EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOLS TRUST LTD

1. EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOLS TRUST LTD 2019-07-11 → present
2. FARLINGAYE HIGH SCHOOL 2011-06-13 → 2019-07-11

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

Larking Gowen LLP

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 having reviewed and approved the Trust's medium term budget plan covering up to the end of August 2028. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 1 September 2019 Kesgrave High School and Bungay High School merged with Farlingaye High School to form the multi academy trust which operates through this company.”
• “Castle EAST School was opened by East Anglian Schools Trust on 1 September 2021.”
• “Avocet Academy Trust joined EAST on 1 November 2023 consisting of Aldeburgh, Easton, Leiston, Saxmundham and Wickham Market Primary Schools.”
• “In 2025, Holbrook Academy (1 April) and Kyson Primary School (1 September) joined EAST.”
• “P Hulley resigned on 8 October 2025 as a Member.”
• “P Simpson resigned on 19 June 2025 as a Trustee.”
• “D Porter, J McGhee Wallace, and S Clarke were appointed as Trustees on 1 September 2024.”
• “C Singleton was appointed Deputy CEO, Chief Finance Officer from 14 November 2025.”
• “M Trenavin-Body served as Chief Finance Officer from 15 September 2025 to 13 November 2025.”
• “J Porter-Hardy served as Chief Finance Officer to 14 September 2025.”
• “Castle EAST School was recognised as Outstanding in an Ofsted inspection in March 2024.”
• “Completed replacement of a significant number of luminaires with LED units.”
• “Plan for large-scale LED replacements across all sites within the next 12 months.”
• “During the reporting period, the Trust did not fully comply with the requirements set out in the Academy Trust Handbook in relation to the preparation and circulation of management accounts. Specifically, management accounts were not prepared and shared with the Chair of Trustees in 3 months of the year.”
• “On 1 September 2025, Kyson Primary School formally joined the Trust.”
• “An application has been submitted to the Department for Education for the formal closure of Bungay Sixth Form, with a proposed effective date of 1 September 2026.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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

  +2.2%

  £10,875,407 → £11,111,065

• Net assets

  +13.7%

  £61,793,880 → £70,279,777

• Employees

  +6.3%

  854 → 908

• Profit before tax

  +23.5%

  £7,801,107 → £9,631,897

• Wages

  +15%

  £23,530,074 → £27,052,524

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