NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+9.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£65M
+5.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,086
+55.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST 2015-03-13 → present
- SKIPTON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2011-03-07 → 2015-03-13
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 | £58,795,000 | £47,164,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £25,939,000 | £2,587,000 | |
| Cash | £4,070,000 | £4,442,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,033,000 | £65,210,000 | |
| Net assets | £61,572,000 | £65,199,000 | |
| Equity | £61,572,000 | £65,199,000 | |
| Average employees | 697 | 1,086 | |
| Wages | £18,756,000 | £26,064,000 |
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 | 44.1% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.3% | 4.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 2.04x |
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
- Clive Owen 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
- “With the significant growth of the Trust which occurred in 2024, the focus continues to be on further embedding the Trust culture and ways of working across all schools.”
- “The Trust invested upfront to build infrastructure to support its growth ambitions. This year the deficit has reduced with further reductions budgeted in future years. Trust growth remains an aspiration and-once-achieved will..accelerate the budget recovery.”
- “The Trust's commitment to deep collaboration and collegiate relationships was demonstrated during the reporting year through the formal establishment of a Hub model.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOFIELD SWEENEY LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2025-11-20 | — | — |
| CHAMBERS, Mark | Director | 2019-12-13 | Dec 1960 | British |
| HOATH, Leigh Jane, Professor | Director | 2023-01-27 | May 1976 | British |
| LUFFMAN, Stuart William | Director | 2026-03-15 | Nov 1986 | British |
| MURPHY, Helen Juliet | Director | 2023-01-27 | Oct 1976 | British |
| PLEWS, Jennifer | Director | 2014-09-01 | May 1972 | British |
| TERZZA, Louise Jane | Director | 2024-05-24 | Dec 1979 | British |
| UNSWORTH, Jake | Director | 2023-06-30 | Nov 1991 | British |
| WALKER, Neal | Director | 2019-12-13 | Nov 1970 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Ericka | Director | 2025-10-24 | Oct 1973 | American |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, John Francis | Secretary | 2011-06-30 | 2015-03-31 |
| COCKER, Sally Jane | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | 2018-07-20 |
| EATON, Jessica | Secretary | 2024-01-10 | 2025-09-22 |
| HAYMES, Cindy | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2020-04-27 |
| JACKSON, Jill | Secretary | 2011-03-07 | 2011-06-30 |
| OLIVER, Elizabeth, Dr | Secretary | 2020-04-28 | 2024-01-03 |
| ALLAN, Robert Lindsay, Dr | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2024-09-30 |
| ASHBY, Beverley Dawn | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2022-04-08 |
| BAYSTON, Kenneth Andrew | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| BOTWRIGHT, Adrian Paul, Rev Canon | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2013-06-01 |
| CLARKE, Angela | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-09-30 |
| CURTIS, Ian Andrew | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-07-23 |
| CUTLER, Howard Geoffrey | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2019-08-31 |
| FLYNN, Helen Catherine | Director | 2016-11-07 | 2024-05-02 |
| GARDINER, Alison Margaret | Director | 2014-03-10 | 2015-04-01 |
| GOODFELLOW, John Graham | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-09-15 |
| GREGORY, Anne | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| HARRISON, Margaret | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-10-31 |
| HERON, Joanne | Director | 2024-09-26 | 2025-09-22 |
| KELLY, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2019-09-27 | 2023-07-10 |
| KELLY, Martin Paul | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2021-07-13 |
| LINFORD, Diana Jane | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2012-10-01 |
| MACINTYRE, Malcolm | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2015-04-01 |
| MCCLEAN, Angela | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2015-04-01 |
| MERCER, Alan, Professor | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2012-12-01 |
| MERIFIELD, Anne-Marie | Director | 2019-09-27 | 2022-11-17 |
| MILLINGTON, Richard John | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2015-04-01 |
| MULLIGAN, Julia Rosemary | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2012-12-01 |
| PATTINSON, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-12-06 |
| PEPPER, Jonathan | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2013-12-03 |
| PHILLIPS, Stuart | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-02-14 |
| RAHMAN, Ashfaq Ahmed | Director | 2025-01-20 | 2025-11-14 |
| RENOU, Janet | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-08-31 |
| RHODES, Nicholas David | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2023-06-05 |
| RICHARDS, Tim | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-05-07 |
| RULAND, Aidan | Director | 2022-01-28 | 2023-01-27 |
| SCOTT, Steven | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2020-02-09 |
| SHEPPEY, Lisa | Director | 2023-01-27 | 2023-03-30 |
| SNOWDEN, Philippa | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2011-10-31 |
| STRICKLAND, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2014-08-26 |
| WINSPEAR, Donald | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2011-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
-19.8%
£58,795,000 £47,164,000
-
Cash
+9.1%
£4,070,000 £4,442,000
-
Net assets
+5.9%
£61,572,000 £65,199,000
-
Employees
+55.8%
697 1,086
-
Wages
+39%
£18,756,000 £26,064,000
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