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Company description
THE HARPUR TRUST is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 27 November 1997; registered for 28 years. Its primary declared activity is 85100 · Pre-primary education, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 13 trade marks, 1 charity record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE HARPUR TRUST
- Company number
- 03475202
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 4 total · 1 outstanding · 3 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
27 November 2025Next statement due
11 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 84.8%
- Women receiving bonus
- 18.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 18.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 46.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 73.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 79.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 68.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499925.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499929.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499930.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499930.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499933.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499927.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499927.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499925.6% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 24 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 July 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £9,383,775
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £517,190
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £283,768
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £2,854,863
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 6.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Primarily due to the phased completion of construction works and the specific contractual requirements of individual projects
Retention release
Deduction by contractor based on valuations as agreed by surveyors
Retention release stages
As per completed phases
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our standard payment terms are 30 days. These can be varied to less than 30 days if a supplier is small or requires an immediate payment due to the nature of their contract.
- Dispute resolution process
Any complaint or concern regarding a disputed invoice is dealt with by our finance team based at the main Head Office. All issues are dealt with on a timely basis.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 19.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 18.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THE HARPUR TRUST
LEI 549300X3K6Q6LZHMY105 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 4GJI
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 27 November 1997
- Initial LEI registration
- 30 December 2014
- LEI last updated
- 16 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 17 November 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- HARPUR PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOLS LTD
- Legal address
- PILGRIM CENTRE BRICKHILL DRIVE, BEDFORD, GB-BDF, MK41 7PZ, GB
- Headquarters address
- PILGRIM CENTRE BRICKHILL DRIVE, BEDFORD, GB-BDF, MK41 7PZ, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
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06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- THE HARPUR TRUST
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Approved
- 10 December 2025
- Sectors
- Charitable / not-for-profit activities Education and research
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £60 million to £100 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 29 January 2026
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07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
THE HARPUR TRUST
Registration Z3195683
- Registered from
- 25 June 2012
- Current end date
- 24 June 2027
- Trading names
- PILGRIMS PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL, BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL, BEDFORD SCHOOL, BEDFORD GIRLS SCHOOL, BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
H
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 36,41
- Filed / designated
- 6 July 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 July 2022
Figurative mark
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 December 2020
BEDFORD GIRLS SCHOOL
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 December 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 December 2020
BEDFORD SCHOOL
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2020
Figurative mark
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2020
Figurative mark
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2020
Figurative mark
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2020
THE HARPUR TRUST
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 36,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
THE BEDFORD CHARITY
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 36,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
PILGRIMS PRE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
Figurative mark
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
DAME ALICE HARPUR SCHOOL
Owner The Harpur Trust · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2019
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08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 27 November 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
THE HARPUR TRUST
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 15 December 1997
- Latest income
- £72,951,000
- Latest expenditure
- £72,827,000
- Recreation
- Elderly/old People
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Provides Services
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Children/young People
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Education/training
A local foundation that uses the legacy of Sir William Harpur, the founder in 1566, to benefit the inhabitants of the Borough of Bedford through the promotion of education; the relief of poverty, sickness and distress; and the provision of recreational facilities with a social welfare purpose.
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
1 exact company-number link.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
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16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: THE BEDFORD CHARITY (THE HARPUR TRUST)
- Company name
Previous name: HARPUR PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOLS LTD
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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