PRIMARY QUEST MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+70.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+26.7% vs 2024
Employees
244
+63.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PRIMARY QUEST MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2019-07-04 → present
- HIGHNAM C OF E PRIMARY ACADEMY 2011-07-12 → 2019-07-04
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 | £4,960,545 | £10,089,483 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £61,536 | £1,808,060 | |
| Cash | £839,537 | £1,429,478 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,517,447 | £9,423,507 | |
| Net assets | £7,434,447 | £9,418,507 | |
| Equity | £7,434,447 | £9,418,507 | |
| Average employees | 149 | 244 | |
| Wages | £2,802,374 | £4,749,623 |
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 | 1.2% | 17.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.4% | 5.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.13x | 2.88x |
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
- Pitt Godden & Taylor LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 1st September Primary QuEST opened Little Owls pre-school at Hope Brook C of E Primary School.”
- “A 4th classroom was officially opened by the Bishop of Gloucester in November 2024.”
- “Bromesberrow St Mary's, Hope Brook and Tibberton joined the trust on 1st September 2024.”
- “Gretton joined Primary Quest on 1st April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLIN, Samuel David | Director | 2016-01-04 | May 1973 | British |
| BARNES, Derek | Director | 2024-10-07 | Jul 1951 | British |
| BUCKLAND, Janet Ruth | Director | 2022-01-19 | Dec 1958 | British |
| EDWARDS, Janine | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| JOLLANS, Kenneth Richard | Director | 2019-07-01 | Nov 1955 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Scott Michael | Director | 2012-05-09 | May 1972 | British |
| LONGUET-HIGGINS, John, Revd | Director | 2019-07-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| PUMFREY, Craig Morris | Director | 2019-07-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Sarah Dawn | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BERRISFORD, David Michael | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| BICKLEY, Allister Eric | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| COLDRICK, Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| DEAN, Stephen Mark | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| DWIGHT, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| ETTRIDGE, Alison Rachel Clare | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| FULLER, Matthew | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| GREENOUGH, Jacqueline | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2015-11-18 |
| HEAD, Roger John | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| HOBDAY, Philip | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| HOGARTY, Ryan Paul | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2025-05-19 |
| HOWARD, Martin John | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2018-09-24 |
| HUMBLE, Sheila | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| MARSHALL, Ian, Dr | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2021-08-31 |
| ORCHARD, Rachael Ann | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2019-06-30 |
| PARSONS, Carol Ann | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| PERKS, Philip Eric | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| PRITCHARD, Lucy Clare | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| SARGENT, Peter | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| SIDDLE, Graham | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2025-04-01 |
| TRAIN, Robert Howard | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| WARREN, Paul David | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2019-06-30 |
| WOOD, Nicholas James | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2016-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+103.4%
£4,960,545 £10,089,483
-
Cash
+70.3%
£839,537 £1,429,478
-
Net assets
+26.7%
£7,434,447 £9,418,507
-
Employees
+63.8%
149 244
-
Wages
+69.5%
£2,802,374 £4,749,623
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