VALE ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£61M
Equity attributable
Employees
686
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-01-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 1.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the directors intend to liquidate the company and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VALE ACADEMY TRUST 2013-07-18 → present
- KING ALFRED'S SCHOOL, WANTAGE 2011-06-20 → 2013-07-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,661,099 | £13,962,424 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£791,844 | -£1,177,177 | |
| Cash | £6,677,740 | £6,391,083 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,357,611 | £61,175,434 | |
| Net assets | £61,448,611 | £61,175,434 | |
| Equity | £61,448,611 | £61,175,434 | |
| Average employees | 717 | 686 | |
| Wages | £18,165,078 | £8,166,369 |
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 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -2.4% | -8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.9% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.84x | 2.64x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 1.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the directors intend to liquidate the company and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Boards of both Trusts to seek to pursue a formal merger. The Trusts merged on 1st February 2025 to form a new Trust - the Cambrian Learning Trust.”
- “This will be the final Report and Financial Statements to be presented for the Vale Academy Trust.”
- “St Johns Free School (an all through school operating over a split site arrangement) opened September 2023 with the primary school followed by secondary school opening September 2025.”
- “There was a delay to the start of the secondary site build completely beyond the influence of the Trust - which means that the secondary site will not be ready for handover until the spring of 2026. The Y7 cohort will start their time at St John's in the KS2 classrooms.”
- “King Alfred's has completed the consultation process to reduce its pupil admission number to 290 for September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Victoria Mary-Ann Alice | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | — | British |
| BARTLETT, Alan Stuart | Director | 2023-01-28 | Feb 1952 | British |
| HARRISON, Philip David | Director | 2011-06-20 | Mar 1963 | British |
| HOBBS, Beverley Anne | Director | 2021-10-23 | Feb 1960 | British |
| JESTICO, Alison Jean | Director | 2021-07-05 | Apr 1954 | British |
| SALT, Christopher | Director | 2023-01-26 | Feb 1958 | British |
| TAYLOR, Elizabeth Helen, Dr | Director | 2018-09-18 | Nov 1950 | British |
| TRANTER, John | Director | 2023-02-07 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Jennie | Director | 2012-09-15 | 2013-09-16 |
| BUTLER, Christine Ann | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-06 |
| CLAYTON, Charles Kenneth | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-06 |
| CRAIG, Mark, Revd | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2014-06-04 |
| CREAGH, Jean Mary | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-07 |
| DAVIES, Clement John | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2012-09-03 |
| DE LA COZE, Jenny | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2018-10-18 |
| DONALDSON, Matthew | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2015-09-13 |
| FERGUSON, Christopher Richard Allen | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2021-12-31 |
| FISHER, Richard | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2013-10-07 |
| GLOVER, Angela Jane | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-09 |
| GOODMAN, James | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2015-02-03 |
| GREEN, Tony John | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2012-11-27 |
| HART, Wendy | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2019-07-25 |
| HOCKING, Gina Victoria | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2019-07-25 |
| HUNTER, Sue | Director | 2015-10-31 | 2018-10-18 |
| HYLTON, Mark, Dr | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2013-04-17 |
| JOHNSON, David Andrew | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-06 |
| KELLY, Francis | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-07-19 |
| KERNER, Natalie | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2012-07-11 |
| LEIGH, Karen Louise | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2016-08-31 |
| LITTLEJOHN, Iain Anthony | Director | 2017-02-22 | 2024-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2021-05-14 | 2022-06-17 |
| MUNDAY, Chris | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2014-10-01 |
| NEWARK, Herb | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2013-10-07 |
| NORRIS, Anthony Derek | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-07 |
| OLIVER, Glyn | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2013-10-07 |
| PENFOLD, Jeffrey, Dr | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| PETERS, Richard | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2015-08-31 |
| PILLMAN, Joseph Charles | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2023-08-31 |
| PRICE, Maurice John | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2014-08-27 |
| QUINTON, Stephen Peter Henry | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2015-08-31 |
| ROBERTS, Kirsteen Caroline Susan Ross | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| ROBSON, Andrew John | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2012-07-11 |
| ROSE, Fiona Jayne | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2014-10-01 |
| RUSBY, Sarah | Director | 2012-10-16 | 2013-10-07 |
| SANGWINE, Patricia Ann | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2023-08-31 |
| SHARPLES, Timothy Robin | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2016-12-31 |
| SPIERS, Simon Anthony | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2019-04-22 |
| ST GEORGE, Elton Andrew Wenham, Dr | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-06 |
| TONNET, Iona, Dr | Director | 2012-11-18 | 2013-10-06 |
| WARD, Sara Catherine Mary, Dr | Director | 2013-10-11 | 2016-10-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher Paul | Director | 2016-07-19 | 2024-08-31 |
| WYSOCKI-JONES, Maria Margaret | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2013-10-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | DS02 | dissolution | Dissolution withdrawal application strike off company | |
| 2025-09-25 | DS01 | dissolution | Dissolution application strike off company | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-08-31