THE BISHOP FRASER TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+15.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
699
+0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £36,972,413 | £39,208,538 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,363,789 | £1,988,605 | |
| Cash | £5,673,664 | £6,562,416 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,808,375 | £63,254,058 | |
| Net assets | £61,798,635 | £63,247,240 | |
| Equity | £61,798,635 | £63,247,240 | |
| Average employees | 697 | 699 | |
| Wages | £21,783,140 | £22,411,618 |
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 | 3.7% | 5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.1% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.72x | 3.22x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Geoff, Professor | Director | 2026-04-14 | Apr 1981 | British |
| DUROSOMO, Lesley Anne | Director | 2017-10-10 | Jan 1966 | British |
| HYDE, Jason | Director | 2021-09-27 | Sep 1987 | British |
| JONES, Rhys Coetmor | Director | 2024-10-13 | Jul 1977 | British |
| KING, Nicola Marie | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| LANE, Hannah Kate, Rev | Director | 2022-10-20 | Feb 1985 | British |
| MCGRORY, Scott | Director | 2021-09-27 | Feb 1996 | British |
| PREST, Gaenor | Director | 2025-07-10 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AINSWORTH, Janina Helen Margaret, Rev | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2022-08-31 |
| AVERY, Amy Louise | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2020-02-05 |
| BLAKEY, James Richard | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2018-01-31 |
| BURNS, John Edward | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2024-04-19 |
| BURNS, Norah | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2025-08-05 |
| CLARKE, Penny | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2023-02-16 |
| CROSSLAND, Marc Edward | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2020-07-21 |
| DARLINGTON, Melanie | Director | 2022-10-20 | 2024-12-15 |
| FURNIVAL, Joy Frances, Dr | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2021-03-04 |
| GODDARD, Rupert Ian Mortimer | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2018-01-31 |
| HEATON, Julian Roger, Reverend | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2024-09-27 |
| JOHNSON, Tanya Jane | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2018-12-12 |
| JONES, John Francis, Sir | Director | 2020-06-25 | 2021-09-27 |
| MCFARLANE, Nigel Ainsworth | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2022-08-31 |
| NICHOLLS, Liz | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2024-09-12 |
| NICOL, Samantha | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2020-04-13 |
| SMITH, Gill | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2024-05-24 |
| STEELE, Jonathan, Dr | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2018-01-31 |
| YATES, Dawn Louise | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2021-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+6%
£36,972,413 £39,208,538
-
Cash
+15.7%
£5,673,664 £6,562,416
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£61,798,635 £63,247,240
-
Employees
+0.3%
697 699
-
Wages
+2.9%
£21,783,140 £22,411,618
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