WREN ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£465K
-75.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
-6.7% vs 2023
Employees
299
+16.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WREN ACADEMIES TRUST 2018-12-06 → present
- WREN ACADEMY 2007-11-08 → 2018-12-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,925,322 | £20,169,046 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£837,702 | -£2,168,351 | |
| Cash | £1,931,099 | £465,409 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,269,971 | £27,294,697 | |
| Net assets | £28,418,594 | £26,501,243 | |
| Equity | £28,418,594 | £26,501,243 | |
| Average employees | 256 | 299 | |
| Wages | £8,971,267 | £10,782,466 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.7% | -10.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.2% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 1.16x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The success of the secondments has resulted in the Governing Body of SMSJ deciding to academise and then take steps to join Wren Academies Trust in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIVINGSTON, Aaron Jerome | Secretary | 2023-08-30 | — | — |
| BACKHOUSE, Richard Paul | Director | 2016-07-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| CHRISTIAN, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| COLEMAN, Stephen, The Revd | Director | 2020-06-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
| GITTOES, Julie Anne, The Rev’D Dr | Director | 2025-06-04 | Feb 1976 | British |
| HUTH, Craig Joseph | Director | 2018-11-22 | Aug 1963 | British |
| KIERNAN, Christopher Edward | Director | 2013-12-02 | Jan 1955 | British |
| PENN, Charlotte Elizabeth | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1993 | British |
| SMITH, Gavin | Director | 2017-07-31 | Oct 1971 | British |
| TURNER, Jeremy | Director | 2018-05-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| WEST, John | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, Marc | Secretary | 2008-05-12 | 2023-08-31 |
| PAYNE, Cheryl Patricia | Secretary | 2007-11-08 | 2008-05-12 |
| ADAMS, Melvene | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2018-11-22 |
| ADAMS, Melvene | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-12-15 |
| ARCHER, Kim | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| BISDORFF, Claire Janine, Dr | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| CAPERON, John Philip, Rev | Director | 2008-07-07 | 2016-08-31 |
| CHADWICK, Priscilla, Dr | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| DIEPPE, Dorothy Jane | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-11-23 |
| DUTHIE, Sylvia Mary | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2018-11-22 |
| ELLAH, Olivia | Director | 2016-06-21 | 2018-11-22 |
| FOSTER, Helen | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-11-22 |
| GUPTA, Anshul | Director | 2010-02-22 | 2013-01-28 |
| GURTLER, David Kenneth | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-12-15 |
| HANNAN, Robert John | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2008-01-01 |
| KIERNAN, Chris | Director | 2013-12-02 | 2018-11-22 |
| MCAULAY, Mark John Simon, The Reverend | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-03-01 |
| MCNAMARA, Aileen | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2011-12-31 |
| MURRAY, Elizabeth | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2009-10-13 |
| MURRAY, Elizabeth | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2008-11-27 |
| NICHOLLS, Peter | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| NOEL, Andrew Herbert | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-06-06 |
| NOEL, Andrew Herbert | Director | 2008-07-07 | 2012-07-06 |
| OGUNSANYA, Catherine | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| PERYER, Thomas Stuart | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2008-08-31 |
| PETTY, Richard James Agnew | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| PLATTEN, Gregory, Reverend | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| RAWCLIFFE, Marc Phillip | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2018-07-02 |
| RENDELL, Jason, Reverend | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2011-06-22 |
| SAGUA, Vincent Aghogho Tokunbu | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| SOLOMON, Jonathan | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2023-08-31 |
| STEED, Mark Stephen | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Elizabeth | Director | 2009-12-07 | 2011-08-31 |
| TIDEY, Samantha Jeanne | Director | 2012-01-19 | 2016-08-31 |
| TURNER, Linda | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2018-11-22 |
| WALTERS, Angela Deloris | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| WARNER, Martin Clive, The Rt Revd | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| WEST, John | Director | 2025-09-17 | 2025-09-17 |
| WHITWORTH, Michael | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2017-08-31 |
| WOOLF, Inigo Rodney Milman | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2008-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Of Edmonton | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2024-04-24 | Active |
| The Revd Robert James Wickham | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-03-01 | Ceased 2024-03-31 |
| London Diocesan Board For Schools | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Berkhamsted Schools Group | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Department For Education | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+12.5%
£17,925,322 £20,169,046
-
Cash
-75.9%
£1,931,099 £465,409
-
Net assets
-6.7%
£28,418,594 £26,501,243
-
Employees
+16.8%
256 299
-
Wages
+20.2%
£8,971,267 £10,782,466
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