THE HART SCHOOLS TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+0.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
158
+7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£316K
+307.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees does not have a reasonable expectation that the academy trust will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE HART SCHOOLS TRUST LTD 2017-05-30 → present
- THE NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE STUDIO SCHOOL TRUST 2011-09-29 → 2017-05-30
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 | £10,143,614 | £11,234,861 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£152,335 | £316,089 | |
| Net profit | -£152,335 | £316,089 | |
| Cash | £1,543,804 | £1,557,244 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,482,182 | £29,689,775 | |
| Net assets | £29,216,446 | £29,657,535 | |
| Equity | £29,216,446 | £29,657,535 | |
| Average employees | 147 | 158 | |
| Wages | £5,542,034 | £6,037,069 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.5% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.7% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 2.07x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees does not have a reasonable expectation that the academy trust will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “A planned merger with Chiltern Learning Trust, expected by 1 April 2026, was approved by the DfE on 24 September 2025. This decision reflects an intention to enhance performance and opportunities for staff and students.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, Robert Malcolm | Secretary | 2016-02-01 | — | — |
| CLIFFORD, Hilary Frances | Director | 2021-09-17 | Apr 1963 | British |
| DAVIES, Kit Byron William | Director | 2017-12-06 | Apr 1974 | British |
| ELLAM, Jonathan James Edward | Director | 2016-02-10 | Oct 1964 | British |
| EXTANCE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2023-10-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| LEWIS, Mark Christopher John | Director | 2013-12-03 | Sep 1981 | British |
| PARSEY, Vicky | Director | 2017-04-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| STANTON-TONNER, Helen | Director | 2023-10-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONJA, Karen Lee | Secretary | 2013-07-23 | 2015-07-17 |
| BRETMAN, Ian Morris | Secretary | 2013-01-29 | 2013-07-17 |
| CHAPLIN FROBISHER WELLING LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-09-29 | 2013-01-29 |
| CLEVERDON, Geoffrey, Dr | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2023-10-01 |
| COLLARBONE, Patricia, Dame | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2016-05-04 |
| DONOHUE, Fintan Mary | Director | 2011-10-29 | 2012-11-26 |
| EUINTON, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2016-04-30 |
| GORING, Jane Helen | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2015-07-01 |
| HAMNETT, Matthew David | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2017-12-06 |
| HAWKINS, Adrian Richard | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2016-10-05 |
| HICK, Martin Richard | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2015-10-21 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Stephen John | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2014-10-07 |
| LEE, Louise | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| LODGE, Donna | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2014-08-31 |
| MARSHMAN, Stephen | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| MCLEAN, Christopher Roy | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2015-03-13 |
| MCLEAN, Christopher Roy | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2012-02-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Gary | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2019-09-17 |
| PICARDO, Martino | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2014-07-09 |
| SIMMONS, Andrew Brian | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2024-09-30 |
| STEPHENS, Richard Kirk | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2015-11-16 |
| SUTHERLAND, Signe Elizabeth | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2015-03-09 |
| TAMBLING, Pauline Ann | Director | 2012-10-23 | 2016-01-19 |
| TYRER, Allan John | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2015-04-17 |
| WINTERBONE, Jane | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2020-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hertfordshire College Further Education Corporation | Corporate entity | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+10.8%
£10,143,614 £11,234,861
-
Cash
+0.9%
£1,543,804 £1,557,244
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£29,216,446 £29,657,535
-
Employees
+7.5%
147 158
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Profit before tax
+307.5%
-£152,335 £316,089
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Wages
+8.9%
£5,542,034 £6,037,069
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