BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

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  4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST 2020-08-13 → present
2. SACRED HEART PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS 2017-08-15 → 2020-08-13
3. SACRED HEART CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2011-11-09 → 2017-08-15

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

RSM UK Audit 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

• “In 2025 we launched our online eTeach portal and reviewed our recruitment processes.”
• “In 2024-25 capital investment and SCA monies were used to deliver major building projects where a lack of capacity or practicability demanded significant change. The most urgent developments needed were at St Cuthbert's High School's, where footfall pressure demanded an expansion of dining room space (and associated corridor/flow enhancements) and St Benet's High School where poor current provision in an ageing English block, outdated toilets and lack of space demanded a new 6th Form building and site-wide investment.”
• “The Trust completed its growth strategy as planned. Now at 39 schools, the Trust has consolidated its position.”
• “On 5 June 2025, the Government announced its intention to introduce legislation to give affected pension schemes the ability to retrospectively obtain written confirmation that historical benefit changes met the necessary standards.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.5%

  £104,893,000 → £111,752,000

• Cash

  +11.6%

  £7,639,000 → £8,528,000

• Net assets

  +0.4%

  £110,131,000 → £110,536,000

• Employees

  -1.2%

  1,971 → 1,948

• Profit before tax

  +131.1%

  -£2,990,000 → £929,000

• Wages

  +4.8%

  £55,797,000 → £58,500,000

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