THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+8.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£130M
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
991
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-54.5% vs 2024
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 | £73,343,000 | £76,435,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,521,000 | £1,146,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,521,000 | £1,146,000 | |
| Cash | £7,064,000 | £7,647,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £130,336,000 | £129,826,000 | |
| Net assets | £130,335,000 | £129,826,000 | |
| Equity | £130,335,000 | £129,826,000 | |
| Average employees | 981 | 991 | |
| Wages | £38,494,000 | £41,013,000 |
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 | 3.4% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.8% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.10x | 2.98x |
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
- Duncan and Toplis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has 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 the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Trust continues to move its plan forward, securing additional funds and receiving a generous donation from the Judith and Barry Jackson Foundation, enabling the installation of four additional solar arrays in July 2025 and a third battery system in August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARCHEDI, Domenico | Secretary | 2017-08-31 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Clare | Director | 2021-07-14 | Oct 1973 | British |
| BEARDMORE, Kate | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| DIXON, Steve George | Director | 2022-02-09 | Apr 1973 | British |
| GEE, Howard David | Director | 2008-09-16 | Feb 1957 | British |
| JONES, Ian | Director | 2015-12-14 | Apr 1964 | British |
| KEOGH, Damien Stephen | Director | 2024-12-10 | Jul 1974 | British |
| MURRAY, Emma Louise | Director | 2026-01-23 | Nov 1977 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Simon | Director | 2012-10-08 | May 1973 | British |
| TYREMAN, Lesley | Director | 2020-11-05 | Mar 1953 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAWDELL, John Antony | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2015-08-04 |
| TURNER, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2008-01-03 | 2013-03-26 |
| WILLEY, Jean | Secretary | 2013-03-26 | 2014-01-31 |
| BELL, Susan Coryn | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2012-10-08 |
| COFFEY, Terence James | Director | 2008-01-03 | 2012-10-08 |
| CRANSTON, Stephen | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2012-10-08 |
| CROOKSTON, Stan Daniel | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2009-10-08 |
| CROSBIE, Margaret Maureen | Director | 2008-02-25 | 2012-10-08 |
| GILLANDERS, Laura | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| GILLILAND, Richard | Director | 2008-01-03 | 2012-03-28 |
| HARRY, Deborah Rachel Ruth | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2016-09-09 |
| HICKERTON, Martin | Director | 2022-02-09 | 2022-06-17 |
| HINDMARCH, Katherine Linda | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2014-07-10 |
| HOUTEN, Peter Charles | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2021-12-31 |
| JACKSON, Barry | Director | 2008-01-03 | 2012-10-08 |
| KIRK, Rosanne Christina | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2015-12-14 |
| KIRTON, June | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2014-09-22 |
| KNOWLES, David John | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| KNOWLES, Francis Lionel | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2024-10-03 |
| MACKINDER, Jonathan David | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| MALT, Mandy | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2012-10-08 |
| MARSHALL, Jan Macgregor | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2009-10-08 |
| MILNER, Stephen | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2017-08-31 |
| MURPHY, Peter Thomas Edward | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| PARTINGTON, Richard John | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2021-08-31 |
| PARTINGTON, Richard John | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2010-05-26 |
| POWELL, Jane | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2018-08-31 |
| TALBOT, Christine Anne, Councillor | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2012-05-23 |
| WRIGHT, Ian Christopher | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2012-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Deborah Rachel Ruth Harry | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-09 | Ceased 2022-03-11 |
| Mr Howard David Gee | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-11 |
| The Priory Fundraising Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-15 | 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
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£73,343,000 £76,435,000
-
Cash
+8.3%
£7,064,000 £7,647,000
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£130,335,000 £129,826,000
-
Employees
+1%
981 991
-
Profit before tax
-54.5%
£2,521,000 £1,146,000
-
Wages
+6.5%
£38,494,000 £41,013,000
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