SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST

1. SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2014-08-07 → present
2. SOUTH FARNHAM SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2011-05-31 → 2014-08-07

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

James Cowper Kreston Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy 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

1. SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST · parent
   1. South Farnham Enterprises Ltd 100% · Pre-School and Before & After School Care and Extended Day Activities at Great Bookham School and Busbridge Infant School, and lettings facilities at The Blue Coat School Basingstoke.

Significant events

• “SFET TSH has been redesignated for a further four years.”
• “South Farnham SCITT has been accredited to deliver ITT post-2024.”
• “New partnership with The University of Brighton for SCITT programmes.”
• “Claire Harnden MBE awarded for services to education in the King's Birthday Honours list.”
• “SFET named the best performing multi-academy trust in the UK (out of 631 MATs) in 2024 by The Roots School Improvement Consultancy (RSIC).”
• “South Farnham School re-designated as a Teaching School Hub.”
• “The Raleigh School achieved the Platinum Artsmark Award.”
• “South Farnham School appointed as a Lead School by Surrey Arts.”
• “Brighton Hill Community School's PE Department achieved the Gold School Games Mark Award.”
• “Luke Murphy MP visited Basingstoke schools during spring and summer terms.”
• “Al Pinkerton MP officially opened Normandy Village School's newly built reception classroom and all-weather outdoor area.”
• “David Walliams visited South Farnham School in March 2025 to read, perform and share his experience of writing.”
• “The Trust central team and South Farnham School achieved Cyber Essentials certification.”
• “The Blue Coat School transformed part of its grounds using a £10,000 DfE grant.”
• “SFET provided expert educational guidance to The Kisomo Foundation's MCEDO school in Nairobi.”
• “Russell Hobby CBE attended the SCITT Graduation Ceremony in October 2024.”
• “Andrew Friend attended a reception for Teachers at 10 Downing Street.”
• “Dr Julia Katherine, Director of Education and Lifelong Learning at Surrey County Council, visited South Farnham School.”
• “SFET schools celebrated 80 years since VE day with commemorative activities.”
• “SFET Primary INSET 2024 training for all primary schools.”
• “In summer term 2025, SFET launched a Trust newsletter.”
• “Great Bookham School and Highfield South Farnham welcomed SFET Trustee Gemma Dunbar's bench through a Magistrates in the Community education programme.”
• “Alex Chester appointed as Chair and Gemma Dunbar appointed Vice Chair of Trustees in May 2025. Claire Harnden MBE appointed as CEO in July 2025.”
• “Highfield South Farnham celebrated its 10-year anniversary, transforming from a struggling school to one of the best-performing in Surrey.”
• “The Priory Primary School joined the trust on 1 September 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +39%

  £6,597,930 → £9,174,150

• Net assets

  +8.1%

  £84,638,888 → £91,525,637

• Employees

  +35.9%

  382 → 519

• Wages

  +40.5%

  £14,853,043 → £20,875,333

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