INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-25 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-11
Watchouts
Cash
£273K
-65.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
352
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£169K
-49.4% 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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2016-07-26 → present
- GAWTHORPE COMMUNITY ACADEMY TRUST 2011-10-11 → 2016-07-26
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 | £13,905,000 | £14,847,000 | |
| Operating profit | £976,000 | £696,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £334,000 | £169,000 | |
| Net profit | £334,000 | £169,000 | |
| Cash | £788,000 | £273,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,450,000 | £21,403,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,990,000 | £21,007,000 | |
| Equity | £20,990,000 | £21,007,000 | |
| Average employees | 359 | 352 | |
| Wages | £8,589,000 | £8,962,000 |
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 | 7.0% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.0% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | 1.40x | 0.96x |
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
- Clive Owen 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.”
Significant events
- “external review of governance was undertaken in 2024/25 which provided useful reflections and suggestions for improvement.”
- “Four schools were inspected over the course of last academic year. Of these inspections, three were a full graded inspection and one was an ungraded inspection.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Rebecca Victoria | Director | 2024-10-22 | Sep 1972 | British |
| CRIPPS, John | Director | 2019-10-01 | Apr 1958 | British |
| KIRK, Rachel Emily | Director | 2026-01-27 | Jul 1982 | British |
| NORTH, John Stephen | Director | 2017-02-08 | May 1952 | British |
| PARTRIDGE, Karen Jane | Director | 2021-03-15 | Jan 1961 | British |
| ROLINSON, Karen | Director | 2022-09-27 | Jul 1966 | British |
| SNOWDEN, Jane Louise | Director | 2023-04-28 | Oct 1973 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Susan Demelza Jane | Director | 2025-07-14 | May 1977 | British |
| WRIGHT, Lorna Melissa | Director | 2024-10-22 | Jun 1982 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Tracy Louise | Secretary | 2011-10-11 | 2012-01-02 |
| JOSSE, Karen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-01-02 | 2014-04-11 |
| ARUNDEL, Paul David | Director | 2018-01-09 | 2021-11-23 |
| BARTRAM, Simon | Director | 2022-01-13 | 2023-11-15 |
| CASAREJOS, David | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2015-01-15 |
| CAYGILL, Deborah | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2012-10-30 |
| CHRISTIAN, Margaret Anne | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2014-04-08 |
| COATES, Faye | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2016-08-31 |
| CROOK, Joanne Louise | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| EARL, Robert Neil | Director | 2024-10-22 | 2024-12-18 |
| ELLERKER, Mark Richard | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| GRAY, Charles Waude | Director | 2017-02-08 | 2025-10-07 |
| HARDAKER, Deborah Anne | Director | 2014-06-17 | 2016-08-31 |
| HARRISON, Richard | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2013-02-17 |
| HESKETH, John | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-09-26 |
| HODSON, Hilary Kirsten | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2016-08-31 |
| JACKSON, Tracy Louise | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2021-03-14 |
| JAQUES, Victoria Marie | Director | 2015-09-02 | 2016-08-31 |
| KAUR, Amrit | Director | 2017-02-08 | 2017-09-26 |
| KAY-BROOK, Mandy Louise | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| LEWIS, Suzanne | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| MARSDEN, Joanne | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Emma Jane | Director | 2016-01-14 | 2016-08-31 |
| METCALFE, Alec Geoffrey | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-09-04 |
| MITCHELL, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2016-08-31 |
| MORGAN, Vivien Ruth | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| NORFOLK, Clare | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2023-03-31 |
| NORTH, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2024-10-22 |
| NORTH, John Stephen | Director | 2012-07-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| OWEN, Paul Edward | Director | 2018-01-09 | 2018-10-15 |
| RIGG, Beryl Yvonne | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2015-11-27 |
| RUFFLER, Robert John | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2018-09-01 |
| SMITH, Stephen Barry | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2021-11-30 |
| STEVENSON, Katie | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2016-08-31 |
| SUGDEN, Roberta | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Timothy John | Director | 2016-01-14 | 2016-08-31 |
| TOTTLES, Geoffrey Stuart | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-09-04 |
| TOTTLES, Geoffrey Stuart | Director | 2011-10-11 | 2016-08-31 |
| TURNER, Mark Llewellyn | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2019-09-27 |
| VICKERMAN, Susan Jennifer | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| WALKER, Steven | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2015-07-16 |
| WEBB, Ann Margaret | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2019-09-09 |
| WORSDALE, Graham John | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2024-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Bartram | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2026-01-27 | Active |
| Mrs Anne-Marie Holdsworth | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-10-08 | Active |
| Mr Graham John Worsdale | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-07-14 | Ceased 2025-12-08 |
| Mrs Vivien Ruth Morgan | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-06-12 | Ceased 2025-01-20 |
| Mr Michael Benn | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-01-01 | Ceased 2023-06-11 |
| Mrs Helen Elizabeth Ranson | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-02-09 | Ceased 2025-05-13 |
| Mrs Karen Jane Partridge | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-08-31 | Ceased 2021-03-15 |
| Mr Geoffrey Stuart Tottles | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-10-01 | Active |
| Mr Robert Barraclough | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-09-17 | Active |
| Mr John Stephen North | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-10-30 | Ceased 2021-12-31 |
| Mr John Stephen North | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-10-30 | Ceased 2021-02-09 |
| Mr Richard Mark Ellerker | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2025-07-15 |
| Mrs Joanne Louise Crook | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2019-10-09 |
| Mr John Hesketh | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2017-10-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+6.8%
£13,905,000 £14,847,000
-
Cash
-65.4%
£788,000 £273,000
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£20,990,000 £21,007,000
-
Employees
-1.9%
359 352
-
Operating profit
-28.7%
£976,000 £696,000
-
Profit before tax
-49.4%
£334,000 £169,000
-
Wages
+4.3%
£8,589,000 £8,962,000
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