THE SWAN 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
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-11.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£41M
-3.1% vs 2024
Employees
531
-3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE SWAN TRUST 2019-07-17 → present
- THE HORSELL VILLAGE SCHOOL 2013-07-24 → 2019-07-17
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £23,876,963 | -£1,343,500 | |
| Cash | £5,264,746 | £4,662,824 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,927,022 | £41,441,522 | |
| Net assets | £42,785,022 | £41,441,522 | |
| Equity | £42,785,022 | £41,441,522 | |
| Average employees | 548 | 531 | |
| Wages | £10,160,080 | £13,328,679 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.39x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees, including all Committees, has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The trust operates ten primary schools in the Woking area.”
- “The trust had successful Ofsted inspections of two of our schools, The Hermitage Infant School and Knaphill Junior School, with both being awarded good or better in all areas.”
- “Environmental factors have continued to be further enhanced by all the schools continuing to reduce their heating by one degree and considering a shorter heating day. Energy efficient lighting has been put into areas in two of the schools and new doors in four of the schools which has aided the reduction of loss of heating.”
- “The most significant challenge has been the continued development of the merger of Bright Future Learning Trust (BFLT) and The SWAN Trust. The alignment of financial matters had continued to be a focus.”
- “The Trust have grown Leaders throughout the Trust and been able to appoint internally as well as have some Leaders leave and take up more senior positions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICKEN, Nicketa | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| CHEESMAN, Carol Ann | Director | 2013-07-24 | Dec 1951 | British |
| COLE, Robert Arthur James | Director | 2025-09-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
| COOPER, Elaine Jack Reid | Director | 2013-09-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| GARNER, Margaret Theresa | Director | 2019-07-10 | Mar 1946 | British |
| GIRDLER, Ian Michael | Director | 2019-07-10 | Jul 1957 | British |
| GREEN, Joanne Kathrine | Director | 2024-03-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| MAIN, Dermot Patrick | Director | 2020-03-13 | Jun 1956 | British |
| PENSON, Bruce Ainslie | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jul 1976 | British |
| SMITH, Alistair John | Director | 2019-07-10 | Jan 1957 | British |
| SMITH, Helen | Director | 2024-03-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIRDLER, Fiona Jayne | Secretary | 2013-09-25 | 2021-01-01 |
| AUGHTERSON, Alexandra Renata | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| BOORMAN, Justin Keith Page | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2017-03-21 |
| BOTHA, Jenny | Director | 2016-03-17 | 2016-11-22 |
| BOWLER, Carl | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| CHARLES, Catherine | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2024-03-31 |
| CHILD, Kay | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2019-07-10 |
| COMERFORD, Kerri | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2019-07-10 |
| EDWARDS, Katherine | Director | 2017-12-12 | 2019-07-10 |
| ELLIS, Stephen James | Director | 2018-07-13 | 2019-07-10 |
| FOX, Helen Margaret | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-07-10 |
| GIRDLER, Ian Michael | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-11-22 |
| HALL, Shanna Kristy | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2019-07-10 |
| HOLLAND, Davina Elizabeth | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2019-07-10 |
| HUMPHREYS, Martin Charles | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2018-07-13 |
| KHAN, Noshaba Sarfaraz | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2019-07-10 |
| KILLER, Martin David | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2018-11-26 |
| LAWRENCE, Yvonne Leila | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2020-07-31 |
| MACDONALD, Joanne | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2022-12-31 |
| RYALLS, Kim Michelle | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-06-18 |
| STOLWORTHY, Tim | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2017-12-31 |
| TURNER, Jennifer Wendy Jane | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| WAVISH, Christine Joan | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2015-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-11.4%
£5,264,746 £4,662,824
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£42,785,022 £41,441,522
-
Employees
-3.1%
548 531
-
Wages
+31.2%
£10,160,080 £13,328,679
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