THE HART SCHOOLS TRUST LTD

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  Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis

  After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees does not have a reasonable expectation that the academy trust will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This is because it completed a merger with another, larger Multi-academy Trust (the Chiltern Learning Trust Ltd; Co. No: 07559901) on 1 April 2026.

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  Going-concern uncertainty disclosed

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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 7 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers

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.

1. THE HART SCHOOLS TRUST LTD 2017-05-30 → present
2. THE NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE STUDIO SCHOOL TRUST 2011-09-29 → 2017-05-30

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Not a going concern (break-up basis)

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees does not have a reasonable expectation that the academy trust will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This is because it completed a merger with another, larger Multi-academy Trust (the Chiltern Learning Trust Ltd; Co. No: 07559901) on 1 April 2026.”

Significant events

• “The Trust drew on its reserves during 2025/26 to undertake investment in its estate but retained a strong cash position at the year-end.”
• “Public spending constraints remain tight, and the government opted not to fully fund the teachers' pay award for 2025/26. This meant that all schools had to find savings elsewhere to close the gap.”
• “Student mental health and behaviour needs continued to rise, and local specialist support services had very little capacity, which meant that the schools' pastoral teams have faced significant pressure.”
• “The Trust completed a merger with another, larger Multi-academy Trust based in close proximity to its current schools on 1 April 2026. The other entity is the Chiltern Learning Trust, whose ethical and inclusive values are aligned with those of the Hart Schools Trust.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.