KINGSMEAD ACADEMY
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-01
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£469K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£17M
Equity attributable
Employees
122
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-01
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
All of the assets, liabilities and operations of the Academy Trust were transferred into the Cabot Learning Federation on 1 July 2025. Upon transfer, the Academy Trust ceased all activities. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than a going concern.
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8 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-07-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,727,591 | £5,734,643 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£324,657 | -£797,087 | |
| Cash | £768,282 | £469,392 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,592,849 | £16,773,762 | |
| Net assets | £16,921,849 | £16,591,762 | |
| Equity | £16,921,849 | £16,591,762 | |
| Average employees | 121 | 122 | |
| Wages | £3,957,440 | £3,528,908 |
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 | 2025-07-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.8% | -13.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 1.48x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“All of the assets, liabilities and operations of the Academy Trust were transferred into the Cabot Learning Federation on 1 July 2025. Upon transfer, the Academy Trust ceased all activities. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a basis other than a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The school is continuing to work to improve all aspects and has been supported since the period end by the Cabot Learning Federation Multi Academy Trust (CLF), having joined CLF on 1 July 2025.”
- “All of the assets, liabilities and operations of the Academy Trust were transferred into the Cabot Learning Federation on 1 July 2025. Upon transfer, the Academy Trust ceased all activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TROWBRIDGE, Robert | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| HARRISON, Susan | Director | 2011-04-05 | Sep 1952 | British |
| HEIM, Eva Maria | Director | 2011-04-05 | Jun 1952 | German |
| LAPTHORN, Nicholas John | Director | 2018-05-15 | Oct 1973 | British |
| MISTER, Colin John | Director | 2023-07-11 | Oct 1950 | British |
| WALDER, Chris | Director | 2024-01-09 | May 1982 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POW, Elizabeth Caroline | Secretary | 2011-03-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| BACK, Stef | Director | 2024-01-09 | 2025-06-30 |
| BUDD, Elizabeth | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2025-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Kim | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2017-10-10 |
| EDDY, John | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| EVENS, Geoffrey William | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2012-09-01 |
| GODWIN, Shelley | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2016-11-01 |
| GRIFFIN, Mark Sheldon | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HOPKINS, Paul | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2021-08-31 |
| HOPKINS, Paul | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2014-04-08 |
| HOWE, Nigel Colin John | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2013-10-01 |
| HUNT, John | Director | 2014-11-24 | 2025-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Judith Mary | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2025-06-30 |
| JONES, Judy Felicity | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2025-06-30 |
| JORDON, Laura | Director | 2023-02-21 | 2025-06-30 |
| LAMBERT, Stuart | Director | 2022-09-06 | 2023-10-10 |
| LAWRENCE, Sarah Jane | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2022-12-31 |
| MANN, Marian | Director | 2011-09-22 | 2014-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Andrew | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2011-11-01 |
| MYERS, Ian | Director | 2011-11-21 | 2016-11-21 |
| NEWMARCH, Elizabeth | Director | 2019-09-03 | 2020-12-31 |
| ORRELLS, Paul Richard | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2016-03-08 |
| PAYNE, Ian William | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2017-10-17 |
| PEARSON, Peter Neil Campbell | Director | 2012-11-25 | 2016-11-25 |
| STEVENS, Philip | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2020-07-17 |
| SUTTON, Allan Louis | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| TILLEY, Daimon Paul | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2022-05-14 |
| TINKER, Geoff | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| TUCKER, David | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2025-06-30 |
| TURNER, Gillian | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| WALKER, Martin, Reverend | Director | 2018-10-23 | 2022-10-22 |
| WARDELL, John Anthony | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Mark Richard | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Mark Richard | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2012-09-29 |
| WOODLAND, Jane | Director | 2020-09-29 | 2024-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Eddy | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2023-01-01 | Ceased 2024-03-13 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Budd | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-12-13 | Ceased 2024-03-13 |
| Mr Colin John Mister | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-12-13 | Ceased 2024-03-13 |
| Mrs Sue Harrison | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-09-08 | Ceased 2024-03-12 |
| Mr John Hunt | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-11-25 | Ceased 2024-03-12 |
| Mrs Judith Jackson | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-09-04 | Ceased 2024-03-12 |
| Mr Mark Richard Williams | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-09-01 | Ceased 2022-12-31 |
| Mrs Gillian Turner | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-31 |
| Mr Mark Sheldon Griffin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 8
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 2025-07-01 vs 2024-08-31