THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-21 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+1.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-14% vs 2024
Employees
391
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£515K
-196.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST 2018-08-08 → present
- THE PALMER CATHOLIC ACADEMY 2011-07-07 → 2018-08-08
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 | £24,094,802 | £24,747,951 | |
| Operating profit | £497,413 | -£554,431 | |
| Profit before tax | £531,916 | -£515,342 | |
| Net profit | £531,916 | -£515,342 | |
| Cash | £3,437,888 | £3,493,123 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,234,155 | £2,641,667 | |
| Net assets | £2,857,740 | £2,457,398 | |
| Equity | £2,857,740 | £2,457,398 | |
| Average employees | 388 | 391 | |
| Wages | £13,170,914 | £13,931,355 |
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 | 2.1% | -2.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | -21.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.30x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | 15.34x | -36.59x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit 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.”
Significant events
- “Following one new Headteacher appointment in June 2025 the trust has seen no further changes to the Headteacher/leadership posts within any of the trust schools.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOHIL, Jayant | Secretary | 2023-05-01 | — | — |
| ADAMS, John | Director | 2018-12-04 | Sep 1966 | British |
| ANTHONY, John | Director | 2018-09-01 | Feb 1949 | British |
| DAVIGHI, John | Director | 2021-09-14 | Aug 1956 | British |
| DOOGAN, Kevin | Director | 2020-03-23 | Dec 1977 | Irish |
| ENGLISH, Andy | Director | 2025-09-15 | Jun 1971 | British |
| HEADON, Andrew Michael John, Reverend | Director | 2018-09-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| THOMPSON, Teresa | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKE, Paul | Secretary | 2011-07-07 | 2014-01-03 |
| ISLAM, Nazmul | Secretary | 2014-01-03 | 2019-08-31 |
| PEARMAN, Julie Christine | Secretary | 2019-09-01 | 2023-04-30 |
| ALEXANDER, Thomas | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| AMAKO, Bolanle Atinuke | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2015-03-31 |
| ANATSUI, Ruth | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2014-08-31 |
| APPIAH, Gaston Kojo | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2012-05-16 |
| BAU-MANN, Joseph Daniel | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| CLERKIN, Ciaran | Director | 2020-06-15 | 2025-03-17 |
| CONNOLLY, Sean, Father | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2019-08-31 |
| CORCORAN, Michael | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| DUNCAN, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2011-10-06 | 2015-08-31 |
| DURCAN, Gerard Adrian | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2018-09-01 |
| GUMBRELL, Jennifer Louise | Director | 2022-09-04 | 2023-01-12 |
| HERBERT, Sonia | Director | 2016-01-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| JACOBSON, John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| JUFFS, Thomas John | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2013-11-20 |
| LESLIE-POVOAS, Marian | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| LUXMOORE, Thomas Michael | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2012-06-18 |
| MAGUIRE, Francis Joseph | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2015-08-31 |
| MCHUGH, Eoin | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2018-08-31 |
| MELDER, Roger | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| MOISE-DIXON, Allison Janice | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| O'CONNOR, Martin Anthony, Rev | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2015-08-31 |
| PEARCE, Katie | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2015-08-31 |
| REYNOLDS, George | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| SCOTT, Natasha | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2024-12-09 |
| YOUNG, Philip Joseph William | Director | 2012-05-16 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Roman Catholic Diocese Trustee (The) | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2018-07-24 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Myers | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-07-24 | Active |
| Bishop Alan Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-07-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+2.7%
£24,094,802 £24,747,951
-
Cash
+1.6%
£3,437,888 £3,493,123
-
Net assets
-14%
£2,857,740 £2,457,398
-
Employees
+0.8%
388 391
-
Operating profit
-211.5%
£497,413 -£554,431
-
Profit before tax
-196.9%
£531,916 -£515,342
-
Wages
+5.8%
£13,170,914 £13,931,355
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