THE BALCARRAS TRUST
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Shareholders' funds
£6,273,000
Balance sheet as at 2020-08-31
What it does
Education Secondary Aged pupils
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 2011-01-17
- Employees
- 170 (2020 accounts · was 190 in 2019)
- Registered office
- Balcarras School East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8QF
- Postcode
- GL53 8QF
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-15
- Next due by
- 2027-01-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85310 General secondary education
Officers 10 current · 40 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z514609X (Tier 1), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- thebalcarrastrust.co.uk
- Phone
- 01242515881
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BALCARRAS SCHOOL | 2020-12-11 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BALCARRAS SCHOOL EAST END ROAD, CHARLTON KINGS, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL53 8QF | 2015-01-21 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 27 similar companies in GL
The largest employer among its local peers (170 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2011.
No.1 of the largest general secondary education companies in Cheltenham →
Competitors Cheltenham
This company ranks 1 among general secondary education in Cheltenham.
The class of 2011
51%
of the 751 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-11-22
- Where
- Gloucestershire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR354884 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2023-11-22 | — |
| GR394161 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2023-11-22 | — |
| GR351659 | Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2011-02-04 | — |
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