OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-18 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+131.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
1,933
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£275K
+104.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2018-04-20 → present
- SOUTH NOTTINGHAM CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST 2011-08-17 → 2018-04-20
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 | £88,950,000 | £96,059,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,381,000 | £72,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,046,000 | £275,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,046,000 | £275,000 | |
| Cash | £3,445,000 | £7,973,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,056,000 | £26,550,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,176,000 | £26,550,000 | |
| Equity | £24,176,000 | £26,550,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,940 | 1,933 | |
| Wages | £54,081,000 | £56,398,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.2% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -6.8% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -23.6% | 0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.8% | 22.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | -227.89x | 1.00x |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.”
Significant events
- “The Trust continued to operate thirty-six schools for pupils aged 5 to 18, comprising six secondary and thirty primary academies, with a roll of 12,681 on 3rd October 2024.”
- “The Trust is reporting a slight decrease in reserves at the end of the 2024-25 financial period, operating with a reserve level of £5.691m or 5.9%.”
- “Pay awards across the previous 4 years have been significantly higher than increases to core grant funding, placing considerable pressure on the Trust budget.”
- “The Trust has a strong financial action plan in place which has already delivered a significant reduction in staffing expenditure for 2024-25 and plans further reductions for the next two years to return to an in-year breakeven position forecast for 2026-27.”
- “The Trust received an alumni donation of £1m, which will be used to build a SEND block at St Bede's.”
- “During the 2024-25 academic year there were 2 resignations from the Board, reducing the number of Directors on the Trust Board to 8.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICH, Karen | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | — | — |
| COOPER, James Vincent | Director | 2025-12-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| DRYDEN, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2018-07-09 | Apr 1955 | British |
| GREEN, Graham | Director | 2022-06-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| HALLAM, Sarah | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| JOHNSON, Kathleen Jennifer | Director | 2022-06-01 | Dec 1947 | British |
| KYNE, John Edward, Canon | Director | 2020-09-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
| NEALE, Ann | Director | 2021-08-31 | May 1954 | British |
| STEVENSON, Nigel | Director | 2018-07-09 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WALTON, Lisa Joanne | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, Daniel Peter | Secretary | 2015-06-17 | 2018-08-31 |
| ROBSON, Mary | Secretary | 2011-08-17 | 2015-06-17 |
| ADKINS, Peter Vincent Alexander, Rev Fr | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| BELSHAW, Paul | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2018-08-31 |
| BENZIE, Nicholas | Director | 2013-01-30 | 2017-08-31 |
| BLAKE, Anita Louise | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2018-08-31 |
| BRAY, Phillip James | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2019-05-22 |
| BUCK, Christine Mary | Director | 2013-01-30 | 2016-10-20 |
| CADWALLADER, Gerard George Francis | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-09-08 |
| DALES, Moira Anne | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2018-08-31 |
| DALY, Kenneth Martin | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-08-30 |
| GLOVER, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2012-07-01 |
| HAGUES, Antony David | Director | 2015-11-10 | 2018-08-31 |
| HARDING, Ron Stanley | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HARDING, Timothy James | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2020-08-31 |
| HEAVER, Linda Geraldine | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-05-01 |
| HEWITT, Vanessa Diane | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2017-10-31 |
| HOBAN, Patrick Christopher | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2014-03-17 |
| HUNTON, Geoffrey, Reverend | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2017-07-06 |
| HUNTON, Geoffrey, Rev | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2012-01-01 |
| JACKSON, Peter Anthony | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2018-08-31 |
| LANE, Tracy | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| LONGLEY, Dorothy Cecilia | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2014-10-29 |
| MARSHALL, Rosalyn Jane | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2015-09-10 |
| MAYLARD-MASON, Luisa | Director | 2016-02-22 | 2018-08-31 |
| MCGEACHIE, James William | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| MCKENZIE, Clare | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| MOORE, Thomas | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2014-10-02 |
| MORRIS, Ivor John | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2018-08-31 |
| MUNRO, Susan Teresa | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2022-11-07 |
| NEILL, Gail Tracy | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2012-07-01 |
| O'DONOGHUE, Michael Joseph, Fr | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2021-08-30 |
| PALMER, Julia | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2016-10-20 |
| RATHE, David John, Dr | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2018-08-31 |
| RECCHIA, Anne | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2023-08-31 |
| SMITH, David | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2014-03-11 |
| SULLIVAN, Gordon Leslie | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| SULLIVAN, Les Gordon | Director | 2014-10-15 | 2019-12-31 |
| SULLIVAN, Les Gordon | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2013-06-19 |
| SUTHERLAND, Peter Douglas | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2016-10-20 |
| THOMAS, Christopher Paul, Rev | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2014-09-01 |
| VELLACOTT, Peter Howard, Reverend | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2012-05-14 |
| WHITAKER, Christine Philomena | Director | 2011-08-17 | 2015-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Lawes | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-01 | Ceased 2020-03-03 |
| Father Simon Paul Gillespie | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-01 | Ceased 2020-03-03 |
| Mrs Sarah Jayne Noon | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-15 | Ceased 2020-02-29 |
| Mr Kenneth Martin Daly | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-15 | Ceased 2020-02-29 |
| Mr Jerzy Kazimerz Michal Krawiec | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-15 | Ceased 2020-02-29 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Mary Rodden | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-15 | Ceased 2020-02-29 |
| Mr Edward Poyser | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-15 | Ceased 2019-07-10 |
| Reverend Father Martin John Hardy | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-31 |
| Father John Guest | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-31 |
| Father Christopher Paul Thomas | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-31 |
| Rt Rev Patrick Joseph Mckinney | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
+8%
£88,950,000 £96,059,000
-
Cash
+131.4%
£3,445,000 £7,973,000
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£24,176,000 £26,550,000
-
Employees
-0.4%
1,940 1,933
-
Operating profit
+101.1%
-£6,381,000 £72,000
-
Profit before tax
+104.5%
-£6,046,000 £275,000
-
Wages
+4.3%
£54,081,000 £56,398,000
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