KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-28 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+57.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£77M
+20.3% vs 2023
Employees
413
+48.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST 2017-07-24 → present
- THE WEST LONDON FREE SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2011-01-14 → 2017-07-24
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 | £17,984,970 | £26,620,376 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,369,291 | £13,065,130 | |
| Cash | £2,838,369 | £4,476,805 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,907,205 | £77,085,017 | |
| Net assets | £64,051,205 | £77,085,017 | |
| Equity | £64,051,205 | £77,085,017 | |
| Average employees | 278 | 413 | |
| Wages | £9,558,703 | £14,119,185 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 7.6% | 49.1% | |
| Current ratio | -1.74x | -1.96x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trustees... have concluded that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the academy trust's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST · parent
- KST Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 March 2024, Bedford College Academies Trust merged with Knowledge Schools Trust and its schools (Wixams Academy and Wixams Tree Primary Academy) transferred to Knowledge Schools Trust.”
- “The Cambridge Grove site (home to West London Free School Primary and Earl's Court Free School Primary) is currently under development. Phase 1 of this work was finished in March 2024, and Phase 2 will be finished by the end of October 2024.”
- “During the year the Essential Letters and Sounds business was sold.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WICKHAM, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2018-09-27 | — | — |
| COOPER, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2019-03-27 | Mar 1969 | British |
| HOBART, Suzanna Louise | Director | 2016-12-29 | Apr 1971 | British |
| HUNT, Penelope Centwine | Director | 2015-12-10 | Apr 1966 | British |
| HUNTER, Ian Michael Curtis | Director | 2014-07-29 | Sep 1963 | British |
| KNIGHT, Oliver George | Director | 2021-12-15 | Jan 1978 | British |
| LUSH, Cosmo | Director | 2011-02-24 | Jul 1970 | British |
| MADDEN, Emma | Director | 2024-03-22 | Apr 1980 | British |
| PRYCE, Ian | Director | 2024-03-13 | Jul 1958 | British |
| ROLLASON, William | Director | 2020-12-15 | Nov 1960 | British |
| TROTMAN, Beverley Elizabeth | Director | 2022-12-15 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETO, Argentina | Secretary | 2013-12-16 | 2014-05-31 |
| LUNAT, Yusuf | Secretary | 2016-09-06 | 2018-09-27 |
| O'HARA, Rachael | Secretary | 2014-06-01 | 2016-09-05 |
| ABRAHAMS, Anthony | Director | 2024-03-13 | 2025-12-31 |
| ALLANACH, Louise | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2014-07-01 |
| BEN-NATHAN, Charles Victor | Director | 2011-01-14 | 2012-12-03 |
| BOJANOWSKI, Stefan | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2013-04-15 |
| BONDY, Caroline Jane | Director | 2011-01-14 | 2012-12-03 |
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2024-03-28 |
| COATES, Sally Anne, Dame | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2020-07-14 |
| CONABEARE, Alexander Thomas | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2024-03-28 |
| COOK, Elisabeth Ann, Dr | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2013-04-15 |
| COOPER, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2016-07-20 |
| COOPER, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2013-04-15 |
| EMMETT, Jane Mary | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2024-03-28 |
| FFISKE, Caroline | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2014-07-29 |
| GIBB, Nick | Director | 2022-07-13 | 2022-10-27 |
| GORE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2014-09-03 |
| HASHMI, Zaki | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2013-04-15 |
| HOBART, Suzanna Louise | Director | 2011-01-14 | 2013-04-15 |
| HUNTER, Ian Michael Curtis | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2013-04-15 |
| JEANS, Michael Henry Vickery | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2016-12-14 |
| JONES-PARRY, Tristram | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2015-04-01 |
| KATZ, Jonathan Bernard, Dr | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2013-04-15 |
| MAWSON, Chloe Kate Sevgi Kilcoyne | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2021-07-13 |
| MCGAUGHEY, Laura Elisabeth | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2025-08-13 |
| MCINTOSH, John | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2013-05-24 |
| TOOTH, Justin Alexander | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2017-07-18 |
| TROTMAN, Beverley | Director | 2021-07-13 | 2022-10-11 |
| WHELAN, Catherine Louise | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2021-07-13 |
| YOUNG, Toby Daniel Moorsom | Director | 2011-01-14 | 2018-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+48%
£17,984,970 £26,620,376
-
Cash
+57.7%
£2,838,369 £4,476,805
-
Net assets
+20.3%
£64,051,205 £77,085,017
-
Employees
+48.6%
278 413
-
Wages
+47.7%
£9,558,703 £14,119,185
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