THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£398K
-13.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
-3.4% vs 2024
Employees
402
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£800K
-112.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST 2022-03-21 → present
- THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY 2010-08-13 → 2022-03-21
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 | £20,868,000 | £21,210,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£371,000 | -£770,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£376,000 | -£800,000 | |
| Net profit | -£382,000 | -£802,000 | |
| Cash | £461,000 | £398,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,115,000 | £29,097,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,115,000 | £29,097,000 | |
| Equity | £30,115,000 | £29,097,000 | |
| Average employees | 397 | 402 | |
| Wages | £11,527,000 | £12,349,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.8% | -3.6% | |
| Net margin | -1.8% | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.2% | -2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | -8.24x | -14.26x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above considerations, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the academy trust to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- Buckle Under Limited 100%
- City View Pre-School & Nurseries Limited 100%
Significant events
- “MAT expansion plans in the very near future”
- “Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys joining the academy trust and then rebranding the academy trust”
- “A plan was put into place in September 2024 to replenish reserves back to within the agreed range.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINTON, Julian Beauclerk Tatton | Director | 2021-07-19 | Mar 1968 | British |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Dylan | Director | 2017-07-05 | Mar 1970 | British |
| CRITTENDEN, Ashley Sarah | Director | 2025-07-15 | Aug 1972 | British |
| FOX, David Nathan Abraham | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
| GARBHARRAN, Upaasna, Dr | Director | 2025-12-16 | Sep 1977 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Mark Broster | Director | 2019-08-16 | Aug 1964 | British |
| MARTIN, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2021-07-05 | Jan 1982 | British |
| SWALLOW, Paul Steven, Dr | Director | 2021-03-09 | Nov 1954 | British |
| WALTERS, Michael David | Director | 2025-01-06 | Jan 1974 | British |
| WATSON, Jonathan Martin | Director | 2018-01-01 | Dec 1975 | British |
| WEINEL, Anna Virginia | Director | 2016-12-19 | Mar 1963 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, Jean Elizabeth | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2014-10-06 |
| CLARK, Donald Adrian | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2011-04-05 |
| COLLINS, Ruth | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2013-04-15 |
| COX, Rachel Louise | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2019-02-15 |
| DOYLE, Andrew George | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2015-11-23 |
| FIELD, Richard Arthur | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2020-12-31 |
| FISHER, Katrina Wendy | Director | 2019-04-09 | 2020-12-11 |
| GILES, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2019-02-02 |
| GREENER, Jane | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2014-11-03 |
| GUTHRIE, Neal Robert | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2022-03-17 |
| HARRIS, Matthew David | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2016-05-20 |
| HAUX, Tina, Dr | Director | 2021-03-09 | 2023-07-21 |
| HICKS, Caroline | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2018-02-21 |
| HOBBS, Rebecca Jane Wambui | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2018-08-02 |
| JENNINGS, Muriel Agnes | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2012-07-20 |
| KARNAVAS, Philip Toli | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2017-12-31 |
| KEAY, Judith Ann | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2019-12-31 |
| LARKINSON, Janet | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2019-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Tracey Kathleen | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2023-07-21 |
| MAY, Craig Christopher | Director | 2016-07-19 | 2019-02-15 |
| MAY, Craig Christopher | Director | 2011-03-17 | 2013-06-04 |
| MENZIES, Robert Charles | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2015-10-09 |
| MILTON, Andrew John | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2023-05-03 |
| NOLAN, Paul Charles | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2022-08-31 |
| PACKHAM, Clive Bradley | Director | 2011-03-16 | 2013-05-20 |
| PARSONS, Julia Claire | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Henrietta | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2013-06-04 |
| SARGEANT, Michael John | Director | 2010-11-02 | 2011-11-01 |
| SCARFE, Gilda Corina, Dr | Director | 2023-07-18 | 2023-11-01 |
| STEVENS, Jayme Oliver Anthony | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2022-08-31 |
| TWYMAN, Paul Hadleigh | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2021-07-19 |
| WARD, Sally-Ann | Director | 2012-04-20 | 2017-03-13 |
| WELLS, Deborah | Director | 2010-08-13 | 2017-12-31 |
| WILES, Hannah Ruth | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2018-10-03 |
| WILLETT, Keith | Director | 2017-06-12 | 2017-10-03 |
| WILSE, Christian | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2016-10-12 |
| WINTERFLOOD, Neil | Director | 2017-05-24 | 2025-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-02 | 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
+1.6%
£20,868,000 £21,210,000
-
Cash
-13.7%
£461,000 £398,000
-
Net assets
-3.4%
£30,115,000 £29,097,000
-
Employees
+1.3%
397 402
-
Operating profit
-107.5%
-£371,000 -£770,000
-
Profit before tax
-112.8%
-£376,000 -£800,000
-
Wages
+7.1%
£11,527,000 £12,349,000
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