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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+28.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-5.3% vs 2024
Employees
704
-7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £50,228,000 | £52,546,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£700,000 | £1,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£4,144,000 | -£372,000 | |
| Cash | £4,906,000 | £6,290,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,206,000 | £6,847,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,956,000 | £6,584,000 | |
| Equity | £6,956,000 | £6,584,000 | |
| Average employees | 761 | 704 | |
| Wages | £36,279,000 | £31,212,000 |
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 | -1.4% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | -8.3% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.7% | 20.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.32x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these scenarios and available resources, the Board is confident that the organisation has the financial capacity to continue operating effectively into the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- TEACH FIRST · parent
- Teach First Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Over the past year, we have developed a new target operating model, completed a significant organisational restructure and appointed a new CEO - for the first time a Teach First ambassador.”
- “For the forthcoming reporting period, some of our specific key priorities will include: Initial Teacher Training... ECF... AI in Education... Fundraising... Embedding new ways of working...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMANDER, Emily Kate | Secretary | 2023-07-03 | — | — |
| BATTCOCK, Humphrey William | Director | 2022-12-12 | Sep 1955 | British |
| BOOTHMAN, Djamila Leila Andrea | Director | 2022-06-20 | Sep 1984 | British |
| GEDDES, Paul Robert | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| HARBOUR, Tom James | Director | 2021-04-08 | Oct 1989 | British |
| HUNT, Vivian Yvonne, Dame | Director | 2019-11-07 | Jul 1967 | British,American |
| JIWA, Nabila | Director | 2023-06-05 | Oct 1989 | British |
| KESTENBAUM, Jonathan Andrew, Lord | Director | 2022-11-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| OWEN, Nicholas Robson | Director | 2020-07-08 | Dec 1963 | British |
| SPARKES, Luke Dunstan | Director | 2025-09-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| TWISELTON, Carole Samantha | Director | 2022-12-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| WEIR, Helen Alison | Director | 2023-10-31 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROAD, Anesta Lorna Sandra | Secretary | 2007-09-18 | 2012-11-07 |
| BUDD, Gillian Susan | Secretary | 2013-01-21 | 2023-04-06 |
| DRURY, Stephen | Secretary | 2002-07-15 | 2007-09-18 |
| LONGLEY, Thea Justine | Secretary | 2002-07-05 | 2002-07-15 |
| PATTISON, Patricia Jone | Secretary | 2012-11-08 | 2013-01-21 |
| ADONIS, Andrew, Lord | Director | 2011-04-07 | 2017-04-06 |
| AJAK, Aziza | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| ALIBHAI, Sugrakhatun Nimet Yasmin | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2016-07-16 |
| ARTHUR, Jason Joshua | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2021-04-08 |
| BELL KCB, David Robert, Sir | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2016-12-10 |
| BIBI, Sarah | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2024-04-29 |
| BICKFORD SMITH, William Henry | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2023-05-19 |
| BILEFIELD, James Daniel | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2023-07-14 |
| BRENNINKMEIJER, Stephanus Rupprecht Maria | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2014-12-31 |
| CARR, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| CLEVERDON, Julia, Dame | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2013-12-31 |
| CLEVERDON, Julia, Dame | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2002-08-15 |
| DARLEY, Clare | Director | 2011-04-07 | 2012-12-11 |
| DAVIES, Peter | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2004-12-07 |
| DRECHSLER, Paul Joseph | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-11-07 |
| DUNCAN, Alison Michelle Maria | Director | 2024-05-11 | 2025-09-30 |
| DUNCAN, Alison Michelle Maria | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
| DUNFORD OBE, John Ernest, Dr | Director | 2007-06-05 | 2011-07-14 |
| EARLE, Glenn | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2020-07-13 |
| EYNON, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2016-07-17 | 2019-07-23 |
| GARNETT, Stephen, Dr | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2009-06-02 |
| GILMARTIN, Clare Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| GRATTON, Lorna Rachel | Director | 2015-05-21 | 2021-05-20 |
| HABGOOD, Robert | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2002-12-12 |
| HART, David Michael, Sir | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2002-11-07 |
| HILL, Jonathan Hopkin, The Rt Hon. The Lord | Director | 2017-03-20 | 2023-03-20 |
| HODGSON, Hilary Ruth | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2010-02-23 |
| IACOBESCU, George, Sir | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2009-09-10 |
| ILEBODE-AKISANYA, Julianne | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2021-04-08 |
| KILEY, Rona Lee | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2007-06-05 |
| LAMBERT, Peter George | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2011-12-13 |
| LEWIS, Richard Wayne | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2011-04-07 |
| LOVEGROVE, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2002-10-30 |
| MARSH, Mary Elizabeth, Dame | Director | 2017-04-04 | 2023-04-04 |
| MAY, John Clive Cecil | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2003-12-12 |
| MCCRIMLISK, Lou | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| MEANEY, Mary, Dr | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| MEDDINGS, Richard Henry | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2022-02-09 |
| NAIDU, Tulsi Ratakonda | Director | 2018-02-08 | 2021-01-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Robert Stephen | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2009-06-02 |
| OGDEN, Vanessa Jane, Dr | Director | 2009-09-22 | 2015-12-31 |
| OWEN, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2016-02-11 |
| PEACOCK, Alison Margaret, Dame | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| RAVENSCROFT, Thomas Morgan | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2012-12-11 |
| RENOWDEN, Melanie Kate | Director | 2003-12-12 | 2004-12-07 |
| RINK, John Stuart | Director | 2007-02-13 | 2016-02-11 |
| SHAPLAND-HOWES, Alex | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2010-12-08 |
| SHILLINGFORD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2008-02-19 | 2017-02-18 |
| SIMONS, Jonathan | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2022-10-21 |
| SOOD-NICHOLLS, Vidhu | Director | 2007-06-05 | 2010-02-23 |
| SWANNELL, Robert William Ashburnham | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-07-23 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Mark | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| TOWNSEND, James | Director | 2007-06-05 | 2009-06-02 |
| TURNER, Olivia Sophie | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| VALENTINE, Josephine Clare, Baroness | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2007-11-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+4.6%
£50,228,000 £52,546,000
-
Cash
+28.2%
£4,906,000 £6,290,000
-
Net assets
-5.3%
£6,956,000 £6,584,000
-
Employees
-7.5%
761 704
-
Operating profit
+300%
-£700,000 £1,400,000
-
Wages
-14%
£36,279,000 £31,212,000
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