EPPING FOREST SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP TRUST

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

Auditor

Haslers Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Trust's schools have 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

• “24/25 was a challenging time for all schools in the Trust with SEN funding reducing in real terms. The lack of Special school places in west Essex means most Trust schools have a larger number of very high needs pupils on roll.”
• “The summer of 2023 saw the change in policy from the DFE re schools which have RAAC. The Trust has three schools affected: Buckhurst Hill, Hillhouse and Lambourne Primary schools.”
• “Pupil numbers are still a risk at some of our smaller schools. Chigwell Row Infant School has a PAN of 15 (45 pupils in total). Although the school is not currently financially viable the DFE will not support its closure.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.2%

  £33,013,431 → £35,387,652

• Cash

  -9.3%

  £5,262,583 → £4,773,896

• Net assets

  -0.8%

  £101,037,276 → £100,234,874

• Employees

  -4.7%

  879 → 838

• Operating profit

  +49.7%

  -£551,332 → -£277,402

• Profit before tax

  +49.7%

  -£551,332 → -£277,402

• Wages

  +5.8%

  £18,450,636 → £19,511,718

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