BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

1. BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST 2020-05-05 → present
2. NORTHERN SAINTS CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST 2016-01-07 → 2020-05-05

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

Clive Owen LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that the academy 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.”

Group structure

1. BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST · parent
   1. Bishop Chadwick Commercial Services Limited · not yet trading

Significant events

• “A further primary academy joined the trust on 1 December 2025.”
• “A recently identified significant risk relates to the presence of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete ("RAAC") in 3 of the trust's schools which resulted in partial/full school closures whilst alternative arrangements were made for the face-to-face schooling of pupils attending these affected schools. Remediation works are now complete but the impact of school closures on pupil numbers continues to pose a risk.”
• “In accordance with wider Diocesan plans, a further academy (Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School) is expected to join the trust on 1 January 2026. It is anticipated that a further 3 schools may join the trust within the medium-term financial plan.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  +8.4%

  £73,778,000 → £79,955,000

• Cash

  -16.8%

  £7,988,000 → £6,643,000

• Net assets

  +24%

  £18,967,000 → £23,512,000

• Employees

  +6.3%

  1,373 → 1,460

• Operating profit

  +146.5%

  -£1,623,000 → £755,000

• Profit before tax

  +59.7%

  £2,383,000 → £3,805,000

• Wages

  +4.8%

  £42,521,000 → £44,548,000

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