The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2025.

Pyramid Schools (Southampton) Limited ("the company") was formed to enter into a Private Finance Initiative ("PFI") concession contract with the Southampton City Council ("the Council") to design, build, finance and operate schools. The contract was signed on 19 October 2001, construction commenced immediately, and full services started 1 September 2003. The contract will expire in December 2031. There have not been any changes in the company's activities in the year under review and the directors are not aware, at the date of this report, of any likely changes in activity for the foreseeable future.

The results for the year are shown in the Statement of Comprehensive Income on page 7. Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £916,000 (2024: £286,000). The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date.

Pursuant to section 487 of the Companies Act 2006, the auditor will be deemed to be reappointed and Johnston Carmichael LLP will therefore continue in office.

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standard, comprising of FRS102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the annual report and financial statements;

• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

We have audited the financial statements of Pyramid Schools (Southampton) Limited ('the company') for the year ended 28 February 2025 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement Of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

• Give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 28 February 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;

• Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• Have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report and financial statements other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report and financial statements. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

• The information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• The Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

•    Adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been     received from branches not visited by us; or

•    The financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

•    Certain disclosures of Directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

•    We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

•    The Directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies     regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the Directors' Report     and from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on Page 1, the Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the Directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

We assessed whether the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations by considering their experience, past performance and support available.

All engagement team members were briefed on relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks at the planning stage of the audit. Engagement team members were reminded to remain alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the company and the sector in which it operates, focusing on those provisions that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The most relevant frameworks we identified include:

• Companies Act 2006;

• UK Corporation Tax legislations;

• Vat legislation;

• United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

We gained an understanding of how the company is complying with these laws and regulations by making enquires of management and those charged with governance. We corroborated these enquires through our review of submitted returns and board meeting minutes.

We assessed the susceptibility of the financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur, by meeting with management and those charged with governance to understand where it was considered there was susceptibility to fraud. This evaluation also considered how management and those charged with governance were remunerated and whether this provided an incentive for fraudulent activity. We considered the overall control environment and how management and those charged with governance oversee the implementation and operation of controls. In areas of the financial statements where the risks were considered to be higher, we performed procedures to address each identified risk. We identified a heighted fraud risk in relation to:

• Management override of controls; and

• Revenue recognition

In addition to the above, the following procedures were performed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free of material fraud or error:

• Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance for reference to: breaches of laws and regulation or for any indication of any potential litigation and claims; and events or conditions that could indicate an incentive or pressure to commit fraud or provide an opportunity to commit fraud;

• Reviewing the level and reasoning behind the company's procurement of legal and professional services;

• Performing audit procedures over the risk of management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and assessing judgements made by management in their calculation of accounting estimates for potential management bias;

• Recalculating the unitary charge received by taking the base charge per the concession agreement and uplifting for RPI;

• Agreeing a sample of income receipts to supporting documents and bank statements;

• Reconciling the finance income and amortisation to the finance debtor reconciliation to ensure allocation methodology is in line with contractual terms and relevant accounting standards;

• Completion of appropriate checklists and use of our experience to assess the company's compliance with the Companies Act 2006; and

• Agreement of the financial statements disclosures to supporting documentation.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to the risk of material misstatements in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

The statement of comprehensive income has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

The notes on pages 11 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

The notes on pages 11 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

Pyramid Schools (Southampton) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 1 Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 5AB.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £'000.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The directors have prepared a detailed model forecast to project completion incorporating the relevant terms of the PFI contract, subcontracts and Credit Agreement and reasonably prudent economic assumptions. This forecast and associated business model, which is updated regularly, predicts that the truecompany will remain profitable and will have sufficient cash resources to operate within the terms of the PFI contract, Subcontracts and Credit Agreement. Therefore, the directors, having considered the financial position of the company and its expected future cash flows for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The directors confirm that they do not intend to liquidate the company or cease trading as they consider they have realistic alternatives to doing so. At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Accounting for PFI contracts

In prior years the company took advantage of exemptions made available under section 35 10 (i) of FRS 102, and as such there has been no substantial change to the treatment of the financial asset receivable due to the adoption of the standard.

