BRUNEL ACADEMIES TRUST

1. BRUNEL ACADEMIES TRUST 2022-01-25 → present
2. BRUNEL SEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2016-03-21 → 2022-01-25

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

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, The Board has a reasonable expectation that the multi academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BRUNEL ACADEMIES TRUST · parent
   1. Brunel Education (BE) 75% · England · to advance the education of young people with special educational needs and disabilities; operates Horizons College, a Specialist Post 16 Institution; delivers Short Breaks Respite Services for Children and Young People (CYP); opened an Independent Special School, Melksham House; registered Connex Independent Alternative Provision.

Significant events

• “The charitable company's Article of Association dated 21 March 2016, subsequently amended on 26 February 2018 and again on the 31 January 2024 by special resolution.”
• “From 1 April 2023, Brunel Education (BE) now also delivers Short Breaks Respite Services for Children and Young People (CYP).”
• “In 2024/2025, BE were successful in being awarded a tender by Wiltshire County Council to open an Independent Special School, Melksham House, which was successfully registered with Ofsted and opened to CYP from 1 September 2025.”
• “BE also registered Connex Independent Alternative Provision with Ofsted which opened for full time Alternative Provision for CYP from 01 September 2025.”
• “BAT was joined by the former Somerset Road Education Trust (SRET) on the 1 February 2024. The three former SRET academies co-located in Salisbury namely; Exeter House Special School, St Mark's CoE Junior School and Wyndham Park Infant's School, were successfully onboarded into the trust.”
• “BAT continued to experience growth at all specialist provisions between 23/24 to 24/25 apart from Uplands School which remained stable. Brimble Hill increased from 107 to 121 and The Chalet provided an additional class at The Nest (formerly Star) increasing to 87 from 81 the previous year. Churchward increased to 124 CYP on roll compared to 97 in 23/24 with the opening of the second satellite provision at Swindon UTC. The SEN Unit at Westlea Primary School expanded to accommodate 30 CYP an increase of 10 places over the previous year. Exeter House School and the resource bases at both Wyndham Park and St Mark's provided additional spaces. Numbers remained stable at all three of our mainstream provisions.”
• “Melksham House has also been added to the Brunel Academies Trust and Brunel Education estate, contributing to an increase in reported emissions and energy usage.”
• “In 2024/2025 the BAT Board welcomed two new Trustees; Jeremy Giles and Marion Watson (appointed 19 December 2024).”
• “Christopher Gould resigned as a Trustee on 16 April 2025.”
• “Louise Moelwyn-Hughes resigned from her role as Trustee on 25 March 2025.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -2.1%

  £3,421,000 → £3,348,000

• Net assets

  -4.1%

  £32,968,000 → £31,630,000

• Employees

  +18.7%

  774 → 919

• Wages

  +37.9%

  £17,432,000 → £24,032,000

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