THE FORGE BROOK TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+14.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
+58.8% vs 2024
Employees
276
+13.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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11 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE FORGE BROOK TRUST 2025-03-13 → present
- JOSEPH LECKIE ACADEMY TRUST 2011-12-28 → 2025-03-13
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 | £13,028,522 | £27,903,733 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £688,412 | £11,343,050 | |
| Cash | £3,429,029 | £3,915,972 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,442,085 | £38,208,135 | |
| Net assets | £23,816,085 | £37,819,135 | |
| Equity | £23,816,085 | £37,819,135 | |
| Average employees | 244 | 276 | |
| Wages | £6,996,217 | £9,103,540 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.3% | 40.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.1% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | 8.05x | 4.45x |
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
- CK Audit
- 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. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 June 2025, 4 Schools (Delves Infants School, Delves Primary School, Palfrey Infants School and Hillary Primary School) converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010 and all the operations and assets and liabilities were transferred to The Forge Brook Trust from Walsall Local Authority for £nil consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMSON, Jayne Marie | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Karen Melita | Director | 2025-01-16 | Sep 1960 | British |
| INGRAM, Lisa | Director | 2015-12-03 | Aug 1973 | British |
| MISTRY, Girishkumar Dhansukhlal | Director | 2025-06-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| OWEN, John William | Director | 2023-01-16 | Jul 1958 | British |
| RAM, Amit Kumar | Director | 2023-10-04 | Mar 1981 | British |
| RANA, Mohammed Masoom | Director | 2025-06-01 | Apr 1984 | British |
| READ, Justine Louise | Director | 2025-12-10 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Stephen | Secretary | 2011-12-28 | 2018-08-31 |
| FLETCHER, Alison | Secretary | 2019-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| MILLINGTON, Shaun George | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| AFZAL, Mohammad | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2012-10-15 |
| BEECH, Sandra | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2013-07-08 |
| BEILBY, Colin | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2013-07-31 |
| BETTS, Ron | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2012-07-09 |
| BIBI, Khateeja | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2023-10-04 |
| CADDY, Dawn | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2019-08-31 |
| CARPENTER, Nicola Jayne | Director | 2023-10-04 | 2024-10-17 |
| CHOUDHURY, Shakiya | Director | 2016-03-17 | 2021-09-30 |
| COLES, Gemma Victoria | Director | 2024-10-02 | 2025-05-31 |
| DITTA, Allah | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2022-11-25 |
| EDGE, Ben | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2020-01-10 |
| FREEMAN, Paul Stephen | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2017-12-07 |
| GARDINER, Coral Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2012-05-14 |
| GOUGH, Ann Sarah | Director | 2024-01-24 | 2025-05-15 |
| HAMPSHIRE, Heidi | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2017-06-27 |
| HAZELL, Bob | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2015-01-26 |
| HAZELL, Orlean Sophronia | Director | 2013-07-04 | 2015-01-26 |
| HILL, Dean Jamie | Director | 2023-01-16 | 2024-01-24 |
| HODSON WALDRON, Geraldine | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2014-08-31 |
| HUSSAIN, Matloob | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2022-11-25 |
| KADIR, Mohammed Abdul | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2019-05-05 |
| KAUR, Kashmir | Director | 2012-03-08 | 2021-08-31 |
| KAUR, Navteg | Director | 2016-03-17 | 2018-09-01 |
| KAUSER, Sabeena | Director | 2015-10-23 | 2020-08-31 |
| KOUSER, Naheed | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2015-08-26 |
| LAWLEY, Steven John | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2024-01-24 |
| LUDLOW, James | Director | 2021-04-19 | 2025-09-01 |
| MCINTYRE, Mark, Father | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2025-06-01 |
| MIAH, Khaleda | Director | 2018-03-14 | 2022-03-23 |
| MIAH, Mohammed Lulu | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2012-06-03 |
| RAM, Javid | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2026-01-30 |
| RICKHUSS, Mike, Dr | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2026-03-19 |
| SANGHA, Gulvinder Singh | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2017-07-05 |
| SEEDAT, Ebrahim | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2018-09-01 |
| SINGH, Avtar | Director | 2023-01-16 | 2025-05-31 |
| SINGH, Mohinder | Director | 2012-01-05 | 2012-06-17 |
| SINGH GOSAL, Harveer | Director | 2025-01-16 | 2025-05-31 |
| SMARTT, Brian Anthony | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-07-31 |
| SMITH, Gwen | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2014-08-31 |
| STEWART, Jane Virginia | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2022-11-25 |
| TAHIR, Nasiya | Director | 2023-10-04 | 2025-05-31 |
| TARAJIA, Ayaaz Ayub | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2024-02-08 |
| TURNER, Sue Jane | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2024-02-01 |
| TUTRICE, Peggy | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2020-01-10 |
| WADE, Pamela | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2018-05-01 |
| WALSH, Alison Georgette | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2025-05-31 |
| WHITTLESTONE, Keith | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2020-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Ludlow | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2021-04-19 | Ceased 2026-03-27 |
| Ms Rachel Cook | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2020-03-27 | Ceased 2021-04-18 |
| Mr Keith Whittlestone | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 11
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
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Turnover
+114.2%
£13,028,522 £27,903,733
-
Cash
+14.2%
£3,429,029 £3,915,972
-
Net assets
+58.8%
£23,816,085 £37,819,135
-
Employees
+13.1%
244 276
-
Wages
+30.1%
£6,996,217 £9,103,540
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