Beacon Education MAT Ltd

UID 16116·Companies House 07630164·Incorporated May 2011·Compare

Schools

6

Flags

11

4 high severity

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

Total income

£11.3m

1,610 pupils

Avg staff costs

70.6%

of income

Avg reserves

-3.1%

of income

Avg absence

7.1%

Persistent: 19.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

24.5%

free school meals

Capacity

90%

1,610 / 1,784 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 4.9%below 5% threshold3 schools with absence above 8%2 schools with workforce pressure1 school with declining results2 schools with Ofsted concerns1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school in deficit

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 3RI 2

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 4RI 1

Personal development

Good 5

Leadership & management

Good 4RI 2

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

27.0%

-34.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressMinehead Middle School, Minehead, TA24 5RH
Companies House07630164
Incorporated11 May 2011

Trust growth over time

1
10/11
1
11/12
1
12/13
4
13/14
4
14/15
6
15/16
6
16/17
6
17/18
6
18/19
6
19/20
6
20/21
6
21/22
6
22/23
6
23/24
6
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2261,630£10.7m£10.5m69.2%2.8%
2022/2361,600£10.9m£10.7m68.8%-1.0%
2023/2461,610£11.3m£10.8m70.6%-3.1%
2024/25partial61,590

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

8.3%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£979,000

CS staff costs

£795,000

CS income

£-1,000

Admin & clerical£433,000
Teaching staff£268,000
ICT£46,000
Premises£1,000
Legal & professional£76,000
Auditor costs£22,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

7 current directors · Average tenure: 6.5 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (7)

Barbara Ann O'keefe

director·< 1 year

Alison Appleyard

director·3 years

Fiona Heather Miller

director·6 years

Andrew Philip Giles

director·6 years

Jane Bellamy

director·6 years

Jill Ewen

director·7 years

Kathryn Louise Slader Tucker

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Daniel O'keefe

secretary·< 1 year
40 former officers most recent departure: Oct 2025

Amanda Giles

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2025

Sarah Louise Dr Hayward

director·3 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Robert John Lakin

director·4 years·Resigned May 2023

Andrew James Kingston-james

director·6 years·Resigned Dec 2022

Christopher Lionel John Wood

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Jane Keeley

director·6 years·Resigned Feb 2020

Susie Brown

director·6 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Hayley Lake

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Barbara Ann O'keefe

secretary·9 years·Resigned Oct 2025

Geoffrey Carter Lloyd

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Deborah Shelley

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Lee Baker

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Theresa Gale

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Iestyn Milton-jenkins

director·9 years·Resigned Jun 2019

Timothy James Reverend Langdon

director·9 years·Resigned Jun 2018

Nicolas Paul Mouzouri

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Simon Joseph Robinson

director·9 years·Resigned May 2018

Elizabeth Jane White

director·9 years·Resigned Jun 2019

Cerys Elizabeth Randell

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Paul Andrew Hickson

director·11 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Ruth Ryan

director·11 years·Resigned May 2015

Mark Scyner

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Anthony John Jones

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Siobhan Sophie Morgan

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Karen Langdon

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Richard Blainey Boxer

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Irene Audrey Clark

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Justin Howard Cox

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Martina Suzanne Forster

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Michelle Deborah James

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Rebecca Grace New

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2015

Rachel Margaret Sagrott

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Elizabeth Fearnley Stott

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2013

Andrew Thomas Revd Vidamour

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Rosanne Wendy Wickham

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Neil John Bowyer

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Sean Patrick Walsh

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Paul Zachary Rushforth

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Geoffrey Carter Lloyd

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Judith Margaret Shore

secretary·14 years·Resigned May 2018

Member schools (6)

6 schools|5 with risk flags|3 high severity
ofsted concernhigh absencein year deficitworkforce pressure
workforce pressure
Minehead Middle SchoolMiddle deemed secondary
high absenceofsted concernperformance decline