MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
+9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£74M
+44.1% vs 2024
Employees
838
+2.8% 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 | £65,954,544 | £70,168,066 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £17,903,755 | £17,989,073 | |
| Cash | £6,433,473 | £7,066,093 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £56,638,848 | £73,839,407 | |
| Net assets | £51,225,834 | £73,800,907 | |
| Equity | £51,225,834 | £73,800,907 | |
| Average employees | 815 | 838 | |
| Wages | £26,152,285 | £28,464,765 |
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 | 27.1% | 25.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.3% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.56x | 2.60x |
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
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate inquiries, 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “In 2024-2025 two primary school objectives were pursued: To create a positive, safe environment where everyone is treated respectfully We launched initiatives like Ban the Banter to challenge discriminatory language, alongside restorative practices and awareness campaigns celebrating difference - from Pride Month to Black History Month.”
- “Cyber breach (March): Significant disruption across all schools, managed through resilience and collaboration. Full recovery achieved during summer break.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLSOPP, Charlotte | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | — | — |
| COWPER, Stuart Hartley | Director | 2018-11-27 | Feb 1971 | British |
| DIX, Simon | Director | 2025-12-15 | Feb 1962 | British |
| EDWARDS, Pamela | Director | 2021-03-22 | Mar 1958 | British |
| FRY, Alex | Director | 2017-11-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| LIQUORISH, Mark Anthony | Director | 2011-06-23 | Mar 1952 | British |
| PETERS, Robert | Director | 2024-03-18 | Sep 1976 | British |
| PRECIOUS, Christopher | Director | 2024-11-25 | May 1978 | British |
| THOMPSON, Robert John Woods | Director | 2024-11-25 | Sep 1951 | British |
| WALPOLE, Arthur Edward | Director | 2011-06-23 | Sep 1944 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Gareth John | Secretary | 2020-05-06 | 2022-11-30 |
| DAVIES, Sarah Jean | Secretary | 2011-07-25 | 2013-01-15 |
| JONES, Joanne Maria | Secretary | 2013-02-25 | 2020-05-06 |
| WARN, Christopher Robert | Secretary | 2011-06-23 | 2011-07-25 |
| BENNETT, Catherine Mary | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-07-24 |
| BUDGEN, Nigel, Dr | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2014-05-20 |
| BURN, Richard James | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2014-05-20 |
| BURTON, Elizabeth | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2012-09-30 |
| CAMPION, Katriona Ann | Director | 2014-01-20 | 2017-11-01 |
| CATTERMOLE, Angela Joy | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
| CRIPPS, Terry George | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2013-06-10 |
| DAY, John | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2013-06-17 |
| DOGGART, Anna | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2014-05-20 |
| EDWARDS, Victoria Hanefa | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2014-05-20 |
| FAUX, Karen Anne | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2014-05-20 |
| FINCH, Sarah | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2025-03-12 |
| GRIFFITHS, David John | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2019-12-31 |
| GRINDLEY, Anna Emily | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2016-03-21 |
| HARVEY, Graham, Doctor | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2013-06-17 |
| HARVEY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2014-05-20 |
| HUNT, Judy, Reverend | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-07-17 |
| JERVIS, Robert Ryan | Director | 2025-10-13 | 2026-02-18 |
| JONES, Helen Esther | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2014-05-20 |
| JONES, Peter David | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2012-05-10 |
| KING, Jane Amanda | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2013-03-31 |
| LEATHER, Jacqueline, Dr | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2013-06-24 |
| PEARSON, Robert Sidney | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2017-11-01 |
| THOMAS, Roger Neil | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2014-05-20 |
| WIGGINS, Peter Roy | Director | 2013-02-25 | 2014-05-20 |
| WILMOT, Sally Louise | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2011-09-19 |
| WINTER, Keith James | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2021-07-05 |
| WOOD, Mark | Director | 2013-02-25 | 2014-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary 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
- 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
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Turnover
+6.4%
£65,954,544 £70,168,066
-
Cash
+9.8%
£6,433,473 £7,066,093
-
Net assets
+44.1%
£51,225,834 £73,800,907
-
Employees
+2.8%
815 838
-
Wages
+8.8%
£26,152,285 £28,464,765
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