THE SHEILING SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+6.9% vs 2024
Employees
244
+3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £8,387,623 | £9,753,340 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £205,054 | £874,030 | |
| Cash | £6,369,475 | £5,509,476 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,759,552 | £13,633,582 | |
| Net assets | £12,759,552 | £13,633,582 | |
| Equity | £12,759,552 | £13,633,582 | |
| Average employees | 237 | 244 | |
| Wages | £5,967,233 | £6,452,407 |
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 | 2.4% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.0% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 11.94x |
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
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements were approved.”
Significant events
- “A school education Ofsted inspection took place in November 2024 and was graded 'Good'”
- “An Ofsted inspection for the residential element of our special school provision took place in December 2024, for which we maintained our 'Outstanding' grade.”
- “A college education Ofsted inspection took place in May 2024 and was graded 'Good'.”
- “Parsifal double classroom building project has been completed and this allows the capacity of the school to grow. Student numbers remained steady at 35 students in 2024-25 and have now grown to 42 in 2025-26.”
- “The build for a new college double classroom started in August 2025.”
- “The charity registered for VAT on 5 November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE, Jonathan Rupert Bowden | Director | 2024-12-20 | Jul 1962 | British |
| COPP, Alice | Director | 2020-04-28 | Apr 1983 | British |
| FREEMAN, Jon | Director | 2012-06-22 | Oct 1951 | British |
| KENWARD, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2017-03-03 | Nov 1956 | British |
| LINCOLN, David Ronald Kent | Director | 2023-09-05 | Aug 1974 | British |
| PEACHEY, Elaine Anne | Director | 2025-01-06 | Apr 1955 | British |
| PYZER, Julian | Director | 2013-09-01 | Jun 1954 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAMPNEY, Joan Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2025-01-31 |
| DESMOND, Kathleen | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2019-01-06 |
| EDWARDS, Peter | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2018-07-06 |
| GETHING, Sue | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2017-03-03 |
| GLEED, Mark | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2020-05-15 |
| JEVONS, Jean | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2019-05-14 |
| JOHNSON, Neil Keith | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2024-05-14 |
| JOHNSON, Neil Keith | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-01-24 |
| KEETON, David | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2025-07-24 |
| MANUEL, Kevin | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2014-12-03 |
| MORRIS, Jeremy | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2023-07-07 |
| NORTH, Vanda Anne | Director | 2023-03-16 | 2026-03-20 |
| RIGG, Maggi | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2023-03-12 |
| SYMINGTON, Catharine Alison | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2017-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+16.3%
£8,387,623 £9,753,340
-
Cash
-13.5%
£6,369,475 £5,509,476
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£12,759,552 £13,633,582
-
Employees
+3%
237 244
-
Wages
+8.1%
£5,967,233 £6,452,407
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