Under the terms of the contract, substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the property remain with the Council.

During the period of construction, costs incurred as a direct consequence of financing, designing and constructing the schools, including finance costs, are capitalised and shown as work in progress. On completion of the construction, credit is taken for the deemed sale, which is recorded within turnover. The construction expenditure and associated costs are reallocated to cost of sales. Amounts receivable are classified as a Finance debtor.

Revenues received from the customer are apportioned between:

• capital repayments;

• finance income; and

• operating revenue.

The company has been established to provide services under certain private finance agreements with the Council. Under the terms of these Agreements, the Council (as grantor) controls the services to be provided by the company over the contract term. Based on the contractual arrangements, the company has classified the project as a service concession arrangement, and has accounted for the principal assets, of and income streams from, the project in accordance with FRS 102, Section 34.12 Service Arrangements.

The company has chosen to adopt the transitional arrangements available within FRS 102, Section 35.10 (i) and as such the service concession arrangement has continued to be accounted for using the same accounting policies being applied at the date of transition to FRS 102 (1 March 2014). The nature of the asset has therefore not changed.

Under the terms of the arrangement, the company has the right to receive a baseline contractual payment stream for the provision of the services from or at the direction of the grantor (the Council), and as such the asset is accounted for as a finance debtor. The finance debtor has initially been recognised at the fair value of the consideration received, based on the fair value of the construction (or upgrade) services, plus any directly attributable transaction costs, provided in line with FRS 102.

Revenue is recognised from the supply of services, which represents the timing of services provided under contracts to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Revenue is stated net of value added tax.

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

Under the credit agreement the company is required to hold amounts in reserve accounts, the reserve accounts are to be funded to a level determined in the credit agreement at 28 February and 31 August. At 28 February 2025 £4,761,000 (2024: £5,838,000) was held in such accounts.

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Loans and receivables

Trade debtors, loans and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market are classified as 'loans and receivables'. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less any impairment.

Interest is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of the interest would be immaterial. The effective interest rate method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating the interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the debt instrument it bet carrying amount on initial recognition.

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans and loans from fellow group companies are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially

recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless they are included in a hedging arrangement.

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Where a derivative financial instrument is designated as a hedge of the variability in cash flows of a recognised asset or liability, or a highly probable forecast transaction, the effective part of any gain or loss on the fair value of the derivative financial instrument is recognised directly in the statement of comprehensive income as other comprehensive income or expense. Any ineffective portion of the hedge is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Where hedge accounting recognises a liability then an associated deferred tax asset is also recognised.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognised in other comprehensive income. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognised immediately in profit or loss. Amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are reclassified to profit or loss in the periods in which the hedged item affects profit or loss or when the hedging relationship ends.

Hedge accounting is discontinued when the entity revokes the hedging relationship, the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no longer qualifies for hedge accounting. Any gain or loss accumulated in equity at that time is reclassified to profit or loss when the hedged item is recognised in profit or loss. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, any gain or loss that was recognised in other comprehensive income is reclassified immediately to profit or loss.

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the Statement of Comprehensive Income because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the Statement of Comprehensive Income except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with FRS 102 requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based upon historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the result of which form the basis of making judgements about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The company’s borrowings are linked to SONlA and the company has entered into interest rate swaps to restrict its exposure to future interest rate fluctuations.

In assessing whether the company is entitled to apply cash flow hedge accounting, the directors must apply judgment in considering whether there is appropriate matching between the hedged item (the loan balance) and the hedging instrument (the interest rate swap). The directors must prepare documentation to demonstrate this consideration.

In the directors' judgment, the company has met the criteria for cash flow hedge accounting, accordingly the company has therefore recognised fair value movements on derivatives in effective hedging relationships through other comprehensive income as well as deferred taxation thereon.

