THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-11% vs 2024
Net assets
£133M
-0.6% vs 2024
Employees
1,386
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-182.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE 2015-12-11 → present
- HUNSLEY TRUST 2011-02-24 → 2015-12-11
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 | £53,283,000 | £59,550,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,577,000 | £6,782,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,823,000 | -£1,497,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,823,000 | -£1,497,000 | |
| Cash | £11,298,000 | £10,053,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £134,787,000 | £133,047,000 | |
| Net assets | £133,741,000 | £132,960,000 | |
| Equity | £133,741,000 | £132,960,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,389 | 1,386 | |
| Wages | £31,035,000 | £33,869,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.7% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.7% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.88x | 2.29x | |
| Interest cover | -2.49x | 4.29x |
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
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trust Board has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE · parent
- Education Alliance Social Value Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The year 2024-25 was a year of consolidation as newer schools further developed their sense of being part of the TEAL family of schools. During the year we continued to develop plans to open a new 120 place Free School for children with SEMH need. The school will be called the North Star School and will be sited next door to South Hunsley School.”
- “During the course of 2024-25, only two of our schools were inspected by Ofsted. All TEAL schools and the SCITT have been judged Good or better as part of the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROPER, Francesca | Secretary | 2023-07-14 | — | — |
| BRADLEY, Andrew David | Director | 2018-12-13 | Jul 1970 | British |
| DERVING, Carl David | Director | 2025-07-02 | Jan 1985 | British |
| DOW, Karen | Director | 2022-01-19 | Oct 1950 | British |
| STUBBS, Kyrstie | Director | 2024-06-19 | Jan 1973 | British |
| TIMMIS, Jonathan | Director | 2023-11-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| TRAIN-SULLIVAN, Emma Louise | Director | 2025-02-25 | Jan 1980 | British |
| WHITAKER, Sam | Director | 2020-01-30 | Aug 1975 | British |
| WRAGG, Graham | Director | 2023-04-28 | Apr 1953 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIDDINGS, Helen | Secretary | 2011-02-24 | 2015-10-08 |
| LONGSTAFF, Lisa Andrea | Secretary | 2015-10-08 | 2022-05-19 |
| WATSON, Wendy | Secretary | 2022-05-19 | 2023-07-13 |
| ABBOTT, Chris | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2016-03-01 |
| BARKER, Ann | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2024-02-01 |
| BEASLEY, Teresa Anne | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2017-02-03 |
| BEASLEY, Teresa Anne | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2012-12-20 |
| BIRD, Paul Anthony | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2013-07-04 |
| D'ARCY, Rebecca Ann | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2013-09-01 |
| DERRY, Sian Louise | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2013-09-01 |
| DOW, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2013-09-01 |
| GILL, Nicholas Phlip | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2013-09-01 |
| GILMOUR, Duncan | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2015-10-08 |
| GRAHAM-BROWN, Claire Louise | Director | 2020-01-30 | 2023-02-10 |
| HALL, Paddy John Creighton | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2024-02-01 |
| HATFIELD, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2014-08-21 |
| HERITAGE, Russell | Director | 2023-04-28 | 2024-09-20 |
| HORNSBY, Nicola Michelle | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2018-12-13 |
| KILLELAY, Leanne | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-12-13 |
| LUCY, Andrew Richard, Dr | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2012-08-13 |
| MATCHETT, Kevin | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2025-03-12 |
| MILLER, Rebecca Emily | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2026-02-12 |
| NESS, James Paul | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2018-12-13 |
| NICHOLSON, Paul | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2020-01-27 |
| NICHOLSON, Shane | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2020-05-04 |
| STARR, Donald Gordon | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2015-03-04 |
| STEELE, Andrew Mark | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2023-10-19 |
| SWAIN, Richard Mark | Director | 2011-02-24 | 2023-03-18 |
| WALKER, Anthony Michael | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2013-09-01 |
| WALKER, John Richard, Reverend | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2013-07-04 |
| WHITAKER, Sam | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-06-08 |
| WICKS, Nicola Jane | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2021-09-30 |
| WONG, Peter | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2016-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Shane Nicholson | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-06-22 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
| Mr Lee Matthew Whiting | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
| Mr Andrew David Bradley | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
| Members Of The Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
| Mr Jeremy John Buckley | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+11.8%
£53,283,000 £59,550,000
-
Cash
-11%
£11,298,000 £10,053,000
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£133,741,000 £132,960,000
-
Employees
-0.2%
1,389 1,386
-
Operating profit
+289.6%
-£3,577,000 £6,782,000
-
Profit before tax
-182.1%
£1,823,000 -£1,497,000
-
Wages
+9.1%
£31,035,000 £33,869,000
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