CORE EDUCATION TRUST

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  3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. CORE EDUCATION TRUST 2017-06-07 → present
2. THE CORE EDUCATION TRUST 2015-03-24 → 2017-06-07
3. PARK VIEW EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2012-02-14 → 2015-03-24

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

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy 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.”

Group structure

1. CORE EDUCATION TRUST · parent
   1. CORE & Co Foundation 100% · to advance the development and education of children and young people under the age of 25, providing activities for the students of CORE Education Trust and partner schools, but not exclusively

Significant events

• “The November 2024 Section 5 Ofsted inspection noted a more settled culture, improving behaviour and clearer curriculum intent. The Academy was rated Good in all areas.”
• “Ofsted's March 2025 Section 8 monitoring visit recognised progress in curriculum development, staff training and overall stability following consolidation onto a single site.”
• “The January 2025 Ofsted Section 5 inspection identified legacy weaknesses overall, though also acknowledged early signs of improvement following recent leadership changes and capacity for improvement from the Trust.”
• “Infrastructure projects advanced, including the completion of Jewellery Quarter Academy's refurbishment and major upgrades at City Academy.”
• “The Trust also launched a Climate and Sustainability Group, which includes Student Climate Champions, to drive our sustainability strategy across the Trust.”
• “In December 2024, the Board of Trustees of CORE & Co Foundation resolved to amend its Constitution and to adopt an Association model constitution as part of this amendment. At the same time, the Board of Trustees of CORE Education Trust became the sole Member of CORE & Co Foundation.”

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

Filings

17

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +2.4%

  £31,308,649 → £32,073,096

• Cash

  -4.2%

  £9,326,678 → £8,936,802

• Net assets

  +1.6%

  £72,873,335 → £74,045,401

• Employees

  +23.5%

  260 → 321

• Profit before tax

  -58.3%

  £3,329,194 → £1,388,066

• Wages

  +14.6%

  £11,883,430 → £13,623,056

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