The company was established to provide services under certain private finance agreements with the Council. Under the terms of these Agreements, the Council (as grantor) controls the services to be provided by the company over the contract term. Based on the contractual arrangements the company has classified the project as a service concession arrangement, and has accounted for the principal assets, of and income streams from, the project in accordance with FRS 102, Section 34.12 Service Arrangements.

Accounting for the service concession contract and finance debtor requires estimation of finance debtor interest rates and the associated amortisation profile, which is based on projected trading results for the remainder of the contract term.

Derivative financial instruments are carried at fair value, which required estimation of various factors including future interest rates and credit risk.

Fair values for derivative contracts are based on mark-to-market valuations provided by the contract counterparty. Whilst these can be tested for reasonableness, the exact valuation methodology and forecast assumptions for future interest rates or inflation rates are specific to the counterparty.

The average monthly number of persons employed by the company during the year was: nil (2024: nil). The directors are not employed by the company and did not receive any remuneration from the company during the year (2024: nil).

The finance debtor is amortised over the length of concession. Interest is charged at 6% (2024: 6%) and is calculated on the carrying value quarterly.

Included with accruals and deferred income is £239,000 (2024: £1,688,000) which relates to lifecycle underspend. The timing of the unwinding of this accrual is uncertain.

The senior secured loan and standby loan represents amounts borrowed under two facilities agreements with Bank of Scotland. The loans bear interest at a margin over SONIA of 0.9% and are payable in instalments between 2004 and 2029.

In order to hedge against interest variations on the loans, the company has entered into two interest rate swaps agreements whereby at six monthly intervals sums are exchanged reflecting the difference between floating and fixed interest rates, calculated on a predetermined notional principal amount. Details of the interest rate swap is included within note 12.

Interest on the subordinated loan stock balance is paid at 6.54% compounded per semi-annum, principal is repayable upon expiry of the contract or earlier at the company's discretion.

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

On 14 November 2001 and 22 February 2006, the company entered into two fixed interest rate swaps, one for 28 years and the other for 24 years, arrangements to hedge its exposure to the effect of interest rate fluctuations. The interest rate swap contracts are designated as a hedge of variable interest rate risk of the company’s floating rate borrowings. The hedged cash flows are expected to occur and to affect profit or loss over the period to maturity of the swap. One swap was effected on a notional amount of £39.9m at a fixed rate of 5.41% payable bi-annually between November 2001 and August 2029 and the other on a notional amount of £0.7m at a fixed rate of 4.51% payable bi-annually between February 2007 and August 2029.

The fair value of the interest rate swap liability in the current and prior years has been determined by Bank of Scotland PLC who have used relevant market data to determine their valuations.

The company received directors services from PPP Equity PIP LP of £10,000 (2024: £8,000).

The company received directors services from Aberdeen Infrastructure Partners LP of £10,000 (2024: £8,000).

The company has taken advantage of Section 33 of FRS 102 and has not disclosed transactions with wholly owned entities within the group. The group comprises the company and its parent Pyramid Schools (Southampton) Holdings Limited.

The company is incorporated and domiciled in Great Britain. The immediate controlling party is Pyramid Schools (Southampton) Holdings Limited. Copies of the financial statements of Pyramid Schools (Southampton) Holdings Limited are available from Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. The registered office is 1 Park Row, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 5AB.

At the balance sheet date, the immediate parent companies are Browning PFI Holdings Limited (previously known as Interserve PFI Holdings Limited) and Aberdeen Infrastructure (No.3) Limited which each holds 50% of the share capital of the Company. The registered offices of these companies are 1 Park Row, Leeds, England, LS1 5AB and 280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG, respectively. In the opinion of the directors no company is a controlling party. At the balance sheet date, the ultimate parent companies who jointly control the company are PPP Equity PIP LP (acting by its General Partner, Dalmore Capital 6 GP Limited and its Manager, Dalmore Capital Limited) and Aberdeen Infrastructure Partners LP Inc. (acting by its General Partner, Aberdeen Infrastructure Finance GP Ltd and its manager, abrdn Investments Ltd).