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Meridian Trust

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This trust has 30 schools. At the time of the 2022 / 2023 financial submission there were 29 schools in scope for financial benchmarking. Post 16 academies are included for distribution purposes, but cannot be benchmarked.

Data for academies in a MAT includes an apportioned share of MAT central finance on a pro-rata basis using FTE pupil numbers.

Expenditure

£113.66m

Income

£115.15m

In-year balance

£1.49m

Revenue reserve

£13.93m

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Schools currently in this trust

• Bar Hill Community Primary School
• Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
• Ely College
• Great Ouse Primary Academy
• Greater Peterborough UTC
• Harrold Primary Academy
• Hatton Park Primary School
• Histon and Impington Brook Primary School
• Histon and Impington Park Primary School
• Lantern Community Primary School
• Lincroft Academy
• Nene Park Academy
• NeneGate
• North Cambridge Academy
• Northstowe Secondary College
• Oakley Primary Academy
• Sawtry Junior Academy
• Sawtry Village Academy
• Sharnbrook Academy
• Somersham Primary School
• Stamford Welland Academy
• Stratton Upper School
• Swavesey Village College
• The Bluecoat School
• The Ferrers School
• The Harbour School
• The Martin Bacon Academy
• Trumpington Park Primary School
• Weldon Village Academy
• West Town Primary Academy

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Schools in this trust's 2022 / 2023 submission

• Bar Hill Community Primary School
• Bluecoat School
• Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
• Ely College
• Ferrers School
• Great Ouse Primary Academy
• Greater Peterborough Utc
• Harbour School - Ely
• Harrold Primary Academy
• Hatton Park Primary School
• Histon And Impington Brook Primary School
• Histon And Impington Park Primary School
• Lantern Community Primary School
• Lincroft Academy
• Martin Bacon Academy
• Nene Park Academy
• Nenegate
• North Cambridge Academy
• Northstowe Secondary College
• Oakley Primary Academy
• Sawtry Junior Academy
• Sawtry Village Academy
• Sharnbrook Academy
• Somersham Primary School
• Stamford Welland Academy
• Stratton Upper School
• Swavesey Village College
• Trumpington Park Primary School
• West Town Primary Academy

Trust history

School year	Date	Event	Organisation
2010/2011	01/04/2011	Joined trust	Swavesey Village College
2011/2012	01/09/2011	Joined trust	Nene Park Academy
2013/2014	01/09/2013	Joined trust	North Cambridge Academy
	01/06/2014	Joined trust	West Town Primary Academy
2014/2015	01/10/2014	Joined trust	Stamford Welland Academy
	01/04/2015	Joined trust	Sawtry Village Academy
2016/2017	01/09/2016	Joined trust	Ely College
	01/11/2016	Joined trust	Sawtry Junior Academy
2017/2018	01/09/2017	Joined trust	Downham Feoffees Primary Academy
	01/06/2018	Joined trust	Bar Hill Community Primary School
	01/06/2018	Joined trust	Lantern Community Primary School
2018/2019	01/02/2019	Joined trust	The Ferrers School
2019/2020	01/04/2020	Joined trust	The Martin Bacon Academy
2020/2021	01/09/2020	Joined trust	Northstowe Secondary College
	01/10/2020	Joined trust	Stratton Upper School
	01/01/2021	Joined trust	The Harbour School
	01/01/2021	Joined trust	The Bluecoat School
	01/06/2021	Joined trust	Greater Peterborough UTC
2021/2022	01/09/2021	Joined trust	Sharnbrook Academy
	01/09/2021	Joined trust	Lincroft Academy
	01/09/2021	Joined trust	Harrold Primary Academy
	01/09/2021	Joined trust	Oakley Primary Academy
	01/09/2021	Joined trust	Great Ouse Primary Academy
	01/04/2022	Joined trust	Hatton Park Primary School
	01/04/2022	Joined trust	Histon and Impington Park Primary School
	01/04/2022	Joined trust	Histon and Impington Brook Primary School
	01/04/2022	Joined trust	Trumpington Park Primary School
	01/04/2022	Joined trust	Somersham Primary School
2022/2023	01/02/2023	Joined trust	NeneGate

• Companies House number: 7552498

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Total expenditure

2022/2023

£113.66m

2022/2023

£113.66m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£43,224,000
2019/2020	£48,999,000
2020/2021	£62,778,000
2021/2022	£102,614,000
2022/2023	£113,656,000

Staff total

2022/2023

£86.09m

2022/2023

£86.09m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£34,247,000
2019/2020	£38,401,000
2020/2021	£49,041,000
2021/2022	£80,683,000
2022/2023	£86,087,000

Premises total

2022/2023

£6.48m

2022/2023

£6.48m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£2,678,000
2019/2020	£2,841,000
2020/2021	£3,669,000
2021/2022	£6,375,000
2022/2023	£6,475,000

Occupation total

More about occupation total

These are costs associated with occupying the school building. They include energy, water, sewerage, rates, insurance, and catering.

2022/2023

£6.53m

2022/2023

£6.53m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£1,591,000
2019/2020	£1,999,000
2020/2021	£2,703,000
2021/2022	£4,298,000
2022/2023	£6,526,000

Supplies and services total

2022/2023

£14.57m

2022/2023

£14.57m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£4,521,000
2019/2020	£5,747,000
2020/2021	£7,361,000
2021/2022	£11,251,000
2022/2023	£14,566,000

Interest charges for loans and banking

More about interest charges for loans and banking

This includes:

• interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

• interest received

2022/2023

£2,000

2022/2023

£2,000

Year	Amount
2018/2019	No data
2019/2020	No data
2020/2021	£4,000
2021/2022	£3,000
2022/2023	£2,000

Cost of finance total

2022/2023

£0

2022/2023

£0

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£187,000
2019/2020	£11,000
2020/2021	No data
2021/2022	No data
2022/2023	No data

Special facilities total

More about special facilities total

This includes:

• swimming pools and sports centres
• boarding provision
• rural studies and farm units
• payments by your school to another school for the benefit of pupils at the other school
• pupil inter-site travel, eg moving between sites
• expenses relating to before and after school clubs
• delegated home to school transport
• indirect employee expenses and agency staff expenses relating to a special facility
• purchase of trading items for re-sale, eg school uniforms, books, stationery
• donations paid by the school to a charity
• community education with a benefit to the pupils at the school

It excludes:

• staff costs associated with managing and supporting the special facility for directly employed staff
• staff teaching in the special facility
• school trips
• residential special schools
• any community-focused expenditure

2022/2023

£0

2022/2023

£0

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£0
2019/2020	£0
2020/2021	£0
2021/2022	£4,000
2022/2023	£0

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