Broad Horizons Education Trust

UID 4362·Companies House 08282834·Incorporated November 2012·Compare

Schools

18

Flags

28

14 high severity

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

Total income

£56.6m

7,308 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.9%

of income

Avg reserves

0.0%

of income

Avg absence

8.1%

Persistent: 18.7%

More metrics

Avg FSM

33.7%

free school meals

Capacity

87%

7,308 / 8,372 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at -1.2%below 5% threshold7 of 13 directors appointed in last 2 years7 schools with workforce pressure6 schools with absence above 8%6 schools in deficit5 schools with staff costs above 78%1 school with declining results

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 11

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 2Good 9

Personal development

Outst. 2Good 9

Leadership & management

Outst. 1Good 17

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

44.4

-1.8

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

42.8%

-18.3pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressSewell Park Academy, Norwich, NR3 4BX
Companies House08282834
Incorporated6 November 2012

Trust growth over time

1
10/11
2
11/12
2
12/13
4
13/14
6
14/15
9
15/16
10
16/17
12
17/18
15
18/19
17
19/20
17
20/21
18
21/22
18
22/23
18
23/24
18
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/22187,154
2022/23187,242£49.3m£48.8m75.9%0.0%
2023/24187,308£56.6m£54.8m73.9%0.0%
2024/25partial187,399

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

7.3%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£4,325,000

CS staff costs

£2,532,000

CS income

£177,000

Admin & clerical£813,000
Teaching staff£313,000
ICT£62,000
Premises£806,000
Legal & professional£329,000
Auditor costs£61,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

13 current directors · Average tenure: 2.2 years · 3 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (13)

Michelle Unstead

director·< 1 year

Lisa Jane Andrews

director·< 1 year

Simon Rhys Williams

director·< 1 year

Owen Ventris Jenkins

director·1 year

James Benjamin Payne

director·1 year

Laurie James Teare Brown

director·1 year

Paul Edward Rogers

director·1 year

John Philip Dye

director·2 years

Nathan James Buxton

director·2 years

Steven Allan Bramble

director·2 years

Timothy Andrew Smith

director·2 years

Christine Jean Snudden

director·3 years

Neil Bloomfield

director·7 years
43 former officers most recent departure: Jul 2025

Elaine Lynda Starling

director·1 year·Resigned Nov 2024

Rachel Helen Cowdry

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2024

Owen Jenkins

secretary·2 years·Resigned Jun 2024

Paul John Tacon

director·3 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Owen Ventris Jenkins

director·3 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Peter John Harwood

director·3 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Linda Evelyn Dr Steynor

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Peter James Lamble

director·3 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Gary Steven Leverett

director·3 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Anne Bothwell Gibson

director·3 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Tapiwa Admire Kundoro

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Timothy George Lawes

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Darren Michael Howe

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Nicola Dr Kaiser

director·5 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Judith Margaret Harwood

director·5 years·Resigned May 2021

Ian Bilclough

director·5 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Russell Hammond

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Samantha Bron

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Hazel Alicia Cubbage

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Philip Beecher

secretary·6 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Gareth Hand

director·7 years·Resigned May 2024

Poppy Jones

director·7 years·Resigned May 2022

Don Winstone Evans

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Stuart James Riseborough

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Colin Mark Wilson

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Susan Stavers

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2024

Geoffrey Sadler

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2019

David Stewart Pollock

director·10 years·Resigned Apr 2019

Richard Edward Shand

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Angela Mary Jordan

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2015

Venetia Ann Pritty

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2018

John Paul William Roche-kelly

director·12 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Simon Gerard Coward

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Gary Stuart Attfield

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2018

Terry Peter Cook

director·12 years·Resigned Nov 2014

John Middleton

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2019

Patricia Clark

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2019

J'Anne Robertson

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2015

Thomas Joseph Leverage

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Martin John Reverend Father Hardy

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2014

Valerie Theresa Moore

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Roy Kerrison

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Mark Banham

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Member schools (18)

18 schools|15 with risk flags|11 high severity
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