TOR BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
Cash
£805K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
Equity attributable
Employees
187
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£684K
Period ending 2024-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
From 1 July 2024 this entity (Tor Bridge Academy Trust) will no longer contain a trade. As a result, accounting standards require that the entity's accounts are prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,612,018 | £7,403,171 | |
| Operating profit | -£587,983 | -£684,298 | |
| Profit before tax | -£587,983 | -£684,298 | |
| Net profit | -£639,159 | -£700,590 | |
| Cash | £1,156,340 | £805,111 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,730,047 | £25,000,457 | |
| Net assets | £25,186,158 | £24,737,568 | |
| Equity | £25,186,158 | £24,737,568 | |
| Average employees | 196 | 187 | |
| Wages | £5,170,230 | £4,465,288 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.8% | -9.2% | |
| Net margin | -7.4% | -9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.3% | -2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.41x | 2.47x | |
| Interest cover | -10.89x | -32.59x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“From 1 July 2024 this entity (Tor Bridge Academy Trust) will no longer contain a trade. As a result, accounting standards require that the entity's accounts are prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “The net assets of the Trust were transferred to the Ted Wragg Trust on 1 July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNARD, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2019-04-15 | — | — |
| BOWLES, Martin Peter | Director | 2021-02-04 | Jul 1969 | British |
| DOWRICK, Nicola Ann | Director | 2014-10-23 | Jan 1970 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Tracy Elizabeth | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSTIS, Ann | Secretary | 2011-03-30 | 2019-04-15 |
| ALLEN, Samantha | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2017-10-12 |
| BADGER, Beryl Ann | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2024-10-02 |
| BROWNE, Graham David | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2012-07-31 |
| BYATT, Jonathan Patrick | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2024-06-30 |
| COCKS, Helen Michelle | Director | 2014-10-23 | 2019-07-05 |
| COX, Sharon Wenona | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2017-04-28 |
| DUNSTAN, Diana Elizabeth | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2017-08-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Paul James | Director | 2019-11-21 | 2022-09-13 |
| ELLIOTT, Paul James | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2015-08-31 |
| EMBRY, Brian | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2016-12-13 |
| FIRTH, Rebecca | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2021-08-04 |
| HEMBER, Robert Charles Alastair | Director | 2016-01-20 | 2019-03-28 |
| HUITSON, Charlie Phillip William | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2026-03-09 |
| LOVEMAN, Michael Alan George | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| MERCER, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2026-03-09 |
| ROSER, Graham | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| SAMBELLS-PERRY, James Nicholas | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2019-03-28 |
| SCHADOW, Bettina Kerstin | Director | 2019-05-03 | 2020-11-17 |
| THORNE, Benjamin John | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2022-09-21 |
| WALTON, Michael Andrew | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2026-03-10 |
| WHITE, Sarah Rachel | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2014-01-15 |
| WILLS, Sarah Jane | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2020-01-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Samuel David Castlehouse | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2021-10-19 | Ceased 2026-05-04 |
| Mrs Nicola Ann Dowrick | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-01-13 | Active |
| Mrs Diana Elizabeth Dunstan | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-06-21 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Mrs Sarah Wills | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-04-28 | Active |
| Mrs Ann Anstis | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-22 |
| Mrs Beryl Ann Badger | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-06-30 vs 2023-08-31