WHITSTONE SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
Cash
£744K
+144.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
75
-15.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£264K
+287.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £4,042,241 | £4,582,825 | |
| Operating profit | -£118,663 | £280,106 | |
| Profit before tax | -£140,612 | £264,179 | |
| Net profit | -£140,612 | £264,179 | |
| Cash | £304,438 | £744,270 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,177,126 | £7,398,107 | |
| Net assets | £6,673,125 | £7,319,304 | |
| Equity | £6,673,125 | £7,319,304 | |
| Average employees | 89 | 75 | |
| Wages | £2,643,890 | £2,565,485 |
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 | -2.9% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | -3.5% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.6% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | -0.70x | 1.56x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees 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.”
Significant events
- “The new SEF and SIP for 2025/2026 is in production by the new Headtacher, who is conducting a 'bottom up' analysis of the strengths and developmental areas of the school. This completed work will be added to the Trustees report in due course. We are arranging for external challenges from Challenge Partne”
- “The Academy is exploring the feasibility of expanding our SEND provision through the introduction of an Enhanced Learning Provision (ELP) within our Ambition Department. This initiative aims to provide targeted support and specialised resources to meet the diverse needs of our students with special educational needs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINS, Abby | Director | 2026-03-09 | Mar 1973 | British |
| BAKER, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2026-01-15 | Jul 1972 | British |
| CLARK, Sarita Suzanne | Director | 2025-04-29 | Sep 1968 | British,New Zealander |
| HEATON, Helen Emma | Director | 2023-09-12 | Feb 1984 | British |
| HUNT, Misha Louise | Director | 2025-01-29 | Nov 1982 | British |
| JAMES, Joy | Director | 2024-03-26 | May 1979 | British |
| LOVELL, Kathleen Anne Honour | Director | 2025-01-31 | Aug 1952 | British |
| PEARCE, Gemma Mary | Director | 2024-03-26 | May 1983 | British |
| PIKE, Matthew Zachary | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAYER, Ruth Lilian | Secretary | 2011-07-15 | 2020-12-31 |
| SCHOFIELD, Lara | Secretary | 2021-01-04 | 2024-02-12 |
| ABELL, Ben John Peter | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2024-08-31 |
| BIRT, Beatrice | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2016-08-31 |
| BROWN, Nickolas John | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2016-07-20 |
| BYRNE, Stuart Andrew | Director | 2016-01-12 | 2022-01-14 |
| CHALMERS, Fiona | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2012-10-19 |
| CLEAVE, Richard | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2024-01-03 |
| CRARER, Zoe Marie | Director | 2021-04-21 | 2023-03-01 |
| EAVIS, Philip John | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2022-01-12 |
| ELSTOB, Lynne | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2024-03-12 |
| GRIFFITHS, Jilly Morwenna | Director | 2023-12-01 | 2024-02-21 |
| GUROWICH, Anna | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2023-09-04 |
| HARRIS, Deborah Ann | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2013-11-13 |
| HILL, Elliot | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2022-09-01 |
| HIME, Toby Peter Filkin | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2023-10-19 |
| JOHNSON, Anita Susan | Director | 2014-03-12 | 2020-08-31 |
| KINGSHOTT, Allan Philip | Director | 2016-01-12 | 2016-11-14 |
| LENNON, Sarah Holly | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2025-01-31 |
| LEUNG, William Wai Chun | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2024-08-31 |
| LOCKYER, Matthew David | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2023-10-16 |
| LOCKYER, Matthew David | Director | 2019-09-10 | 2023-09-10 |
| LOVELL, Kathleen Anne Honour | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2023-09-10 |
| LUCKHURST, Trevor | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2012-12-31 |
| MARCANGELO-LYONS, Victoria | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2024-09-09 |
| MILLWARD, James Paul | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2022-04-14 |
| PARHAM, John William | Director | 2016-11-29 | 2020-11-29 |
| POLLARD, Zena Kay | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2020-09-20 |
| RANSTED, Karen Louise | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2023-09-04 |
| REEVES, Daniel | Director | 2025-04-29 | 2026-04-23 |
| RENNARD, Gillian Ann | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2019-12-31 |
| ROBERTS, Miranda | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| STRATFORD, Peter | Director | 2011-09-20 | 2015-09-12 |
| SWALLOW, Guy David | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| TURNER, Mariannina Cinicola | Director | 2024-03-04 | 2025-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charles Robert Goodhand | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2026-01-15 | Active |
| Mr Seth Bolderow | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-04-29 | Active |
| Erica Sian Pease | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-04-29 | Active |
| Mrs Kathleen Anne Honour Lovell | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-01-31 | Active |
| Miss Sarah Holly Lennon | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-09 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
| Mrs Victoria Marcangelo-Lyons | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-12-05 | Ceased 2024-09-09 |
| Mr Matthew Stephen Hill | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-07-21 | Ceased 2026-01-15 |
| Ms Susan Simpson | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-07-21 | Ceased 2025-09-15 |
| Mr Anthony Sammon | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-07-21 | Ceased 2024-01-29 |
| Mr Matthew David Lockyer | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2022-09-06 | Ceased 2023-10-16 |
| Miss Zena Kay Pollard | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-01-11 | Ceased 2023-07-21 |
| Mr Graham Clifford Cockill | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-01-11 | Ceased 2023-01-11 |
| Mr James Paul Millward | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors | 2017-09-20 | Ceased 2022-04-14 |
| Mrs Kathleen Anne Honour Lovell | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-07-12 | Ceased 2023-01-11 |
| Mr Philip Eavis | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-07-21 |
| Ms Gillian Ann Rennard | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- 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
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Turnover
+13.4%
£4,042,241 £4,582,825
-
Cash
+144.5%
£304,438 £744,270
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£6,673,125 £7,319,304
-
Employees
-15.7%
89 75
-
Operating profit
+336.1%
-£118,663 £280,106
-
Profit before tax
+287.9%
-£140,612 £264,179
-
Wages
-3%
£2,643,890 £2,565,485
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