EDUCATION SOUTH WEST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-32.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£119M
+9.1% vs 2023
Employees
900
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
-65.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- EDUCATION SOUTH WEST 2016-12-17 → present
- ACADEMIES SOUTH WEST 2015-03-10 → 2016-12-17
- KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY 2010-11-25 → 2015-03-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,678,000 | £45,601,000 | |
| Operating profit | £26,707,000 | £9,162,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,494,000 | £9,211,000 | |
| Net profit | £26,494,000 | £9,211,000 | |
| Cash | £7,042,000 | £4,774,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £111,433,000 | £120,380,000 | |
| Net assets | £108,821,000 | £118,737,000 | |
| Equity | £108,821,000 | £118,737,000 | |
| Average employees | 884 | 900 | |
| Wages | £24,055,000 | £26,946,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 67.3% | 20.1% | |
| Net margin | 66.8% | 20.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.0% | 7.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.55x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | 123.64x | 107.79x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Considering the level of reserves and cash balances held by the Trust, along with the strong financial management, planning and monitoring, the trustees are of the opinion that there are no material uncertainties in relation to going concern and they consider that the Trust has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Trust continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Kingsbridge Primary School and Kingsteignton Primary School joined Education South West on 1 February 2024.”
- “The Department for Education has approved the closure of Kingswear Primary School with effect 31st October 2024.”
- “This year four of our secondary schools have also started to partner with schools in Ukraine, the first English schools to do so, in collaboration with an OECD led project.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Graham | Director | 2021-09-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| BROOKS, Bethany | Director | 2024-09-10 | Dec 1995 | British |
| BROWN, Gail Samantha | Director | 2023-10-19 | Feb 1971 | British |
| FEARON, Annelie Louise Berisford | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| FRANCES, Tamsin Heather | Director | 2026-02-05 | Nov 1982 | British |
| HINES, Adrian, Dr | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| POTTER, David James | Director | 2017-01-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| SAMPSON, Paul David Charles | Director | 2025-10-10 | Sep 1974 | British |
| SHANKS, Matthew John | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SUTTON, Jenny | Director | 2020-09-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLARD, Elisabeth Susan Mary | Secretary | 2010-11-25 | 2016-04-20 |
| ANDERSON, Sarah Frances | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2015-03-17 |
| ARNOLD, David Charles | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2016-01-18 |
| AYRES, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2013-07-12 |
| BINDON, Matthew Neil | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-04-14 |
| CLARK, James Anthony | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-05-14 |
| DI GIUSEPPE, Peter | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| DUNNING, Kathryn, Dr | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2013-08-31 |
| EVANS, Linda Jane | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2016-12-31 |
| FOTHERGILL, Jeremy St John | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2022-11-24 |
| GIBBS, Jennifer Marie | Director | 2023-10-19 | 2025-10-06 |
| GOTCH, Simon | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2021-01-27 |
| GOTCH, Simon | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2019-09-21 |
| GRODHUNCE, Nicolas Anthony | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2014-08-31 |
| HINDMARSH, Nicholas David | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2015-08-31 |
| HOLMES, Robert Douglas | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| HURST, Sally Katherine | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, Anita | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2015-09-21 |
| JOHNSTONE, Robert Bruce | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| KNOTT, Kellie | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2023-08-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Elizabeth Ann Margaret | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| POPE, Roger John | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2020-08-31 |
| ROLLS, Michael Andrew | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2016-07-19 |
| SEWELL, Karen Lynn | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2014-08-31 |
| SHAW, Mary Josephine | Director | 2014-09-13 | 2015-06-22 |
| SMITH, Hannah Elizabeth | Director | 2017-10-04 | 2019-12-05 |
| TAYLOR, Barrie John | Director | 2014-09-13 | 2025-08-31 |
| TUCKER, Stephen John | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| TURNER, Janet Mary | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2010-12-31 |
| YELLAND, Lindsay John | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+14.9%
£39,678,000 £45,601,000
-
Cash
-32.2%
£7,042,000 £4,774,000
-
Net assets
+9.1%
£108,821,000 £118,737,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
884 900
-
Operating profit
-65.7%
£26,707,000 £9,162,000
-
Profit before tax
-65.2%
£26,494,000 £9,211,000
-
Wages
+12%
£24,055,000 £26,946,000
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