QUALITY FIRST EDUCATION TRUST

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Next accounts due

2027-05-31 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-10.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£36M

-1.3% vs 2024

Employees

263

+4.8% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£259K

+85.3% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

QUALITY FIRST EDUCATION TRUST 2017-03-21 → present
BELLEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL 2011-09-09 → 2017-03-21

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

QUALITY FIRST EDUCATION TRUST·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric	2024-08-31	2025-08-31
Turnover	£16,386,786	£18,316,476
Operating profit	-£1,758,780	-£259,261
Profit before tax	-£1,758,780	-£259,261
Net profit	-£1,758,780	-£259,261
Cash	£4,160,038	£3,712,558
Total assets less current liabilities	£36,286,583	£35,811,322
Net assets	£36,286,583	£35,811,322
Equity	£36,286,583	£35,811,322
Average employees	251	263
Wages	£8,273,667	£8,944,984

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	2024-08-31	2025-08-31
Operating margin	-10.7%	-1.4%
Net margin	-10.7%	-1.4%
Return on capital employed	-4.8%	-0.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	3.7%	3.9%
Current ratio	3.71x	3.50x
Interest cover	-4.08x	-0.56x

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
Auditor: Price Bailey LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the 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

“During 2024-25 we completed a due diligence exercise with a view to bringing Thomas's Academy in Fulham into the Trust. Subsequently at the end of the 2024-25 academic year we completed the DfE's transfer process in order for Thomas's Academy to join us in September 2025.”
“After the reporting period the Thomas's Academy transferred into the Trust. The transfer took place on the 1 September 2025.”
“There were two key changes to the composition of the board during the 2024-25 accounting year. David Ladipo left the board in October 2024 and Liz Stoyel left the board in July 2025.”

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

People

8 active · 24 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
MEADE, Charlotte Elizabeth	Secretary	2018-10-17	—	—
BAILEY, Simon John	Director	2018-01-15	Mar 1971	British
GROVE, John Fredrick	Director	2011-09-09	Feb 1961	British
LEDBETTER, Brian	Director	2011-09-09	Aug 1971	American
MORRIS, Geoff	Director	2017-11-01	Oct 1975	British
PARKINSON, Karen	Director	2017-11-01	Feb 1980	British
POWELL, Helen, Dr	Director	2023-10-30	Sep 1974	British
SPENCER, Fergal Louis	Director	2018-01-15	Dec 1975	Irish

Show 24 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ATKINSON, Gareth Robert	Secretary	2011-09-09	2014-05-03
SHODIPE, Aderemi Olufemi	Secretary	2015-10-08	2018-10-17
WOODBRIDGE, Pauline	Secretary	2014-11-01	2015-10-08
AMIS, Kathryn Ruth	Director	2011-09-09	2016-03-17
ANTROBUS, Claire	Director	2013-06-23	2017-07-31
ATHERTON, Sarah	Director	2011-09-09	2018-01-15
BURKE, Geraldine	Director	2011-09-09	2017-04-27
CLARKE, Hilary Susan Mary	Director	2013-11-15	2017-10-31
CONINGHAM, Julian Paul	Director	2015-06-01	2015-06-01
CONINGHAM, Julian Paul	Director	2013-03-21	2021-04-23
DOWNIE, Barbara Ruth	Director	2011-09-09	2013-03-21
DUPONT, Rachael Victoria	Director	2017-06-20	2023-11-17
HANKEY, Nathalie Mallikai	Director	2014-09-01	2016-10-12
HUEZ, Olivier	Director	2014-01-09	2017-10-31
KIERNAN, Eileen Mary	Director	2011-09-09	2014-07-18
LADIPO, David	Director	2021-07-21	2024-10-07
MCFADYEN, Elen Louise Victoria	Director	2011-09-09	2016-10-03
MCGILL, Paul St John Douglas	Director	2011-09-09	2015-05-31
OLDHAM, Julia Margaret	Director	2011-09-09	2013-03-21
OWENS, Tricia Claire	Director	2013-03-21	2017-03-21
RONTE, Gemma	Director	2011-09-09	2017-04-27
STOYEL, Elizabeth Jane	Director	2017-08-01	2025-07-31
WILKINS, Fiona Katherine	Director	2011-09-09	2017-10-31
WILLY, Tessa May	Director	2011-09-09	2013-03-21

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Ms Gemma Ronte	Individual	Appoints directors	2016-09-04	Ceased 2017-04-27
Mrs Kate Amis	Individual	Appoints directors	2016-09-04	Ceased 2017-04-24
Mr Julian Paul Coningham	Individual	Appoints directors	2016-09-04	Ceased 2017-04-24

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 91 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-30	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-02-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-11-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-05-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-11-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-17	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-04-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-11	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2023-01-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-10	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2022-01-08	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2022-01-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-04	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2021-10-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-10-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

+11.8%

£16,386,786 £18,316,476
Cash

-10.8%

£4,160,038 £3,712,558
Net assets

-1.3%

£36,286,583 £35,811,322
Employees

+4.8%

251 263
Operating profit

+85.3%

-£1,758,780 -£259,261
Profit before tax

+85.3%

-£1,758,780 -£259,261
Wages

+8.1%

£8,273,667 £8,944,984

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

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