EDITH STEIN CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  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 although in the current financial climate this remains extremely challenging.

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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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  5 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. EDITH STEIN CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST 2017-03-27 → present
2. THE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST IN HAVANT 2011-07-28 → 2017-03-27

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Hopper Williams & Bell Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“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 although in the current financial climate this remains extremely challenging.”

Significant events

• “In January 2024 the Catholic Diocesan Board of Trustees advised of their plan to convert all Catholic Schools within the Portsmouth Diocese to Academy Schools. This plan became the Bishop's direction in the summer of 2025. The aim is to have two Trusts, one in the north of the Diocese and one in the south. Edith Stein Catholic Academy Trust will act as the lead trust for the south of the Diocese.”
• “The Trust has entered into a £70,000 contract with a Project Management company specialising in academy conversions and trust mergers. A legal firm has also been engaged to undertake the legal work required to manage future conversions and mergers. The Trust has also undertaken a sizeable internal reorganisation at significant cost in order to facilitate the capacity for growth.”
• “In April 2021 the Trust expanded to include Corpus Christi Catholic Primary school in Portsmouth. The Trust adopted a revised strategy document in June 2024 which encompasses the Trust's mission and vision statements.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +5.2%

  £11,976,492 → £12,595,155

• Cash

  -57.9%

  £673,324 → £283,343

• Net assets

  +40.2%

  £1,175,497 → £1,648,395

• Employees

  +0.9%

  213 → 215

• Wages

  +4.3%

  £6,943,304 → £7,243,158

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