CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+69.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£71M
+83.6% vs 2024
Employees
847
+69.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £25,361,000 | £35,824,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£471,000 | £25,931,000 | |
| Cash | £5,918,000 | £10,057,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,495,000 | £58,876,000 | |
| Net assets | £38,644,000 | £70,968,000 | |
| Equity | £38,644,000 | £70,968,000 | |
| Average employees | 501 | 847 | |
| Wages | £15,212,000 | £21,544,000 |
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 | -1.9% | 72.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.69x | 3.73x |
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
- Kingswood Allotts Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees have a reasonable expectation that Castleford 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
- CASTLEFORD ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- Castleford Academy Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2025, Castleford Academy Trust entered a key stage of growth, welcoming Airedale Academy, Airedale Infant Academy, Airedale Junior Academy, and Oyster Park Primary Academy to the trust, increasing the total number of academies within the trust from five to nine.”
- “Following the growth of the Trust in February 2025, the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee will be separated into an Audit and Risk Committee and Finance and Resources committee effective 1st September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEVENS, Samantha Lee | Secretary | 2011-03-01 | — | — |
| BARTON, Joanne Louise | Director | 2021-11-10 | May 1970 | British |
| DOYLE, Gemma Claire Louise | Director | 2022-09-05 | Mar 1986 | British |
| FLETCHER, Adam Neil | Director | 2015-12-08 | Jun 1979 | British |
| HONEYMAN, Steven | Director | 2025-07-16 | Aug 1991 | British |
| HUGHES, John | Director | 2011-03-01 | Dec 1953 | British |
| HUNTER, Marie | Director | 2017-11-10 | Jan 1957 | British |
| IVESON, John | Director | 2016-03-29 | Feb 1966 | British |
| MORRISON, John | Director | 2017-12-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
| PANAYIOTOU, George Paul | Director | 2018-11-22 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUDBY, Josephine Ann | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-10-19 |
| CLIFT, William | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2018-11-16 |
| HUGHES, Jonathon Charles | Director | 2020-12-04 | 2026-02-25 |
| MCNICHOL, Jennifer | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2023-09-29 |
| MORRIS, Timothy | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2020-10-16 |
| PANAYIOTOU, George Paul | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2017-11-28 |
| PANAYIOTOU, George Paul | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2015-12-08 |
| POOL, Angela | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2017-10-05 |
| TOWNEND, Barbara | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2017-09-28 |
| TOWNEND, Barbara | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2015-12-08 |
| VAUGHAN, Roy Anthony | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2012-05-31 |
| WHITE, Steven Frank | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| WRIGHT, Sally | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2019-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Kathryn Stainburn | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2022-12-12 | Active |
| Mr Gary Hetherington | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2022-03-22 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Morris | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2020-10-16 | Ceased 2022-12-12 |
| Mr Adam Neil Fletcher | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-11-22 | Active |
| Miss Jo Budby | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-10-23 | Ceased 2022-01-10 |
| Mr John Morrison | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-12-01 | Ceased 2018-11-22 |
| Mrs Angela Pool | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-10-05 | Active |
| Ms Sally Wright | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-03-03 | Ceased 2019-07-19 |
| Ms Josephine Ann Budby | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2017-11-10 |
| Mr William Clift | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-16 |
| Mr Adam Neil Fletcher | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-28 |
| Mr John Hughes | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-28 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-10-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-28 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-10-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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
+41.3%
£25,361,000 £35,824,000
-
Cash
+69.9%
£5,918,000 £10,057,000
-
Net assets
+83.6%
£38,644,000 £70,968,000
-
Employees
+69.1%
501 847
-
Wages
+41.6%
£15,212,000 £21,544,000
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