BRADFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-22 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-08
Watchouts
Cash
£490K
+653.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
-2% vs 2024
Employees
288
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,189,000 | £14,902,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£578,000 | -£651,000 | |
| Cash | £65,000 | £490,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,516,000 | £23,051,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,516,000 | £23,051,000 | |
| Equity | £23,516,000 | £23,051,000 | |
| Average employees | 297 | 288 | |
| Wages | £8,860,000 | £9,135,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.1% | -4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.59x | 0.99x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following appropriate enquiries and in accordance with the Academy Trust Handbook, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that Bradford Academy Trust has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence until at least 31 December 2026 and beyond.”
Significant events
- “A further amendment was made in 2025 to formally record the closure of the post-16 provision.”
- “From 2025-2026, post-16 provision will cease to mitigate falling rolls and rising costs. The final cohort will leave in summer 2026, making the academy a 2-16 provision.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Elise Josephine | Secretary | 2025-11-05 | — | — |
| BERRY, Jane | Director | 2022-02-14 | Sep 1967 | British |
| EJANKOWSKI-LEETHAM, Ruth Helen Livingston | Director | 2026-02-04 | Aug 1964 | British |
| FARLEY, Adrian | Director | 2017-01-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| GORDON, Asa | Director | 2023-03-20 | Oct 1979 | British |
| JOSHI, Manojkumar Narottam Liladhar | Director | 2005-09-12 | Mar 1952 | United Kingdom |
| KHOKHAR, Atif Zia | Director | 2025-01-28 | Feb 1986 | British |
| LACEY, Rebecca Jane Ingram | Director | 2023-03-20 | Nov 1971 | British |
| SHERIFF, Janet | Director | 2020-10-13 | Mar 1964 | British |
| SPARK, Julie | Director | 2023-12-14 | Dec 1971 | British |
| TEAGUE, Dawn Ann | Director | 2024-09-02 | May 1962 | British |
| THOMAS, Timothy Charles Rank, Rev | Director | 2017-12-21 | Feb 1975 | British |
| WILSON, Joe, Dr | Director | 2022-03-30 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE, Andrew | Secretary | 2013-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| SEDGEWICK, Clive Malcolm, Reverend | Secretary | 2005-07-14 | 2015-08-31 |
| ALI, Noor Jahan | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-06-21 |
| ALI, Shazad | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-07-25 |
| ANDERSON, John Edward | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2013-08-31 |
| ARNOLD, Richard Keith, Nr | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2022-03-30 |
| ASTIN, Howard Keith, Reverend | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2017-11-13 |
| ASTIN, Howard Keith | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2009-03-19 |
| BARTLE, Paul | Director | 2005-09-12 | 2009-03-19 |
| BERRY, Bruce | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| BIBI, Shagufta | Director | 2023-03-20 | 2023-05-10 |
| BLAKE, Andrew | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| COOK, Kenneth | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2011-09-01 |
| DAWKINS, Gareth | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2016-10-23 |
| DE VILLIERS, Jan Albert | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-11-10 |
| GOOD, Nadine | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2025-11-30 |
| GRIFFIN, Helen Theresa | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2019-03-31 |
| HAMEED, Kabir | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HERNDLHOFER, Stephen | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-07-10 |
| HERRINGTON, Stuart | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| HESSELWOOD, Anthony Peter | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2006-01-30 |
| HESSLEWOOD, Tony | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2011-09-01 |
| JAKES, Jennifer | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| JARVIS, Alan John | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2025-11-30 |
| JUSTICE, Allison | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| KAINTH, Jagdeep Paul Singh | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2019-03-31 |
| KHAN, Helen Marie | Director | 2025-01-28 | 2025-10-17 |
| LEETHAM, Ruth | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2025-01-28 |
| LIAQAT, Mohammed Zafran | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2025-10-03 |
| MAYO-SMITH, Peter, Reverend | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2020-07-31 |
| METCALFE, Darren | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-03-25 |
| MOORES, Barbara | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-05-31 |
| NEALE, Michelle | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-11-12 |
| PEARSON, Bridget | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-11-12 |
| PRICE, Albert Edward | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2013-08-31 |
| REYNOLDS, Sandra | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| SEDGEWICK, Clive Malcolm, Reverend | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2013-08-31 |
| SMITH, Geoffrey, Revd | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2006-01-30 |
| SYKES, Malcolm Charles | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2016-05-06 |
| TAYLOR, Robert Ian | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| THOMPSON, Ruth Ann | Director | 2017-10-06 | 2018-08-31 |
| WALKER, Steve | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-04-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Terry John Morton | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-09-01 | Active |
| Mrs Melanie Saville | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-03-01 | Active |
| Ms Tehmina Hashmi | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-20 | Ceased 2022-02-28 |
| Executive Principal Gareth Dawkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+5%
£14,189,000 £14,902,000
-
Cash
+653.8%
£65,000 £490,000
-
Net assets
-2%
£23,516,000 £23,051,000
-
Employees
-3%
297 288
-
Wages
+3.1%
£8,860,000 £9,135,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers