There is a particularly uncomfortable way to build wealth in the public imagination: put schools at the centre of the story, wrap the enterprise in the language of education and social purpose, surround it with charitable trusts and institutions, and let the public see classrooms, children and school uniforms.
But when the same ecosystem later appears repeatedly in criminal proceedings, investor disputes, tax searches, lender enforcement, insolvency proceedings, personal bankruptcy and asset-control litigation, the obvious question is no longer merely how successful the institution was.
The obvious question becomes:
What exactly was happening behind the school gates?
That question deserves to be asked about the ecosystem…