BOA TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+22.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£45M
-0.7% vs 2024
Employees
151
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BOA TRUST 2023-04-25 → present
- BIRMINGHAM ORMISTON ACADEMY 2009-02-27 → 2023-04-25
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 | £10,620,000 | £12,277,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£400,000 | -£231,000 | |
| Cash | £1,914,000 | £2,340,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,350,000 | £45,014,000 | |
| Net assets | £45,350,000 | £45,014,000 | |
| Equity | £45,350,000 | £45,014,000 | |
| Average employees | 159 | 151 | |
| Wages | £5,091,000 | £5,985,000 |
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 | -3.8% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.6% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 1.93x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BOA TRUST · parent
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Theatre Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, the BOA Group staged its Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz which included cast and creatives trained across the Group. Despite no longer operating The Old Rep Theatre, BOA Trust has formed a creative partnership with the theatre's new custodians and there are plans to produce Cinderella in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLACE, Kate Marie | Secretary | 2023-06-05 | — | — |
| BHANGOO, Gurdip Singh | Director | 2016-03-22 | Feb 1970 | British |
| CUNNINGHAM, Mavernie Amanda | Director | 2026-01-27 | Jun 1964 | British |
| MATTINSON, Kevin George, Prof | Director | 2017-11-06 | Nov 1957 | British |
| MAYFIELD-TAGUE, Katharine Louise | Director | 2024-02-22 | Apr 1969 | British |
| SHAW, Clayton | Director | 2024-07-04 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SILVERTON, Juliet | Director | 2025-05-20 | Jun 1968 | British |
| TURPIE, Edward Jonathan | Director | 2012-07-05 | May 1954 | Scottish |
| WIDDOWS, Julian Michael | Director | 2022-07-05 | Nov 1972 | English |
| WOOD, Sarah Helen, Dr | Director | 2020-12-08 | Feb 1973 | British |
| YEOMANS, Leigh David Benjamin | Director | 2020-07-07 | Jan 1982 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVERIS, Paul Stuart | Secretary | 2013-03-14 | 2014-08-31 |
| DARWEN, Peter William | Secretary | 2020-09-22 | 2022-07-22 |
| DARWEN, Peter William | Secretary | 2014-12-16 | 2019-02-10 |
| DOVYDAITIS, David Lee Albert | Secretary | 2022-07-22 | 2023-05-26 |
| ROSS, Andrew | Secretary | 2012-03-16 | 2013-03-14 |
| SKS SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-02-27 | 2012-03-16 |
| AYRES, Spencer | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| CARSWELL, Mary, Professor | Director | 2009-02-27 | 2016-02-22 |
| CHESHIRE, Gaynor | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| CLELAND, Ian Mcallister | Director | 2009-02-27 | 2012-03-30 |
| FRANCIS, Peter James, Professor | Director | 2022-09-27 | 2023-11-30 |
| GIBBONS, Mike Anthony | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2019-09-24 |
| HODGSON, Hilary Ruth | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2023-07-04 |
| HUDSON, Nick Andrew | Director | 2017-11-08 | 2025-07-03 |
| LIGHTLY, Michael | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-06-25 |
| LOCKET, Martin Frank | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2015-11-10 |
| MAKHOUL, Bashir, Professor | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2017-06-26 |
| MCEVOY, John | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2018-09-25 |
| MERRICK, Caragh | Director | 2024-02-22 | 2025-01-30 |
| MURRAY, Peter Guiler | Director | 2009-02-27 | 2012-09-20 |
| NASH, Gregory Michael | Director | 2024-02-22 | 2024-09-30 |
| REILLY, John Gerard | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-12-10 |
| ROBERTS, David Jonathan, Professor | Director | 2017-11-06 | 2018-10-18 |
| SALT, Toby Dominic Brodigan, Professor | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2017-06-26 |
| SEALEY, Robert John | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2016-03-22 |
| SHEFFIELD, Graham Edward, Dr | Director | 2023-10-18 | 2024-07-04 |
| SHEPHARD, Ian James | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2017-11-06 |
| SILBER, David John | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2023-09-26 |
| SINGLETON, Philip David | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-12-10 |
| TALWAR, Amajit | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2016-06-23 |
| THICKETT, Philip, Professor | Director | 2011-04-07 | 2023-07-04 |
| TODD, Alistair Edward | Director | 2018-04-09 | 2020-02-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Nicholas Stephen, Sir | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2018-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormiston Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+15.6%
£10,620,000 £12,277,000
-
Cash
+22.3%
£1,914,000 £2,340,000
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£45,350,000 £45,014,000
-
Employees
-5%
159 151
-
Wages
+17.6%
£5,091,000 £5,985,000
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