BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED (THE)
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Cash
£5.4m
+0.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£45m
-4.6% vs 2024
Employees
28
+7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.1m
-90.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,200,000 | £1,755,000 | £1,608,000 | -8.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£43,000 | -£566,000 | -£1,076,000 | -90.1% | |
| Net profit | -£97,000 | — | -£2,173,000 | — | |
| Cash | £8,880,000 | £5,304,000 | £5,352,000 | +0.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,114,000 | £47,260,000 | £45,032,000 | -4.7% | |
| Net assets | £42,021,000 | £47,148,000 | £44,975,000 | -4.6% | |
| Equity | £42,021,000 | £47,148,000 | £44,975,000 | -4.6% | |
| Average employees | 189 | 26 | 28 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £5,948,000 | £973,000 | £1,053,000 | +8.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -0.7% | — | -135.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 1.6% | 1.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 10.27x | 12.03x |
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
- PEM Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Directors of the trading subsidiary Bell Educational Services Ltd took the decision to put it into administration following ongoing financial fragility since 2020. A full commentary is provided in the financial review below. ... closed on 31 October 2025 and was placed into administration on 4 November 2025. ... The immediate write off of the £2,000,000 capital investment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Shahzad | Director | 2025-06-25 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CHAKRABORTY, Radha Rupa | Director | 2021-08-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| FAZAELI, Toni Elizabeth | Director | 2018-12-06 | Jul 1955 | British |
| HUGHES, David | Director | 2021-08-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| KODWANI, Devendra Gopaldas, Dr | Director | 2025-06-25 | Dec 1964 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2025-03-26 | May 1984 | British |
| REED, Camila Eve | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| REED, Laura | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jun 1990 | German |
| ROSCROW, Peter Donald | Director | 2021-08-01 | May 1963 | Australian,British |
| SCOTT-BARRETT, Alexander John | Director | 2018-12-06 | Jun 1955 | British |
| TESSEYMAN, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-07-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENCE, David Edward | Secretary | 2012-06-29 | 2012-09-28 |
| CONNON, Lynda Anne | Secretary | 2007-09-30 | 2012-06-29 |
| HARRIS, Colin Peter | Secretary | — | 2007-09-30 |
| ARNOLD BAKER, Charles James | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2003-09-11 |
| AULADIN, Reshard Sheik Mahmad | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
| BAIRD, Robert James | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2011-12-08 |
| BARROW, Jocelyn Anita, Dame | Director | — | 1995-07-28 |
| BERRY, Ruth Margaret | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2005-09-26 |
| BOWERS, Roger George | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| CONNOLLY, Catherine | Director | 1994-12-01 | 2004-09-09 |
| COWLEY, Virginia | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2007-12-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Catherine Lynne | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2015-03-20 |
| DENIS, Monsieur | Director | — | 1992-06-12 |
| DU PLESSIS, Adrian Buys | Director | — | 2002-04-12 |
| EVANS, John Patrick | Director | 2000-09-08 | 2002-09-01 |
| FELLOWS, Andrew Matthew | Director | 2007-09-13 | 2018-12-06 |
| FLEMING, Ellen Mccool | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2013-12-06 |
| GANDY, John | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2023-07-28 |
| GORDON LENNOX, Nicholas Charles, Lord | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| GORDON LENNOX, Nicholas Charles, Lord | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| GOWER, Roger John | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2007-02-28 |
| GRANT, Robin | Director | 1994-04-29 | 2003-12-04 |
| GREEN, Diana Margaret, Dr | Director | — | 1993-06-25 |
| HOWELL, Paul Philip, Dr | Director | — | 1991-04-12 |
| JUPP, Thomas | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| KING, Elizabeth Jan | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
| KUZNETSOVA, Daria | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2025-12-03 |
| LANE, David William Stennis Stuart, Sir | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| LEWIS, Peter Tyndale | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| LILLEY, Angela | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2007-12-06 |
| LITTLE, Judith | Director | 1996-03-27 | 2007-03-31 |
| MACKENZIE SMITH, Peter | Director | 2007-05-10 | 2016-09-29 |
| MAINGAY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-12-10 |
| MAUNDER, Matthew Neil | Director | 2009-12-10 | 2010-07-08 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Louise | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| MILANOVIC, Mike | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2021-02-10 |
| MILNER, Eileen | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2016-03-09 |
| PEARSON, Margaret May | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1998-05-08 |
| PRIOR, Russell Charles | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2021-07-29 |
| REDDAWAY, John Lewis | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| REDDAWAY, John Lewis | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| RHODES JAMES, Robert Vidal, Sir | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1996-03-27 |
| RIX, Timothy John | Director | — | 2004-09-09 |
| ROBINSON, John Edwin | Director | 2003-12-04 | 2014-09-08 |
| SHARMA, Pooja | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2018-07-06 |
| SMITH, Trevor Arthur, Professor | Director | — | 1994-04-01 |
| SPINK, Geoffrey | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2023-07-28 |
| SQUIRE, Sarah Laetitia | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2019-12-04 |
| STANDLEY, Marilyn Teresa | Director | 1998-09-11 | 2009-03-06 |
| TELLWRIGHT, Nicholas John | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2018-12-06 |
| TOMALIN, Barry Anthony | Director | — | 1996-09-13 |
| TOMEI, Anthony Laurence | Director | 2012-10-29 | 2021-10-07 |
| WALTER, Helen Catherine | Director | 1993-06-25 | 2003-05-31 |
| WHITE, Ronald Verdun | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2008-09-11 |
| WIDDOWSON, Henry George, Professor | Director | — | 1992-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | 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
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.