EFFINGHAM SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-51.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-3.4% vs 2024
Employees
379
-4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£519K
+15% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EFFINGHAM SCHOOLS TRUST 2019-10-11 → present
- ST. TERESA'S SCHOOL EFFINGHAM TRUST 2002-08-13 → 2019-10-11
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 | £23,961,377 | £23,747,678 | |
| Operating profit | -£296,295 | -£306,923 | |
| Profit before tax | -£610,023 | -£518,757 | |
| Net profit | -£639,984 | -£603,411 | |
| Cash | £5,519,046 | £2,668,357 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,403,432 | £21,311,359 | |
| Net assets | £16,459,453 | £15,898,880 | |
| Equity | £16,459,453 | £15,898,880 | |
| Average employees | 395 | 379 | |
| Wages | £13,422,553 | £13,486,240 |
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 | -1.2% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.7% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.5% | 52.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.92x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | -0.86x | -1.04x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- 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.”
Group structure
- EFFINGHAM SCHOOLS TRUST · parent
- Little Bookham Manor House School 100%
- St Teresa's Enterprises Limited 100%
- Cranmore Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In August 2023, Manor House School joined the Trust, forming a dynamic educational triumvirate.”
- “The new Sixth Form opened in September 2025, and offers high quality education to boys and girls, catering for up to 200 students.”
- “ISI completed a full inspection in February 2025. The School has met all the Independent Schools Inspectorate standards.”
- “A major milestone for our community across the trust was the launch of the EST Sixth Form, offering our pupils a new and exciting pathway post-16.”
- “While there is much to celebrate, we also acknowledge the challenges we have faced -particularly the financial pressures arising from the introduction of VAT on school fees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINIKIN, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2020-08-27 | — | — |
| HALL, Sally | Director | 2020-03-10 | Jul 1978 | British |
| HAYES, Sally | Director | 2014-09-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| HIGGS, Angela | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| HONEY, Damian | Director | 2022-03-15 | Oct 1971 | British |
| KIERAN, Margaret Mary | Director | 2023-09-01 | Feb 1954 | British |
| SIMS-BRASSETT, Geraldine | Director | 2023-09-01 | Dec 1959 | British |
| THOMPSON, Paul, Canon | Director | 2022-10-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
| TURNER, Annette Marie | Director | 2014-03-11 | Nov 1956 | British |
| WALKER, Susan | Director | 2024-03-12 | Aug 1956 | British |
| WILLIAMS, David Peter Austin | Director | 2025-06-24 | Jun 1977 | British |
| YOUNG, Laura Helga | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARGE, Peter James Arthur | Secretary | 2002-08-13 | 2012-12-31 |
| MILLER, Alan Michael Oliver | Secretary | 2012-12-20 | 2020-08-27 |
| AGIUS, Michael Edward | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2026-03-10 |
| BAKER, Michael Ronald William | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2005-03-07 |
| BEARY, Antonia Mary | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| BOULTARD, Pauline Mary | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2015-12-01 |
| BRAY, Michael Patrick | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2017-08-31 |
| BRENNAN, Heather | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2022-03-15 |
| CLARKE, Nicholas | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| FISHER, Simon Mark | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-06-21 |
| FORT, Anne Marie | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| GROBEL, Peter Dennis Alan Christian Joseph | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2017-08-31 |
| HENDERSON, Michael John Glidden | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| HENDERSON, Michael John Glidden | Director | 2005-03-07 | 2015-08-31 |
| HILL, Alexander, Rev | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| LLOYD, Jane | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2011-07-31 |
| MCMULLAN, Catherine-Anne, Dr | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-06-21 |
| MORGAN, Iain | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2025-06-24 |
| ORTIGER, Richard Stephen, Revd | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2004-07-31 |
| OWENS, Rachel | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| PAULSON, Graham Michael | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| PEAKE, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| ROURKE, John Francis | Director | 2022-03-15 | 2025-12-02 |
| SHERRINGTON, Ian | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| TENNER, John Laurence | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| THURSTON, Mary Frances | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2009-01-03 |
| WELLS, Ian Charles | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2017-08-31 |
| WILKINSON, Maureen | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2025-06-24 |
| WYNNE-GRIFFITH, Richard | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
-0.9%
£23,961,377 £23,747,678
-
Cash
-51.7%
£5,519,046 £2,668,357
-
Net assets
-3.4%
£16,459,453 £15,898,880
-
Employees
-4.1%
395 379
-
Operating profit
-3.6%
-£296,295 -£306,923
-
Profit before tax
+15%
-£610,023 -£518,757
-
Wages
+0.5%
£13,422,553 £13,486,240
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