POTTERIES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£55M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
427
+2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£327K
+59.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £27,254,576 | £27,592,035 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£798,105 | -£326,549 | |
| Net profit | -£798,105 | -£326,549 | |
| Cash | £1,294,228 | £1,529,636 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £56,530,998 | £55,673,352 | |
| Net assets | £56,176,054 | £55,353,505 | |
| Equity | £56,176,054 | £55,353,505 | |
| Average employees | 415 | 427 | |
| Wages | £14,722,720 | £15,349,773 |
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 | -2.9% | -1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.35x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWLEY, Susan | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | — | — |
| FREEMAN, Charles William, Dr | Director | 2017-03-02 | Jan 1950 | British |
| GETHING, John Charles | Director | 2025-07-06 | Nov 1948 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Michelle Jane | Director | 2019-10-03 | Feb 1967 | British |
| JONES, Martin Russell, Professor | Director | 2017-05-17 | Jun 1970 | British |
| JONES, Rosemary Louise | Director | 2022-01-26 | Jan 1990 | British |
| MAYER, Clare | Director | 2019-10-03 | Mar 1980 | British |
| MCLACHLAN, Heather | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1969 | American |
| QUINN, Suzanne | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
| SMITH, Kath | Director | 2017-03-02 | Feb 1955 | British |
| TOWNSHEND, Katherine Jane | Director | 2025-01-06 | Jan 1951 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCROFT, Simon Peter | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2019-03-22 |
| ASTLEY, Michael John | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2022-11-10 |
| BUTTERY, Paul Warwick | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2021-09-30 |
| CLARKE, Karen Jane | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2018-10-31 |
| GAVIN, Peter | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2025-08-31 |
| HOPWOOD, Diane | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2018-10-31 |
| HUNTER, John Andrew Scott | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| HUNTER, John Andrew Scott | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2019-09-27 |
| JOHNSTONE, Michelle Jane | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2018-10-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, Robert William | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2024-08-31 |
| KENT, Mark Christopher | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2023-12-31 |
| MANGNALL, Paul | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2026-02-28 |
| SMART, John Alfred Michael | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2026-03-31 |
| SPELMAN MILLER, Kristyan, Professor | Director | 2022-01-26 | 2026-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+1.2%
£27,254,576 £27,592,035
-
Cash
+18.2%
£1,294,228 £1,529,636
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£56,176,054 £55,353,505
-
Employees
+2.9%
415 427
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Profit before tax
+59.1%
-£798,105 -£326,549
-
Wages
+4.3%
£14,722,720 £15,349,773
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