ABBEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
+2.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£59M
-0.8% vs 2024
Employees
700
+2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ABBEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2014-10-31 → present
- ABBEY GRANGE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST 2011-07-14 → 2014-10-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,182,000 | £34,477,000 | £36,497,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £763,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £344,000 | -£1,299,000 | -£236,000 | |
| Cash | — | £9,040,000 | £9,284,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £59,157,000 | £58,692,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £59,154,000 | £58,692,000 | |
| Equity | £60,264,000 | £59,154,000 | £58,692,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 681 | 700 | |
| Wages | — | £19,015,000 | £20,680,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -3.8% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 5.6% | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.87x | 2.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.61x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 charitable company'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
- “During the year, the Trust operated 5 primary and 3 secondary academies in West Yorkshire.”
- “Within 2024-2025, three academies received graded inspections from Ofsted.”
- “The Trust spent £1.9 million on fixed assets, with significant capital projects including energy efficiency investment at Lightcliffe Academy.”
- “A new two-storey school will be built at Holy Trinity Church of England Academy in Rothwell.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEATHERILL, Kerry Louise | Secretary | 2019-09-01 | — | — |
| ADENIJI, Wendy Jane | Director | 2024-09-02 | Jun 1971 | British |
| BENNINGTON, Mark Scott | Director | 2023-06-09 | Mar 1965 | British |
| BYFORD, Honor Mary | Director | 2026-03-23 | Jan 1955 | British |
| EXLEY, Stephen John | Director | 2025-11-21 | Mar 1982 | British |
| HOLMES, Charlotte Lee | Director | 2024-09-02 | Sep 1976 | British |
| PRATTEN, Helen Louise | Director | 2019-01-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| PRICE, Gefrin | Director | 2017-10-18 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SHORT, Matthew James | Director | 2024-09-02 | Jun 1985 | British |
| SIMKINS, Steve | Director | 2012-12-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| THORNTON, Tracey Dawn | Director | 2024-09-02 | May 1966 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Frances | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2022-07-22 |
| BLAIR, Colin Ronald | Director | 2016-12-07 | 2020-12-06 |
| BRIVONESE, Anne, Dr | Director | 2014-02-24 | 2014-11-27 |
| BUTLER, Christopher, Reverend | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2012-04-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Laura Margaret | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2015-07-17 |
| FUTERS, Timothy Simon | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2015-07-17 |
| GARRETT, Catherine | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| GREEN, Christopher Mark, Dr | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2014-09-25 |
| GREEN, Martin Graham | Director | 2023-06-09 | 2023-11-23 |
| HARRIS, Ian David | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| HARRIS, Ian David | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2011-11-01 |
| HEALD, Irene | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2015-07-17 |
| HICKLING, Joanne Beverley | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2013-03-31 |
| IKPEH, Chiedza Jane | Director | 2023-03-16 | 2024-09-30 |
| JOHNSTON, Sandra | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2014-11-27 |
| KILKENNY, David Steven | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2013-11-30 |
| KITSON, Carol Jean | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2018-12-31 |
| LAURENCE, Peter Jonathan | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| MASON, Theresa Mary | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2023-06-16 |
| MORAWIECKA-WATKINS, Kamila | Director | 2020-07-22 | 2025-12-09 |
| NORDEN, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2017-10-18 |
| PORRITT, Jacquelyn Ann | Director | 2023-06-09 | 2025-08-31 |
| PRATTEN, Helen | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-01-01 |
| PRATTEN, Helen Louise | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2017-10-18 |
| PRITCHARD, Robert Andrew | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2023-12-13 |
| PYRAH, Clare | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2016-12-07 |
| RACHMANN, William Pieter | Director | 2020-03-23 | 2024-09-02 |
| RADDINGS, Terasa Lorraine | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2014-11-27 |
| RYDER, David | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2014-11-27 |
| SHAW, William | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2020-04-02 |
| SINGLETON, Joan | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| SMITH, Judith, Reverend | Director | 2016-01-20 | 2020-01-19 |
| STEVENS, David, Reverend | Director | 2013-04-27 | 2015-02-01 |
| STEWART, Kerry Shireen | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2015-09-10 |
| STRATTON, Michael Dean | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2019-09-01 |
| TEMPLE, Martin Andrew | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2024-11-16 |
| TURNER, Philip Anthony | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2022-03-23 |
| WATERHOUSE, Joanne | Director | 2014-02-21 | 2014-11-27 |
| WHITMAN, Paul Gwynn | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2023-10-18 |
| WILSON, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2012-08-31 |
| WILSON, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2014-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bishop Of Leeds | Legal person | Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-05 | Ceased 2024-09-16 |
| Canon Ann Dorothea Nicholl | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-05 | Ceased 2024-09-16 |
| Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-05 | Active |
| The Diocese Of Bradford And The Diocese Of Ripon And Leeds Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-06 | Ceased 2019-07-05 |
| Mr Paul Gwynn Whitman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | EH03 | officers | Elect to keep the secretaries register information on the public register | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+5.9%
£34,477,000 £36,497,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+2.7%
£9,040,000 £9,284,000
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£59,154,000 £58,692,000
-
Employees
+2.8%
681 700
-
Wages
+8.8%
£19,015,000 £20,680,000
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