MARK EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-23 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-09
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£60M
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
298
+9.6% 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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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MARK EDUCATION TRUST 2022-01-18 → present
- BEACON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST 2012-02-22 → 2022-01-18
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 | £16,954,617 | £18,241,316 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £672,935 | -£748,111 | |
| Cash | £1,724,516 | £1,422,259 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,280,387 | £60,507,090 | |
| Net assets | £60,772,695 | £60,073,584 | |
| Equity | £60,772,695 | £60,073,584 | |
| Average employees | 272 | 298 | |
| Wages | £10,143,144 | £10,882,657 |
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 | 4.0% | -4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.1% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.48x | 2.00x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- 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 they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MARK EDUCATION TRUST · parent
- MARK Recreation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The sixth form at Uplands closed at the end of 2024-25, following a phased closure over two year.”
- “MARK Education Trust secured a total of £1,735,044 in Condition Improvement Funding over the past year, supporting critical infrastructure upgrades across Beacon and Uplands Academies.”
- “Hailsham Academy has received £535,926 in CIF funding to address fire safety non-compliance across the site. Phase 1 is nearing completion, with new fire panels and fire doors installed in the main building.”
- “HCCAT, renamed Hailsham Academy joined MARK Education Trust with effect from 1 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Cheryl | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Clare | Director | 2019-11-27 | Dec 1955 | British |
| CREAMER, Mark Francis | Director | 2018-07-18 | Jan 1957 | British |
| DESAI, Viral Dinkerrai | Director | 2015-10-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
| EDEN, David | Director | 2022-10-10 | Nov 1971 | British |
| FERRIE, Paul | Director | 2022-10-05 | Mar 1965 | British |
| HANCELL, Rosalind | Director | 2025-01-29 | Feb 1957 | British |
| LONG, Stephen | Director | 2023-10-09 | Oct 1963 | British |
| MADDISON, John Robert | Director | 2014-07-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| PROWER, Aubyn James Sugden | Director | 2022-10-10 | Mar 1955 | British |
| ROBINSON-CLARKE, Stephanie | Director | 2022-10-05 | Dec 1986 | British |
| YOUNG, Gwen | Director | 2018-03-24 | Apr 1955 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKIE, Wendy Jeanette | Secretary | 2015-12-16 | 2017-12-01 |
| NOBBS, Judith Elaine | Secretary | 2012-02-22 | 2015-12-16 |
| AUSTEN, Emma Louise | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2018-01-24 |
| BACKLEY, David | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-12-05 |
| BRAY, Graham Charles, Dr | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2016-08-31 |
| COURTNEY, Chris | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-08-31 |
| DREW, Jeremy Colin | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2016-02-22 |
| FINNIS, Richard | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2022-08-31 |
| GOURLAY, Nigel Timothy | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2021-02-03 |
| HARRIS, David Neil | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2014-08-31 |
| HEWLETT, Mark | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2015-07-01 |
| HINTON, Christopher Michael | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| HOLDEN, Sheila Margaret | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2019-02-15 |
| HORRELL, Vicki | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2022-08-31 |
| HUTCHINGS, Zoe Amanda | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-04-02 |
| JONES, Peter Vincent | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2017-12-01 |
| LANGRIDGE, Barry Robert Turner | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2015-03-25 |
| MERCER, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2018-09-25 |
| PASS, Frances Ann | Director | 2023-09-27 | 2024-09-09 |
| POWELL, Alan David George | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2023-07-28 |
| PURVIS, Christine Marion | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2017-12-01 |
| RICHARDSON, David Ralph | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2014-02-06 |
| RICHARDSON, Sharron | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2018-09-25 |
| ROBINSON, Anna Ruth Louise | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2022-09-01 |
| RUMBLE, Greville William Sumpter Vosper | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2015-07-01 |
| SIMM, Lorna | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2022-08-31 |
| STEBBING, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2022-08-31 |
| STREET, Matthew Colin | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2022-08-31 |
| SWAN, Peter | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2015-08-31 |
| SYMONS, Anne | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-04-02 |
| WEAVER, Alan William, Rev | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2014-08-27 |
| WELTON, Lisa | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-04-02 |
| WESTON, Peter Anthony | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2020-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Elizabeth Jane Austin | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2026-01-28 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Colin Street | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Alan Powell | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-03-01 | Ceased 2025-10-01 |
| Mr Nigel Gourlay | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-03-01 | Active |
| Mrs Debbie Coslett | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Garry Davis | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2025-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Garry Davis | Individual | Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-02-06 | Ceased 2023-09-27 |
| Mr Nigel Gourlay | Individual | Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-02-06 | Ceased 2023-09-27 |
| Mrs Debbie Coslett | Individual | Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-02-06 | Ceased 2023-09-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+7.6%
£16,954,617 £18,241,316
-
Cash
-17.5%
£1,724,516 £1,422,259
-
Net assets
-1.2%
£60,772,695 £60,073,584
-
Employees
+9.6%
272 298
-
Wages
+7.3%
£10,143,144 £10,882,657
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