THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST 2013-09-11 → present
2. THE PRIMARY ACADEMIES (VOLUNTARY AIDED) TRUST 2011-10-21 → 2013-09-11

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

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the First Federation 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.”

Group structure

1. THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST · parent
   1. First Beginnings Limited 100% · England & Wales · Operate as a nursery

Significant events

• “The Trust operated 29 primary academies across Dorset, Devon and Plymouth for the year ended 31 August 2025.”
• “Chickerell Primary Academy and seven former Acorn Multi Academy Trust schools transferred to the First Federation Trust on 1 September 2024.”
• “The Trust adopted new Articles of Association in March 2025 to add Bath & Well Diocesan Board of Education as a Corporate Foundation Member.”
• “The University of St John and St Mark ceased to be a Corporate Member for multi academy trusts in September 2025; Dr A Allan resigned and a new Non-Foundation Member was appointed.”
• “The Trust recruited a new trustee, CEO of Aspire MAT, appointed as Foundation trustee by BWDBE in July 2025.”
• “During 2024-25, two additional School Improvement Officers were appointed, and a restructure of the central business team occurred, replacing Trust Business Managers with four specialist roles and strengthening the Finance team.”
• “In the Autumn 2025 school census, the First Federation Trust had 4,374 school age pupils on roll (Autumn 2024: 4,565).”
• “The number of children of primary age is currently decreasing nationally, including in Dorset, Devon and Plymouth.”
• “During the year ended 31 August 2025, the Academy Trust reported total income of £48,705,000 and expenditure of £38,145,000, with a net income of £10,560,000 including £11,045,000 from the transfer of land, buildings, and LGPS pension scheme liabilities from joining Trusts.”
• “A project to consolidate Sidmouth CE Primary School's three sites onto two sites commenced during 2024/25 with a capital grant from the DfE.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +68.3%

  £28,944,000 → £48,705,000

• Cash

  +55.8%

  £3,415,000 → £5,322,000

• Net assets

  +35.6%

  £30,427,000 → £41,273,000

• Employees

  +24.5%

  669 → 833

• Profit before tax

  +495.9%

  £1,772,000 → £10,560,000

• Wages

  +34.1%

  £15,197,000 → £20,372,000

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