MERCIAN 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
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-25.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£28M
+20.9% vs 2024
Employees
452
+65% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+132.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MERCIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2015-10-16 → present
- SOMERS PARK SCHOOL 2011-07-08 → 2015-10-16
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 | £11,209,087 | £13,341,864 | |
| Operating profit | £2,278,566 | £5,277,606 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,273,830 | £5,286,771 | |
| Net profit | £2,273,830 | £5,286,771 | |
| Cash | £1,824,834 | £1,362,359 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,853,500 | £27,600,271 | |
| Net assets | £22,822,500 | £27,600,271 | |
| Equity | £22,822,500 | £27,600,271 | |
| Average employees | 274 | 452 | |
| Wages | £6,912,176 | £8,294,469 |
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 | 20.3% | 39.6% | |
| Net margin | 20.3% | 39.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 19.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.8% | 3.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.79x | 2.42x | |
| Interest cover | 162.75x | — |
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
- Ormerod Rutter Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern 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
- MERCIAN EDUCATIONAL TRUST · parent
- The Brookfield School
- Great Malvern Primary School
- Honeywell Primary School
- Northleigh Primary School
- Somers Park School
- Leigh and Bransford Primary School
- The Grove Primary School
Significant events
- “On 10 November 2025, the academy trust received a Notice to Improve from the Department of Education relating to financial management and governance. The Trustees have begun implementing an action plan to address the requirements of the Notice.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Stuart Charles | Secretary | 2025-07-10 | — | — |
| BEVAN, Karen Lesley | Director | 2026-01-23 | Apr 1963 | British |
| DAVIES, Iwan | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
| FROSTMAN-CLARKE, Elaine | Director | 2024-09-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HANNON, Roberta Jay | Director | 2023-10-18 | Jan 1981 | British |
| HATFIELD, Gail Louise | Director | 2021-03-29 | May 1965 | British |
| LAWDAY, Dafydd Francis | Director | 2018-01-01 | Feb 1975 | Welsh |
| LOVEDAY, Mark | Director | 2023-03-15 | Sep 1982 | British |
| LOWE, Margaret Christine Tracy | Director | 2021-12-08 | Aug 1952 | Northern Irish |
| MARSHALL, Sheila | Director | 2025-09-01 | Aug 1961 | British |
| SMITH, David John | Director | 2023-07-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| TILKI, Sharon Louise | Director | 2018-11-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| TREDWELL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2023-12-13 | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIMFIELD, Kerry Lee | Secretary | 2011-07-08 | 2012-04-16 |
| HUME, Nicola | Secretary | 2021-09-01 | 2024-07-26 |
| JONES, Trevor Madoc | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| BAILEY, Peter Richard | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2015-10-01 |
| CAIN, Nicola | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-07-30 |
| CLEMENTS, Edward | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| COLE, Tracy Joyce | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2015-10-01 |
| DAVISON, Rowan | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2025-03-19 |
| EVERETT, Michelle Emma | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2014-04-11 |
| GREEN, Sarah Jane | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-07-30 |
| HATT, Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2015-10-01 |
| HAYWARD, Patricia Ann | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2012-04-16 |
| HOARE, Peter Richard, Dr | Director | 2015-10-15 | 2024-10-31 |
| HOLT, Toby | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2021-04-08 |
| HOYLE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-03-31 |
| JONES, Barry Edward | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| MCCRAKEN, Fergus Niall | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2023-01-24 |
| MITCHELL, Susan Josephine | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-03-31 |
| MOORE, Bridget Louise | Director | 2023-09-25 | 2025-09-01 |
| MORRIS JONES, Melanie | Director | 2012-04-17 | 2015-10-01 |
| POTTER, Alan | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2023-09-23 |
| RAE, Martin | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2022-04-05 |
| RAINE, John, Professor | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2016-06-02 |
| RICHARDS, Alison, Rev | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2017-05-17 |
| ROBINSON, Neil | Director | 2022-06-29 | 2023-07-04 |
| SEWELL, Stuart Lawrence | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2017-12-31 |
| SHERVINGTON, Sarah Louise | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-07-30 |
| SMITH, Christopher Michael Michael | Director | 2021-12-08 | 2025-12-15 |
| SMITH, David John | Director | 2023-03-15 | 2023-05-05 |
| SPECK, Sarah Harvey | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2020-09-23 |
| SPURR, Phil | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2023-01-24 |
| SWALLOW, Timothy David | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2017-10-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Byron David | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2015-10-01 |
| WILLIS, Gene | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2022-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+19%
£11,209,087 £13,341,864
-
Cash
-25.3%
£1,824,834 £1,362,359
-
Net assets
+20.9%
£22,822,500 £27,600,271
-
Employees
+65%
274 452
-
Operating profit
+131.6%
£2,278,566 £5,277,606
-
Profit before tax
+132.5%
£2,273,830 £5,286,771
-
Wages
+20%
£6,912,176 £8,294,469
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