BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+25.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£66M
-0.1% vs 2024
Employees
915
-9.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£567K
-70.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2012-05-10 → present
- AGGS ACADEMY TRUST 2011-07-06 → 2012-05-10
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 | £57,196,000 | £54,048,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,576,000 | £115,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,949,000 | £567,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,949,000 | £567,000 | |
| Cash | £6,779,000 | £8,491,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,853,000 | £66,172,000 | |
| Net assets | £65,888,000 | £65,817,000 | |
| Equity | £65,888,000 | £65,817,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,008 | 915 | |
| Wages | £29,951,000 | £28,510,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.98x | 2.23x | |
| Interest cover | 0.80x | 0.06x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARPLEY, Anna | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | — | — |
| ASHWORTH, Iain Michael | Director | 2019-06-25 | Aug 1975 | British |
| BATCHFORD, Lindsay | Director | 2025-09-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
| BOLTON, Alison Kate | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
| BOOCOCK, Haydn Lee | Director | 2026-04-20 | Dec 1968 | British |
| FATHERS, Lisa | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| KENNEY, James Hazelwood | Director | 2026-04-20 | Dec 1979 | British |
| LEGGETT, Robert Neil | Director | 2019-06-25 | Nov 1971 | British |
| MCCORMICK, Helen | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
| MYERS, Shaheen Akhtar | Director | 2023-03-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| RANOTE, Sandeep | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Michael John | Director | 2026-04-20 | Oct 1963 | British |
| TONGE, Michael Heys | Director | 2021-05-07 | Mar 1968 | British |
| YOUSAF, Neelam Saeed | Director | 2026-05-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITALIS, Tracy Edward | Secretary | 2019-02-16 | 2023-12-31 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-06 | 2019-01-16 |
| ANDREWS, Jenny | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2012-05-16 |
| APPLEYARD, Joan Margaret | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-09-28 |
| BAILEY, Amanda Helen | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| BERNSTEIN, Baron Anthony Webber | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2015-08-24 |
| BIBI, Fassah, Dr | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2014-03-25 |
| CLOUGH, Katherine Melinda | Director | 2020-06-11 | 2025-08-31 |
| COPITCH, Gary | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-03-25 |
| FOAN, Colette Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-06 | 2011-09-06 |
| FOSTER, Alan | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2022-01-31 |
| GORMALLY, Alison | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-11-10 |
| GROOM, Linda Mary | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2014-03-25 |
| HEALY, Anthony | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2020-02-26 |
| JENKINS, Wendy Carolyn | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2016-04-18 |
| KELLY, Justin Stuart Laurence | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2017-01-09 |
| LEON, Anthony Jack | Director | 2012-04-19 | 2016-04-08 |
| LINDEMANN, Stephen Gerald | Director | 2012-06-19 | 2016-02-06 |
| MOONAN, Paul Edmund | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2023-08-31 |
| MOONAN, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2025-11-24 |
| MORRISON, Susan Kim | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2014-03-25 |
| NICHOLLS, Lynn | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2021-10-21 |
| PANKAYACHELVAN, Selvanayagam, Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2017-01-13 |
| PATEL, Yakub | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-08-06 |
| POOLE, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2011-09-28 | 2017-02-27 |
| PRIOR, Michael John | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2014-03-25 |
| PURCELL, Josephine | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-03-25 |
| RANKIN, James Deans | Director | 2011-07-06 | 2014-03-25 |
| ROSS-WAWRZYNSKI, Dana, Dame | Director | 2011-07-06 | 2016-12-31 |
| RUBIN, Daniel Paul | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| SHAW, Caroline Sarah | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2019-03-04 |
| SMITH, Edward Ashley Lote | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2014-03-25 |
| STEPHENS, John William, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| WHILBY, Maureen Angela | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2025-08-31 |
| YEOMANS, Anne Patricia | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2014-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Dana Wawrzynski | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Yakub Ibrahim Patel | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Justin Stuart Laurence Kelly | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 9
- Officers resigned
- 6
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
-5.5%
£57,196,000 £54,048,000
-
Cash
+25.3%
£6,779,000 £8,491,000
-
Net assets
-0.1%
£65,888,000 £65,817,000
-
Employees
-9.2%
1,008 915
-
Operating profit
-92.7%
£1,576,000 £115,000
-
Profit before tax
-70.9%
£1,949,000 £567,000
-
Wages
-4.8%
£29,951,000 £28,510,000
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