Avanti Schools Trust

UID 2209·Companies House 07506598·Incorporated January 2011·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£40.9m

5,686 pupils

Avg staff costs

62.9%

of income

Avg reserves

0.0%

of income

Avg absence

5.0%

Persistent: 11.3%

More metrics

Avg FSM

8.1%

free school meals

Capacity

71%

5,686 / 8,058 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 21.2%above 20%3 schools with workforce pressure1 school in deficit

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 3Good 6

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 5Good 4

Personal development

Outst. 6Good 3

Leadership & management

Outst. 4Good 7

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

58.3

+12.1

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

71.5%

+10.5pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressAvanti Schools Trust Ltd, Stanmore, HA7 2EQ

Companies House07506598

Incorporated26 January 2011

Trust growth over time

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	10	4,512	£28.5m	£22.9m	64.1%	0.0%
2022/23	11	5,230	£34.5m	£30.2m	58.0%	0.0%
2023/24	12	5,686	£40.9m	£35.4m	62.9%	0.0%
2024/25partial	12	6,044	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

13.4%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£5,481,000

CS staff costs

£4,126,000

CS income

£1,103,000

Admin & clerical£2,177,000

Teaching staff£13,000

ICT£0

Premises£51,000

Legal & professional£406,000

Auditor costs£9,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

12 current directors · Average tenure: 4.2 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (12)

James William Dr Biddulph

director·< 1 year

Roshni Thakrar

director·1 year

Sundeep Gupta

director·1 year

Aakash Falgun Mankodi

director·2 years

Sulabh Agarwal

director·2 years

Kishan Nitinkumar Parshotam

director·2 years

Michelle Claire Loughrey

director·4 years

Dipa Nimesh Patel

director·4 years

Anjana Kirti Gupta

director·4 years

Bavaani D/O Sanmugam Cumara Vadivale Nanthabalan

director·7 years

Molly Jane Dr Warrington

director·8 years

Michael Robert Younger

director·9 years

Company Secretary

Shamita Kumar

secretary·9 years

54 former officers — most recent departure: Oct 2025

Preeya Prashun Popat

director·4 years·Resigned Apr 2024

Praful Ganatra

director·4 years·Resigned Apr 2025

Janet Hilary

director·5 years·Resigned May 2021

James Samuel Lynas

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Sukwinder Singh Bassi

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2025

Upendra Kalan

director·5 years·Resigned Jan 2021

Janet Hilary

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Andrew James Read

director·6 years·Resigned Nov 2024

Salina Louise Ventress

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Sumit Sarup Sahni

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Bimal Shah

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2020

James William Dr Biddulph

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Kumar Sureshchandra Raval

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Teresa Margaret Tunnadine

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Nicholas Richard Dr. Capstick

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Vijay Chandrakant Doshi

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2020

Krutika Dr Pau

director·9 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Mayur Parsuram Manibhai Patel

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Asish Soni

director·10 years·Resigned Feb 2017

Vishal Merai

director·10 years·Resigned Feb 2016

Ian John Professor Craig

director·11 years·Resigned Apr 2017

Gerard Vincent Irwin Davis

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Thomas James Webster

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2016

Paul Moss

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Manoj Kumar Ladwa

director·11 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Peter Bryan Hamilton

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Brijesh Vadhvania

secretary·11 years·Resigned Sept 2016

Krutika Dr Pau

director·12 years·Resigned May 2014

Usha Sahni

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Kartik Rajen Khandwala

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Edward Koranteng Anobah

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Sulabh Agarwal

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Mark Roland John Evans

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2013

Kirit Patel

secretary·13 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Kirit Patel

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Yuvrajsinh Rana

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Nitesh Bipinchandra Gor

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Sheila Dave

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2015

John Francis Simpson

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2014

Jigna Rupesh Gokani