EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST, RG1 4RU : Companies House Number 00867944

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Overview

Company type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 1965-12-31
Registered office: Highbridge House, 16-18 Duke Street, Reading, England, RG1 4RU
Postcode: RG1 4RU
Accounts category: Group
Charges: 7 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Next due by: 2027-05-31
Financial year end: 31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-01-31
Next due by: 2027-02-14

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Nature of business (SIC)

85310 General secondary education
85600 Educational support services

Officers 7 current · 47 resigned

Anne Catherine TUTT Director

Appointed 2024-05-16

Steven John CLIFTON-MELHUISH Secretary

Appointed 2023-08-29

Edward Muchemi WAMBUGU Director

Appointed 2022-01-26

Nimal Jude HEMELGE Director

Appointed 2022-01-24

MR Jonathan SIMONS Director

Appointed 2019-09-19

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Group structure 11 subsidiaries

ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST
C F B T EDUCATION SERVICES LIMITED
WAVERLEY SCHOOL (WAVERLEY WAY) LIMITED
CFBT ADVICE AND GUIDANCE LIMITED Dissolved
CFBT HOLDINGS LIMITED Dissolved
CFBT LANGUAGES LIMITED Dissolved
LEAGUE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF COMMONWEALTH TEACHERS Dissolved
LEARNERS FIRST LIMITED Dissolved
MONKTON HOUSE KINGS COLLEGE (CARDIFF) EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED Dissolved
ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL (ROCHESTER) LIMITED Dissolved
ST MARK'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST Dissolved

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 24

£462,806,868 total awarded value where published.

2026 cohort of the Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) training programme

Department for Education 2026-06-19 £43,283,880
con_26411 Call Off Contract from the ITTECF Framework Agreement for the provision of Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework-based training (ITTECF2025) for the 2025 Cohort

Department for Education 2025-01-13 £5,620,500
2023 and 2024 cohorts of the Early Career Framework

Department for Education 2023-05-01 £95,000,000
2023 Cohorts of the National Professional Qualifications

Department for Education 2023-02-01 £57,431,787
Professional Development Programme - Phase 3

Department for Education 2022-11-09 £15,943,019

Showing the 5 most recent of 24.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Registered charity

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST — charity number 270901

Registered 1976-02-20 Income £73,836,000 Spending £75,264,000 FY to 2025-08-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-08-31) — 5 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6123466 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

8.1%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: educationdevelopmenttrust.com
Phone: 01189021000

Improving school systems at scale and provide empowering employability and careers services to young people and adults.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
CFBT EDUCATION TRUST	2016-01-04
CENTRE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS(THE)	2006-03-23
CENTRE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS LIMITED(THE)	1987-03-17
CENTRE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS IN EUROPE LIMITED (THE)	1977-12-31

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
60 QUEENS ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG1 4BS	2015-12-22
1 THE CHAMBERS, EAST STREET, READING, BERKSHIRE RG1 4JD	2001-11-28
QUALITY HOUSE,, GYOSEI CAMPUS,, LONDON ROAD,, READING,RG1 5AQ.	1995-08-04
QUALITY HOUSE, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON WC2	1990-11-20

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 51 similar companies in RG, trading since 1965

Property in England & Wales 5 titles

Freehold: 4
Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2018-12-07
Price paid, where recorded: £95,000
Where: Reading (2), Medway (2), Somerset (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
ST349209	Somerset	Leasehold	2018-12-07	—
BK119430	Reading	Freehold	2000-10-10	—
BK163366	Reading	Freehold	2000-10-10	—
K171551	Medway	Freehold	1996-08-13	£95,000
K204565	Medway	Freehold	1964-01-15	—

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