THE FERNWOOD ACADEMY TRUST

• ◆

  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

• ◆

  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of Governors has a reasonable expectation that the Academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “No consultation was required for the proposed admission arrangements for 2026/27 and the Governing Body formally adopted the 2026/27 admission arrangements in January 2025.”
• “Senior leadership continued to apply a high priority to safeguarding issues within the school. Staff training was regularly updated, and staff were made aware of the revised Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, September 2024.”
• “Three permanent exclusions were issued by the Head Teacher in the reporting year, and the Governing Body's Pupil Discipline Committee upheld the Head's decision in all cases.”
• “In 2024-2025 it was agreed that the current Articles of Association be updated in line with the DfE model of Articles of Association. The new Articles of Association were approved by the DfE and Charity Commission and implemented by special resolution in February 2025.”
• “In line with the new Articles two new non-trustee members were appointed in July 2025 - Mr A Hicks and Mrs A Smart-Gosrani and the appointment of a further non-trustee member planned for September 2025. Two members who were also trustees resigned.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +25.7%

  £767,000 → £964,000

• Net assets

  +2.5%

  £13,761,000 → £14,110,000

• Employees

  +13.3%

  166 → 188

• Wages

  +9.7%

  £6,069,000 → £6,659,000

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