THE WOODLAND ACADEMY TRUST

• ◆

  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

• ◆

  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

Affinia (Orpington)

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board of Trustees has considered the challenges of operating in the current economic climate, and plans to make savings during 2025-2026 are already underway. Taking into account declining pupil numbers in several schools, the Trust's response to the cost of living crisis, and the forecast cash flow and reserves, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding this basis of preparation can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”

Significant events

• “The overall 2024-2025 operational position was a deficit of £366k was inline with our forecast position. The deficit position includes the following exceptional items: A significant investment in Quality of Education required to deliver the national curriculum; Additional SEN support requirements; The impact of the National Insurance increase from April 25”
• “The Trust also recognises opportunities to embed Al-driven efficiencies and digital transformation to mitigate rising costs and enhance decision-making processes.”
• “The main financial risk for the Trust is the current economic climate combined with a reduction in pupil numbers putting pressure on Trust financial position.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

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

  +6%

  £12,508,000 → £13,254,000

• Cash

  -30.4%

  £1,626,000 → £1,132,000

• Net assets

  -1.8%

  £38,115,000 → £37,432,000

• Employees

  +1.3%

  239 → 242

• Wages

  +3.2%

  £7,364,000 → £7,602,000

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