THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD VINE SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-7.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+14.6% vs 2024
Employees
599
-7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£967K
+11.4% vs 2024
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 | £30,509,505 | £30,815,540 | |
| Operating profit | £868,204 | £967,417 | |
| Profit before tax | £868,204 | £967,417 | |
| Net profit | £868,204 | £967,417 | |
| Cash | £5,019,711 | £4,634,947 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,078,464 | £6,792,481 | |
| Net assets | £4,751,523 | £5,443,940 | |
| Equity | £4,751,523 | £5,443,940 | |
| Average employees | 646 | 599 | |
| Wages | £15,984,371 | £15,830,414 |
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 | 2.8% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.3% | 14.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.7% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.63x | 2.80x | |
| Interest cover | 1502.08x | — |
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
- Griffin Chapman
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that The Vine 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
- “Mistley Norman CofE Primary School and Two Village CofE Primary School were transferred from the Vine Schools Trust to Canonium Learning Trust on 1st December 2024.”
- “The Trust saw a significant decrease in suspensions throughout the school year as the Trust safeguarding team reviewed policies and increased support across the Trust.”
- “The Multi Academy Trust and its constituent academies commission professional services from the Essex Local Authority and engage with not for profit procurement providers associated with Thurrock Local Authority, Hertfordshire County Council, Kent County Council and some educational providers.”
- “Many Vine Schools Trust academies actively open their premises to local community and church groups, fostering strong partnerships and maximising the use of school facilities.”
- “The Trust has transitioned to operating from a single central bank account.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANTHAGURU, Suthan | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| BURTON, Yuri James Jurewich | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jan 1988 | British |
| DOLTON, Russell John | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jul 1980 | British |
| GIBBONS, Adrian Hugh Russell | Director | 2021-02-12 | Jun 1961 | British |
| HOBBS, Caroline Mary | Director | 2015-09-22 | Dec 1958 | British |
| HOPE, Michael Fraser | Director | 2025-02-27 | Oct 1959 | British |
| HOWLETT, Philip John, Dr | Director | 2017-03-29 | Oct 1960 | British |
| LAMBERT, Stacey Elizabeth | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jun 1966 | British |
| STALHAM, Catherine Anne | Director | 2022-04-27 | Apr 1983 | British |
| WIGMORE, Emma Jane | Director | 2019-09-01 | Dec 1975 | British |
| WILDE, David Malcolm | Director | 2018-05-11 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESTER, Bryan Martin | Secretary | 2013-10-10 | 2019-08-07 |
| PORTER, Sharon Ann | Secretary | 2019-08-07 | 2022-09-30 |
| COSTELLO, Joan Marie | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2021-09-27 |
| CRANE, John Matthew Ronald | Director | 2015-09-22 | 2019-08-31 |
| FERGUSON, Michael John, Prof | Director | 2019-09-04 | 2023-08-31 |
| FLYNN, Gavin John | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-01-15 |
| GRAHAM, Jeffrey Sheldon | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2016-03-04 |
| HOPE, Michael Fraser | Director | 2025-03-21 | 2025-03-21 |
| LESTER, Bryan Martin | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2021-07-16 |
| LITTLE, Charlotte Alys | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2024-08-31 |
| MINTA, Michael Timothy | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2015-09-01 |
| OLULODE, Doris Harriette | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2020-11-26 |
| POYNTER, Rebecca Bridgid, Honourable Mrs | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-09-20 |
| PRESTON, Philip David | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2017-09-30 |
| READ-O-TOOLE, Sarah Jane | Director | 2023-09-20 | 2023-09-29 |
| ROGAN, Deborah Mary | Director | 2019-09-04 | 2022-07-30 |
| ROSE, Timothy John | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2021-07-26 |
| SNOWDEN, Elizabeth, The Venerable | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2022-01-23 |
| STOREY, Jo Philomena | Director | 2022-02-04 | 2022-09-27 |
| TETCHNER, Heather Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2016-07-11 |
| WARD, Pauline | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2016-11-09 |
| WOOD, Terri | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2019-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chelmsford Diocese Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Chelmsford Diocesan Board Of Education | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+1%
£30,509,505 £30,815,540
-
Cash
-7.7%
£5,019,711 £4,634,947
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£4,751,523 £5,443,940
-
Employees
-7.3%
646 599
-
Operating profit
+11.4%
£868,204 £967,417
-
Profit before tax
+11.4%
£868,204 £967,417
-
Wages
-1%
£15,984,371 £15,830,414
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