THE CHILTERN HILLS ACADEMY

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The Academy joined Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST) effective 1 September 2025, and the trustees intend to have the company liquidated and removed from the register of companies during the year to 31 August 2026. The accounts therefore prepared on a basis other than going concern.

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BKL Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The Academy joined Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST) effective 1 September 2025, and the trustees intend to have the company liquidated and removed from the register of companies during the year to 31 August 2026. The accounts therefore prepared on a basis other than going concern.”

Significant events

• “The management accounts for the months of April, May, and June 2025 were delayed due to a transition in the finance function. These accounts were subsequently produced retrospectively. Furthermore, the management accounts prepared during the year did not include a cash flow statement or a balance sheet. This constitutes non-compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook 2024, specifically sections 2.18, 2.19, and 2.20, which require the timely monthly preparation and review of management accounts.”
• “During the year trustees have undertaken preparatory work to join the ODBST Multi Academy Trust (MAT). We joined Oxford Diocesan Buckinghamshire Schools Trust on 1st September 2025.”
• “On 1 September the Academy left the Trust and joined Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust. The Trustees will proceed to liquidate the Academy Trust during the next 12 months.”

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

6

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +1.5%

  £8,160,286 → £8,280,489

• Cash

  -21.7%

  £2,995,245 → £2,344,904

• Net assets

  -2.9%

  £28,583,792 → £27,758,536

• Employees

  +8.9%

  124 → 135

• Wages

  +12.4%

  £4,345,238 → £4,885,083

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