

• Wages

  +10.1%

  £83,851,000 → £92,307,000

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