BEDFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+350.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+4.4% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-06-30
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BEDFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST 2022-11-01 → present
- BEDFORD SCHOOL TRUST 2002-07-08 → 2022-11-01
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 | £2,184,529 | £2,661,686 | |
| Operating profit | £1,369,249 | £1,135,829 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,156,149 | £1,134,840 | |
| Cash | £1,277,614 | £5,758,208 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,931,579 | £27,156,251 | |
| Net assets | £25,688,734 | £26,823,574 | |
| Equity | £25,688,734 | £26,823,574 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 62.7% | 42.7% | |
| Net margin | 52.9% | 42.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.3% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.0% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.63x | 42.34x | |
| Interest cover | 123.60x | 265.19x |
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
- COLLETT HULANCE ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' 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 charity'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.”
Group structure
- BEDFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST · parent
- Colonel Wells Charity
Significant events
- “The company name was changed to Bedford School Foundation Trust on 7 July 2022.”
- “On 31 July 2022, Bedford School Foundation Trust & Bedford School Foundation merged, with assets and liabilities transferred to Bedford School Foundation Trust.”
- “The contract for the design and build of a new pipe organ was transferred to The Harpur Trust on 31 December 2024.”
- “In August 2025, a property included in fixed assets was sold at a gain of £10,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACFARLANE, Andrew James | Secretary | 2020-08-31 | — | — |
| BERMAN, David Michael | Director | 2024-03-23 | Jul 1972 | British |
| DOLAN, Isabel | Director | 2024-03-23 | Jan 1965 | British |
| HALL, Mark David | Director | 2018-08-01 | May 1973 | English |
| HODGSON, James Simon | Director | 2014-09-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MARKS, Roger Julian | Director | 2019-11-25 | Jan 1964 | British |
| PECK, Ian George | Director | 2020-06-20 | Oct 1957 | British |
| SISMEY-DURRANT, Mark Timothy John | Director | 2022-07-07 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEY, Howard Anthony, Lieutenent Colonel | Secretary | 2002-07-08 | 2003-03-14 |
| GODFREY, Caroline Mary | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | 2016-04-10 |
| HOLLIDAY, Stuart | Secretary | 2017-11-24 | 2020-02-14 |
| MILES, Jocelyn Claire | Secretary | 2016-04-11 | 2017-11-24 |
| STENHOUSE, John Maitland William | Secretary | 2003-03-15 | 2011-08-31 |
| TOMLINSON, Jeremy | Secretary | 2020-02-17 | 2020-08-31 |
| BAKER, Colin | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| BROWN, Simon Staley | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2005-11-19 |
| CATTLEY, Frank David George | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2007-11-17 |
| CAVE, Robin | Director | 2007-11-17 | 2018-05-12 |
| CULLIFORD, Simon | Director | 2010-02-27 | 2020-12-13 |
| DAVIES, Simon Philip | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| DAWES, Richard Scrivenor | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2005-11-19 |
| ELLIOT, Rex Michael | Director | 2009-01-12 | 2020-02-01 |
| EVANS, Ian Philip, Dr | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2008-09-01 |
| FEAVER, Lance John | Director | 2022-07-07 | 2023-05-17 |
| GERLACH, Richard | Director | 2007-11-17 | 2018-05-12 |
| HALL, Mark David | Director | 2016-11-12 | 2018-05-12 |
| HAMBLETON, Jonathan Lee | Director | 2007-11-17 | 2014-08-04 |
| JONES, Nicholas Streather | Director | 2015-06-20 | 2025-06-01 |
| JONES, Peter Wingate | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2009-11-14 |
| KOCH, Daniel Robert | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2022-08-22 |
| MARKS, Roger | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2019-11-22 |
| MCDUELL, Philip John | Director | 2017-03-25 | 2023-05-01 |
| MOULE, John Stuart | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| NUTT, Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2016-11-12 |
| PROTANI, Moira Ann | Director | 2004-06-12 | 2009-01-15 |
| ROBINSON, David Nicholas | Director | 2004-06-12 | 2004-10-18 |
| SHORTEN, Richard Patrick Francis | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2004-11-20 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Edward | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2006-11-18 |
| THORP, Alan Mcnaughton | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2002-08-31 |
| WELLINGTON, Rose-Marie | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2020-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2022-11-01 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2022-11-01 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2022-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-11-01 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2022-11-01 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2022-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-
Turnover
+21.8%
£2,184,529 £2,661,686
-
Cash
+350.7%
£1,277,614 £5,758,208
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£25,688,734 £26,823,574
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-17%
£1,369,249 £1,135,829
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