STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIES TRUST

1. STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIES TRUST 2014-06-20 → present
2. STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY ACADEMY 2011-07-13 → 2014-06-20

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

Dains Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trust Board expects that the 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 Trust was established on 1 September 2011 and was originally known as Staffordshire University Academy Trust. During 2013/14 the Trust was encouraged actively by the Department for Education to sponsor schools in an Ofsted Category requiring a sponsor led academy solution. At the end of June 2014 the company completed agreements with the Department for Education (DfE) to convert to a MultiAcademy Trust (MAT) enabling it to undertake the activities of additional academies. On 20th June 2014 the company changed its name from Staffordshire University Academy Trust to Staffordshire University Academies Trust.”
• “Overall, we have seen an increase in results this year with the average overall grade increasing from E+ to D+, our value added increasing from -0.91 to -0.45, as well as our average points score increasing from 14.54 to 23.18.”
• “A key Trust priority for 2025-2026 is the refinement of systems for the central collection and analysis of achievement data, with particular emphasis on the use of progress measures to identify strengths and areas requiring further improvement.”
• “Decreases in pupil numbers due to falling birth rates”
• “Cyber security risks due to ongoing cyber attacks within the education sector, and the evolving use of AI technology in education”
• “Operating costs due to the impacts of inflation, increases to salaries and the national living wage, and interest rates”
• “The impact of mental health and wellbeing matters on the workforce and education outcomes for children, particularly post pandemic”
• “Increasing weather pattern shifts impact the performance of school buildings, in an ageing estate which demands resource, time and finances to manage its' condition and ensure fit for purpose learning environments”
• “Changes in leadership teams which have the potential to impact outcomes and business continuity”
• “Adverse Ofsted outcomes which have the ability to impact pupil outcomes, financial prospects and reputation”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +10.1%

  £27,190,122 → £29,927,826

• Cash

  +18.6%

  £4,941,972 → £5,861,771

• Net assets

  +0.4%

  £56,999,402 → £57,246,442

• Employees

  +5.5%

  614 → 648

• Wages

  +8.6%

  £16,064,047 → £17,451,882

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