ST. BEDE'S FOUNDATION
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Cash
£299k
-54.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.1m
-30.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
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Average over period
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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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-25.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
St Bede's Foundation has net current liabilities as of 31 August 2025 of £2,208,288 (2024: £2,208,940)... The Trustees have concluded it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis. Proeduca Summa S.L has provided written confirmation that it is their intention to continue to support St Bede's Foundation to enable it to continue as a going concern and meet its debts as and when they fall due, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the signing of these financial statements.
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £7,508,670 | £7,627,998 | £7,013,818 | -8.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£446,648 | -£816,157 | -£1,383,162 | -69.5% | |
| Cash | £1,545,800 | £656,068 | £299,069 | -54.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,796,566 | £9,410,983 | £8,863,506 | -5.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,312,165 | £4,496,008 | £3,112,846 | -30.8% | |
| Equity | £5,312,165 | £4,496,008 | £3,112,846 | -30.8% | |
| Average employees | 159 | 167 | — | — | |
| Wages | £4,445,809 | £4,825,171 | £4,903,668 | +1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £594,875 | £628,125 | +5.6% |
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 | -5.9% | -10.7% | -19.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.2% | 64.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.32x | 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
- ST. BEDE'S FOUNDATION 2021-02-18 → present
- ASTON FOUNDATION 2020-07-22 → 2021-02-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“St Bede's Foundation has net current liabilities as of 31 August 2025 of £2,208,288 (2024: £2,208,940)... The Trustees have concluded it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis. Proeduca Summa S.L has provided written confirmation that it is their intention to continue to support St Bede's Foundation to enable it to continue as a going concern and meet its debts as and when they fall due, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the signing of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “With effect from 14 June 2021, St Bede's Foundation became the legal owner of St Bede's College, Manchester. By way of a Deed of Transfer of Charitable Undertaking executed on 27 January 2021 between St Bede's Foundation (at that time called Aston Foundation) and St Bede's College Limited (at that time the legal owner of the College), St Bede's Foundation agreed to acquire the College.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARRUFAT-FARELL, Laura | Director | 2021-10-15 | Jan 1992 | Spanish |
| BOSCH, Xavier | Director | 2020-07-22 | Jan 1964 | British |
| MURPHY, Ita | Director | 2023-03-27 | Jan 1955 | British |
| PASTOR, Pablo | Director | 2021-10-15 | Apr 1959 | Spanish |
| WALKER, Adam James | Director | 2021-09-20 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ CONDE, Luis | Director | 2020-07-22 | 2021-09-20 |
| SIERRA SALCINES, Ramon Francisco | Director | 2020-07-22 | 2021-12-20 |
| WALSH, Terence | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2022-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Tomas Arrufat | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-07-10 | Ceased 2025-12-08 |
| Ms Laura Arrufat Farell | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-07-22 | Ceased 2025-12-08 |
| Mr Ramon Francisco Sierra Salcines | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-07-22 | Ceased 2025-12-08 |
| Mr Miguel Arrufat Puyol | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-07-22 | Ceased 2024-07-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.