WORCESTERSHIRE HILLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£923K
-44.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£40M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
334
+49.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£59K
-99.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WORCESTERSHIRE HILLS TRUST 2024-04-04 → present
- THE PRINCE HENRY'S HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2011-02-01 → 2024-04-04
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 | £11,367,029 | £18,151,274 | |
| Operating profit | £19,894,851 | £9,738 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,926,666 | £59,170 | |
| Net profit | £19,926,666 | £59,170 | |
| Cash | £1,673,305 | £923,356 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,433,226 | £40,241,396 | |
| Net assets | £40,428,726 | £40,237,896 | |
| Equity | £40,428,726 | £40,237,896 | |
| Average employees | 224 | 334 | |
| Wages | £6,565,633 | £10,620,161 |
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 | 175.0% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 175.3% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.2% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.7% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 1105.27x | 0.75x |
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
- Crowe U.K. 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.”
Group structure
- WORCESTERSHIRE HILLS TRUST · parent
- PHHS Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Successfully completed a DFE-Trust Improvement Offer with another local Trust”
- “Established the Nominations, Appointments and Remuneration committee”
- “Supported Bredon Hill Academy during its Ofsted inspection (March 2025)”
- “Supported the appointment process for new Headteacher at Charford First School to start September 2025”
- “Established new Trust Offices at Prince Henry's High School and Blackwell First School”
- “Held the inaugural Trust wide summer concert (July 2025)”
- “Supported Charfest as a celebration of retirement of long serving Headteacher”
- “Formed a DSL network across the Trust Schools”
- “Supported two successful CIF bids for Trust Schools”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Austin Edward | Director | 2024-05-31 | Oct 1977 | British |
| BUTCHER, Stephen Raymond | Director | 2011-02-01 | Jun 1956 | British |
| EVANS, Anthony Alan Lloyd, Dr | Director | 2012-09-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| HARRIS, Alan | Director | 2011-02-01 | Aug 1956 | British |
| WATSON, Keith John | Director | 2011-02-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
| WELCH, Isabel Mary Margaret | Director | 2024-05-30 | Mar 1965 | British |
| WOMERSLEY, Peter David | Director | 2024-05-31 | Dec 1961 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHTON, Jane | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2013-07-09 |
| BARKER, Nuala Joanne | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2011-07-05 |
| BIGGS, Linda Marian | Director | 2020-02-05 | 2024-05-31 |
| BRETT, Joanna Louise | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| BROOME, Wendy Carol | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2012-07-03 |
| CAMPBELL, Lorrin Grace | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2016-09-14 |
| COOK, Stephen Lynn Doeg | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| CURRAN, Jim | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2024-05-31 |
| DYSON-ORME, Jill Karen Stella | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2014-06-03 |
| EDMONSON, Deborah Ann | Director | 2022-10-05 | 2024-05-31 |
| GEORGE, Fiona | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2024-05-31 |
| GETTING, Ginette Elizabeth | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2024-05-31 |
| GILES, Sarah | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2014-09-10 |
| HARDWICK, Victoria Mary, Dr | Director | 2015-11-12 | 2024-05-31 |
| HART, Stephen Paul | Director | 2024-05-31 | 2026-03-24 |
| HOLT, Clive Gill | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2011-07-05 |
| JARMAN, Derek Peter | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2012-07-03 |
| JONES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2014-09-06 |
| JORDAN, Caroline Anne | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2014-03-17 |
| ORGAN, Harry Steven | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2024-05-31 |
| PAINTER, John Harvey | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| PILLAR, Edward Morton, Revd Dr | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2024-05-31 |
| RIMELL, Clare Kirsten | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2019-12-09 |
| ROBERTS, Bernard Stephen | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| SIMPSON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| SOLLIS, Susan Mary | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| SPINKS, Maureen Stella | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2018-08-31 |
| STUBBS, Diana Helen Mary | Director | 2012-11-09 | 2018-08-31 |
| THOMPSON, Michael Francis | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2024-05-31 |
| THORNER, Sophie Helen | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2014-09-06 |
| TOWNSHEND, Neil William Norman, Dr | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2015-10-10 |
| UNDERWOOD, Paul Douglas | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2013-07-09 |
| WALKER, Linda Mary | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2024-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+59.7%
£11,367,029 £18,151,274
-
Cash
-44.8%
£1,673,305 £923,356
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£40,428,726 £40,237,896
-
Employees
+49.1%
224 334
-
Operating profit
-100%
£19,894,851 £9,738
-
Profit before tax
-99.7%
£19,926,666 £59,170
-
Wages
+61.8%
£6,565,633 £10,620,161
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