CRESCO MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+1.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
-2.5% vs 2024
Employees
275
-4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£380K
-110% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CRESCO MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2017-06-23 → present
- GREAT BERRY PRIMARY SCHOOL 2011-07-04 → 2017-06-23
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 | £9,048,721 | £11,105,690 | |
| Operating profit | £4,110,745 | -£56,573 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,819,956 | -£380,285 | |
| Net profit | £3,819,956 | -£380,285 | |
| Cash | £2,252,960 | £2,287,241 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,294,744 | £23,681,459 | |
| Net assets | £24,294,744 | £23,681,459 | |
| Equity | £24,294,744 | £23,681,459 | |
| Average employees | 289 | 275 | |
| Wages | £5,540,995 | £6,810,569 |
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 | 45.4% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 42.2% | -3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.5% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.82x | 3.14x | |
| Interest cover | 14.13x | -0.17x |
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
- Edmund Carr LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “On 1st April 2024 Lincewood Primary School became the 4th school to join the trust.”
- “Turbulence continues to be an issue at Janet Duke. Between September 2024 and July 2025 there were 68 new pupils admitted outside the normal round of admissions and 56 left the school.”
- “In summer 2023 Great Berry, Janet Duke and Noak Bridge schools commissioned a chartered surveyor report to confirm that RAAC was not present in any of the schools. Lincewood were confirmed as RAAC free in 2022.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLATER, Tracy | Secretary | 2022-09-21 | — | — |
| EADES, Melissa | Director | 2025-01-02 | Apr 1967 | British |
| FALVEY, Sallie Margaret | Director | 2025-12-11 | May 1963 | British |
| GIBBON, Judith | Director | 2022-02-24 | Apr 1965 | British |
| MOORE, Karen Anne | Director | 2023-09-13 | Nov 1958 | British |
| MORGAN, Paul Haydn | Director | 2017-09-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| ODDY, Jonathan William | Director | 2020-09-21 | Jan 1955 | British |
| PYE, Damian Lee | Director | 2017-09-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| SANDERCOCK, Margaret Enid | Director | 2025-09-09 | May 1945 | British |
| SAWYER, Nicola Jane | Director | 2025-12-11 | Sep 1975 | British |
| SCARNELL, Hilary | Director | 2025-01-02 | Sep 1956 | British |
| TONG, Thomas John | Director | 2015-09-22 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALENA-BANGS, Natalie Francesca, Irene | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| REAY, Janet | Secretary | 2011-09-15 | 2017-07-06 |
| SAMBROOK, Amanda | Secretary | 2017-07-06 | 2017-09-01 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Susan | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| CHAMBERS, Mark | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2011-08-01 |
| CHAMBERS, Mark | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| CHAMBERS, Mark | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2011-08-01 |
| COLEMAN, David Peter | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-12-14 |
| COLEMAN, David Peter | Director | 2014-03-14 | 2017-09-01 |
| DENCHFIELD, David Richard | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| EDWARDS, Joanna Louise | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| FAULKNER, Susan Ann | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HILLIER, Sandra Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-04-24 |
| HOUCHELL, John | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| INGRAM, Louise | Director | 2014-10-20 | 2017-09-01 |
| JACOBS, Claire Caroline | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| JACOBS, Nicola Louise | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-05-12 |
| JORDAN, Kevin | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2023-02-26 |
| MARRIS, Natalie Jane | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| MCCANN, Peter John | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2025-08-31 |
| MERRELL, Rula | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2011-08-01 |
| MERRELL, Rula | Director | 2011-07-04 | 2015-07-07 |
| ODUM, Gertrude | Director | 2024-01-18 | 2026-01-01 |
| PYE, Damian Lee | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| SAMPSON, Jennifer | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| SANDERCOCK, Margaret Enid | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2025-01-02 |
| SLATER, Tracy | Director | 2018-09-17 | 2022-09-14 |
| SMITH, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| WHITCHURCH, Peter John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-09-13 |
| WICKHAM, David | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-03-06 |
| YORK, Victor Thomas | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2020-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Tamara Nicholls | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-07-10 | Ceased 2018-11-06 |
| Mrs Sandra Elizabeth Hillier | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-04-24 | Ceased 2018-11-06 |
| Mrs Susan Butterworth | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2018-11-06 |
| Mr David Peter Coleman | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2018-11-06 |
| Ms Emma Marie Day | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
| Mr Martin Craig Ripley | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2018-04-28 |
| Mr John Houchell | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2018-11-06 |
| Mrs Joanna Louise Edwards | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
| Mr Damian Lee Pye | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
| Mr Peter John Mccann | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+22.7%
£9,048,721 £11,105,690
-
Cash
+1.5%
£2,252,960 £2,287,241
-
Net assets
-2.5%
£24,294,744 £23,681,459
-
Employees
-4.8%
289 275
-
Operating profit
-101.4%
£4,110,745 -£56,573
-
Profit before tax
-110%
£3,819,956 -£380,285
-
Wages
+22.9%
£5,540,995 £6,810,569
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