BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
Cash
£471K
-30.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+3.4% vs 2024
Employees
218
+9.5% 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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Material uncertainty over going concern
It is the intention of the Trustees that by 31 August 2026 all of the assets, liabilities and activities of the Trust will have been transferred to another multi-academy Trust. From this date, this Trust is expected to cease all activities. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern as noted in the going concern policy.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BEACON EDUCATION MAT LTD 2022-08-10 → present
- WEST SOMERSET ACADEMIES TRUST 2016-09-06 → 2022-08-10
- WEST SOMERSET ACADEMY TRUST 2016-06-11 → 2016-09-06
- MINEHEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL 2011-05-11 → 2016-06-11
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 | £11,304,329 | £12,927,198 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£736,142 | -£693,770 | |
| Cash | £681,682 | £471,129 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,192,242 | £12,567,709 | |
| Net assets | £11,945,242 | £12,354,472 | |
| Equity | £11,945,242 | £12,354,472 | |
| Average employees | 199 | 218 | |
| Wages | £6,671,665 | £7,095,959 |
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 | -6.5% | -5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.02x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“It is the intention of the Trustees that by 31 August 2026 all of the assets, liabilities and activities of the Trust will have been transferred to another multi-academy Trust. From this date, this Trust is expected to cease all activities. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern as noted in the going concern policy.”
Significant events
- “It is the intention of the Trustees that by 31 August 2026 all of the assets, liabilities and activities of the Trust will be transferred to another multi-academy Trust. From this date, this Trust is expected to cease all activities.”
- “The Trust is expected to cease all activities and the following report should be considered in this context.”
- “The name of the Trust was changed on 1 September 2022.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'KEEFE, Daniel | Secretary | 2025-10-28 | — | — |
| APPLEYARD, Alison | Director | 2023-01-23 | May 1955 | British |
| BELLAMY, Jane | Director | 2019-09-01 | Jul 1960 | British |
| EWEN, Jill | Director | 2018-07-12 | Jul 1962 | British |
| GILES, Andrew Philip | Director | 2019-11-07 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MILLER, Fiona Heather | Director | 2019-12-11 | Jun 1958 | British |
| O'KEEFE, Barbara Ann | Director | 2025-09-17 | Sep 1957 | British |
| TUCKER, Kathryn Louise Slader | Director | 2011-05-11 | Dec 1952 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'KEEFE, Barbara Ann | Secretary | 2016-12-14 | 2025-10-28 |
| SHORE, Judith Margaret | Secretary | 2011-05-11 | 2018-05-01 |
| BAKER, Lee | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-03-13 |
| BOWYER, Neil John | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2012-08-31 |
| BOXER, Richard Blainey | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2015-08-26 |
| BROWN, Susie | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| CLARK, Irene Audrey | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2015-08-26 |
| COX, Justin Howard | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2014-08-31 |
| FORSTER, Martina Suzanne | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2019-08-31 |
| GALE, Theresa | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-09-10 |
| GILES, Amanda | Director | 2023-09-27 | 2025-09-17 |
| HAYWARD, Sarah Louise, Dr | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2023-08-31 |
| HICKSON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-04-30 |
| JAMES, Michelle Deborah | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2012-08-31 |
| JONES, Anthony John | Director | 2013-04-26 | 2016-04-30 |
| KEELEY, Jane | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-02-28 |
| KINGSTON-JAMES, Andrew James | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2022-12-12 |
| LAKE, Hayley | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2024-08-16 |
| LAKIN, Robert John | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-05-25 |
| LANGDON, Karen | Director | 2012-01-16 | 2015-08-26 |
| LANGDON, Timothy James, Reverend | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-06-15 |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey Carter | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey Carter | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2014-08-31 |
| MILTON-JENKINS, Iestyn | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-06-24 |
| MORGAN, Siobhan Sophie | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-04-30 |
| MOUZOURI, Nicolas Paul | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| NEW, Rebecca Grace | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2015-08-26 |
| RANDELL, Cerys Elizabeth | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-07-12 |
| ROBINSON, Simon Joseph | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-05-01 |
| RUSHFORTH, Paul Zachary | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2021-08-31 |
| RYAN, Ruth | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-05-05 |
| SAGROTT, Rachel Margaret | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2016-04-30 |
| SCYNER, Mark | Director | 2013-07-16 | 2016-04-30 |
| SHELLEY, Deborah | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2020-01-03 |
| STOTT, Elizabeth Fearnley | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2013-04-30 |
| VIDAMOUR, Andrew Thomas, Revd | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2014-08-31 |
| WALSH, Sean Patrick | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2017-07-31 |
| WHITE, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-06-18 |
| WICKHAM, Rosanne Wendy | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2016-04-30 |
| WOOD, Christopher Lionel John | Director | 2019-11-11 | 2022-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
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Turnover
+14.4%
£11,304,329 £12,927,198
-
Cash
-30.9%
£681,682 £471,129
-
Net assets
+3.4%
£11,945,242 £12,354,472
-
Employees
+9.5%
199 218
-
Wages
+6.4%
£6,671,665 £7,095,959
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