PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
+22.8% vs 2024
Employees
757
+27.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST 2017-06-20 → present
- CORSHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL 2011-03-09 → 2017-06-20
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 | £24,891,008 | £35,074,735 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,668,155 | £7,527,303 | |
| Cash | £3,103,143 | £3,345,059 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,225,841 | £38,275,238 | |
| Net assets | £30,995,431 | £38,056,734 | |
| Equity | £30,995,431 | £38,056,734 | |
| Average employees | 593 | 757 | |
| Wages | £12,664,947 | £15,593,124 |
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 | 10.7% | 21.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.8% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | 2.34x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- All Saints C of E Primary School, Bishops Caundle 100%
- Gomeldon Primary School 100%
- Woodford Valley Church of England Primary Academy 100%
- Princecroft Primary School 100%
- Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School 100%
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 100%
Significant events
- “In April and May, the Trust welcomed six new schools into the organisation, taking the total number of schools to 21, its pupil numbers to approximately 4500 and its number of staff to approximately 800.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERMAN, Rachel | Director | 2021-08-01 | May 1975 | British |
| BOARDMAN, James | Director | 2025-01-28 | Jan 1949 | British |
| CLARK, Eileen Gillian | Director | 2018-07-02 | Aug 1950 | British |
| HALL, Andrew Edward Valentine | Director | 2015-04-01 | May 1970 | British |
| PASSMORE, James Henry | Director | 2019-09-01 | Feb 1977 | British |
| POWELL, David Lloyd Blake | Director | 2017-08-01 | Aug 1943 | British |
| ROWLEY, Linda Ann | Director | 2025-06-20 | Jul 1967 | British |
| VINCENT, Paul Leonard | Director | 2017-09-01 | Jun 1948 | British |
| WARD, Robert James | Director | 2017-08-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIDDALL, Barbara Ann | Secretary | 2011-03-09 | 2017-08-01 |
| OLIVER, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-08-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| ALLEN, Fiona | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2019-08-31 |
| BASLEY, Robert | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2015-12-08 |
| BIDDEL, Simon | Director | 2013-11-26 | 2017-08-01 |
| CHAMPION, Gavin | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2014-06-24 |
| CLARK, Gill | Director | 2018-06-12 | 2018-06-12 |
| COLLARD, Rosemary | Director | 2012-11-05 | 2017-08-01 |
| COOKE, Gina | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2017-08-01 |
| COPEMAN, Nigel | Director | 2014-10-14 | 2017-08-01 |
| COPEMAN, Sheila Diane | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-10-15 |
| DAVIES, Richard Llewelyn | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2017-08-01 |
| ENSTONE, Jennifer | Director | 2013-10-02 | 2017-08-01 |
| ESSAM, James | Director | 2013-11-06 | 2017-08-01 |
| FRY, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-08-01 |
| GEORGE, Kevin | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2017-08-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Elspeth Sutherland | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2017-08-01 |
| HARPHAM, Matthew | Director | 2012-03-20 | 2017-08-01 |
| HAYDAY, Rob | Director | 2013-03-05 | 2025-07-31 |
| HOLDER, Nicholas James | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2016-02-09 |
| HOPKINSON, Ruth Mary Catherine | Director | 2014-01-22 | 2014-08-31 |
| HOWE, Rebecca | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2017-08-01 |
| KHIMJI, Sonal | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2024-12-07 |
| O'BRIEN, Amanda-Jane | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2017-08-01 |
| PARKER, Kerry | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-08-01 |
| PIERI, Paul | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2016-08-27 |
| RIDOUT, Sophie | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2017-08-01 |
| RYAN, Nicola | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2013-08-31 |
| SAVVA-COYLE, Ghika | Director | 2012-03-18 | 2015-03-03 |
| SEARLE, Leighton | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2014-03-01 |
| SINCLAIR, Malcolm Donald | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2015-05-19 |
| SMILLIE, Siobhan Andrea Eileen | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2013-08-31 |
| STANLEY, John Stewart | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2012-12-31 |
| STUCHBURY, Daniel Peter | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2017-12-05 |
| TOWNEND, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| VERMA, Amit | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2013-05-24 |
| WELCH, Anthony | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2014-08-26 |
| WHITE, Lisa | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2017-04-19 |
| WILLIS, David | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2021-10-04 |
| WRIGHT, Charlotte | Director | 2012-03-20 | 2014-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elspeth Sutherland Griffiths | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-01 |
| Mrs Fiona Allen | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+40.9%
£24,891,008 £35,074,735
-
Cash
+7.8%
£3,103,143 £3,345,059
-
Net assets
+22.8%
£30,995,431 £38,056,734
-
Employees
+27.7%
593 757
-
Wages
+23.1%
£12,664,947 £15,593,124
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