THE PIONEER ACADEMY
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-18 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+10.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£200M
+15% vs 2024
Employees
733
+17.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-26.4% vs 2024
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 | £41,205,000 | £45,037,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,924,000 | £2,085,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,942,000 | £2,166,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,924,000 | £2,085,000 | |
| Cash | £2,959,000 | £3,264,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £174,341,000 | £199,580,000 | |
| Net assets | £173,534,000 | £199,524,000 | |
| Equity | £173,534,000 | £199,524,000 | |
| Average employees | 623 | 733 | |
| Wages | £24,164,000 | £25,848,000 |
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 | 7.1% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.8% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 2.48x | 1.61x |
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
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 the Board of Trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 01 February 2025, Ightham Primary School and Shoreham Village School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010 and all the operations and assets and liabilities were transferred to The Pioneer Academy from the Kent County Council Local Authority for £nil consideration.”
- “On 01 July 2025 the Southborough Primary School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010 and all the operations and assets and liabilities were transferred to The Pioneer Academy from the London Borough of Bromley Local Authority for £nil consideration.”
- “The trust are expecting new academies to join in 2026. The Trust Board are looking to grow to twenty two schools from 2025/26 with Robsack Wood Primary School and Churchwood Primary School looking to join from March 2026.”
- “During the year, The Pioneer Academy experienced key changes in the composition of its Board of Trustees, with new appointments strengthening expertise in education, finance, and risk management.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPENCE, Emma | Secretary | 2026-01-05 | — | — |
| ADESINA, Adeyinka | Director | 2023-12-07 | Oct 1977 | British |
| ADJEI-BAAH, Rock Gyimah | Director | 2025-01-03 | Nov 1987 | British |
| ANDREWS, Wendy Kay | Director | 2016-09-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| BOUWENS, Joanne | Director | 2019-05-14 | Nov 1980 | British |
| CHURCH, Andrew Mark Victor | Director | 2022-01-11 | Aug 1972 | British |
| CLARK, Joanna Margaret | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| CONG, Katherine | Director | 2019-05-14 | Nov 1973 | British |
| HITCHENS, Carole | Director | 2025-09-25 | Jan 1962 | British |
| MASON-ELLIS, Lee | Director | 2011-07-04 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Julie | Secretary | 2018-09-17 | 2019-09-19 |
| GROVES, David | Secretary | 2020-01-31 | 2024-07-19 |
| PRATT, Alison | Secretary | 2011-07-04 | 2014-09-17 |
| SLADE, Anne | Secretary | 2024-07-19 | 2026-01-04 |
| SLADE, Anne | Secretary | 2019-09-19 | 2020-01-31 |
| SLADE, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2014-09-17 | 2018-09-17 |
| AIYERE, Emmanuella Temitope Olayemi | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2023-08-31 |
| BEAL, Nicholas | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2016-09-06 |
| BENGOUGAM, Rachid | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-01-16 |
| BOSHER, Robin, Sir | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2023-04-14 |
| BRIDGMAN, Paul Gavin | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-12-15 |
| BROWN, Clive Stuart | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2022-10-09 |
| BROWN, John Henry | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2022-09-29 |
| CAMPBELL, Claire | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2013-04-01 |
| CROCKATT, Nicola Kelli | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| DAWES, Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| FOX, Julie Nicola | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2017-10-16 |
| FOX, Julie Nicola | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| HITCHENS, Carole | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2016-09-06 |
| HUYNH, Betty | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-01-17 |
| JUDD, John Henry | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-07-12 |
| KEOWN, Paul Gabriel, Father | Director | 2012-05-28 | 2013-04-01 |
| KINSLEY, Catherine Anne | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2018-07-12 |
| LAKEY, Joanna Margaret | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2017-10-31 |
| LOCKYER, Richard Ian | Director | 2016-01-12 | 2023-10-12 |
| MALLARD, Gillian Irene | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2014-09-01 |
| MONCASTER, Sarah | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| PAYNE, Jennifer | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| PEPPER, John Charles | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| PRESTON-BROOM, Robert | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2013-04-01 |
| RADCLIFFE, Robert Mark, Rev | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2015-06-22 |
| ROBINSON, Douglas John | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2022-09-01 |
| SAWYER, Jack | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2019-09-19 |
| SAWYER, Jack | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2016-04-12 |
| SHARRON, Simon Jon | Director | 2023-12-07 | 2025-08-31 |
| WEEKES, Alexandra Claire | Director | 2012-01-24 | 2013-04-01 |
| WRIGHT, Anne Holmes Henderson | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2024-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+9.3%
£41,205,000 £45,037,000
-
Cash
+10.3%
£2,959,000 £3,264,000
-
Net assets
+15%
£173,534,000 £199,524,000
-
Employees
+17.7%
623 733
-
Operating profit
-28.7%
£2,924,000 £2,085,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.4%
£2,942,000 £2,166,000
-
Wages
+7%
£24,164,000 £25,848,000
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