FARNEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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Cash
£3.9m
+330.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
83
+6.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,266,195 | £5,061,349 | £5,750,784 | +13.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £280,841 | £518,976 | £924,958 | +78.2% | |
| Cash | £2,882,891 | £913,547 | £3,932,289 | +330.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,833,607 | £6,327,970 | £7,273,055 | +14.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,782,147 | £6,301,123 | £7,226,081 | +14.7% | |
| Equity | £5,782,147 | £6,301,123 | £7,226,081 | +14.7% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 78 | 83 | +6.4% | |
| Wages | £2,435,388 | £2,683,736 | £2,901,813 | +8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £314,757 | £357,452 | £397,379 | +11.2% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 6.6% | 10.3% | 16.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.2% | 22.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 2.10x | 2.17x |
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
- FARNEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2025-01-15 → present
- FARNEY CLOSE SCHOOL LIMITED 1955-01-10 → 2025-01-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- “Following the introduction of VAT on school fees from 1 January 2025, the Trust was able to recover £379,967 of previously irrecoverable VAT during the year.”
- “Our last Educational Ofsted Inspection was in June 2025 where they Judged us to be Outstanding in all areas with the exception of Quality of Education which they viewed us to be Good in. This left us with an overall judgement of "Good".”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTHOLOMEW, Nicki | Director | 2020-08-19 | Jan 1958 | British |
| JOHNSON, Richard Neil | Director | 2026-04-21 | May 1969 | British |
| SMITH, Alan John | Director | 2024-11-19 | Sep 1953 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRINGTON, Alison | Secretary | 2016-08-01 | 2020-12-04 |
| COPPERTHWAITE, Peter Michael | Secretary | 1992-02-21 | 2011-06-28 |
| THOMPSON, Elaine Valerie | Secretary | 2011-08-20 | 2017-02-01 |
| WARREN, Anne Therese | Secretary | — | 1992-02-21 |
| BALLARD, Graeme | Director | 2007-02-10 | 2012-02-04 |
| BALLARD, Graeme | Director | 2000-10-21 | 2006-02-11 |
| BARRY, Clarissa | Director | 2018-05-12 | 2019-03-13 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Nicola Mary St George | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2021-02-09 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Nicola Mary St George | Director | 2020-08-19 | 2021-02-09 |
| BENNETT, Mark | Director | 2018-10-20 | 2019-11-18 |
| BIGGS, John Colin Clive | Director | — | 2003-04-29 |
| BOMBERG, Edward Ronald | Director | — | 2000-04-27 |
| BOWLBY, Michael Robin Salvin | Director | 2018-10-20 | 2019-09-02 |
| BOWRY, Jenny Eunice | Director | 2014-10-18 | 2023-11-16 |
| BROOKS, Julian Phillip | Director | — | 1996-04-20 |
| BRYANT, Richard | Director | 1998-04-25 | 2012-02-04 |
| BURT, Sheila Mary | Director | — | 2021-05-05 |
| COLLINS, Lynne | Director | 2000-10-21 | 2018-04-16 |
| COPPERTHWAITE, Peter Michael | Director | — | 2002-06-17 |
| DEANE, Sue | Director | 2017-03-05 | 2024-08-31 |
| ELLIS BROWN, Vincent John Benedict | Director | — | 2000-10-21 |
| ETKIN, Herbert, Dr | Director | — | 2015-02-09 |
| EYNON, David Eustace | Director | — | 2015-01-09 |
| GIBRILL, Martin | Director | 1996-10-05 | 2023-11-16 |
| HERITAGE, Susan Kay | Director | 2007-02-10 | 2018-04-16 |
| HOUSTON, Lynne Christine | Director | 2007-02-10 | 2017-05-04 |
| JOHNS, Carole Susan | Director | 2018-05-12 | 2025-12-09 |
| JONES, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2002-02-02 | 2018-04-23 |
| KING, Beverley Jean | Director | 2011-12-03 | 2017-11-15 |
| LARKINS, Kenneth Bernard | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2024-11-19 |
| LARKINS, Sharon Anne | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2024-11-19 |
| LASHLEY, Simon Terence | Director | 2021-02-14 | 2022-03-26 |
| RIGGLESFORD, Loraine Elizabeth | Director | 2014-10-18 | 2015-11-19 |
| ROBINSON, Barry Charles | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2021-09-15 |
| ROSS, Heather Joy | Director | — | 1996-04-20 |
| STONIER, Gillian | Director | 1993-01-21 | 2000-10-21 |
| URWIN, Shelagh | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2020-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Susan Anne Deane | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-05-05 | Ceased 2021-05-06 |
| Ms Sheila Mary Burt | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2021-05-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-15 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-01-15 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-01-15 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2024-09-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-15 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-15 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-01-15 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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last 24 months
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