BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+7.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£116M
+41.1% vs 2024
Employees
1,056
+19.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-76.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP 2023-08-03 → present
- UFFCULME ACADEMY TRUST 2010-08-06 → 2023-08-03
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 | £44,142,135 | £54,418,748 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,606,290 | -£3,093,889 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,708,958 | -£3,010,771 | |
| Net profit | £38,525,202 | £31,162,477 | |
| Cash | £7,433,618 | £8,001,953 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £84,472,802 | £115,528,918 | |
| Net assets | £81,896,441 | £115,528,918 | |
| Equity | £81,896,441 | £115,528,918 | |
| Average employees | 886 | 1,056 | |
| Wages | £26,477,782 | £32,872,336 |
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 | -3.6% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | 87.3% | 57.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.9% | -2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.8% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.31x | 2.04x | |
| Interest cover | -8.30x | -26.22x |
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
- Thompson Jenner 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
- BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP · parent
- Uffculme Sports and Fitness Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Blackdown Education Partnership welcomed two additional school into the Trust in September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY, Julie Lynn | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| ADAMSON, Julia Elizabeth | Director | 2014-06-26 | May 1974 | British |
| BREWER, Susan Jayne | Director | 2010-09-14 | Dec 1956 | British |
| COLLIS, Rebecca Lucy | Director | 2025-12-12 | Mar 1977 | British |
| FOX, Michelle | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Matthew, Dr | Director | 2023-09-01 | Dec 1946 | British |
| HARRIS, Helen | Director | 2022-11-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
| HAWES, Christopher | Director | 2025-12-12 | Nov 1996 | British |
| HOLBROOK, Paula, Dr | Director | 2021-06-15 | Aug 1966 | British |
| LLOYD-RICHARDS, Veronica | Director | 2024-09-02 | Feb 1978 | British |
| SUTTON, Jenny Louise | Director | 2018-12-05 | Oct 1980 | British |
| TAYLOR, David Michael John | Director | 2023-09-01 | Feb 1954 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPDEN, Anthony Lyndell | Secretary | 2010-08-06 | 2015-08-31 |
| BROOK, Andrew Bennet | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| FARRIER, Wendy Jane | Secretary | 2019-07-20 | 2020-08-31 |
| ASPDEN, Anthony Lyndell | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| AUSTIN, Jeremy Craig | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2014-11-15 |
| AVERY, Simon | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2012-01-21 |
| BALL, David Charles | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2014-09-13 |
| BARRETT, Patricia | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2011-08-31 |
| BATCHELOR, Jeremy David | Director | 2010-08-06 | 2018-11-05 |
| BRAIN, Sophie Olivia | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2014-09-25 |
| BROOKES, James Edward George | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-02-23 |
| BUCKLEY, Peter Andrew | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2012-11-12 |
| CARMAN, Richard Peter | Director | 2010-08-06 | 2014-08-31 |
| CHETWYND, Neil | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| CLARKE, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2013-01-22 | 2014-02-16 |
| DINGLE, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2012-06-25 |
| FOSTER, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-03-24 |
| GARNER, Selina Clare, The Reverend | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2015-08-31 |
| GRAESSER, Max Ainley | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2026-03-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-02-04 |
| HANSFORD, Kathy Grace | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2015-08-31 |
| HEATH, Lorraine Margaret | Director | 2010-08-06 | 2023-08-31 |
| KEELING, Natalie Kaye | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2019-10-16 |
| LAMYMAN, Robert David | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2014-11-15 |
| LARCOMBE, Jill | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2025-12-11 |
| LEA, Robert | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2022-10-24 |
| MABIN, Christina Dawn | Director | 2021-09-14 | 2024-07-19 |
| NELSON, Kirsti Jane | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-09-01 |
| NORLAND, Brigitte Anne | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2015-08-31 |
| PALMER, Andrew William | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-03-14 |
| PIPER, Timothy Stephen | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2014-11-15 |
| RHODES, Samantha Marie | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| RICHMOND, Mark | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-03-28 |
| RIMMER, Ian Michael | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2015-08-31 |
| SIMS-FIELDING, Emma | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2020-12-31 |
| STANBURY, Richard John Patrick | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-02-01 |
| TRAVERS, Michael Garry | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2015-08-31 |
| VICKERY, Shaun Mark | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2021-08-31 |
| WEBBER, Joanna Mary | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-03-15 |
| WHELLER, Diane Ruth | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2014-08-31 |
| WHITE, Rachel Mary | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-01-17 |
| WILSON, Russell Ian | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+23.3%
£44,142,135 £54,418,748
-
Cash
+7.6%
£7,433,618 £8,001,953
-
Net assets
+41.1%
£81,896,441 £115,528,918
-
Employees
+19.2%
886 1,056
-
Operating profit
-92.6%
-£1,606,290 -£3,093,889
-
Profit before tax
-76.2%
-£1,708,958 -£3,010,771
-
Wages
+24.2%
£26,477,782 £32,872,336
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