THINK DIFFERENTLY EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-21 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-07
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-5.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+0.9% vs 2024
Employees
184
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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7 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THINK DIFFERENTLY EDUCATION TRUST 2025-05-07 → present
- JAMES BRINDLEY SCHOOL 2011-11-11 → 2025-05-07
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 | £11,701,000 | £12,288,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£208,000 | -£88,000 | |
| Cash | £2,621,000 | £2,466,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,008,000 | £17,745,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,593,000 | £17,745,000 | |
| Equity | £17,593,000 | £17,745,000 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 184 | |
| Wages | £6,591,000 | £6,962,000 |
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 | -1.8% | -0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.54x | 2.29x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) 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
- “On 1 October 2025, Oscott Manor School joined the Think Differently Education Trust. There are no other material adjusting or non adjusting events arising after the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTLEY, Simon | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| BISSELL, Hardip Singh | Director | 2019-09-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| MARSHALL, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2011-11-11 | Aug 1977 | British |
| MARSHALL, Jack Antony | Director | 2025-12-15 | Dec 1996 | British |
| MUNIR, Zahid | Director | 2025-02-27 | Jan 1985 | Pakistani |
| NASH, Abigail | Director | 2024-01-27 | Sep 1981 | British |
| O'TOOLE, Donna Eileen | Director | 2025-12-15 | Sep 1969 | British |
| OWEN, Christopher David | Director | 2025-12-15 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WOOD, Joseph | Director | 2020-07-06 | Oct 1981 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARMAH, Reena Kumari | Secretary | 2025-06-17 | 2025-07-18 |
| HUNT, Judith Karen | Secretary | 2013-02-12 | 2014-08-31 |
| MURGATROYD, Joanna Clare | Secretary | 2018-05-14 | 2025-06-17 |
| RALPHS, Alyson Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2018-03-29 |
| RALPHS, Alyson Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-11-11 | 2013-02-11 |
| BOWES, Gemma | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2022-09-20 |
| BRADSHAW, Anthony John | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2019-08-31 |
| BROWN, James | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2021-03-31 |
| BURY, Benjamin James Cliff | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2017-03-31 |
| COWEN, Alastair | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2024-07-18 |
| DALY, Melissa Jane | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2019-12-06 |
| DHINJU, Hardeep | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2017-03-27 |
| DYER, Charlotte | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2017-08-31 |
| FENG, Ya | Director | 2021-05-24 | 2024-09-09 |
| GILDAY, David | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2016-11-01 |
| GOODEN, Alison Diahann | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2013-12-02 |
| GRAINGER, Kaleigh | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2023-02-07 |
| HAMILTON, Jasmin | Director | 2021-05-24 | 2022-07-24 |
| HARVEY, Mark Stuart | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2020-12-18 |
| HINCHLIFFE, Jayne Ann | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| HOLLAND, Fay | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2026-04-20 |
| HUNT, Judith Karen | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2013-02-11 |
| JEFF, Christopher Alan | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2021-01-25 |
| JONES, Stephen Robert | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2026-02-16 |
| JUSTICE, Nadeen | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2023-11-27 |
| KAZI, Deena | Director | 2024-05-22 | 2025-09-30 |
| KEELEY, Thomas James Hier | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2012-10-01 |
| KENEWA, Mariam | Director | 2023-02-14 | 2024-07-18 |
| KHAN, Abid Mehmood | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2022-06-20 |
| KIRWAN, Kate | Director | 2021-01-26 | 2022-01-18 |
| LEE, Simon | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2023-05-20 |
| LLOYD, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2024-02-01 |
| MANDLEBERG, Helena Jane | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2016-12-31 |
| MARRIOTT, David | Director | 2017-01-07 | 2021-01-06 |
| MCMATH, Georgina | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2016-12-05 |
| MORRIS, Helene | Director | 2021-01-26 | 2021-04-21 |
| MURPHY, Kristina Dolores | Director | 2013-02-11 | 2015-04-20 |
| PENNY, Nicola Joan | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2016-03-31 |
| QUINEY, Paula Suzanne | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2019-04-12 |
| REEVES, Clive Andrew | Director | 2013-02-11 | 2019-02-11 |
| ROOKER, Jeff | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2016-11-01 |
| SAAR, Kacper Marcin | Director | 2013-05-09 | 2017-05-08 |
| SALES, Kimberly Hope | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2012-10-01 |
| SAWYER, Neil Andrew | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2014-06-01 |
| SMITH, Jenny | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2016-07-13 |
| SULLIVAN, Ben | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2023-05-20 |
| TEAGUE, Alison | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2015-03-22 |
| TIAN, Meng, Dr | Director | 2023-11-07 | 2026-04-20 |
| TURNER, Dean Mark | Director | 2024-07-16 | 2026-02-10 |
| TWIST, Brian | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2012-07-02 |
| WILKINSON, James Christian | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Gillian Ruth | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2013-12-05 |
| WOOD, Helen | Director | 2011-11-11 | 2013-07-31 |
| YORKE, Mark Ronald | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2015-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Claire Elizabeth Marshall | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-06 | Ceased 2022-01-24 |
| Mr Alastair Cowen | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-06 | Ceased 2022-01-24 |
| Mr David Marriott | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-03-06 | Ceased 2022-01-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-05-07 NE01 Change of name exemption
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-07 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 7
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
+5%
£11,701,000 £12,288,000
-
Cash
-5.9%
£2,621,000 £2,466,000
-
Net assets
+0.9%
£17,593,000 £17,745,000
-
Employees
-2.1%
188 184
-
Wages
+5.6%
£6,591,000 £6,962,000
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