CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST
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Cash
£1.1M
+61.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£40M
-2.7% vs 2024
Employees
232
+9.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,541,837 | £15,888,401 | +9.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£3,016,801 | -£1,087,103 | +64% | |
| Cash | £712,163 | £1,148,888 | +61.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,376,864 | £40,228,675 | -2.8% | |
| Net assets | £41,338,735 | £40,213,632 | -2.7% | |
| Equity | £41,338,735 | £40,213,632 | -2.7% | |
| Average employees | 212 | 232 | +9.4% | |
| Wages | £7,985,470 | £7,969,667 | -0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £180,004 | £230,004 | +27.8% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -20.7% | -6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 1.60x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST 2021-01-29 → present
- DIVERGENT PARTNERSHIP TRUST 2017-11-22 → 2021-01-29
- WROTHAM SCHOOL 2011-06-08 → 2017-11-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- McCabe Ford Williams
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The school continued to support the students that were effected from a school bus crash that took place in Summer 2024. This included counselling and support services being available. This process is still significant and requires support moving forward including adaptations to allow the most seriously injured students to phase their return to school.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATER, Michael | Director | 2025-05-23 | Dec 1978 | British |
| COOK, Yaci Ayarai Albana | Director | 2025-05-19 | Aug 1976 | British |
| EMMITT, James Charles | Director | 2025-12-15 | Oct 1980 | British |
| MALIK, Asad | Director | 2022-01-31 | Mar 1984 | Pakistani |
| MURPHY, Jonathan James | Director | 2025-12-15 | Apr 1991 | British |
| REEVE, Mark Charles | Director | 2013-04-01 | Oct 1949 | British |
| STONE, Daniel | Director | 2025-10-06 | Jun 1996 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUMSUM, Linda | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2025-08-31 |
| BRASSINGTON, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| BRIDGMAN, Paul Gareth | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2020-09-17 |
| BROSZEK, Philip Bogdan | Director | 2011-06-08 | 2020-01-21 |
| CATER, Michael | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2020-09-17 |
| CHAPMAN, Luke Peter | Director | 2025-12-15 | 2026-05-05 |
| CLARKE, Andrea | Director | 2024-03-25 | 2025-10-14 |
| COLE, Perry | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2015-03-27 |
| CUFF, Derek | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2021-09-16 |
| DAY, David John Anthony | Director | 2023-12-04 | 2026-02-27 |
| DINEEN, Linda | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2020-09-17 |
| EMMITT, James Charles | Director | 2017-03-09 | 2020-09-17 |
| FINNEY, Janet Sylvia | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| GILHOOLY, Clare Frances | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2020-09-17 |
| HOLMES, Fay | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2013-12-19 |
| IRVINE, Suzanne Clare | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2014-03-21 |
| JUTY, Tarsam Singh | Director | 2023-12-04 | 2024-02-05 |
| LAW, David Anderson | Director | 2011-06-08 | 2014-08-31 |
| LEWIS, Derek John | Director | 2011-06-08 | 2016-06-10 |
| MALIK, Asad | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2021-06-28 |
| MATHER, Roger Edward, Dr | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2016-10-31 |
| METZLER, Regina | Director | 2021-12-06 | 2024-12-09 |
| MILLER-HANNA, Christopher James | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2020-09-17 |
| MOE, Eric Karl | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2017-03-09 |
| NEWMAN, Nigel | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2020-12-07 |
| NEWMAN, Nigel | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| PARKER, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2019-05-09 | 2019-07-04 |
| PITCHFORD, Mark Ian | Director | 2017-03-09 | 2019-08-31 |
| PRICE, David Gerard, Dr | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2017-03-09 |
| REEVE, Mark Charles | Director | 2011-06-08 | 2020-01-21 |
| SKINNER, Kim Erica | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2016-07-10 |
| SMITH, James | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2020-09-17 |
| SMITH, Sheila | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2026-03-17 |
| TOHER, Sean Gerard | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2016-03-01 |
| TURNER, Denis Neville | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2023-04-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Keir Benjamin | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2017-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Matthew | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| WRIGHT, Matthew | Director | 2013-03-20 | 2016-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Clare Frances Gilhooly | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2022-09-01 | Active |
| Mr Mark Charles Reeve | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-16 | Ceased 2022-12-06 |
| Mr Philip Broszek | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-16 | Active |
| Mrs Sheila Smith | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-18 |
| Mr Matthew Wright | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.