ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-0.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£65M
+3.1% vs 2024
Employees
700
+1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2015-09-08 → present
- ARDEN ACADEMY TRUST 2010-09-14 → 2015-09-08
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 | £41,155,000 | £43,640,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £14,195,000 | £1,616,000 | |
| Cash | £13,086,000 | £13,056,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,334,000 | £65,563,000 | |
| Net assets | £63,464,000 | £65,427,000 | |
| Equity | £63,464,000 | £65,427,000 | |
| Average employees | 687 | 700 | |
| Wages | £22,775,000 | £24,450,000 |
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 | 34.5% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.97x | 2.77x |
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 (Birmingham) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the AMAT 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
- “The Trust welcomed Dorridge Primary School and Coppice Junior School (now called Coppice Academy) on 1 September 2023 to The Arden MAT. This was the start of the development of our new exciting Primary Department.”
- “The full integration of Dorridge Primary School and Coppice Academy into the multi academy trust with new Senior Leadership teams”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Christine Mary | Secretary | 2013-06-27 | — | — |
| ALLSOPP, Malcolm John | Director | 2018-07-16 | Mar 1951 | British |
| DEVITT, Andrew, Professor | Director | 2018-10-09 | May 1970 | English |
| FISHER, Margaret Antoinette | Director | 2024-09-17 | Aug 1960 | British |
| FOXON, Des | Director | 2020-02-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
| GARDNER, Andrea Joy | Director | 2019-10-08 | Jan 1970 | British |
| HARLEY-MASON, Geoffrey Balfour | Director | 2010-09-14 | Oct 1960 | British |
| JAREMA, Wendy Frances | Director | 2010-09-14 | Jul 1955 | British |
| MURPHY, Martin Peter | Director | 2011-09-01 | Nov 1956 | British |
| O'DONOVAN, Celia Jane, Dr | Director | 2010-09-14 | Dec 1955 | British |
| WESTMACOTT, Susan Dawn | Director | 2025-11-18 | Feb 1951 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Jeffrey Francis James | Secretary | 2010-09-14 | 2011-08-31 |
| HOUNSOME, Jane Eliabeth | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | 2013-01-25 |
| BLAKE, Keith Stuart | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-10-24 |
| BLOOMER, Sarah Louise | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2015-04-01 |
| BOHANNA, William Leonard Charles | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| BROWN, Ruth Christine | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2015-04-01 |
| BURGESS, Damian Paul Kifford | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2018-09-01 |
| CHAPLIN, Graeme | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| COLE, Andrew Brian | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| DEVITT, Andrew, Professor | Director | 2013-02-15 | 2015-04-01 |
| GREEN, Ann Carmel | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2011-09-01 |
| HOUGH, Leslie | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2015-04-01 |
| ING, Mary | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| LEFTWICH, William Richard | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-02-12 |
| MACKENZIE, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2011-02-17 | 2014-03-04 |
| MANSON, Patricia Ann | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2011-06-10 |
| MARSH, Gary Richard | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2013-02-26 |
| NICOLAIDES, Petros Andreas | Director | 2014-12-14 | 2015-03-01 |
| RICE, John Christopher | Director | 2010-12-09 | 2015-04-01 |
| ROWELL, Sara Jane | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2012-10-10 |
| RYLAH, Paul Jeremy, Dr | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2015-04-01 |
| SCOTT, Paula | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2015-04-01 |
| SMART, Derek Bowman | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2014-03-18 |
| STONEHEWER, Antony Kevin | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2015-04-01 |
| THOMAS, Valerie Susan | Director | 2017-01-20 | 2021-08-31 |
| VOLKAERTS, Alan | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Celia Jane O'Donovan | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-11 |
| Mrs Wendy Frances Jarema | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-11 |
| Mr Geoffrey Balfour Harley-Mason | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+6%
£41,155,000 £43,640,000
-
Cash
-0.2%
£13,086,000 £13,056,000
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£63,464,000 £65,427,000
-
Employees
+1.9%
687 700
-
Wages
+7.4%
£22,775,000 £24,450,000
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