THE CIRCLE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+14.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£66M
+30.2% vs 2024
Employees
775
+24.6% 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 | £28,997,854 | £34,529,591 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £6,627,851 | £13,027,802 | |
| Cash | £6,560,264 | £7,530,393 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,875,753 | £66,099,555 | |
| Net assets | £50,725,753 | £66,065,555 | |
| Equity | £50,725,753 | £66,065,555 | |
| Average employees | 622 | 775 | |
| Wages | £16,509,431 | £18,663,666 |
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 | 22.9% | 37.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 2.59x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Hawthorns Primary School joined the Trust on 1st February 2025 and Owlsmoor Primary School on 1st July 2025.”
- “Appointing a single service IT manager and new catering supplier for the Trust (with effect from 1st September 2025).”
- “Succession planning for the retirement of the Chief Operating Officer on 1st January 2026.”
- “Anne Haycock's term of office as a Trustee expired on 24th March 2025.”
- “On 3rd September 2025 Members appointed Molli Cleaver as an additional Trustee.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Rebecca Jane | Secretary | 2020-03-26 | — | — |
| ADDINGTON, Kevin Gordon | Director | 2018-02-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| ATTRA, Sara | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1963 | British |
| BAKER, Katherine Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2023-02-02 | Nov 1976 | British |
| BECKETT, Andrew David | Director | 2017-10-25 | May 1966 | British |
| CLEAVER, Molli Wednesday | Director | 2025-09-03 | Dec 1996 | British |
| JHINGER, Raphinder Kaur | Director | 2026-05-05 | Aug 1977 | British |
| MADZINGIRA, Tariro | Director | 2024-01-14 | Sep 1996 | Zimbabwean |
| MAGEE, Hugh Kevin | Director | 2023-07-05 | Feb 1961 | British |
| MUKHERJEE, Arnab | Director | 2024-01-29 | Dec 1973 | British |
| RILEY, Stuart | Director | 2023-04-18 | Dec 1977 | British |
| ROTHWELL, Christopher Paul | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jul 1980 | British |
| WALKER, David | Director | 2019-10-23 | Feb 1978 | British |
| WOJNA, Barbara | Director | 2023-08-01 | Sep 1954 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Nicola | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| BUSHELL, Julian | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| COLLINS, Peter Mark | Director | 2020-03-06 | 2023-03-06 |
| DAY, David | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| HAYCOCKS, Anne | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2025-03-24 |
| MILLER, Paul Robert | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2023-06-29 |
| RHODES, Virginia Elizabeth | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2020-03-26 |
| SMITH, Lee Christopher | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| TAY, Yun | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2019-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+19.1%
£28,997,854 £34,529,591
-
Cash
+14.8%
£6,560,264 £7,530,393
-
Net assets
+30.2%
£50,725,753 £66,065,555
-
Employees
+24.6%
622 775
-
Wages
+13%
£16,509,431 £18,663,666
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