CONFEDERATION OF SCHOOL TRUSTS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-16 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+30.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+5% vs 2024
Employees
39
+14.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£72K
+57% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CONFEDERATION OF SCHOOL TRUSTS 2018-09-24 → present
- FREEDOM AND AUTONOMY FOR SCHOOLS - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 2012-04-19 → 2018-09-24
- FOUNDATION, AIDED SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 2010-04-12 → 2012-04-19
- THE FOUNDATION AND AIDED SCHOOLS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION - THE MERGER OF AFVAS, AHFAS AND FAVASA 2004-12-03 → 2010-04-12
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 | £3,242,409 | £3,685,608 | |
| Operating profit | £30,901 | £57,203 | |
| Profit before tax | £45,681 | £71,712 | |
| Net profit | £45,681 | £71,712 | |
| Cash | £2,091,849 | £2,724,211 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,433,038 | £1,504,750 | |
| Net assets | £1,433,038 | £1,504,750 | |
| Equity | £1,433,038 | £1,504,750 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 39 | |
| Wages | £1,309,503 | £1,468,816 |
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 | 1.0% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.43x |
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
- Dains Audit 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 statement 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 parent charitable company or group'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
- CONFEDERATION OF SCHOOL TRUSTS · parent
- CST Professional Development Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The July 2024 election saw the arrival of a new government.”
- “The proposed Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill includes several changes for academies, and our work with government has secured beneficial amendments.”
- “CST has been recognised as a proposed employers' representative for the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body.”
- “National Teacher Accreditation Ltd, a company limited by guarantee... was dissolved on 1 July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LERBECH, Julie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2024-12-05 | — | — |
| DOUGLAS, Susan Frances | Director | 2022-09-30 | Jan 1970 | British |
| HUGHES, Lorrayne Mcbeath | Director | 2016-11-11 | Jan 1968 | British |
| PATEL, Hamid | Director | 2019-09-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
| RUSSELL, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2021-10-01 | May 1968 | British |
| SNELSON, Stephen John | Director | 2016-09-23 | Feb 1975 | British |
| SPARKES, Luke Dunstan | Director | 2019-09-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| TUCKETT, Pamela Wendy Anne | Director | 2020-09-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| VAINKER, Edward Francois | Director | 2022-09-30 | May 1981 | British |
| WRIGHT, Pamela Avril | Director | 2016-09-23 | Oct 1952 | British |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPTROFF, Lynne Marie | Secretary | 2011-09-23 | 2012-12-21 |
| MORT, Karen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2009-07-15 | 2011-09-23 |
| PHIPSON, George | Secretary | 2004-12-03 | 2009-07-15 |
| ROBSON-FARRELLY, Clare | Secretary | 2014-07-07 | 2024-12-05 |
| ALSTON, Roger Townley | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2007-06-27 |
| AUKETT, Cordelia Jane | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| BARNARD, Richard Vaughan | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2012-05-01 |
| BAUCKHAM, Ian Roger | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2022-02-08 |
| BAYLISS, Martin Thomas | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2012-05-01 |
| BEAVEN, Peter Martin | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2014-09-01 |
| BERRIDGE, Pamela Jane | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2009-05-14 |
| BINDER, Joan Mary | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2018-03-17 |
| BIRD, Richard James Pownall | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2008-06-26 |
| BLACKWELL, Roy William | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| BRAKEFIELD, Alan Victor | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2007-06-27 |
| CALVERT, Neil Douglas | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2012-05-01 |
| CAPSTICK, Barbara | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2006-03-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Niels Eric | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2008-06-26 |
| CLARK, John Thomas Arthur | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2018-03-17 |
| CLINTON, Debbie Lorraine | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2018-03-21 |
| CLINTON, Debbie Lorraine | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2014-11-07 |
| COLEMAN, Dena, Dr | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2010-03-31 |
| DARBYSHIRE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-04-20 |
| DAWKINS, Gareth | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2016-10-23 |
| DETHRIDGE, Kate, Dame | Director | 2014-11-07 | 2016-06-07 |
| FAGG, Ian David | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2006-03-31 |
| FENTON, Shaun Alan | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2012-05-01 |
| FREY, Martin Oscar | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2009-05-14 |
| GRAINGER, Steven, Dr | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2007-11-09 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael Brian | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael Brian | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2008-06-26 |
| HARRISON, Jayne | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2021-01-29 |
| HYDE, Helen Yvonne | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2016-07-07 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-10-13 |
| KNOWLES, Edward Albert | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2009-05-14 |
| LAMB, Laurie Ann | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2008-06-26 |
| LATHAM, Martin Gerard | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| MARSHALL, Dianne Hazel, Dr | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2012-05-01 |
| MCDONOUGH, Robert | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2023-10-12 |
| MCDONOUGH, Robert | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2012-05-01 |
| MORT, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2009-07-15 |
| OLIVER, Martyn Ellis | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2022-12-02 |
| PARFITT, John Hubert, Reverend Prebendary | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2005-04-27 |
| PIKE, Roy Ernest | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2008-06-26 |
| POWIS, Nigel Charles | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2008-06-26 |
| RIGBY, Brian Dean | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2012-05-01 |
| SANDFORD, Brian George | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2007-10-22 |
| SHEVILL, Martin John | Director | 2016-09-23 | 2018-03-18 |
| SOWTER, Patricia | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2014-01-13 |
| STRONG, Paul | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2012-05-01 |
| TAYLOR, Geoffrey William | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2012-05-01 |
| UPTON, Laurence | Director | 2005-04-27 | 2008-06-26 |
| WARD, Carl Stewart | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2020-01-24 |
| WARD, Carl Stewart | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2016-09-23 |
| WILSON, David Alan | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2018-03-17 |
| WILSON, David Alan | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2014-09-01 |
| WRIGHT, David Lawrence | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2012-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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
+13.7%
£3,242,409 £3,685,608
-
Cash
+30.2%
£2,091,849 £2,724,211
-
Net assets
+5%
£1,433,038 £1,504,750
-
Employees
+14.7%
34 39
-
Operating profit
+85.1%
£30,901 £57,203
-
Profit before tax
+57%
£45,681 £71,712
-
Wages
+12.2%
£1,309,503 £1,468,816
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