SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+25.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£87M
+64.5% vs 2024
Employees
531
+5.6% 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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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED 2015-05-05 → present
- WESCD COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED 2015-03-28 → 2015-05-05
- WILLIAM EDWARDS SCHOOL 2011-07-05 → 2015-03-28
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 | £28,871,000 | £32,879,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,582,000 | £34,627,000 | |
| Cash | £5,088,000 | £6,386,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,047,000 | £87,236,000 | |
| Net assets | £53,047,000 | £87,236,000 | |
| Equity | £53,047,000 | £87,236,000 | |
| Average employees | 503 | 531 | |
| Wages | £16,867,000 | £18,804,000 |
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 | 5.5% | 105.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.5% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 2.71x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concem basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the academy trust's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED · parent
- SWECET Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “OHA Main site: The site opened to pupils in September 2024 with a significant new year 7 cohort. The new building is operating well, adding significantly to the educational experience of pupils.”
- “Solar Panels at all the school sites have been installed and they have started to generate electricity which we are tracking to establish savings.”
- “Desktops and laptops across the Trust were updated over the summer to allow for a trust wide upgrade to a new Windows software.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELVILLE, Peter James | Secretary | 2012-07-11 | — | — |
| DEFREITAS, Grace Harriet | Director | 2025-09-23 | Nov 1990 | British |
| KASANDA, Brian Marvin Pondo | Director | 2023-12-12 | Oct 2000 | French |
| KING, John | Director | 2023-12-12 | Oct 1950 | British |
| LEE, Damian | Director | 2026-03-17 | Aug 1979 | British |
| MADDEN, Benjamin James | Director | 2025-09-23 | Aug 1986 | British |
| MCCLENAGHAN, Hayley Mary | Director | 2021-07-13 | Apr 1972 | British |
| MOORE, Raymond John | Director | 2011-07-05 | Aug 1957 | British |
| MUNDAY, Stephen James | Director | 2011-07-05 | Jun 1976 | British |
| WALKDEN, Katy | Director | 2023-12-12 | Apr 1984 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Kay Gwen | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-03-25 |
| BAKER, Mark James Arthur | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2016-06-22 |
| BALL, Steven | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2017-12-13 |
| BASNETT, Susan | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-07-20 |
| BELL, Simon James | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-07-20 |
| BOSTOCK, Linda Jennifer | Director | 2022-07-21 | 2026-03-16 |
| CRAWFORD, Jayne Caroline | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-07-20 |
| DALY, Daniel Anthony Christopher | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-03-08 |
| DAVISON, Dominic Bart | Director | 2015-04-22 | 2016-07-20 |
| FRANCESCHI, Corinne Elizabeth | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2021-03-26 |
| GORDON, Cheryl | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-09-01 |
| GOTOBED, Duncan James | Director | 2015-04-22 | 2020-07-07 |
| KING, John | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2021-12-14 |
| MELVILLE, Peter James | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2023-03-21 |
| MELVILLE, Peter James | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2018-12-31 |
| NORTHALL, Vivienne Edna | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2024-06-26 |
| NORTHALL, Vivienne Edna | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-12-31 |
| PAVITT, David Robert | Director | 2018-11-06 | 2022-08-02 |
| PELTIER, Anthony Lane | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-12-13 |
| PEPLOW, David Alan | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2016-07-20 |
| PUMFREY, Christina Louise | Director | 2017-12-13 | 2021-12-12 |
| RUSSELL, Patricia Rosina Lillian | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-03-08 |
| STOWERS, Connor | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2025-09-29 |
| TAPSELL, Garry | Director | 2018-11-06 | 2025-06-24 |
| VAN LANCKER, Adrian James | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-11-09 |
| WHYMARK, Corin | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+13.9%
£28,871,000 £32,879,000
-
Cash
+25.5%
£5,088,000 £6,386,000
-
Net assets
+64.5%
£53,047,000 £87,236,000
-
Employees
+5.6%
503 531
-
Wages
+11.5%
£16,867,000 £18,804,000
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