COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+13.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£107M
+1.7% vs 2024
Employees
1,088
-12.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£578K
+103.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST 2012-10-18 → present
- THE POLESWORTH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2010-12-17 → 2012-10-18
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 | £64,035,000 | £59,525,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,956,000 | £578,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,956,000 | £578,000 | |
| Cash | £2,988,000 | £3,402,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £107,536,000 | £107,425,000 | |
| Net assets | £105,631,000 | £107,411,000 | |
| Equity | £105,631,000 | £107,411,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,243 | 1,088 | |
| Wages | £32,612,000 | £31,047,000 |
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 | -23.4% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.06x |
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
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has 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
- “The academic year 24/25, overall, has been a successful year for the Trust, although there have been significant challenges to overcome. All our schools have continued to be challenged by the long shadow of COVID, most evident in the behaviour and attendance of children in our schools.”
- “There were 5 Ofsted inspections during the year at Chadsmead Primary Academy, Woodloes Primary School, Grange Park Primary School, Wood End Primary School, and Birchwood Primary School.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Lois | Secretary | 2023-08-01 | — | — |
| ATKINS, Simon | Director | 2012-10-12 | Oct 1975 | British |
| FARNWORTH, John Trystan | Director | 2022-11-24 | Dec 1977 | British |
| HAWTHORNE, Neil Alan | Director | 2025-05-22 | May 1981 | British |
| JENKINS, Sophie Helen | Director | 2024-11-20 | Jul 1982 | British,French |
| PALMERFIELD, Lisa | Director | 2025-02-27 | Oct 1980 | British |
| RUBERY, Peter William | Director | 2022-08-30 | Jun 1957 | British |
| VEASEY-WATTS, Kaine | Director | 2024-12-04 | Apr 1973 | British |
| WALLIS, Steven Martin, Rev | Director | 2011-01-10 | Aug 1954 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARDSLEY, Alison Elizabeth | Secretary | 2015-12-10 | 2023-07-31 |
| HOLLAND, Nicola Denise | Secretary | 2012-04-01 | 2015-12-10 |
| OSKIERA, Jennifer Patricia | Secretary | 2011-01-10 | 2012-03-31 |
| ALESBROOK, Dawn Beverley | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-12-17 |
| BAILEY, Karen | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2011-08-31 |
| BARDSLEY, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2018-10-22 | 2018-11-26 |
| BARDSLEY, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2018-05-24 |
| BELL, Charlotte | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2014-11-19 |
| BICKLEY, Roy Thomas | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Robert John | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2011-04-04 |
| BRATT, Nigel Henry | Director | 2012-10-12 | 2018-01-18 |
| BROWN, Gary | Director | 2017-05-16 | 2025-05-16 |
| BUDGE, Hazel Edwina | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2011-05-10 |
| BUTCHER, David John | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| DIMBLEBY, Brian James | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2018-01-17 |
| FORDER-DENHAM, Richard | Director | 2011-07-11 | 2012-10-12 |
| GOMM, Margaret | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2012-10-12 |
| GRINHAM, Lisa | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2016-12-31 |
| GUDGEON, Louise Mary | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| HAMILTON, Philip | Director | 2010-12-17 | 2018-11-26 |
| HARRIS, David Leslie | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2012-10-12 |
| HOLLYOAKE, Gordon Charles | Director | 2010-12-17 | 2012-10-12 |
| KASPERCZYK, Janette | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| MASON, Stuart William George | Director | 2024-11-26 | 2025-09-12 |
| MASON, Stuart William George | Director | 2015-04-24 | 2022-08-31 |
| MAY, Edward Paul Stanley | Director | 2012-10-12 | 2018-11-26 |
| O'REGAN, Caroline Ruth | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| PRESTON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2012-10-12 |
| RUTHERFORD, Ian | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| SAVAGE, David James | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2011-08-31 |
| SIBLEY, Shaun Ronald | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2022-10-16 |
| SNELL, Deborah Ann | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| STEWART, Sally | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2024-07-03 |
| STORE, Kathryn Rosalind | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2011-01-10 |
| VEASEY-WATTS, Kaine | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-11-24 |
| VERNON, Ronald | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2024-07-14 |
| VERNON, Ronald | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| WHITEHEAD, Jack | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| WOOTTON, Simone Tracey | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2012-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Atkins | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-01-18 | Ceased 2019-11-11 |
| Mr Nigel Henry Bratt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-01-18 | Ceased 2019-11-11 |
| Mr Stuart William George Mason | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-01-18 | Ceased 2019-11-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-31 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-7%
£64,035,000 £59,525,000
-
Cash
+13.9%
£2,988,000 £3,402,000
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£105,631,000 £107,411,000
-
Employees
-12.5%
1,243 1,088
-
Profit before tax
+103.9%
-£14,956,000 £578,000
-
Wages
-4.8%
£32,612,000 £31,047,000
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