DIVERSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+6.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£95M
+37.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,299
+1.2% 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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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,252,000 | £24,410,000 | |
| Cash | £5,540,000 | £5,910,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,437,000 | £95,194,000 | |
| Net assets | £69,307,000 | £95,169,000 | |
| Equity | £69,307,000 | £95,169,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,283 | 1,299 | |
| Wages | £38,572,000 | £41,913,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.4% | 6.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.33x |
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 Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the 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.”
Significant events
- “Preparations are well underway for the opening of Thoresby Vale Primary Academy and Horizons Academy in 2025/26.”
- “The transition into the new Yeoman Park Academy building marks a major milestone.”
- “Total fund balances moved from a deficit of £1,252k in 2023/24 to a surplus of £24,410k. This is largely due to the valuation of the Yeoman Park Academy new build (completed in April 2025) and the valuation of our new academy, Thoresby Vale Primary (completed in August 2025).”
- “During this period, we will also open two new academies - Thoresby Vale Primary Academy (September 2025) and Horizons Academy (January 2026).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON HILL, Jenni | Secretary | 2020-03-02 | — | — |
| BLORE, Margaret | Director | 2014-03-19 | Oct 1943 | British |
| HARDIE, Andrew James Watson | Director | 2026-02-23 | Feb 1983 | British |
| HYLAN, Ian Mark | Director | 2026-02-23 | Mar 1960 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2024-12-09 | Jun 1965 | British |
| ROLPH, John Richard | Director | 2011-06-09 | Nov 1949 | British |
| SCHWARZ, David Roger Charles | Director | 2019-10-16 | May 1950 | British |
| STOREY, Ian Richard | Director | 2018-09-28 | May 1952 | British |
| VIZMA, Rudi Juris | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jun 1996 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELWAY, Alison Kathleen | Secretary | 2011-06-09 | 2020-03-01 |
| ADAMS, Roy James | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2014-06-27 |
| BRADSHAW, Muriel Elizabeth | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2011-06-20 |
| BURN, Catherine Joy | Director | 2019-11-14 | 2021-07-22 |
| BURN, Catherine Joy | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Andrew Paul | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2022-01-16 |
| DICKENS, John Graham, Professor | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2016-08-31 |
| DONALD, Louis Stuart, Me | Director | 2022-03-30 | 2025-02-06 |
| FAVILL, Trudi | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| HALL, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-05-11 |
| HENDERSON, Ronald Anthony | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2014-09-24 |
| JONES, Simon Paul | Director | 2017-11-13 | 2019-05-07 |
| KNIGHT, Andrew Robert | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2016-08-31 |
| MABBOTT, Peter Kirk | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2021-11-24 |
| MARRIOTT, Nicola Adele | Director | 2022-05-25 | 2023-11-08 |
| MILL, Gillian Barbara | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2011-11-02 |
| MORDUE, Jacqueline | Director | 2022-05-25 | 2025-09-02 |
| NOBLES, Stuart John Ian | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2012-06-25 |
| PICKERING, Christopher Barry | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2017-06-05 |
| PITCHFORD, Robert Ian | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2015-06-08 |
| QUIGLEY, Michael William | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2025-11-14 |
| QUIGLEY MBE, Michael William | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2016-08-31 |
| ROONEY, Debbie Lorraine | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2018-06-15 |
| SHEARING, Robert James | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2023-06-21 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Bromley | Director | 2024-04-15 | 2025-07-23 |
| SPOONER, Wayne | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2016-08-31 |
| STEWARDSON, Richard Bramley | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2013-07-16 |
| TIVEY, Maxine Ann | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2016-08-31 |
| TIVEY, Maxine Ann | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2015-06-08 |
| TURNER, Catherine Mary | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| TURNER, Richard John | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2016-08-31 |
| WALL, Colin, Reverend | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2014-03-19 |
| WARHURST, Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-13 | 2018-04-18 |
| WEBSTER, Alec | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2015-06-08 |
| WHITE, Cherie | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2020-01-16 |
| WIGGINS, Ingrid | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2016-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ingrid Wiggins | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-06-09 | Ceased 2021-01-18 |
| Mr John Richard Rolph | Individual | Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-06-09 | Ceased 2021-01-18 |
| Mrs Margaret Blore | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-06-09 | Ceased 2021-01-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+6.7%
£5,540,000 £5,910,000
-
Net assets
+37.3%
£69,307,000 £95,169,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
1,283 1,299
-
Wages
+8.7%
£38,572,000 £41,913,000
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