ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST

• ◆

  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

• ◆

  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST 2017-05-24 → present
2. BLUECOAT ACADEMIES TRUST 2014-03-17 → 2017-05-24
3. BLUECOAT ACADEMY 2011-12-08 → 2014-03-17

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

Forvis Mazars LLP

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. Trustees are confident that budgets and forecasts adequately account for increases in inflation, government announced funding models, and that there is no material risk to the Trust's ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST · parent
   1. Bluecoat Academy Trading Limited 1% · England & Wales · dormant

Significant events

• “On 25th November 2025, the Company adopted amended Articles of Association. The amendments resulted in the removal of Colin Frier as a member.”
• “Bluecoat Wollaton Academy was named as one of just 32 National Attendance Hubs by the Department of Education.”
• “The Trust has grown through an increased PAN at Bluecoat Wollaton, and by welcoming a new year group as part of the roll-out plan at Bluecoat Trent. The Trust welcomed Colwick St John's Primary into the Archway Learning Trust family and will grow further with a further four primary schools projected to join in 2026.”
• “The project to upgrade the Bluecoat Beechdale Academy heating system was completed during the year and the new system powered by air sourced heat pumps has been commissioned.”
• “The LED light replacement was completed across the Trust during 2025/26.”

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

Filings

18

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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

  -26.9%

  £118,416,000 → £86,603,000

• Cash

  -28.7%

  £6,857,000 → £4,887,000

• Net assets

  +2%

  £180,551,000 → £184,076,000

• Employees

  +6.5%

  1,330 → 1,417

• Wages

  +11.1%

  £40,900,000 → £45,426,000

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