CHRISTOPHER NIEPER EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-09 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-26
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+27.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+29.7% vs 2024
Employees
216
+39.4% 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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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHRISTOPHER NIEPER EDUCATION TRUST 2023-01-16 → present
- THE DAVID NIEPER EDUCATION TRUST 2015-08-27 → 2023-01-16
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 | £7,893,839 | £9,773,486 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,936,559 | £5,735,805 | |
| Cash | £1,441,724 | £1,843,126 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,534,639 | £25,339,444 | |
| Net assets | £19,534,639 | £25,339,444 | |
| Equity | £19,534,639 | £25,339,444 | |
| Average employees | 155 | 216 | |
| Wages | £4,636,467 | £5,828,781 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 24.5% | 58.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.88x | 4.65x |
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
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the 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 Trust's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Pupil roll has rapidly increased from 342 in September 2016 to 818 on school census in October 2025.”
- “Stonebroom Primary & Nursery School conversion took place on 1st October 2023.”
- “Shirland Primary School joined the Trust in November 2024.”
- “Mickley Village Primary & Nursery School joined the Trust in May 2025.”
- “Deer Park Primary school going into a Trust Partnership with CNET.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHTON, David Hughes | Director | 2016-11-21 | Sep 1950 | British |
| BIRCH, Anne Frances | Director | 2016-08-04 | Apr 1957 | British |
| CARTER, Roger Ian | Director | 2023-01-11 | Jun 1962 | British |
| CLAYTON, Anne | Director | 2020-01-21 | Mar 1953 | British |
| HARRISON, Lisa Rose | Director | 2024-09-05 | Apr 1971 | British |
| LIBANIO LOPES CARRAZEDO, Helena Maria | Director | 2025-12-01 | Aug 1960 | British,Portuguese |
| MERRICK, Victoria | Director | 2023-09-04 | Sep 1979 | British |
| NIEPER OBE, David Christopher | Director | 2015-08-27 | Mar 1964 | British |
| PLUMMER, David Simon | Director | 2021-09-15 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SHARP, Jerry | Director | 2021-04-01 | May 1957 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENDELL, Charmaine Angela | Director | 2021-08-26 | 2022-02-09 |
| BOSWORTH, Charlotte Patricia | Director | 2016-07-22 | 2019-12-08 |
| DICKINSON, Hazel Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-06 | 2021-09-06 |
| DURRANT WILLIAMS, Juliet Susan, Dr | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2016-04-23 |
| GARSIDE, Catherine Marie | Director | 2015-11-11 | 2019-08-31 |
| PRITCHARD, Paul Martin, Rev | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2025-03-06 |
| RICHARDS, Julie | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2018-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christine Pamela Holland | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2021-12-16 | Active |
| Mrs Julie Richards | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-08-13 | Active |
| Mrs Anne Frances Birch | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-12-11 | Ceased 2023-04-19 |
| Ms Charlotte Bosworth | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-12-11 | Active |
| Mr William Max Colacicchi | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-09-06 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Raymond Alan Mellor | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-09-06 | Ceased 2020-12-11 |
| Mr David Harry Nieper | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-16 |
| Reverend Paul Martin Pritchard | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| David Nieper Ltd | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-01-16 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-01-16 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2023-01-16 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-01-16 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2023-01-16 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
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Turnover
+23.8%
£7,893,839 £9,773,486
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Cash
+27.8%
£1,441,724 £1,843,126
-
Net assets
+29.7%
£19,534,639 £25,339,444
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Employees
+39.4%
155 216
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Wages
+25.7%
£4,636,467 £5,828,781
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