GREATER MANCHESTER ACADEMIES TRUST

1. GREATER MANCHESTER ACADEMIES TRUST 2016-09-22 → present
2. MANCHESTER COMMUNICATION ACADEMY 2008-11-25 → 2016-09-22

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Menzies LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“A sustainable three-year financial plan for the period 2025 to 2028 has been prepared, reviewed, scrutinised and approved by the Board of Trustees. The plan is a meticulous balance of positivity and prudence and demonstrates that the Trust is a going concern. The plan evaluates both giving the very best for our students and further stabilising the financial position. After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Significant events

• “Greater Manchester Academies Trust (GMAT) was formed in 2016. It currently supports two academies, Manchester Communication Academy (MCA) and Manchester Communication Primary Academy (MCPA).”
• “In financial year 2022-23 and 2023-24 and 2024-25 the Trust secondary school exceeded the published admission numbers (PAN) due to increased demand... Local Authority... provided circa £12m of capital funding... allowed MCA to adapt its current building to increase the number of teaching spaces...”
• “The dance studio project reached completion during the year and is now fully operational. Planning and design work for the Year 7 transition block and the science block have progressed during the year. Both projects commenced to construction stage early August 2025.”
• “During the year, the school secured a significant capital investment of circa £800k from the Football Foundation, supplemented by £250k from school funds, to support the development of new, high-quality sports facilities as part of the ongoing campus expansion.”
• “Both MCA and MCPA were successful in securing Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) funding - MCA £335K MCPA £103K with a contribution from reserves of £50k from the trust in addition during the year to support the replacement and upgrading of fire doors across the site.”
• “The Trust introduced a health cash plan for all staff in 2023 as part of its well-being strategy, providing a wide range of services and support.”
• “The school continues to play a central role in supporting the local community through its partnership with The Bread and Butter Project, acting as a distribution hub for food and essential household items.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +78.6%

  £585,125 → £1,044,953

• Cash

  -20.3%

  £2,583,045 → £2,059,220

• Net assets

  +32.6%

  £32,620,179 → £43,251,291

• Employees

  -2.9%

  279 → 271

• Wages

  +7.7%

  £8,547,687 → £9,205,897

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