GREAT ACADEMIES EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+32.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
-1.1% vs 2024
Employees
502
+3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£538K
+21.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GREAT ACADEMIES EDUCATION TRUST 2012-02-24 → present
- NEW CHARTER ACADEMY 2007-05-04 → 2012-02-24
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£750,000 | -£734,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£687,000 | -£538,000 | |
| Net profit | -£687,000 | -£538,000 | |
| Cash | £3,963,000 | £5,248,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,217,000 | £62,508,000 | |
| Net assets | £63,217,000 | £62,508,000 | |
| Equity | £63,217,000 | £62,508,000 | |
| Average employees | 484 | 502 | |
| Wages | £16,144,000 | £16,892,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.2% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.9% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.97x | 2.56x | |
| Interest cover | -250.00x | -183.50x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trust Board has a reasonable expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Following detailed consultation, the Trustees of GAET decided to pursue a possible merger of the trust with Dixons Academies Trust. The proposed merger has been in consideration for some time. Both trusts are aligned on their values and share a commitment to educational excellence, rooted in values of equity, opportunity and local impact. We believe that by bringing our trusts together we can unlock new possibilities, not by changing who we are, but by deepening our collective capacity to serve the communities we're anchored in. The date of merger is currently expected to be finalised in the early months of 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWES, Christopher Graham | Director | 2017-07-10 | Jun 1972 | British |
| DAYKIN, Barbara Mary | Director | 2020-04-20 | Sep 1959 | British |
| JONES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2020-04-23 | Feb 1981 | British |
| KAY, Khalida | Director | 2020-04-20 | May 1978 | British |
| KILSHAW, Harjit Kaur | Director | 2023-07-19 | Feb 1972 | British |
| SULLIVAN-WILLIAMS, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2018-07-04 | Jul 1962 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLOUGHLIN, Daniel Oliver | Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2017-07-10 |
| AMYES, Christine Marie | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2018-07-04 |
| BLAKEY, Michael Andrew | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2021-03-12 |
| BRISLEN, Christopher | Director | 2022-10-21 | 2023-04-07 |
| BRODERICK, Paul Radcliffe | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-09-26 |
| BURNS, James Thomas | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2011-04-05 |
| CHAPMAN, Conrad, Dr | Director | 2008-11-25 | 2012-04-01 |
| CROMPTON, Allison Jean | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2018-11-13 |
| CURRAN, Helen Christina | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2020-05-14 |
| DEAKIN, Joanne Claire, Dr | Director | 2013-02-05 | 2014-01-27 |
| DJORDJEVIC, Ann Marie | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2017-03-13 |
| FERGUSON, Anna Dalgety, Dr | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2018-05-17 |
| GHAFOOR, Hamid | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2013-10-01 |
| GILL, Rachel | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2012-04-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Stephen | Director | 2021-03-09 | 2024-03-25 |
| HALL, Annette | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2022-08-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Susan Jayne | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2019-10-16 |
| KENNEDY, Susan Jayne | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2014-03-31 |
| LINSDELL, Iain | Director | 2008-11-25 | 2012-04-01 |
| LLOYD, George Henry | Director | 2007-06-07 | 2011-10-31 |
| MORRIS, Louisa Jane | Director | 2024-09-06 | 2026-01-28 |
| MUNRO, Ian Hamilton | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2019-04-05 |
| NORRIS, Frank William | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2025-11-11 |
| PERRY, Emma | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2017-03-13 |
| POWELL, Anthony Arthur | Director | 2012-06-19 | 2018-12-20 |
| QUINN, Kieran | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2018-01-09 |
| SMITH, Ian | Director | 2007-06-07 | 2008-07-24 |
| STOPFORD, Paul Derrick | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2016-12-05 |
| SULIGOWSKI, Gregory Thomas | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2020-09-24 |
| TWEEDIE, Mark Anthony | Director | 2013-02-05 | 2016-09-26 |
| WARNER, Barry James | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2014-07-18 |
| WARREN, Susan Barbara | Director | 2013-11-06 | 2015-01-21 |
| WATKIN, Tracey | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2012-04-01 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Helen Mansell | Director | 2012-03-12 | 2018-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Mark Thompson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-20 | Ceased 2022-07-04 |
| Mrs Annette Hall | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-08 | Ceased 2022-07-04 |
| Mr Michael O'Hare | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-12-14 | Ceased 2022-07-04 |
| Mr Anthony Arthur Powell | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-04-30 | Ceased 2021-05-20 |
| Mr Ian Hamilton Munro | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-04-30 | Ceased 2019-07-08 |
| New Charter Housing Trust Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-07-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+32.4%
£3,963,000 £5,248,000
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£63,217,000 £62,508,000
-
Employees
+3.7%
484 502
-
Operating profit
+2.1%
-£750,000 -£734,000
-
Profit before tax
+21.7%
-£687,000 -£538,000
-
Wages
+4.6%
£16,144,000 £16,892,000
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