Education Development Trust

Active00867944 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
31 December 1965 (60 years)
Previously known as
CFBT Education Trust (until 4 January 2016)
Centre for British Teachers(the) (until 23 March 2006)
Centre for British Teachers Limited(the) (until 17 March 1987)
Earlier: Centre for British Teachers in Europe Limited (The)
Industry
General secondary education (85310)
Educational support services (85600)
Directors
Edward Muchemi Wambugu
Accounts type
Group
Region
South East
Address
Highbridge House
16-18 Duke Street
Reading
RG1 4RU

Website & contact details

Website

Filing status

Accounts due
31 May 2027
Last accounts
31 August 2025
Conf. stmt due
14 February 2027
Last conf. stmt
31 January 2026

Charges

Total
10
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
10

Officers 7 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 16 May 2024
Also at Actionaid, Katharine House Hospice Trust, Pancreatic Cancer UK · more companies
British
Born December 1953 (72)
Clifton-Melhuish, Steven John
Secretary · Appointed 29 August 2023
Wambugu, Edward Muchemi
Director · Appointed 26 January 2022
Kenyan,Canadian
Born September 1968 (58)
Director · Appointed 24 January 2022
Also at Hemtra Ltd
British
Born August 1974 (52)
Director · Appointed 19 September 2019
Also at Independent Schools Council · more companies
British
Born June 1982 (44)
Director · Appointed 14 May 2019
Also at Affinity Trust · more companies
British
Born March 1954 (72)
Hutcheon, Joy Louise
Director · Appointed 14 May 2019
British
Born February 1965 (61)
Officer history (47 former)
31 May 2026
Resigned Howling, Ilse Robin Charis as Director
7 September 2025
Resigned Coulson, Timothy John, Dr as Director
22 May 2025
Resigned Grant, Julia Catherine as Director
22 May 2025
Resigned Mcfarlane, Angela Elizabeth, Dr as Director
3 July 2024
Resigned Humphreys, Robert Griffith as Director
16 May 2024
Appointed Tutt, Anne Catherine as Director
29 August 2023
Appointed Clifton-Melhuish, Steven John as Secretary
29 August 2023
Resigned Miles, Robert Gerard as Secretary
18 May 2023
Resigned Gilbert, Christine Bridget as Director
18 May 2023
Appointed Coulson, Timothy John, Dr as Director
26 January 2022
Appointed Wambugu, Edward Muchemi as Director
24 January 2022
Appointed Hemelge, Nimal Jude as Director
31 December 2020
Resigned Hofmann, Yetunde Yewande as Director
19 September 2019
Appointed Simons, Jonathan as Director
31 July 2019
Resigned Rawlinson, Peter, Dr as Director
14 May 2019
Appointed Hutcheon, Joy Louise as Director
14 May 2019
Appointed Barron, Tanya as Director
30 April 2019
Resigned Hawker, David Gordon as Director
18 November 2018
Resigned Macleod, Alison as Director
1 November 2018
Appointed Howling, Ilse Robin Charis as Director
1 November 2018
Appointed Hofmann, Yetunde Yewande as Director
1 November 2018
Resigned Graf, Charles Philip as Director
30 September 2018
Resigned Owen, Jonathan Robert as Director
6 July 2017
Appointed Mcfarlane, Angela Elizabeth, Dr as Director
6 July 2017
Appointed Grant, Julia Catherine as Director
6 July 2017
Resigned Wood, Philip Kenneth as Director
28 April 2017
Resigned Walsh, Timothy John, Dr as Director
24 May 2016
Appointed Humphreys, Robert Griffith as Director
24 May 2016
Resigned Hunt, Sue as Director
24 May 2016
Resigned Laing, Stuart John as Director
24 May 2016
Appointed Owen, Jonathan Robert as Director
9 June 2015
Appointed Miles, Robert Gerard as Secretary
30 April 2015
Appointed Gilbert, Christine Bridget as Director
18 February 2015
Resigned Adderley, Clive as Secretary
4 December 2014
Resigned Hodson, Sara Margaret as Director
4 December 2014
Resigned Rose, Jim as Director
15 November 2012
Resigned Platts, Margaret as Director
15 November 2012
Resigned Headicar, Marion Elizabeth as Director
17 November 2011
Resigned Harwood, John Warwick as Director
17 November 2011
Resigned Webb, John Malcolm as Director
17 November 2011
Appointed Rawlinson, Peter, Dr as Director
17 November 2011
Appointed Hawker, David Gordon as Director
3 November 2011
Appointed Graf, Charles Philip as Director
4 November 2010
Resigned Colls, Graham as Director
28 June 2010
Appointed Macleod, Alison as Director
19 November 2009
Resigned Yeo, Stephen, Professor as Director
19 November 2009
Resigned Bowles, Cameron as Director
19 November 2009
Appointed Rose, Jim as Director
19 November 2009
Appointed Platts, Margaret as Director
1 July 2009
Appointed Wood, Philip Kenneth as Director
26 June 2009
Appointed Walsh, Timothy John, Dr as Director
25 June 2009
Resigned Higham, Anita Mary Clarke as Director
14 November 2008
Appointed Hunt, Sue as Director
13 November 2008
Resigned Macarthur, Iain Roderick Martin as Director
13 November 2008
Resigned Fielden, John as Director
1 October 2008
Appointed Laing, Stuart John as Director
15 November 2007
Resigned Henderson, Thelma Anne as Director
15 November 2007
Appointed Higham, Anita Mary Clarke as Director
1 June 2007
Appointed Headicar, Marion Elizabeth as Director
1 June 2007
Appointed Colls, Graham as Director
16 November 2006
Appointed Hodson, Sara Margaret as Director
16 November 2006
Appointed Fielden, John as Director
16 November 2006
Resigned Richardson, Mary, Dame as Director
16 March 2006
Appointed Bowles, Cameron as Director
17 March 2005
Appointed Adderley, Clive as Secretary
17 March 2005
Resigned Parr, John Edmeston as Secretary
16 November 2004
Appointed Harwood, John Warwick as Director
16 November 2004
Resigned Stuart, Andrew Christopher as Director
21 March 2001
Resigned Higham, Anita Mary Clarke as Director
21 March 2001
Appointed Richardson, Mary, Dame as Director
9 June 2000
Resigned Lock, Sarah Anne as Director
22 March 2000
Appointed Webb, John Malcolm as Director
11 December 1998
Appointed Henderson, Thelma Anne as Director
11 December 1998
Appointed Parr, John Edmeston as Secretary
11 December 1998
Resigned Birkett, Richard Henry Struan as Secretary
17 September 1998
Resigned Parr, John Edmeston as Director
17 September 1998
Appointed Yeo, Stephen, Professor as Director
2 July 1998
29 September 1997
Appointed Macarthur, Iain Roderick Martin as Director
29 September 1997
Appointed Higham, Anita Mary Clarke as Director
29 September 1997
Resigned Fitzpatrick, Anthony Michael as Director
3 April 1997
Resigned Webb, John as Director
7 September 1996
Appointed Lock, Sarah Anne as Director
25 July 1996
Resigned Watson, Donald William Thomas, Dr as Director
16 December 1993
Resigned Phillips, Peter Haydn, Dr as Director
16 December 1993
Resigned Hodson, Sara Margaret as Director
16 December 1993
Resigned Fielden, John as Director
16 December 1993
Appointed Iredale, Roger Oliver, Professor as Director
15 August 1993
Resigned Austin, James Dewi Ernest as Director
28 June 1993
Resigned Sinclair, John, Professor as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 1

Companies where Education Development Trust is registered as a person with significant control

Holds 75–100% of voting rights
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What Education Development Trust say about themselves

“Improving education systems at scale and providing empowering employability and careers services to young people and adults.”

— from edt.org

Filings 305

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
1 June 2026Termination of appointment of a director
4 March 2026Group of companies' accounts31 August 2025
2 February 2026Confirmation statement with no updates31 January 2026
15 September 2025Termination of appointment of a director
29 May 2025Satisfaction of a charge in full
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