Cambrian Learning Trust

UID 3083·Companies House 07977368·Incorporated March 2012·Compare

Schools

18

Flags

22

8 high severity

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

Total income

£52.0m

7,652 pupils

Avg staff costs

73.8%

of income

Avg reserves

5.8%

of income

Avg absence

6.6%

Persistent: 16.2%

More metrics

Avg FSM

17.1%

free school meals

Capacity

77%

7,652 / 9,945 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 4.3%below 5% threshold9 of 13 directors appointed in last 2 years4 schools with staff costs above 78%4 schools in deficit3 schools with absence above 8%2 schools with declining results9 schools with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 7

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 2Good 5

Personal development

Outst. 2Good 5

Leadership & management

Outst. 1Good 16

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

42.8

-3.4

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

61.8%

+0.8pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressCambrian Learning Trust, Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Companies House07977368
Incorporated6 March 2012

Trust growth over time

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11/12
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16
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18
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/22167,294£42.1m£39.4m74.4%9.7%
2022/23177,586£46.0m£43.7m73.8%7.4%
2023/24187,652£52.0m£50.9m73.8%5.8%
2024/25partial187,895

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

2.7%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£1,423,000

CS staff costs

£781,000

CS income

£212,000

Admin & clerical£594,000
Teaching staff£187,000
ICT£6,000
Premises£26,000
Legal & professional£145,000
Auditor costs£36,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

13 current directors · Average tenure: 3.5 years · 7 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (13)

Mark Jason Winch

director·< 1 year

Antony Paul Wilson

director·< 1 year

Katherine Dickens

director·1 year

Timothy Clark

director·1 year

Kim Elizabeth James

director·1 year

Elizabeth Helen Taylor

director·1 year

Alison Jean Jestico

director·1 year

Christopher Salt

director·1 year

John Tranter

director·1 year

Jason Paul Reverend St john nicolle

director·5 years

Mark Tobias Greenwood

director·6 years

Anthony James Brian Cook

director·8 years

Paul John Turner

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Anne Lynn

secretary·< 1 year
40 former officers most recent departure: Feb 2026

Victoria Roberts

secretary·1 year·Resigned Feb 2026

Beverley Hobbs

director·1 year·Resigned Sept 2025

Katie Carolyne Paxton

director·2 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Adale Bennett

director·2 years·Resigned Feb 2025

Richard Lee Evans

director·2 years·Resigned Jan 2026

Anne Nicola Lynn

secretary·2 years·Resigned Feb 2025

Sharon Farrell

director·2 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Samantha Brady

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Laura Amy Bunning

secretary·3 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Anne Lynn

secretary·4 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Malcolm William Professor Sperrin

director·4 years·Resigned Nov 2023

Carrie Ann Insley

director·5 years·Resigned May 2022

Sarah Caroline Church

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Sandra Green

secretary·5 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Helen Jane Turner

director·6 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Paul Colin Rev Walker

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2021

Duncan Paul Millard

director·7 years·Resigned Aug 2023

Nicola Ferguson

director·9 years·Resigned Jun 2018

John Neil Kirk

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Jan Wiejak

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Louise Warren

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2019

Christine Louise Price-smith

director·12 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Jeremy John Twynam

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2020

Richard Manuel Ashley Hancock

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Kathryn Alexandra Hall

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Ian Wright

director·12 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Alexander John Bannister

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Catherine Elizabeth Henrietta Holmes

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Rachel Mary Kenyon

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Peter Desmond Mcgurk

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Heather Jane Hambidge

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Claire Louise Pearce-king

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2013

Lisa Clare Procter

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Roger Edmund Neil Cox

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Alexander Edwin Bond

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Alun Williams

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2016

David James Wilson

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Mark John Mobey

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Daniel Charles Dr Read

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Cudliffe Robert Wintringham

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2019

Member schools (18)

18 schools|14 with risk flags|8 high severity
high staff costs
workforce pressurehigh absence
high staff costsin year deficit
King Alfred'sSecondary
in year deficitworkforce pressurehigh absence
high absence
workforce pressure
high staff costsin year deficitperformance decline
high staff costsin year deficit
workforce pressure
performance declineworkforce pressure
workforce pressure