Character Education Trust

UID 5418·Companies House 07662701·Incorporated June 2011·Compare

Schools

2

Flags

3

2 high severity

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

Total income

£14.7m

1,957 pupils

Avg staff costs

72.2%

of income

Avg reserves

-1.5%

of income

Avg absence

8.9%

Persistent: 27.0%

More metrics

Avg FSM

20.9%

free school meals

Capacity

111%

1,957 / 1,760 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at -1.5%below 5% threshold6 of 8 directors appointed in last 2 years1 school with absence above 8%1 school with Ofsted concerns

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

Outst. 1RI 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

38.5

-7.7

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBorough Green Road, Sevenoaks, TN15 7RD
Companies House07662701
Incorporated8 June 2011

Trust growth over time

1
12/13
1
13/14
1
14/15
1
15/16
1
16/17
1
17/18
1
18/19
1
19/20
1
20/21
2
21/22
2
22/23
2
23/24
2
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/2221,817£11.7m£11.5m66.8%8.2%
2022/2321,871£9.1m£9.2m64.6%6.1%
2023/2421,957£14.7m£14.5m72.2%-1.5%
2024/25partial21,924

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£0

CS staff costs

£0

CS income

£0

Admin & clerical£0
Teaching staff£0
ICT£0
Premises£0
Legal & professional£0
Auditor costs£0

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

8 current directors · Average tenure: 2.5 years · 11 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (8)

James Charles Emmitt

director·< 1 year

Jonathan James Murphy

director·< 1 year

Luke Peter Chapman

director·< 1 year

Daniel Stone

director·< 1 year

Michael Cater

director·< 1 year

Yaci Ayarai Albana Cook

director·< 1 year

Asad Malik

director·4 years

Mark Charles Reeve

director·12 years
37 former officers most recent departure: Mar 2026

Andrea Clarke

director·2 years·Resigned Oct 2025

David John Anthony Day

director·2 years·Resigned Feb 2026

Tarsam Singh Juty

director·2 years·Resigned Feb 2024

Regina Metzler

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2024

Linda Blumsum

director·4 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Derek Cuff

director·5 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Nigel Newman

director·5 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Linda Dineen

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Asad Malik

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2021

Denis Neville Turner

director·6 years·Resigned Apr 2023

Rebecca Jane Parker

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2019

James Smith

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Paul Gareth Bridgman

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Clare Frances Gilhooly

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Christopher James Miller-hanna

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Mark Ian Pitchford

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2019

James Charles Emmitt

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Michael Cater

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Helen Elizabeth Brassington

director·9 years·Resigned Apr 2020

Nigel Newman

director·10 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Suzanne Clare Irvine

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2014

Janet Sylvia Finney

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Roger Edward Dr Mather

director·12 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Perry Cole

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2015

David Gerard Dr Price

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Kim Erica Skinner

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2016

Sheila Smith

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2026

Sean Gerard Toher

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Keir Benjamin Williams

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Fay Holmes

director·12 years·Resigned Dec 2013

Eric Karl Moe

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Matthew Wright

director·12 years·Resigned Apr 2025

Matthew Wright

director·13 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Mark Charles Reeve

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Philip Bogdan Broszek

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2020

David Anderson Law

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Derek John Lewis

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Member schools (2)

2 schools|2 with risk flags|1 high severity
ofsted concern
high absence