ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
-52.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£520M
-1.1% vs 2023
Employees
5,168
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
+29.2% vs 2023
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 | £259,719,000 | £286,104,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,565,000 | -£4,948,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,447,000 | -£3,858,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,447,000 | -£3,858,000 | |
| Cash | £34,338,000 | £16,312,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £529,650,000 | £522,469,000 | |
| Net assets | £525,418,000 | £519,650,000 | |
| Equity | £525,418,000 | £519,650,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,988 | 5,168 | |
| Wages | £148,457,000 | £162,906,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.1% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.1% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.1% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.2% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.33x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | -927.50x | -1237.00x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 December 2024, two academies from The Queensmill Trust transferred into OAT. All operations and certain assets and pension liabilities were transferred in to the Trust. The academies are now called Ormiston Queensmill Academy and Ormiston Kensington Queensmill Academy.”
- “The MIC (managed intervention centre) project, co-funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), has successfully launched two new MICs in Great Yarmouth and Stoke as of 3 June 2024.”
- “A number of new SEND provisions were launched during the year including one at Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy and one at Ormiston Latimer Academy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YARDLEY-PATEL, Sunita Julia | Secretary | 2025-12-01 | — | — |
| ATWAL, Mandeep Kaur | Director | 2024-12-12 | Jan 1984 | British |
| DANDO, Jonathan William Stephen | Director | 2024-12-12 | May 1985 | British |
| MURRAY, Peter Guiler | Director | 2009-08-05 | May 1937 | British |
| PATERSON, Christopher | Director | 2024-03-07 | Mar 1982 | British |
| REES, Thomas David | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1977 | British |
| RENOU, Janet | Director | 2019-11-01 | Jan 1956 | British |
| RIGAL, Bruce Isaac Alexandor | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jun 1962 | British |
| ROSS, Stuart | Director | 2022-12-08 | Oct 1956 | British |
| SPENCER, Hilary | Director | 2025-06-18 | Sep 1978 | British |
| SYED, Tariq Sajjad | Director | 2023-07-13 | Apr 1976 | British |
| WALTON, Elizabeth Lockhart, Professor | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| WEINBERG, Julius Rolf, Dr | Director | 2022-12-08 | Dec 1954 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAVEN, Marcella Paula Alexandria | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | 2018-12-19 |
| HALL, Louise Ruth | Secretary | 2024-12-19 | 2025-11-30 |
| HENSON, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2017-03-09 | 2018-08-31 |
| VOUT, Sarah Rhiannon | Secretary | 2016-05-16 | 2017-03-09 |
| WARMINGTON, Sharon Priscilla | Secretary | 2022-06-27 | 2023-05-14 |
| YARDLEY-PATEL, Sunita | Secretary | 2023-05-15 | 2024-12-19 |
| YARDLEY-PATEL, Sunita Julia | Secretary | 2018-12-19 | 2022-06-26 |
| BARNES, Wendy Elisabeth | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2018-12-13 |
| BOSHER, Robin, Sir | Director | 2016-07-21 | 2019-01-28 |
| BRAMWELL, Karen Elaine | Director | 2020-09-10 | 2025-11-25 |
| BROOKMAN, Ian Charles | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2022-07-14 |
| HALL, Frances Hilary | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2024-12-12 |
| HANN, Paul George Edward, Dr | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2023-02-28 |
| HODGSON, Hilary Ruth | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2014-06-25 |
| HUDSON, Nick Andrew | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2023-08-31 |
| JONES, Andrew Timothy | Director | 2018-09-13 | 2022-08-31 |
| MCCARTNEY, Nicole | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2017-08-29 |
| MURRAY, James Earl | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2014-06-25 |
| NOLAN, Jane | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2019-08-31 |
| RERAKI, Maria, Dr | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2022-11-30 |
| RUTHERFORD, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-09-10 |
| SALT, Toby Dominic Brodigan, Professor | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2017-06-16 |
| SAMRA, Balraj | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
| SHOOTER, Kenneth Alan | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2017-07-20 |
| STANYER, Mark | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2020-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Paul Daniel | Director | 2009-08-05 | 2010-04-12 |
| THOM, Alistair James | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2025-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Diana Mary Murray | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-09 | Ceased 2024-03-01 |
| Mr Peter Murray | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-05 | Ceased 2024-03-01 |
| The Ormiston Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | 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
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+10.2%
£259,719,000 £286,104,000
-
Cash
-52.5%
£34,338,000 £16,312,000
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£525,418,000 £519,650,000
-
Employees
+3.6%
4,988 5,168
-
Operating profit
+11.1%
-£5,565,000 -£4,948,000
-
Profit before tax
+29.2%
-£5,447,000 -£3,858,000
-
Wages
+9.7%
£148,457,000 £162,906,000
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