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Company description
MERIDIAN 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 4 March 2011; registered for 15 years; registered office reported in HUNTINGDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 85100 · Pre-primary education, with 3 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 5 procurement records, 1 other public-register 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
- MERIDIAN TRUST
- Company number
- 07552498
- 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
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 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
31 August 2025Next accounts due
31 May 2027Last statement made up to
20 February 2026Next statement due
6 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Mean bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Women receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 65.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 72.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 84.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 81.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499929.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499934.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499930.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499926.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499930.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499937.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499941.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499935.4% 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 March 2026 – 31 August 2026
- Filed
- 2 September 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 September 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £26,802,403
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,034,012
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £107,253
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £3,404,819
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 34.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
N/A
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
When purchasing goods/services Meridian Trust have a standard 30 days payment term as stated in our finance handbook and on all purchase orders.
- Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
For each purchase made by the trust an official purchase order is raised. This should be referenced on each invoice received, failure to do so will result in a refusal of payment from Meridian Trust.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 37.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay27.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay27.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay59.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay60.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay57.0% 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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- MERIDIAN TRUST
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024
- Approved
- 10 July 2024
- Sectors
- Public sector 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
- 7 August 2024
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
MERIDIAN TRUST
Multi-academy trust · Open · PE28 5TQ
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Meridian Trust
Registration Z2586530
- Registered from
- 30 March 2011
- Current end date
- 29 March 2027
- Trading names
- Nenegate School, Academy Leisure, Bar Hill Primary, CMAT Educational Services, CMAT Institute of Education, Downham Feoffees Primary Academy, Ely College, Great Ouse Primary Academy, Greater Peterborough University Technical College, Harrold Primary Academy, Leadership East, Lincroft Academy, Martin Bacon Academy, Nene Park Academy, North Cambridge Academy, Northstowe Secondary College, Oakley Primary Academy, Sawtry Junior Academy, Sawtry Village Academy, Sharnbrook Academy, Stamford Welland Academy, Stratton Upper School, Swavesey Village College, The Bluecoat School, The Cambridge Partnership, The Ferrers School, The Harbour School, The Lantern School, West Town Primary Academy, Hatton Park Primary School, Histon & Impington Brook Primary School, Histon & Impington Park Primary School, Somersham Primary School, Trumpington Park Primary School, The Pilgrim Partnership, Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Teaching School Hub, OWN Trust
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.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
RISE Advisor - LB (con26722)
Department for Education · ocds-b5fd17-dfeb4281-da66-43db-981b-4c74993fb814
- Supplier named in award
- Meridian Trust
- Award value
- £13,200
- Contract period
- 31 January 2025 – 31 July 2025
- Published
- 27 February 2025
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dfeb4281-da66-43db-981b-4c74993fb814-2025-02-27T11:40:59Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 4 March 2017
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Supply Staff Meridian Trust
MERIDIAN TRUST · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 11
Supply Staff Meridian Trust
MERIDIAN TRUST · updated 16 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
PP-10164a Meridian Trust Mechanical Services
MERIDIAN TRUST · updated 16 April 2026
- Tender value
- £6,000,000
- Awards
- 1
PP-10164 Meridian Trust Mechanical Services
MERIDIAN TRUST · updated 18 September 2025
- Tender value
- £6,000,000
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Primary education
General secondary education
Sports and recreation education
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
4 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.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
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: CAMBRIDGE MERIDIAN ACADEMIES TRUST
- 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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Exact source-supplied company-number links.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.