BECKFOOT TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-07 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-24
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
-57.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£44M
-1.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,095
-0.8% 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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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BECKFOOT TRUST 2015-01-19 → present
- THE BECKFOOT AND HAZELBECK TRUST 2012-07-24 → 2015-01-19
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 | £61,051,000 | £63,436,000 | |
| Operating profit | £412,000 | -£221,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £412,000 | -£191,000 | |
| Cash | £15,713,000 | £6,683,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,108,000 | £43,511,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,108,000 | £43,511,000 | |
| Equity | £44,108,000 | £43,511,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,104 | 1,095 | |
| Wages | £31,533,000 | £33,689,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.6% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.70x | 2.51x | |
| Interest cover | 3.65x | -0.77x |
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
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees have a reasonable expectation that Beckfoot Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Board of Trustees is fully aware of the situation and the executive team continues to work to ensure budgets remain in hand whilst not hindering the school improvement journey of the academies. For these reasons, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BECKFOOT TRUST · parent
- Beckfoot School (Trading) Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALAL-WILSON, Surita, Dr | Director | 2019-09-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| FAIRFAX, Diane Ruth | Director | 2021-09-01 | Sep 1958 | British |
| FOWLER, Jack Paul | Director | 2024-12-13 | Aug 1990 | British |
| FULTON, Andrew James | Director | 2024-05-10 | Jun 1982 | British |
| NAJIB, Homera | Director | 2021-09-01 | Dec 1982 | British |
| PERVEZ, Erum Khalid | Director | 2019-09-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Yvonne Marie | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| TOLLERVEY, Susan Kim | Director | 2012-07-24 | Apr 1962 | British |
| WATSON, Shirley Anne | Director | 2020-04-06 | Mar 1965 | British |
| WINKLEY, John Mark | Director | 2012-07-24 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOFIELD SWEENEY LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2012-07-24 | 2024-09-01 |
| ALI, Sadiq | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2019-04-10 |
| BURLAND, Christopher John | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2016-08-25 |
| COLE, John Malcolm Charles | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2016-07-24 |
| CONNOLLY, Clare Mary, Dr | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2014-08-29 |
| CRUISE, Karen Ann | Director | 2025-04-01 | 2025-12-19 |
| CRYER, Jenny | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-09-26 |
| DENISON, Gary Stephen | Director | 2024-12-13 | 2026-01-30 |
| DOLAN, Ryan Leigh | Director | 2022-10-20 | 2025-05-01 |
| HILL, Paul | Director | 2021-03-29 | 2022-10-19 |
| HILL, Paul | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2019-12-31 |
| HORN, David James | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2021-08-31 |
| KELLY, Michael Joseph | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2023-07-20 |
| LAWRENCE, Robert | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2019-05-16 |
| LEE, Janice Mc Devitt | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2018-08-28 |
| MAYBURY, David | Director | 2016-08-18 | 2021-08-31 |
| MERIFIELD, Anne-Marie | Director | 2020-04-06 | 2020-12-11 |
| PIERCE, Susan Claire | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| SPEIGHT, Paul | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2024-06-10 |
| TEBBUTT, Charles David | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2020-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elisabeth Sara Caroline Morrissey | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-23 |
| Mr John Malcolm Charles Cole | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-23 |
| Mr John Winkley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-08-19 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+3.9%
£61,051,000 £63,436,000
-
Cash
-57.5%
£15,713,000 £6,683,000
-
Net assets
-1.4%
£44,108,000 £43,511,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
1,104 1,095
-
Operating profit
-153.6%
£412,000 -£221,000
-
Wages
+6.8%
£31,533,000 £33,689,000
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