ASTON COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Hart Shaw LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Despite the financial pressures resulting from continued high electricity and gas prices, unfunded support staff pay awards and other inflationary increases, 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

1. ASTON COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST · parent
   1. Aston Academy 100% · Rotherham
   2. Thurcroft Junior Academy 100% · Rotherham
   3. Lowedges Junior Academy 100% · Sheffield
   4. Springwood Junior Academy 100% · Rotherham
   5. Aughton Junior Academy 100% · Rotherham
   6. Swinton Academy 100% · Rotherham
   7. Shirebrook Academy 100% · Mansfield
   8. Temple Normanton Junior Academy 100% · Chesterfield
   9. Listerdale Junior Academy 100% · Rotherham
   10. Brookfield Junior Academy 100% · Rotherham
   11. Langwith Bassett Junior Academy 100% · Mansfield
   12. Waverley Junior Academy 100% · Rotherham

Significant events

• “The ACET Strategic Plan was implemented in January 2023 following approval by the Board in December 2022. 5 goals were identified which then informed the individual strategic plans for each Central Team Leader and each of the 12 academies.”
• “Following a very challenging year at Aston Academy in 2023/24, a key focus of the trust's work is to restore the ACET reputation and strengthen community links in the Aston area.”
• “In 2024-2025, EYFS standards across the Trust declined to a collective measure below the national average - the first time in the Trust's history.”
• “A further significant change in 2024-2025 was the merger of the Temple Normanton and Langwith Bassett Local Governing Bodies.”
• “In summer 2025, ACET commissioned the services of Governors for Schools, a national charity supporting effective governance in education, their aim being to develop diverse, knowledgeable, and committed boards that drive improvement and enhance pupil outcomes.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

18

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.4%

  £40,009,806 → £43,369,732

• Cash

  +5.9%

  £5,747,643 → £6,084,742

• Net assets

  +0.1%

  £75,817,026 → £75,861,854

• Employees

  -3.6%

  797 → 768

• Wages

  +6.8%

  £23,407,289 → £25,002,792

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