DUNSTONE EDUCATION TRUST
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Cash
£1.6M
+65.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+5.1% vs 2024
Employees
107
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£691K
-94.4% 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 | £19,453,000 | £8,054,000 | -58.6% | |
| Operating profit | £12,338,000 | £691,000 | -94.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,338,000 | £691,000 | -94.4% | |
| Net profit | £12,338,000 | £691,000 | -94.4% | |
| Cash | £975,000 | £1,610,000 | +65.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,033,000 | £13,692,000 | +5.1% | |
| Net assets | £12,995,000 | £13,661,000 | +5.1% | |
| Equity | £12,995,000 | £13,661,000 | +5.1% | |
| Average employees | 112 | 107 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | £3,561,000 | £4,069,000 | +14.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £642,000 | £857,000 | +33.5% |
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 | 63.4% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 63.4% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 94.7% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.2% | 2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.11x | 5.17x | |
| Interest cover | 54.11x | 2.92x |
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
- DUNSTONE EDUCATION TRUST 2019-05-21 → present
- THE FULWOOD ACADEMY 2009-07-13 → 2019-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- CWR
- 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
- “During the year ending 31 August 2025, the Trust reported an operational surplus of £663,000 (2024: £109,000). The surplus is attributable to: A significant increase in pupil numbers, leading to increased ESFA revenue funding based on the October student census; Additional targeted funding reflecting growth in pupil recruitment in 2024/25; Effective cost control and strengthened financial management procedures embedded across the Academy; Improved procurement processes and enhanced financial oversight by the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee.”
- “As part of the review in 2023/24 it was identified that there was a requirement to split the Resources, Audit and Risk. committee into 2 separate committees for 2024/25. Further to this, an additional 3 Trustees have been recruited starting in 2024, to strengthen the knowledge of the board.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, Tracey Mclaughlin | Secretary | 2025-08-18 | — | — |
| DEAN, Joan Marie | Director | 2019-04-25 | Nov 1953 | British |
| DUNSTONE, Charles William | Director | 2009-07-13 | Nov 1964 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Tudor | Director | 2020-09-29 | Jan 1964 | British |
| HARRISON, Clare | Director | 2024-10-08 | Sep 1979 | British |
| HORNBY, Victoria Jane | Director | 2009-07-13 | Aug 1968 | British |
| MORRIS, Timothy Simon | Director | 2018-03-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| NOWELL, Jonathan Russell | Director | 2019-05-23 | Sep 1972 | British |
| ROSS, Claire | Director | 2024-10-21 | Apr 1986 | British |
| SMITH, Philip Henry | Director | 2021-04-08 | Nov 1946 | British |
| SNELSON, Michael Joseph | Director | 2019-05-23 | Oct 1953 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Janet | Secretary | 2015-11-18 | 2016-08-22 |
| BELL, James | Secretary | 2023-09-14 | 2025-08-17 |
| BROOKES, David | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| DIXON, Jo | Secretary | 2020-02-18 | 2021-03-31 |
| IBBERTSON, Mark | Secretary | 2009-12-14 | 2011-12-31 |
| PARTON, Gordon Ramsay | Secretary | 2012-03-01 | 2015-01-21 |
| WOOD, Frederick William | Secretary | 2009-07-13 | 2009-12-14 |
| WORTLEY-SHOTTON, Eddie | Secretary | 2017-02-08 | 2020-02-07 |
| CANNON, John | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2020-01-31 |
| GARNSEY, Jane | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2021-11-11 |
| GOLDIE, David Carruth | Director | 2009-08-21 | 2015-11-17 |
| HYLTON, Christopher Paul | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2021-03-30 |
| MADELEY, Jennifer | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2024-08-31 |
| ROSS, Hugh Ian | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2021-03-09 |
| SLATER, Chelsea Marie | Director | 2022-09-02 | 2024-12-05 |
| SMITH, Rebecca | Director | 2021-04-19 | 2024-12-05 |
| WALKER, David Joseph | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2020-01-20 |
| WOOD, Frederick William | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2018-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.