SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST 2025-08-26 → present
2. THE DELTA EDUCATION TRUST 2014-07-03 → 2025-08-26
3. THE QUAY SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2013-01-30 → 2014-07-03

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

Albert Goodman LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board of Trustees is confident that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Academy's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST · parent
   1. The Quay School · UK · Education
   2. Harbour School Dorset · UK · Education
   3. The Harbour School · UK · Education
   4. South Central Teaching School Hub · UK · Education
   5. Winton Primary School · UK · Education
   6. Wymering School · UK · Education
   7. Wyvern Academy · UK · Education
   8. Delta Bespoke · UK · Education
   9. Castleman Academy Trust · UK · Education

Significant events

• “Following the merger with Castleman Academy Trust in September 2025 the Trust then changed its name to Southern Education Trust.”
• “Over the next 3-5 years the Trust will continue to grow to become a MAT of 15-20 mainstream, special and alternative provision academies.”
• “Since the year end, the Regional Schools Commissioner has approved the merging of an existing academy trust, Castleman Academy Trust, into the Trust. The merger occurred on the 1 September 2025.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +7.1%

  £30,918,000 → £33,106,000

• Cash

  +46.9%

  £3,840,000 → £5,640,000

• Net assets

  +1.7%

  £51,716,000 → £52,595,000

• Employees

  +27%

  477 → 606

• Operating profit

  -99.1%

  £7,507,000 → £66,000

• Profit before tax

  -96.8%

  £6,917,000 → £219,000

• Wages

  +31%

  £13,639,000 → £17,872,000

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