THE BOURNE ACADEMY
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
Cash
£504K
-53.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+6.8% vs 2024
Employees
147
+4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£104K
-76.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £7,667,598 | £8,470,377 | |
| Operating profit | £425,650 | £87,058 | |
| Profit before tax | £449,811 | £104,316 | |
| Net profit | £449,811 | £104,316 | |
| Cash | £1,079,554 | £504,356 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,644,232 | £9,519,548 | |
| Net assets | £8,913,232 | £9,519,548 | |
| Equity | £8,913,232 | £9,519,548 | |
| Average employees | 141 | 147 | |
| Wages | £4,669,742 | £5,022,065 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.4% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.5% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 2.53x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In order to assess going concern, the Governors review the 3-year financial plan for the Academy and associated cash flow forecasts. Three years of higher than anticipated levels of staff pay awards, extraordinarily high levels of utility costs and essential repair and improvement work have impacted on the level of the Academy's financial reserves moving forward”
Group structure
- THE BOURNE ACADEMY · parent
- The Bourne Foundation
Significant events
- “In February 2025 the Academy underwent an ungraded inspection by Ofsted and was judged that the Academy had maintained the overall effective grade of 'Good' identified at the previous inspection in November 2019.”
- “Whilst the Academy did not meet its key KPIs this year, we have achieved our highest ever results with the English and Maths grade 5+ being 44% (National Av – 45%, prior year 37%) and grade 4+ in English and Maths being 66% (National Av - 64.5%, prior year 58%).”
- “During 2024/25 the Academy continued to ensure that the disadvantaged students funding was used to maximum effect. GCSE results for this year saw disadvantaged students achieving significantly above the national average with 58% of students obtaining a grade 4+ and 35% obtaining grade 5+ in English and Maths.”
- “In summer 2024 the Academy constructed a new building to house The Link.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVOTH, Mark | Director | 2015-01-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| BARRETT, Emma | Director | 2024-03-26 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BUTT, Daniel | Director | 2017-10-03 | Feb 1974 | British |
| CHEESEMAN, Darren | Director | 2024-10-07 | Dec 1969 | British |
| FOSTER, Caroline | Director | 2013-07-04 | Dec 1956 | British |
| GLEN, Ian Alistair | Director | 2022-07-05 | Jul 1973 | British |
| HILLS, James | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| JESS, Clare | Director | 2024-03-26 | Jan 1976 | British |
| LEAVESLEY, Heidi Kate | Director | 2017-10-03 | Sep 1973 | British |
| MASTROCOLA, David | Director | 2017-09-22 | Jun 1983 | British |
| NEILL, David | Director | 2013-03-14 | Jun 1965 | British |
| TIMMS, Jonathan | Director | 2024-10-01 | Feb 1985 | British |
| TRAGHEIM, Stuart Jackson | Director | 2024-07-02 | May 1964 | British |
| WHEELER, Chris | Director | 2025-10-07 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHDOWN, Richard | Secretary | 2012-11-01 | 2014-03-20 |
| CURRIN, Julie Christine | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2011-07-21 |
| STEEL, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2011-07-21 | 2012-10-31 |
| SKS SECRETARY | Corporate Secretary | 2010-02-05 | 2010-09-01 |
| ABRANTES MARQUES, Luis Filipe | Director | 2022-07-05 | 2024-10-01 |
| BAXTER, Richard George Alexander | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2012-06-19 |
| BINSTEAD, Joanna Ewington | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2018-12-11 |
| BISHOP, Henry Niall Pierre | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2025-02-25 |
| BROWN, Timothy Mark | Director | 2016-10-06 | 2020-07-07 |
| BROWNING, Andrew William | Director | 2010-05-07 | 2012-06-19 |
| BYDE, Eleonore | Director | 2010-05-07 | 2017-07-04 |
| CALVERT, Pauline | Director | 2015-10-08 | 2019-10-07 |
| CASS, Rachel Leigh | Director | 2010-05-10 | 2013-06-20 |
| CHEESEMAN, Darren | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-10-07 |
| CHURCHILL, Susan Jane | Director | 2012-06-19 | 2019-07-02 |
| FINLAY, Robert Ian | Director | 2010-05-17 | 2013-05-31 |
| HUNTER, Oliver Charles Cassels | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2024-02-27 |
| JINKS, Nicola Sabina | Director | 2017-10-03 | 2021-10-05 |
| KNOTT, Richard John | Director | 2010-02-05 | 2020-12-08 |
| LEVER, John Darcy | Director | 2010-02-05 | 2018-07-03 |
| LEWIS, Lawrence George | Director | 2018-12-11 | 2019-07-01 |
| MAILE, Nigel Kingsley | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2015-10-08 |
| MCGIBBON, John | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2022-12-06 |
| PAGE, Jacqueline | Director | 2016-03-17 | 2023-09-03 |
| PAGETT, Andrew James | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2014-09-15 |
| PORTER, Timothy Edward | Director | 2022-12-06 | 2026-03-19 |
| PURDY, Stephen Ian | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2013-09-09 |
| SLOLEY, Alexander | Director | 2022-07-05 | 2024-07-02 |
| SMITH, Adrian Holmes | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2016-07-06 |
| SMTIH, Adrian | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-07-04 |
| ST JOHN, Ashley Dominic Steven | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2015-03-24 |
| STEEL, Jacqueline Alison | Director | 2010-02-05 | 2014-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, Peter James | Director | 2015-07-02 | 2017-07-04 |
| VAN HEERDEN, Andre | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2016-07-06 |
| VESSEY, Benjamin Alastair Martin | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2025-07-01 |
| VINCENT, Lawrence Percy | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2011-03-24 |
| WARBURTON, Richard William | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2013-12-04 |
| WATKINS, Neil | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2017-07-04 |
| WELCH, Lisa Jayne | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2022-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Chris Wheeler | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-10-31 | Active |
| Professor Mark French | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2024-03-22 | Active |
| Mrs Heidi Kate Leavesley | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-10-10 | Active |
| Sir Gary Robert Coward | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-01-13 | Active |
| Dr Philippa Jane Dickins | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-11-26 | Active |
| Mr Henry Niall Pierre Bishop | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2020-12-08 | Ceased 2023-10-10 |
| Mr Stephen Le Bas | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-01-03 | Ceased 2024-03-22 |
| Mr David Roger Levin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2023-01-13 |
| Mr Ben Vessey | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-31 |
| Mr Richard Knott | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-08 |
| Mt Anthony Cottam | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
+10.5%
£7,667,598 £8,470,377
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Cash
-53.3%
£1,079,554 £504,356
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Net assets
+6.8%
£8,913,232 £9,519,548
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Employees
+4.3%
141 147
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Operating profit
-79.5%
£425,650 £87,058
-
Profit before tax
-76.8%
£449,811 £104,316
-
Wages
+7.5%
£4,669,742 £5,022,065
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