SPECIALIST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-22 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-3.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+4.8% vs 2024
Employees
325
+4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£809K
+18,602.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SPECIALIST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD 2023-07-03 → present
- ROSEWOOD SCHOOL LIMITED 2011-06-13 → 2023-07-03
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 | £11,285,211 | £12,443,403 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,328 | £809,459 | |
| Net profit | £4,328 | £809,459 | |
| Cash | £1,830,413 | £1,758,166 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,856,259 | £14,514,718 | |
| Net assets | £13,856,259 | £14,514,718 | |
| Equity | £13,856,259 | £14,514,718 | |
| Average employees | 311 | 325 | |
| Wages | £7,208,792 | £7,982,394 |
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 | 0.0% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.7% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.68x |
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
- Hopper Williams & Bell Limited
- 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “Avenues College closed during the year.”
- “A CIF Bid for the Roof at Great Oaks was awarded on appeal.”
- “The Finance Systems implemented in 2023, Xero for Education, along with Approval Max, which is an electronic authorisation system is continuing to add value to the control processes put in place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATHWAL, Pradeep | Director | 2023-02-06 | Sep 1985 | British |
| BOYLE, Anthony Sean | Director | 2016-09-01 | May 1968 | British |
| EVANS, Zoe Amanda | Director | 2015-09-21 | Jan 1968 | British |
| GREGORY, Rosemary Stella | Director | 2019-12-12 | Jul 1958 | British |
| JOHNSON, Paul | Director | 2025-01-21 | Nov 1966 | British |
| LE PREVOST, Nicola Caroline, Dr | Director | 2017-03-20 | May 1979 | British |
| RELTON, Kirsty | Director | 2025-01-21 | Jul 1981 | British |
| SMITH, Malcom | Director | 2018-11-06 | Oct 1979 | English |
| WILLIAMS, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2023-10-04 | Mar 1966 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Susan | Director | 2017-09-01 | Dec 1957 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD, Jennifer | Secretary | 2011-06-13 | 2015-08-31 |
| LOUGHBOROUGH, Peter | Secretary | 2015-11-23 | 2017-02-17 |
| ASHMORE, Scott | Director | 2018-11-06 | 2023-09-18 |
| BARWOOD, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2013-09-13 |
| BEVERIDGE, Penelope | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2014-12-31 |
| BOYD, Jennifer | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2015-08-31 |
| BURTON, Robert Alan Charles | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2017-11-01 |
| BUSSY, Anthony Philip | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2015-06-30 |
| CHEESMAN, Carol Rosetta | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2012-07-02 |
| CLARK, Laurance | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2016-03-26 |
| CLEMENTS, Iley Helen | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2018-03-27 |
| DYTON, Ann Veronica | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-03-20 |
| EVANS, Andy | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-07-23 |
| GILLIE, Martin Calder | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2018-08-11 |
| GRICE, Colleen Louise | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2017-09-01 |
| HOLLYHOCK, Juno | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2022-09-26 |
| JAMES, Susie Buchanan | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2015-06-30 |
| JAY, Sandra Mary Ruth, Dr | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2012-07-02 |
| JOHNSON, Trevor Douglas | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2017-03-20 |
| KNIGHT, Georgina | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2017-09-01 |
| MCCAUGHEY, Elizabeth Susan, Dr | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2018-08-24 |
| MCCAUGHEY, Liz | Director | 2018-10-03 | 2025-03-18 |
| MORGAN, Victoria | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2017-09-01 |
| NESBIT, Naomi Diana Yvonne | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2011-12-12 |
| ORCHARD, Philip Alan | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-24 |
| REVELLE, Paul | Director | 2011-06-13 | 2013-01-28 |
| ROBERTS, Michael | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2016-05-31 |
| ROBINS, Caroline | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2015-08-31 |
| SMITH, Clair | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2017-12-11 |
| VAUGHAN, Nicholas John | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2018-08-24 |
| VAUGHN, Nick | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-07-03 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2022-04-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-07-03 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
+10.3%
£11,285,211 £12,443,403
-
Cash
-3.9%
£1,830,413 £1,758,166
-
Net assets
+4.8%
£13,856,259 £14,514,718
-
Employees
+4.5%
311 325
-
Profit before tax
+18,602.8%
£4,328 £809,459
-
Wages
+10.7%
£7,208,792 £7,982,394
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