UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS TRUST, EAST LONDON

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS TRUST, EAST LONDON 2016-10-07 → present
2. THE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE, ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH 2013-09-09 → 2016-10-07
3. GREENWICH UTC 2011-08-16 → 2013-09-09

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Board 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

• “Sir William Burrough Primary School joined the Trust on 1 February 2024.”
• “In November 2025, University Schools Trust was selected as the preferred Trust for the three schools of Canary Wharf College at East Ferry, Glenworth, and Crossharbour, to join. This is expected to take effect in 2026.”
• “In July 2025, Sir William Burrough Primary School improved its Ofsted rating from Requires Improvement (2022) to a much-improved outcome with judgments of Good for Quality of Education, Personal Development, and Leadership & Management; and Outstanding for Behaviour and Attitudes, as well as Early Years Provision.”
• “In January 2025 Gillian Kemp the CEO was asked to support a local three-school MAT following the departure of their CEO. This led to the Trustees of this local Trust pro-actively requesting to join UST.”
• “In 2025, the Trust procured a dedicated system designed to track and monitor engagement activities.”
• “An External Review of Governance is due to be completed in Autumn 2025.”
• “St Paul's Way Trust School has expanded its sixth form provision by opening an additional site adjacent to the main school, increasing capacity and enhancing opportunities for post-16 learners.”
• “Royal Greenwich Trust School has continued its growth trajectory by increasing its Pupil Admission Number (PAN) by a further 30 places, bringing the total to 180 for the second consecutive year.”
• “There has been one security breach reported, as an impacted party, to the ICO linked to a national external event.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +9.7%

  £35,578,000 → £39,036,000

• Cash

  +17.3%

  £4,856,000 → £5,696,000

• Net assets

  -1.2%

  £131,112,000 → £129,568,000

• Employees

  -0.2%

  468 → 467

• Profit before tax

  -111.2%

  £11,017,000 → -£1,238,000

• Wages

  +9.9%

  £18,813,000 → £20,676,000

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