SEN TRUST SOUTHEND
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-16 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£44M
+8.8% vs 2024
Employees
415
-0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SEN TRUST SOUTHEND 2017-07-21 → present
- THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2012-03-02 → 2017-07-21
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 | £16,297,026 | £17,454,795 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,501,584 | £4,169,011 | |
| Cash | £6,838,492 | £6,864,901 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,210,009 | £43,747,019 | |
| Net assets | £40,210,009 | £43,747,019 | |
| Equity | £40,210,009 | £43,747,019 | |
| Average employees | 417 | 415 | |
| Wages | £10,348,640 | £10,974,406 |
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 | 9.2% | 23.9% | |
| Current ratio | 6.52x | 6.66x |
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
- MWS Accountants 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, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The main objective was to look carefully at the types of pupils now attending our schools, the level and type of Special Educational needs the pupils were displaying and attract the right staffing, and accommodation to help meet these needs in our schools.”
- “The DfE have made the decision late in the year to state that Kingsdown WILL be under the schools re-building programme.”
- “During the year the consultation process was completed and there were meetings with parents/carers/ staff and interested parties throughout the year. Notification came from the DfE on July 2nd 2025 that the changes in age ranges were agreed and to be implemented over the next two school years.”
- “During the year, there were two large building projects in progress which have been partly funded by Southend City Council. These are currently on track to be fully opened in 2025/26 academic year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARRETT, Nicola | Secretary | 2024-09-02 | — | — |
| ARGLES, Julia Anne | Director | 2022-01-31 | Oct 1961 | British |
| DUDDRIDGE, Kathryn Brigid | Director | 2017-09-01 | Feb 1975 | Irish |
| FORRESTER HYDE, Nicholas Keith | Director | 2017-09-01 | Aug 1948 | British |
| GRELLIER, Anthony John | Director | 2022-01-31 | Sep 1947 | British |
| LEVITT, Barry Philip | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jun 1952 | English |
| MULLAN, Jacqueline Rossina | Director | 2012-03-02 | Dec 1957 | British |
| OLIVER, Jane Caroline | Director | 2017-09-01 | Mar 1957 | British |
| ROBINSON, Thomas James | Director | 2020-11-12 | Mar 1991 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIMWADE, Helen | Secretary | 2012-03-02 | 2023-09-05 |
| HAYWOOD, Keith Brett | Secretary | 2023-09-06 | 2024-03-31 |
| BROWN, Louise Beth | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| BURGESS, Dorcy | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| BURT, Alison | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2017-07-21 |
| CHITTOCK, Simon Richard | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2015-02-24 |
| COMPTON-EDWARDS, Adam | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2016-03-01 |
| COSTER, Tracy Ann | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2014-02-13 |
| COULING, Bridgit Louise | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Keith | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-07-21 |
| GARLAND, Christine | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2013-08-12 |
| GERRIE, Ross Finlay | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| HARTLE, Franklin John | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2020-09-19 |
| HEBDEN, Christopher Charles | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| LE MASURIER, John Anthony | Director | 2022-11-21 | 2025-09-16 |
| LODEMORE, Vincent Lee | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2017-07-21 |
| PRYOR, Lionel Edward | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-07-21 |
| PURKIS, John William | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| ROBERTS, Richard | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2017-08-31 |
| ROSE, Dawn Lisa | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2016-03-01 |
| SEWELL, Melanie Ann | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-07-21 |
| STEPNEY, Susan Anne | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2017-08-31 |
| WALL, Margaret Ellen | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-10-11 |
| WALSH, Shelley | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2017-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jacqueline Rossina Mullan | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2017-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£16,297,026 £17,454,795
-
Cash
+0.4%
£6,838,492 £6,864,901
-
Net assets
+8.8%
£40,210,009 £43,747,019
-
Employees
-0.5%
417 415
-
Wages
+6%
£10,348,640 £10,974,406
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