BARNET SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+13.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-3.4% vs 2024
Employees
142
+11.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£682K
-105% 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 | £7,587,000 | £8,808,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,575,000 | -£682,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,575,000 | -£682,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,575,000 | -£682,000 | |
| Cash | £1,672,000 | £1,891,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,311,000 | £22,519,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,311,000 | £22,519,000 | |
| Equity | £23,311,000 | £22,519,000 | |
| Average employees | 127 | 142 | |
| Wages | £4,048,000 | £4,752,000 |
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 | 178.9% | -7.7% | |
| Net margin | 178.9% | -7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.2% | -3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.85x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have 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.”
Group structure
- BARNET SPECIAL EDUCATION TRUST · parent
- Oakbridge Special Education 100%
Significant events
- “Oak Lodge School received an 'Outstanding' Ofsted Inspection in March 2025.”
- “Oak Lodge School received Advanced Accreditation from the National Autistic Society in May 2023.”
- “Successful application to DfE Capital Condition Improvement Fund in 2023-2024 enabled full renovation of boiler and hot water systems during 2024-25.”
- “The Windmill School opened in September 2023 and moved to its permanent building in High Barnet in April 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Thomas Anthony | Director | 2020-12-07 | May 1987 | British |
| CARROLL, Jane | Director | 2024-09-10 | Sep 1963 | British |
| CHARLESWORTH, Judith Lesley | Director | 2016-03-01 | Sep 1949 | British |
| COLE, Julian James | Director | 2025-01-27 | Jan 1955 | British |
| HARDAKER, Yvonne Mary | Director | 2026-02-23 | Feb 1953 | British |
| MADHAPARIA, Bhavisha | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| RAI, Rachel | Director | 2023-11-13 | Aug 1979 | British |
| TURNER, Kate Alexandra | Director | 2025-01-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| WALKER, Lynda Irene | Director | 2016-11-28 | Oct 1951 | British |
| WEISFELD, Richard Jeremy | Director | 2019-07-16 | Jun 1969 | British |
| WHITE, Valerie Ann | Director | 2018-07-04 | Oct 1958 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJADI, Olaiya | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2024-09-01 |
| CRANE, Laura May, Dr | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-06-10 |
| DI SANTO, Cristina Maria | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2018-04-27 |
| DOBNEY, Janet Elizabeth Dorothy | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2024-09-01 |
| ETHERINGTON-RILEY, Anne Ingrid | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-12-10 |
| FAIRCLOUGH, Siobhan Patricia | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| FENTON, Anthony James | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2020-10-12 |
| GEORGE, Julie Ann | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-07-23 |
| HARDAKER, Yvonne Mary | Director | 2024-09-10 | 2026-02-23 |
| LODGE PATCH, Desiree Mary | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-12-10 |
| PALMER, Steve | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2019-07-23 |
| PELLICANO, Elizabeth Ann, Professor | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| SPENCER, David Andrew | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2021-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Annie Ingrid Etherington | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-16 | Active |
| Mr Stephen David Palmer | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-16 | Active |
| Mrs Judith Lesley Charlesworth | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-16 | Active |
| Mrs Judith Lesley Charlesworth | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
| Ms Anne Ingrid Etherington-Riley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-10 |
| Mrs Desiree Mary Lodge Patch | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-01 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+16.1%
£7,587,000 £8,808,000
-
Cash
+13.1%
£1,672,000 £1,891,000
-
Net assets
-3.4%
£23,311,000 £22,519,000
-
Employees
+11.8%
127 142
-
Operating profit
-105%
£13,575,000 -£682,000
-
Profit before tax
-105%
£13,575,000 -£682,000
-
Wages
+17.4%
£4,048,000 £4,752,000
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