MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST

1. MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST 2013-12-06 → present
2. BARR BEACON SCHOOL TRUST 2011-06-01 → 2013-12-06

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

Cooper Parry Birmingham

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that Matrix 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. MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST · parent
   1. Barr Beacon School · Walsall
   2. Etone College · Warwickshire
   3. Bloxwich Academy · Walsall
   4. Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School · Birmingham
   5. Turves Green Boys School · Birmingham
   6. Wednesfield Academy · Wolverhampton
   7. Smestow Academy · Wolverhampton
   8. Elmwood School · Walsall

Significant events

• “Elmwood School transferred all of its operations, assets and liabilities to Matrix Academy Trust on 1 September 2025.”
• “Bloxwich Academy added a School Resources Provision with 40 pupil places for SEMH pupils, with a phased opening from September 2025.”
• “Etone College increased its capacity from 1,000 to 1,150.”
• “Wednesfield Academy Ofsted was regraded as 'Good' in February 2025.”
• “The Trust secured funding through the DfE's School Rebuilding Programme to rebuild the whole of Bloxwich Academy's primary phase in summer 2025.”
• “The trust invested in a completely new fleet of minibuses, allowing schools to provide even greater opportunities for pupils.”
• “A team of 59 staff raised over £30,000 for Birmingham Children's Hospital by completing the Three Peaks Challenge in May 2025.”
• “2024-25 saw an increase in trust-wide events for pupils, with the established Pupil Awards evening being joined by a Spelling Bee and a Sports Day.”
• “In the summer of 2025, the Trust was notified by the DfE that it had secured almost £300,000 worth of Turing funding, allowing for the most ambitious international year yet in 2025-26.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +0.6%

  £65,110,000 → £65,506,000

• Cash

  -31.9%

  £17,041,000 → £11,609,000

• Net assets

  +6.8%

  £136,789,000 → £146,087,000

• Employees

  -1.5%

  925 → 911

• Operating profit

  -175.3%

  £3,902,000 → -£2,940,000

• Profit before tax

  -175.3%

  £3,902,000 → -£2,940,000

• Wages

  +8%

  £32,999,000 → £35,640,000

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