CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-24
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£15M
+1% vs 2024
Net assets
£279M
+8% vs 2024
Employees
3,155
+11.1% 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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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-24.
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3 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
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION 2009-08-14 → present
- THE BRISTOL BRUNEL ACADEMY 2007-04-10 → 2009-08-14
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 | £140,211,000 | £159,039,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £48,060,000 | £16,329,000 | |
| Cash | £15,316,000 | £15,465,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £263,224,000 | £278,521,000 | |
| Net assets | £257,824,000 | £278,521,000 | |
| Equity | £257,824,000 | £278,521,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,841 | 3,155 | |
| Wages | £75,437,000 | £85,657,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 34.3% | 10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.3% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.73x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Federation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Group structure
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION · parent
- John Cabot Ventures Ltd 100%
- City Academy Bristol Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The academic year 2024-2025 saw the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) celebrate its fifteenth year of operation.”
- “In 2025 Kingsmead Academy (secondary) joined the Trust.”
- “Tewkesbury Sports Centre Limited, a Company registered in England and Wales (no.07838347) was dissolved on 15 April 2025, with all trading activity transferring John Cabot Ventures Limited on 1st September 2024.”
- “John Cabot Academy, a dormant Private Limited Company by guarantee registered in England and Wales (no. 02432546) was dissolved on 15th April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 56 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TINCKNELL, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-03-07 | — | — |
| BEACH, Yvonne, Professor | Director | 2023-10-25 | Nov 1971 | British |
| COFFEY, Amanda Jane, Professor | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| COLEMAN, Adrian | Director | 2018-06-06 | May 1968 | British |
| DAVIES, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2021-09-09 | Feb 1961 | British |
| FRENCH, Bryony Jane | Director | 2020-11-03 | Feb 1975 | British |
| GOUGH, Georgina, Professor | Director | 2025-02-07 | Aug 1976 | British,Australian |
| GRIFFITHS, Jemma Claire | Director | 2024-11-06 | Sep 1983 | British |
| LYNCH, Orville Orlando | Director | 2023-10-25 | Oct 1975 | British |
| MCALLISTER, Nicola | Director | 2024-10-10 | May 1948 | British |
| MORTLOCK, Rachel Louise | Director | 2020-10-07 | Feb 1968 | British |
| PARMAR, Nitin Ravi | Director | 2025-11-17 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Sujata | Secretary | 2007-08-20 | 2009-09-09 |
| COOK, Rodney Nicholas | Secretary | 2009-09-09 | 2010-08-20 |
| GREEN, Bryony Dale | Secretary | 2014-10-02 | 2023-01-17 |
| MCNAB, Sujata | Secretary | 2010-08-20 | 2014-10-02 |
| CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION | Corporate Secretary | 2009-09-09 | 2009-09-09 |
| VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-04-10 | 2007-08-20 |
| ALEXANDER, Con | Director | 2012-03-29 | 2017-02-07 |
| ARSHAD, Nusrat | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2023-03-23 |
| ATACK, Debbie Jayne | Director | 2019-10-02 | 2023-11-07 |
| BILLSBERRY, Louise Elizabeth | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2009-09-01 |
| BOYD, Robert Thomas | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2009-09-01 |
| CAMPBELL, James Fergus | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2009-09-01 |
| CARRIE, Suzanne | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| CARTER, David Anthony | Director | 2007-04-11 | 2014-08-31 |
| CHERRY, Anthony John | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| CHESTERTON, Janie Margaret | Director | 2014-03-12 | 2015-07-21 |
| CHESTERTON, Janie Margaret | Director | 2012-12-13 | 2014-02-28 |
| CLARK, Isobel Veronica Stuart | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-10-03 |
| COMLEY, Alison Hilda | Director | 2007-10-05 | 2009-09-01 |
| COOK, Rodney Nicholas | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| COOMBES, Susan Catherine | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2023-12-14 |
| DI-FINIZIO, Armando Cesido | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2009-09-01 |
| DONBAVAND, Natalie | Director | 2008-09-10 | 2009-09-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Keith | Director | 2009-09-09 | 2011-03-31 |
| FIFE, Airlie Ann | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2020-10-15 |
| FRANCE, Tracey Louise | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| FRANKLIN, Pete | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2019-06-08 |
| GOULD, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2009-09-09 | 2018-07-09 |
| GREGORY, Jeff Alan | Director | 2009-12-15 | 2011-08-31 |
| GREGORY, Jeff Alan | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2009-09-01 |
| HARRINGTON, Jane, Professor | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2019-11-08 |
| HILL, Susannah Faith | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-07-30 |
| HOLDER, Marcus | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-11-15 |
| JAMES, Rhodri Iwan | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2019-08-31 |
| KEITH-MILLER, Guy | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2021-08-31 |
| KENYON, Henry James | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2009-06-29 |
| LIEW, William Kuh Tet | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2020-11-06 |
| MCALLISTER, Nicola Marilyn | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2023-07-31 |
| MIDDLETON, Sarah Louise | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2008-06-16 |
| MILUM, Ashley | Director | 2023-10-25 | 2024-03-15 |
| MORWOOD, Zarah Aysha | Director | 2023-10-25 | 2026-04-21 |
| OLOMOLAIYE, Paul Olaniyi, Professor | Director | 2019-12-06 | 2024-10-08 |
| OWEN, Bethan Joy | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2023-08-31 |
| PASCAL, Norman | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2018-05-14 |
| PEARCE, Nicola | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| PRICE, Peter David | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2014-12-22 |
| PRICE, Peter David | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-06-09 |
| RHYMES, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2009-09-09 | 2012-12-13 |
| RITCHIE, Ronald James, Professor | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Raymond Henry | Director | 2007-08-20 | 2009-09-01 |
| SIMS, Christopher John | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2012-03-29 |
| SIRS, Robin Adrian | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2012-03-29 |
| SPRATT, Tim | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-08-01 |
| STROUD, Robert Mark | Director | 2013-06-27 | 2015-07-30 |
| TOVEY, Peggy | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-06-19 |
| WRIGHT, Heather Anne | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2011-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+13.4%
£140,211,000 £159,039,000
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Cash
+1%
£15,316,000 £15,465,000
-
Net assets
+8%
£257,824,000 £278,521,000
-
Employees
+11.1%
2,841 3,155
-
Wages
+13.5%
£75,437,000 £85,657,000
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