STEP ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-05
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
-20.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£123M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
897
-10.6% 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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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-05.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST 2016-04-02 → present
- THE STEP ACADEMY TRUST 2011-04-21 → 2016-04-02
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 | £44,355,000 | £45,774,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,153,000 | -£115,000 | |
| Cash | £7,567,000 | £6,048,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £123,864,000 | £122,887,000 | |
| Net assets | £123,512,000 | £122,836,000 | |
| Equity | £123,512,000 | £122,836,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,003 | 897 | |
| Wages | £27,084,000 | £27,680,000 |
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 | -2.6% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.3% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | 1.46x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young 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 these financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Group structure
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- STEP Up Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Kirstie | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | — | — |
| BARRON, Amy Jill | Director | 2023-07-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| BARTLETT, Benjamin Nicholas | Director | 2019-12-19 | Mar 1968 | British |
| BOWATER, Lucien Ross Thomas | Director | 2023-09-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| BRIDGEMAN, Paul | Director | 2023-09-01 | May 1973 | British |
| GARDNER, Ross | Director | 2015-07-15 | Nov 1972 | British |
| GLOVER, Paul | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HERSEY, Ian Charles | Director | 2023-07-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| LEVERTON, Jaswinder | Director | 2024-07-17 | Oct 1963 | British |
| LILFORD, Peter | Director | 2020-04-02 | Apr 1983 | British |
| SANGHARA, Navdeep | Director | 2018-03-28 | Jun 1981 | British |
| STEVENS, Christopher James | Director | 2023-09-01 | May 1979 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAGAN, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2012-03-29 | 2016-05-31 |
| FAGAN, Carol | Secretary | 2011-04-21 | 2011-09-16 |
| GILBERT, Cheryl | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2021-07-19 |
| GILBERT, Cheryl | Secretary | 2011-09-16 | 2018-09-30 |
| ALLEMAN, Angelika | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2012-10-11 |
| ARMSTRONG, Alan Michael | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2019-06-26 |
| BOOTH, Julie | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2014-10-15 |
| CHHATWAL, Katherine Sarah, Dr | Director | 2015-10-12 | 2023-08-31 |
| DEBASHIS, Sangeeta | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2012-10-11 |
| DENNIGAN, Isabelle | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2019-09-29 |
| DUCKER OBE, Mark | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2022-08-31 |
| FARRELL, Angela May | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2023-03-13 |
| GLOVER, Paul | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Zoe | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2015-01-01 |
| LAWSON-RITCHIE, Sally Margaret | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2017-03-23 |
| MCALEENAN, Patrick | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2018-11-14 |
| MCALEENAN, Patrick David | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2014-11-05 |
| MCDONALD, Caroline | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2014-12-11 |
| NATH, Rory | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2023-08-31 |
| NORBERT, Ursula | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2023-11-27 |
| SENIOR, Simon Sebastian | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2013-10-28 |
| SENIOR, Simon Sebastian | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2012-08-27 |
| SLADE, Claire | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| SLADE, Claire | Director | 2011-09-15 | 2014-10-15 |
| STUART, Shelley Katherine | Director | 2020-04-02 | 2023-04-01 |
| SULLIVAN, Daniel | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2017-03-19 |
| VENCHARD, Rama Chandra | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2025-05-09 |
| VENCHARD, Rama Chandra | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2014-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Ducker | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-23 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
| Mr Daniel Sullivan | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-23 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
| Mr Andrew Morley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-23 | Ceased 2025-11-17 |
| Ms Nikki King | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-23 | Ceased 2022-11-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
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Turnover
+3.2%
£44,355,000 £45,774,000
-
Cash
-20.1%
£7,567,000 £6,048,000
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£123,512,000 £122,836,000
-
Employees
-10.6%
1,003 897
-
Wages
+2.2%
£27,084,000 £27,680,000
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