JOHN SPENDLUFFE TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Forrester Boyd Robson Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the 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.”

Significant events

• “The 2024-25 academic year started with the school on solid foundations in relation to Ofsted rating (Good from last inspection) and with a full quota of staff. During the year, there were a number of long-term absences due to ill health, injury or personal circumstances with the most notable absentee one of the Assistant Headteachers for almost a full academic term. There were two maternity cases during the year.”
• “The Senior Leadership Team capacity was reduced as the year progressed as one member stepped back from being an Assistant Headteacher back to being a classroom practitioner in May 2025 (J Bentley). This would lead to a restructuring of duties and roles with an internal temporary promotion for one Assistant Headteacher (A Appleyard) to fulfil the role of Curriculum Deputy Headteacher from September 2025.”
• “Governance for the year saw a number of changes in the late part of the academic year due to personal circumstances meaning they could no longer offer the time and dedication the role demands - departures being A Appleyard (end of term of office), L Hill, S Smith and N Wass (personal commitments) following the conclusion of the academic year in July 2025.”
• “Three appointments have been made to the governing body prior to the AGM in September 2025 for parent governors. R Hickson moves from being a Community Governor to a staff governor following A Appleyard's end of office.”
• “JSTC saw an increase in GAG funding for the year of £280,011 (£4,696,615 in 2024-25 vs £4,416,604 for 2023-24) despite only a net growth of four students. This was primarily due to increases in the sums being provided through AWPU (net gain of £179,078) but also through significant rises in FSM and Ever 6 numbers (£143,080 and £362,400 for 2024-25 vs £295,610 & £373,280 for 2023-24).”
• “The academy trust has submitted a bid to the Wolfson Foundation so that it may continue to invest in modernisation of the Science provision within school. The outcome of this is due in December 2025.”
• “The sum of £60k has been agreed for the land purchase and this is in the hands of our legal team with the hope of completion early in 2026.”
• “At the year-end, the academy trust has committed to the completion of its Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) project covering urgent fire safety improvements.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +9.9%

  £750,626 → £824,719

• Net assets

  +9.9%

  £8,294,129 → £9,114,897

• Employees

  +2.3%

  131 → 134

• Operating profit

  +705.1%

  £117,469 → £945,768

• Profit before tax

  +705.1%

  £117,469 → £945,768

• Wages

  +6.4%

  £3,533,942 → £3,759,226

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