CASTLE SCHOOL EDUCATION TRUST

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have assessed 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. This assessment has been made in respect of a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements. As a result of this assessment, the Trustees have concluded that it is appropriate for them to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “CSET expanded rapidly in its first three years of operation to 2016. Since then, the Trust has concentrated on consolidating the financial and educational performance of the group. Over the last three years, the Trust has begun to grow again with two further primary schools joining.”
• “In 2024-25 CSET worked in partnership with TPLT (The Priory Learning Trust) to harness expertise and capacity within both trusts to improve educational provision for the benefit of all children and young people.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -21.6%

  £55,759,000 → £43,721,000

• Cash

  +35.3%

  £4,806,000 → £6,503,000

• Net assets

  -0.4%

  £80,622,000 → £80,339,000

• Employees

  +5.8%

  659 → 697

• Profit before tax

  -110.7%

  £14,086,000 → -£1,510,000

• Wages

  +9.7%

  £21,088,000 → £23,136,000

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