WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
Cash
£12M
+20.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£59M
+11.1% vs 2024
Employees
895
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+1,259.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2019-08-21 → present
- THE THOMAS HARDYE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2016-01-08 → 2019-08-21
- THE THOMAS HARDYE SCHOOL 2011-06-21 → 2016-01-08
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 | £44,238,000 | £47,853,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£152,000 | £1,763,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£152,000 | £1,763,000 | |
| Net profit | -£152,000 | £1,763,000 | |
| Cash | £9,620,000 | £11,565,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,654,000 | £59,328,000 | |
| Net assets | £53,408,000 | £59,328,000 | |
| Equity | £53,408,000 | £59,328,000 | |
| Average employees | 914 | 895 | |
| Wages | £25,201,000 | £25,993,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.29x | 3.76x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering the challenging public finances, which is placing pressure on school funding, falling roll numbers, the reliability of income streams the trust board has a reasonable expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, although the current financial climate will have a significant impact upon these reserves. Additional financial monitoring processes have been implemented, to ensure that the trust adapts to this climate, to maintain the going concern status. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The IT Recovery Plan put in place following the cyber-attack in 2023 at the Thomas Hardye Shool has been implemented across the Trust. More extensive work is required at the Thomas Hardye School and will be completed in summer 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHUTTS, Deborah Jayne | Secretary | 2026-05-08 | — | — |
| BAKER, Martin Peter | Director | 2011-06-21 | Jun 1956 | British |
| CHITTENDEN, Alison Kaye | Director | 2024-10-08 | Oct 1960 | British |
| CRANKSHAW, Joanna Margaret | Director | 2022-03-30 | Oct 1960 | British |
| FOLEY, Michael | Director | 2011-09-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| GLANVILLE, Michael David | Director | 2023-10-18 | Nov 1963 | British |
| MILES, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-08 | Dec 1950 | British |
| SHORT, David Lucian | Director | 2023-11-22 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WHITING, Adrian John | Director | 2023-10-18 | Aug 1963 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Kieran | Director | 2023-03-08 | Jul 1987 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, Anthony Clifford William | Secretary | 2011-06-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| SHUTTS, Deborah Jayne | Secretary | 2025-09-17 | 2026-03-15 |
| SMYTH, Vicky Ellen | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | 2025-09-16 |
| TOON, Dot | Secretary | 2026-03-16 | 2026-05-08 |
| HUMPHRIES KIRK SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-22 | 2024-11-01 |
| BATT, Garry Peter | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2023-10-04 |
| CHENEY, Laura | Director | 2013-10-16 | 2016-01-01 |
| CONIBEAR, Simon | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2016-01-01 |
| COOPER, Alun | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2023-03-22 |
| COVE, Katherine Lynne | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2024-10-08 |
| DOBBS, Jeremy Francis Roland | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2014-12-01 |
| FAULKNER, Michael John | Director | 2012-10-08 | 2016-01-01 |
| FELLO, David | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-09-28 |
| FOOT, Tony | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| GALLEGO, Tim | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| GRASSBY, David Clinton | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Hugh Duncan | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| HAINES, Matthew Charles | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2022-09-12 |
| HARRIES, Susan | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| HOLDEN, Wendy | Director | 2012-11-19 | 2016-01-01 |
| JEFFRIES, Peter | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2013-04-30 |
| JOHNS, Sheila | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-08-22 |
| JOHNS, Sheila | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| KIRBY, Roger Charles | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2016-01-01 |
| LANG, Jean Mary | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2011-12-15 |
| LOUSLEY, Kathryn Eleanor | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-09-09 |
| MACKLIN, Teresa | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| MIGNOT, Lucy Hannah | Director | 2020-07-07 | 2026-01-14 |
| MOUNCE, Graham David | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2015-07-01 |
| ORCHARD, Andrew | Director | 2012-10-15 | 2014-06-02 |
| ROCHE, David | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2012-10-05 |
| SKINNER, Mark | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2013-10-16 |
| TAYLOR, Joanna Michelle Augusta | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2017-04-04 |
| WEIR, Karen | Director | 2011-06-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| WINSOR, Ian Robert | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+8.2%
£44,238,000 £47,853,000
-
Cash
+20.2%
£9,620,000 £11,565,000
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£53,408,000 £59,328,000
-
Employees
-2.1%
914 895
-
Operating profit
+1,259.9%
-£152,000 £1,763,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,259.9%
-£152,000 £1,763,000
-
Wages
+3.1%
£25,201,000 £25,993,000
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