ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-17 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-21% vs 2023
Net assets
£64M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
540
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-156.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ALPHA ACADEMIES TRUST 2017-08-03 → present
- THE COLLEGE ACADEMIES TRUST 2012-08-20 → 2017-08-03
- THE DISCOVERY ACADEMY 2010-06-03 → 2012-08-20
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 | £33,673,000 | £30,923,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,533,000 | -£1,441,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,533,000 | -£1,441,000 | |
| Cash | £6,627,000 | £5,238,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,729,000 | £64,675,000 | |
| Net assets | £66,509,000 | £64,440,000 | |
| Equity | £66,509,000 | £64,440,000 | |
| Average employees | 525 | 540 | |
| Wages | £15,836,000 | £17,211,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 7.5% | -4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.71x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Academy 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
- “Holden Lane Primary School joined Alpha Academies Trust on 1 September 2024.”
- “The previous vice Chair of the Trust was appointed Chair, and two experienced co-optees joined the membership of two Trust Committees, effective September 2024.”
- “K Townshend, Chair, resigned and stepped down on 31st August 2024.”
- “Clare Thomas resigned as a Trustee on 6th September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAGSHAW, Maxine | Secretary | 2013-09-01 | — | — |
| FRENCH, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2019-09-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| GEE, Matthew Peter | Director | 2023-11-06 | Apr 1972 | British |
| MILNE, Sarah | Director | 2025-09-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| PACKHAM, Stephen Michael | Director | 2018-09-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| REID, Andrew William | Director | 2023-11-06 | Sep 1948 | British |
| RUSKIN-BROWN, Clair | Director | 2025-09-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Jamie Edward | Director | 2020-08-27 | Feb 1974 | British |
| THOMPSON, Diane Carol | Director | 2020-04-03 | Mar 1962 | British |
| TORJUSSEN, Debbie | Director | 2026-04-24 | Apr 1979 | British |
| WILLANS, Peter | Director | 2018-09-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2010-06-03 | 2010-09-30 |
| BRILEY, Colin John | Secretary | 2010-09-30 | 2013-08-31 |
| BILLINGTON, Rachel Frances Gregory | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-07-31 |
| BRILEY, Colin John | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2013-08-31 |
| BUTTERFIELD, David James | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-04-03 |
| FLYNN, Daniel Charles | Director | 2011-08-23 | 2013-09-01 |
| GETTY, Michael John | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2023-03-19 |
| GITTINS, Robert | Director | 2020-08-27 | 2021-10-12 |
| GRATTON, Debra | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2015-09-24 |
| HEYWOOD, David George | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2018-10-19 |
| JACKSON, Patricia Anne | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2018-10-19 |
| JONES, Carol Ann | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2018-10-19 |
| LAKE, Nicholas | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2016-04-28 |
| LOWE, Jayne | Director | 2022-04-26 | 2026-04-24 |
| MAGUIRE, Roisin Mary | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2018-07-31 |
| MANGNALL, Paul | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2013-09-01 |
| MORREY, Lesley | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2026-03-19 |
| MOULT, Ann Elizabeth | Director | 2011-08-23 | 2013-09-01 |
| PATINO, John | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2015-12-31 |
| PROCTOR, Andrew | Director | 2020-08-27 | 2021-10-25 |
| RIMMINGTON, Ian | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2013-09-01 |
| ROBINSON, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2019-08-31 |
| SHARMA, Jatinder Kumar | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2018-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Carol Denise | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2012-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Clare Marie | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2024-09-06 |
| TOWNSHEND, Katherine | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2024-08-31 |
| YATES, Margaret | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2020-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
-8.2%
£33,673,000 £30,923,000
-
Cash
-21%
£6,627,000 £5,238,000
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£66,509,000 £64,440,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
525 540
-
Profit before tax
-156.9%
£2,533,000 -£1,441,000
-
Wages
+8.7%
£15,836,000 £17,211,000
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