THE ALLIANCE SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+44.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£115M
+4.5% vs 2024
Employees
677
+39% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-05-06
- THE ALLIANCE SCHOOLS TRUST 2025-05-06 → present
- THE DENBIGH ALLIANCE 2017-04-05 → 2025-05-06
- DENBIGH SCHOOL 2011-02-11 → 2017-04-05
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 | £24,905,220 | £34,496,826 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £16,198,580 | £5,080,351 | |
| Cash | £3,678,699 | £5,317,194 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £110,188,829 | £116,811,854 | |
| Net assets | £110,102,329 | £115,080,680 | |
| Equity | £110,102,329 | £115,080,680 | |
| Average employees | 487 | 677 | |
| Wages | £14,479,565 | £19,478,077 |
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 | 65.0% | 14.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 1.99x |
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
- MHA
- 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
- THE ALLIANCE SCHOOLS TRUST · parent
- Denbigh School 100%
- Watling Academy 100%
- Watling Primary School 100%
- Brooksward School 100%
- Drayton Park School 100%
- Willen Primary School 100%
Significant events
- “The Computing Hub closed due to the termination of government funding at the end of March 2025.”
- “The Trust ceased to be the legal entity for the SCITT from September 2025.”
- “Brooksward & Drayton Park Schools joined the Trust in April 2024.”
- “Willen Primary School joined the Trust in September 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAJWA-PATEL, Manpreet | Director | 2022-11-02 | Oct 1971 | British |
| BANCROFT, Elizabeth Rachel Susan | Director | 2022-12-14 | Apr 1955 | British |
| BUTLER, William Gibson | Director | 2011-02-11 | May 1953 | British |
| COLLINGS, Susanna | Director | 2023-12-20 | Mar 1969 | British |
| FORD, Linda Tracy | Director | 2025-03-24 | Feb 1981 | British |
| GILES, Jonathan Stephen | Director | 2021-04-28 | Jun 1960 | British |
| HAND, John | Director | 2021-02-24 | Mar 1958 | English |
| LAWSON, Paula | Director | 2024-07-17 | Jan 1971 | British |
| LEWIS, Naomi | Director | 2022-11-02 | Apr 1982 | British |
| NEWHAM, Jacqueline Susan Ellen | Director | 2025-03-24 | Aug 1961 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Maureen | Director | 2018-07-02 | May 1962 | Irish |
| PREEN, Warren | Director | 2021-02-24 | Apr 1973 | British |
| THOMPSON, Daniela | Director | 2023-12-23 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH, Samantha Jane | Secretary | 2019-12-04 | 2020-11-30 |
| ASTLEY-JONES, Jeannette | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| BROWN, Anthony James | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| COVE, John Robert | Director | 2018-10-10 | 2025-03-15 |
| DRANSFIELD, Andrew Peter | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| FLINT, Jacqui | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| FLINT, Jaqueline Elizabeth | Director | 2014-11-19 | 2018-05-21 |
| GRENHAM-THOMPSON, Sharon Carmel, The Reverend | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2018-08-20 |
| HAWTHORNE, Bruce | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2020-11-16 |
| HORNSHAW, Aleck Edward | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2019-07-19 |
| HOWE, John Stewart | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2020-11-25 |
| JONES, Margaret | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2022-06-13 |
| JOYCE, Ian Trevor | Director | 2022-03-14 | 2023-04-16 |
| LANE-NOTT, Roger Charles, Rear Admiral | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-12-04 |
| LOFTMAN, Anthony Fitzroy | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2017-11-15 |
| MCGUIRE, Sharon | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2021-09-08 |
| NAYLOR, Thornton George | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2019-12-04 |
| PARKER, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2014-08-31 |
| PLUMB, Deborah | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2020-11-13 |
| RAWLINSON, Michael Simon | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| SOLLOWAY, Colin Jonathan | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2019-07-19 |
| SPORN, Deborah Jane | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2020-11-13 |
| SQUIRES, Andrew | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-06 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-01 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2025-05-01 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2024-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-06 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-01 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-05-01 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+38.5%
£24,905,220 £34,496,826
-
Cash
+44.5%
£3,678,699 £5,317,194
-
Net assets
+4.5%
£110,102,329 £115,080,680
-
Employees
+39%
487 677
-
Wages
+34.5%
£14,479,565 £19,478,077
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