BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+28.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£129M
+23% vs 2024
Employees
1,003
+21.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED 2016-08-26 → present
- BEDFORDSHIRE EAST MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2011-08-09 → 2016-08-26
- ROBERT BLOOMFIELD ACADEMY TRUST 2011-05-20 → 2011-08-09
- BEDFORDSHIRE EAST MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2011-02-28 → 2011-05-20
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 | £37,025,000 | £50,565,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£2,338,000 | £24,684,000 | |
| Cash | £4,764,000 | £6,108,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,037,000 | £129,140,000 | |
| Net assets | £104,818,000 | £128,949,000 | |
| Equity | £104,818,000 | £128,949,000 | |
| Average employees | 827 | 1,003 | |
| Wages | £23,382,000 | £31,248,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -6.3% | 48.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.4% | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.63x | 4.04x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees 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
- BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED · parent
- Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Limited
- Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Nurseries Limited
Significant events
- “Castle Newnham Academy joined on 1 September 2024.”
- “Lawnside Academy, which is part of the Biggleswade cluster, became a primary school in September 2024 and welcomes its first year 6 cohort in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHAMED, Ashaab Akhtar Hussein | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| BAUST, Nafia | Director | 2024-01-05 | Mar 1957 | British,Canadian |
| BOND, Ilona Catherine | Director | 2016-10-18 | Jul 1955 | British |
| FARRAR, Maggie | Director | 2024-06-10 | Nov 1955 | British |
| LEE, Alan, Dr | Director | 2016-04-11 | Nov 1964 | British |
| MORGAN, David Alan | Director | 2019-02-27 | May 1959 | British |
| SANDERSON, Anthony John | Director | 2017-06-28 | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Catherine Dawn | Secretary | 2011-02-28 | 2014-07-16 |
| ARCHER, Derek | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2015-11-24 |
| BAILEY, Michelle | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2014-06-25 |
| BARNETT, Amanda Denise | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| BRAXEY, Paul David | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| BREED, Jane Kerr | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| CARVER, Paul Andrew | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2013-09-24 |
| CAVE, Lesley | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2015-09-23 |
| CHAPPELL, Julie Diane | Director | 2012-01-25 | 2014-09-30 |
| DAY, Louise Eleanor | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| FORD, Richard William | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2015-08-31 |
| HOLLINGS, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2015-10-21 | 2018-05-09 |
| ILETT, Timothy Grant | Director | 2012-01-25 | 2012-05-30 |
| JEFFS, Sharon Jane | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| LEWIS, Katherine | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2014-05-21 |
| LITTLE, Peter Christopher | Director | 2015-10-06 | 2017-06-28 |
| MACDONALD, Lorraine | Director | 2015-09-02 | 2017-06-28 |
| MARTIN, Paul | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2015-07-17 |
| MCLUSKIE, Philippa Rosemary Carrington | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2014-05-21 |
| MISTRANO, Albert, Dr | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2014-08-31 |
| MORRIS, Clare Suzanne, Dr | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2015-11-24 |
| MYCOCK, Claire | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2023-12-31 |
| PIOTROWSKI, Catherine Marie | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-06-28 |
| REECE-JONES, Louise | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| ROBSON, Robert Page | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2015-11-24 |
| ROGERS, Adrian John | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2015-03-01 |
| ROUSE, Lyn | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2015-11-24 |
| SHELVEY, David | Director | 2012-01-25 | 2021-02-05 |
| SMITH, Howard, Prof | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| SNEESBY, Caroline Caroline | Director | 2011-05-12 | 2011-11-28 |
| STREET, John | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2015-08-31 |
| TONGE, Jeremy Michael | Director | 2020-11-12 | 2024-02-01 |
| TRAILL, Carrie | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| TURNER, Christina | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2014-04-30 |
| WALKER, Paul Adrian | Director | 2015-09-02 | 2024-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Christopher Little | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, Significant influence | 2022-03-01 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr David Shelvey | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
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Turnover
+36.6%
£37,025,000 £50,565,000
-
Cash
+28.2%
£4,764,000 £6,108,000
-
Net assets
+23%
£104,818,000 £128,949,000
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Employees
+21.3%
827 1,003
-
Wages
+33.6%
£23,382,000 £31,248,000
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