COOMBE ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+13.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£57M
-3.6% vs 2024
Employees
435
+1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COOMBE ACADEMY TRUST 2017-12-19 → present
- THE COOMBE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST 2012-01-11 → 2017-12-19
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 | £25,884,000 | £27,383,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £574,000 | -£1,672,000 | |
| Cash | £5,072,000 | £5,768,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,277,000 | £56,518,000 | |
| Net assets | £58,610,000 | £56,518,000 | |
| Equity | £58,610,000 | £56,518,000 | |
| Average employees | 427 | 435 | |
| Wages | £15,636,000 | £16,505,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.2% | -6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.03x | 3.28x |
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 Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the academy trust's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Coombe Boys' school rebuild commenced in February 2025.”
- “All major stakeholders were invited to a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2025.”
- “In October 2025 a consultation was launched to merge the Auriga Academy Trust with Coombe Academy Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, Samia Naheed | Director | 2022-01-18 | Oct 1958 | British |
| BASS, Rowena Cordelia | Director | 2020-09-24 | Mar 1964 | British |
| BHARGAVA, Marcus Jeremy | Director | 2020-09-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
| HUNNABALL, Margaret | Director | 2018-09-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
| MORGAN, Derek James | Director | 2017-10-02 | Apr 1953 | British |
| OKOROCHA, Emeka | Director | 2021-12-08 | Sep 1980 | British |
| PRITCHARD, Jane Mary | Director | 2025-01-14 | May 1972 | British |
| ROGERS, Natalie Irene | Director | 2024-05-28 | Apr 1969 | British |
| THOMAS, Emma Katherine | Director | 2018-02-09 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTANHEIRA, Deborah Maria | Secretary | 2013-03-19 | 2014-03-31 |
| WILKINSON, Michael | Secretary | 2012-01-11 | 2013-03-19 |
| AL QADHI, Samia | Director | 2012-11-12 | 2014-03-31 |
| ATKINS, Marilyn Ann | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| BHASIN, Sanjay | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2013-11-06 |
| BROOKS, Margaret Esther | Director | 2021-07-12 | 2024-08-31 |
| BROTHERSTON, Diana Mary | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2022-03-31 |
| BURBRIDGE, Alan David | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2022-02-23 |
| CLEMENS, Linda Ann | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Judith Catherine | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| ELMER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2012-01-11 | 2012-11-16 |
| ETIENNE, Samy | Director | 2021-12-08 | 2023-10-30 |
| GADD, Mark Richard | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-10-12 |
| GALLOWAY, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2023-09-20 |
| GONZALEZ, Susana | Director | 2024-05-28 | 2025-09-26 |
| HAYES, Lynn Karen | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2013-01-15 |
| HENDERSON, Mary | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2017-09-20 |
| JONES, Howard Myrddin | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| LIN, Jonathan | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2024-10-07 |
| MACLEOD, Denise Mary | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2014-03-31 |
| MASON, Hazel Diane | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| O'REILLY, Samantha | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2012-03-14 |
| PARKER, Penelope | Director | 2012-01-11 | 2012-06-29 |
| PARROTT, Jacqueline Carol | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| PODGER, Tracey | Director | 2013-03-05 | 2014-03-31 |
| PORTER, Stephen John | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| RATA, Anthea Susan | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| RAY, Heather Lynn | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| RENNIE, Alasdair Bruce | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| SELLAYAH, Naomi Vijeyarani | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2020-08-31 |
| SMITH, David Sion | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2017-09-20 |
| STUART, John | Director | 2012-03-19 | 2014-03-31 |
| SYED, Marieke Anne | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| WALLIS, David | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| WALLS, Deborah Ann | Director | 2012-01-11 | 2021-07-12 |
| WATERTON, Lyn | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| WEBB, Marion | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| WHITTINGTON, Simon James | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+5.8%
£25,884,000 £27,383,000
-
Cash
+13.7%
£5,072,000 £5,768,000
-
Net assets
-3.6%
£58,610,000 £56,518,000
-
Employees
+1.9%
427 435
-
Wages
+5.6%
£15,636,000 £16,505,000
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