HIGHSTED ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+15.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+8.2% vs 2024
Employees
66
-12% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £5,577,488 | £7,170,604 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£87,695 | £1,250,398 | |
| Cash | £2,498,634 | £2,888,112 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,206,298 | £16,446,696 | |
| Net assets | £15,206,298 | £16,446,696 | |
| Equity | £15,206,298 | £16,446,696 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 66 | |
| Wages | £2,886,327 | £2,726,026 |
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 | -1.6% | 17.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 9.63x | 4.86x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Additionally, in line with the asset management plan, the school is able to report ongoing site improvements to maintain and develop the quality of the learning environment.”
- “Highsted Grammar School is pleased to report that refurbishment of the school buildings and upgrade to the facilities will continue in 2025-26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDES, Martin Henry Charles | Secretary | 2014-09-11 | — | — |
| ADEYINKA-AYKINSOYINU, Adedamola | Director | 2019-01-26 | Jun 1976 | British |
| BULBROOK, Sarah Jane | Director | 2024-05-21 | Feb 1973 | British |
| BUTCHARD, Matthew | Director | 2024-11-25 | Mar 1976 | British |
| DRURY, Sarah Rosina | Director | 2015-10-05 | Aug 1968 | British |
| KELLY, Anne Marie | Director | 2015-04-29 | May 1972 | British |
| LEWIN, Gerald, Hon.Ald. | Director | 2015-04-29 | Feb 1943 | British |
| MARSH, Darren Lee | Director | 2025-12-08 | Jul 1981 | British |
| OLUSOLA, Oluwatobi | Director | 2026-01-21 | Dec 1975 | British |
| STATHAM, Peter | Director | 2010-08-17 | Sep 1943 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENTS, Gloria Ann | Secretary | 2010-08-17 | 2014-08-31 |
| BARKER, Toby James | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2023-07-18 |
| BRIDGER, Claire | Director | 2015-04-29 | 2016-08-23 |
| HANCOCK, Neil Sidney | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2021-08-31 |
| HATCH, Stephen Robert | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-09-29 |
| HUNTER, Doreen Ann Young | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2018-07-10 |
| IDOWU, Babatunde Stephen, Dr | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2016-03-21 |
| JEPSON, Robert Trevor, Major | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2021-03-09 |
| LUNA, Barbara | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2025-11-12 |
| MOUNT, John Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2019-07-23 |
| PETERS, Lenaick Gaelle | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2018-10-04 |
| RAMSEY, David Wilson | Director | 2010-08-17 | 2013-04-01 |
| SABOUNI, Nader | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2021-10-06 |
| UMBERS, Louise Claire | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2026-02-09 |
| UMBERS, Louise | Director | 2015-12-02 | 2016-06-14 |
| WREN, Miranda Jane | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2024-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neil Sidney Hancock | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-20 | Ceased 2022-04-06 |
| Mr Peter Statham | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-20 | Ceased 2022-04-06 |
| Major Robert Trevor Jepson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-05-20 | Ceased 2022-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+28.6%
£5,577,488 £7,170,604
-
Cash
+15.6%
£2,498,634 £2,888,112
-
Net assets
+8.2%
£15,206,298 £16,446,696
-
Employees
-12%
75 66
-
Wages
-5.6%
£2,886,327 £2,726,026
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