SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+15.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£57M
-1.7% vs 2024
Employees
909
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £56,920,229 | £54,220,126 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,215,185 | -£449,484 | |
| Cash | £7,157,047 | £8,242,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,345,261 | £57,362,678 | |
| Net assets | £58,224,140 | £57,214,656 | |
| Equity | £58,224,140 | £57,214,656 | |
| Average employees | 902 | 909 | |
| Wages | £28,535,389 | £30,355,045 |
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 | -2.1% | -0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.76x |
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
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Paul Douglas | Secretary | 2014-12-15 | — | — |
| BANCROFT, Steven Keith | Director | 2018-10-08 | Mar 1968 | British |
| BARRS, David Anthony | Director | 2011-05-23 | May 1955 | British |
| CANT, Karen Marie | Director | 2026-01-05 | Jun 1977 | British |
| CLARE, Matt | Director | 2023-09-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| DIGNASSE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2018-10-08 | Oct 1957 | British |
| GUEST, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
| MARSHALL, Jane Dolores | Director | 2018-01-01 | Dec 1971 | Irish |
| NEWMAN, Robin James | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
| VINCENT-VAN OVERLOOP, Linda Godelieve Fabiola | Director | 2011-07-04 | Dec 1960 | Belgian |
| WHEATCROFT, Hannah | Director | 2026-01-05 | Feb 1983 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSMITH, Hilary Anne | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | 2014-12-15 |
| PRICE BAILEY LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2012-07-29 | 2012-10-09 |
| BRINDLEY, Susan | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2017-12-31 |
| BULL, Derek | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| CALLAGHAN, Rachel | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2017-12-31 |
| CALLAND, Barbara | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Caroline Harriet | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| EDDERSHAW, Peter Jonathan Trevor | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2015-09-24 |
| GREIG, Alison Jane, Dr | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2015-10-04 |
| HANSARD, Patrick Mark | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2014-09-01 |
| HARTLEY, John Robert | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2015-12-31 |
| HAYES, Mark Philip | Director | 2011-04-28 | 2022-08-31 |
| KEELER, James Henry, Dr | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2023-08-31 |
| KERR, John David | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| LEE, Nicholas Mark Julian | Director | 2011-06-17 | 2013-11-12 |
| LUKE, John Mackinnon | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2015-05-01 |
| MURPHY, Ian Andrew | Director | 2015-07-13 | 2019-04-01 |
| MURTAGH, David | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2015-03-27 |
| OSBORNE, Nicholas David | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2017-12-31 |
| PHILPOTT, Patrick James Bailey | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| PUXLEY, Julie | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2017-12-31 |
| SINNOTT, Paul John Blair | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| SWEETING, Jacqueline | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-09-27 |
| WHENT, Peter John | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2018-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Philip Hayes | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Mr Gareth Berney | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Saffron Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | 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
- 3
- 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
-4.7%
£56,920,229 £54,220,126
-
Cash
+15.2%
£7,157,047 £8,242,508
-
Net assets
-1.7%
£58,224,140 £57,214,656
-
Employees
+0.8%
902 909
-
Wages
+6.4%
£28,535,389 £30,355,045
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