ASTON UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING ACADEMY BIRMINGHAM
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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
Cash
£2M
-28.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+11.1% vs 2024
Employees
97
+12.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+42.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Material uncertainty as funding withdrawn for Aston University Engineering Academy Birmingham's activities which transferred to Aston University STEM Education Academy Trust on 1 September 2025. Accounts prepared on a winding up basis, measuring assets and liabilities at recoverable amounts.
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14 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £6,829,000 | £8,531,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £805,000 | £1,148,000 | |
| Net profit | £805,000 | £1,148,000 | |
| Cash | £3,468,000 | £2,470,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,721,000 | £10,801,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,721,000 | £10,801,000 | |
| Equity | £9,721,000 | £10,801,000 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 97 | |
| Wages | £3,293,000 | £4,050,000 |
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 | 11.8% | 13.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 2.42x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Material uncertainty as funding withdrawn for Aston University Engineering Academy Birmingham's activities which transferred to Aston University STEM Education Academy Trust on 1 September 2025. Accounts prepared on a winding up basis, measuring assets and liabilities at recoverable amounts.”
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2025 the assets and liabilities of Aston University Engineering Academy were transferred out of the academy trust. The activities were transferred to Aston University STEM Education Academy Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLINGHAM, Richard Alastair | Director | 2017-03-13 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREFORD, Nadia | Secretary | 2023-10-01 | 2025-11-19 |
| EVAN, Gareth Antony | Secretary | 2010-02-23 | 2012-02-22 |
| OTTLEY, Julie | Secretary | 2021-11-05 | 2023-10-01 |
| WALTER, John | Secretary | 2012-02-22 | 2021-11-05 |
| ABID, Mohammed | Director | 2023-12-09 | 2025-11-20 |
| AFZAL, Islam | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2018-08-24 |
| ALLIBONE, Jason Paul | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-10-01 |
| BARKASS WILLIAMSON, Annette | Director | 2013-04-14 | 2015-01-09 |
| BARVE, Christine Janet | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2014-08-31 |
| BERRY, Robert Francis, Professor | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-06-25 |
| BIRGISSON, Bjorn, Executive Dean & Professor | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| BRAGG, Valerie Patricia | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2015-04-28 |
| BURGESS, Victoria Jayne | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2015-04-30 |
| CARLIN, Sally | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| CARTER, Martin Paul | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Jennifer Mary | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2017-10-01 |
| COULSON, Michael | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| DAVIES, Alison Eva | Director | 2019-05-27 | 2023-01-01 |
| DUNKLEY, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2019-08-01 |
| FEKETE, Robert | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2017-03-12 |
| FRATINI, Antonio, Dr | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| GARRETT, Stephen John, Prof | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| GILL-KNOBBS, Amandeep Kaur | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| GRANT, Rachael Leigh | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| HAINSWORTH, Sarah Victoria, Professor | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| HALSTEAD, Alison, Prof | Director | 2010-02-23 | 2015-04-30 |
| HANCOCK, Steven James | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| HARPER, Paul, Dr | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2025-01-01 |
| HARVEY, Lee Colin, Dr | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2023-10-01 |
| HAZZARD, Peter Anthony | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| HEWGILL, Alastair | Director | 2010-02-23 | 2012-08-01 |
| HODGSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2012-07-26 | 2014-06-25 |
| HUGHES, Martin Thomas, Wing Commander | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| KHAN, Osama Shafique Minhaz, Professor | Director | 2025-01-17 | 2025-11-20 |
| LINTON, Tracey Jayne | Director | 2015-01-09 | 2022-02-17 |
| LOCKE-WHEATON, Daniel | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| MALHI, Tejinder | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| MILLATT, Katherine Mary | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| OLIVER, Trevor Norman, Dr | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| PARKER, Colin | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-10-26 |
| PLUMB, Sarah Louise | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2025-08-01 |
| REHMAN, Atique | Director | 2023-12-04 | 2025-11-20 |
| ROCHE, Iain, Dr | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2022-02-17 |
| ROSS, Mandy Susan | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-08-01 |
| SCOTT, Neil Robert | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2022-11-30 |
| SEYMOUR, James Robert | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2015-11-13 |
| STONALL, Julie Marie | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| TAYLOR, Sarah Anne | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2013-09-17 |
| TOY, Richard John | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| TYRRELL, Jane Miranda | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| WADE, James Gideon | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-11-13 |
| WEST, Lorraine | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 14
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
+24.9%
£6,829,000 £8,531,000
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Cash
-28.8%
£3,468,000 £2,470,000
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£9,721,000 £10,801,000
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Employees
+12.8%
86 97
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Profit before tax
+42.6%
£805,000 £1,148,000
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Wages
+23%
£3,293,000 £4,050,000
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