BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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Cash
£6.6M
-16.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+24% vs 2024
Employees
1,460
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.8M
+59.7% vs 2024
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 | £73,778,000 | £79,955,000 | +8.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,623,000 | £755,000 | +146.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,383,000 | £3,805,000 | +59.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,383,000 | £3,805,000 | +59.7% | |
| Cash | £7,988,000 | £6,643,000 | -16.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,710,000 | £23,911,000 | +15.5% | |
| Net assets | £18,967,000 | £23,512,000 | +24% | |
| Equity | £18,967,000 | £23,512,000 | +24% | |
| Average employees | 1,373 | 1,460 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £42,521,000 | £44,548,000 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.8% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.0% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.09x | |
| Interest cover | -0.79x | 0.34x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST 2020-05-05 → present
- NORTHERN SAINTS CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST 2016-01-07 → 2020-05-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Clive Owen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST · parent
- Bishop Chadwick Commercial Services Limited
Significant events
- “A further primary academy joined the trust on 1 December 2025.”
- “A recently identified significant risk relates to the presence of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete ("RAAC") in 3 of the trust's schools which resulted in partial/full school closures whilst alternative arrangements were made for the face-to-face schooling of pupils attending these affected schools. Remediation works are now complete but the impact of school closures on pupil numbers continues to pose a risk.”
- “In accordance with wider Diocesan plans, a further academy (Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School) is expected to join the trust on 1 January 2026. It is anticipated that a further 3 schools may join the trust within the medium-term financial plan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIPPEN, Debra Margaret | Secretary | 2024-04-18 | — | — |
| CHANDLER, David William | Director | 2020-07-09 | Jun 1970 | British |
| EMMERSON, Claire Anne | Director | 2021-05-21 | Sep 1976 | British |
| HARDY, Helen | Director | 2020-01-21 | Feb 1967 | British |
| HARROLD, Neil Andrew | Director | 2025-12-02 | Nov 1964 | British,Australian |
| HASLAM, Andrew David | Director | 2023-11-02 | Feb 1971 | English |
| KENDALL, Denise Mary | Director | 2021-02-22 | Sep 1951 | British |
| O'MAHONEY, Daniel James | Director | 2019-05-20 | Sep 1956 | British |
| ROBSON, Brendan | Director | 2024-09-02 | Feb 1981 | British |
| ZARRAGA, Christopher Philip | Director | 2022-09-16 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Anna | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2023-02-21 |
| HENDERSON, Cathryn Alexandra | Secretary | 2016-02-01 | 2018-07-10 |
| HENDERSON, Christine | Secretary | 2018-07-11 | 2022-09-23 |
| HENDEY, Suzanne Lisa | Secretary | 2023-02-22 | 2023-04-16 |
| KERRIGAN, Lawrence | Secretary | 2023-04-17 | 2024-04-18 |
| CARLIN, Jane Catherine, Sister | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2021-05-19 |
| CORMACK, Alan | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2019-08-31 |
| DEFTY, Claire | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2018-11-06 |
| DEIGHAN, John Vincent | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2023-07-17 |
| DIXON, Adrian, Rev | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2024-07-19 |
| DUFFY, Carolyn | Director | 2019-02-24 | 2020-07-17 |
| EMMERSON, Catherine Mary | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2020-05-31 |
| GRAHAM, Marie | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2019-02-13 |
| HASTIE, Michael Anthony, Fr | Director | 2019-02-24 | 2019-10-01 |
| KILGOUR, Geraldine | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2020-01-22 |
| MARSHALL, Simon John | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2019-10-22 |
| MCDONALD, Christopher | Director | 2022-06-09 | 2023-03-25 |
| MELIA, Patrick Martin | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2019-12-11 |
| SHANKS, Andrea Maria | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2024-07-07 |
| SHAW, Andrew John, Fr. | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2018-03-27 |
| TAPPING, Thomas Brendan | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2019-04-26 |
| TRAIN, Patricia Judith | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2019-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2024-05-09 | Active |
| Ms Deborah Marie Fox | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2019-04-26 |
| Rt Rev Bishop Seamus Cunningham | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-26 |
| Mr Patrick Martin Melia | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-26 |
| Mr Joseph Hughes | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.