CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS TRUST

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The Trust is in advanced conversations with other parties relating to a potential merger. Although this merger is not certain, if the trustees were to go ahead, the Trust's operations and assets would be transferred to the newly merged Trust. If the merger does not go ahead, the Trust will continue to operate as it does currently. The potential merger indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern as if the merger progresses, the Trust will cease operations.

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  8 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS TRUST 2016-01-25 → present
2. BRISTOL CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL 2008-02-27 → 2016-01-25

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The Trust is in advanced conversations with other parties relating to a potential merger. Although this merger is not certain, if the trustees were to go ahead, the Trust's operations and assets would be transferred to the newly merged Trust. If the merger does not go ahead, the Trust will continue to operate as it does currently. The potential merger indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern as if the merger progresses, the Trust will cease operations.”

Significant events

• “On 1 September 2024 Ashton Gate Primary School joined the Trust.”
• “On 1 July 2024 we added Henleaze Infant School and Henleaze Junior School into the family of schools.”
• “The Trust is in advanced conversations with other parties relating to a potential merger.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

8

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +29.9%

  £36,713,899 → £47,692,787

• Cash

  +15%

  £3,837,477 → £4,413,775

• Net assets

  +8.6%

  £74,798,733 → £81,265,076

• Employees

  +20.2%

  837 → 1,006

• Wages

  +29.2%

  £20,583,027 → £26,583,155

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