BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST 2019-12-24 → present
2. BRIDGWATER COLLEGE TRUST 2012-07-19 → 2019-12-24
3. BRIDGWATER COLLEGE ACADEMY 2012-06-08 → 2012-07-19

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

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Trust to continue as a going concern. The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BRIDGWATER & TAUNTON COLLEGE TRUST · parent
   1. BTCT Trading Limited 100% · England & Wales · Sports and leisure provision, Residential lettings, Holiday activity clubs, Little Beeches nursery for age 0-4

Significant events

• “The Trust has a wholly owned trading subsidiary 'Bridgwater & Taunton College Trust Trading Limited' (Company Number 09174224) which provides a number of activities outside of school hours, including: Sports and leisure provision, Residential lettings, Holiday activity clubs, Little Beeches nursery for age 0-4, sharing a site with Maiden Beech Academy, Crewkerne”
• “The Trust successfully migrated from SIMS to Arbor. Phase two is underway, focusing on rationalising system subscriptions and improving data efficiency. Technology upgrades included network improvements, new AV systems, device replacement programmes, SharePoint migration, and Windows 11 rollout.”
• “A major project to replace the roof at Hamp following discovery of Orlit concrete cancer was also completed.”
• “During the academic year the Trust experienced a significant change in executive leadership. Peter Elliot stepped down as Chief Executive Officer in August, and Mark Thomas was appointed in September.”

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

Filings

16

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +45.7%

  £33,430,000 → £48,692,000

• Cash

  +24.6%

  £1,195,000 → £1,489,000

• Net assets

  +13.8%

  £57,945,000 → £65,950,000

• Employees

  +18.3%

  967 → 1,144

• Operating profit

  +530.1%

  -£1,546,000 → £6,650,000

• Profit before tax

  +530.1%

  -£1,546,000 → £6,650,000

• Wages

  +21.6%

  £20,035,000 → £24,361,000

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