THE ACADEMY OF CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+52.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
71
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE ACADEMY OF CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE 2012-11-29 → present
- CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE ACADEMY 2012-02-14 → 2012-11-29
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 | £3,844,000 | £4,327,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £115,000 | -£91,000 | |
| Cash | £1,397,000 | £2,127,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,107,000 | £8,966,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,107,000 | £8,966,000 | |
| Equity | £9,107,000 | £8,966,000 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 71 | |
| Wages | £2,106,000 | £2,372,000 |
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 | 3.0% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 12.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.41x | 1.83x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Governors has a reasonable expectation that the Academy 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
- “The current plans for school staff pay increase with limited funding from central government is currently a high risk to the ACB in respect of long-term financial security. Pay point progression results in costs being greater than funding in future years. The failure for Alternative Provision (AP)/Special School National Fundin”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITT, Bill, Rev'D | Director | 2018-11-08 | May 1960 | British |
| BUTTON, Oliver Neil | Director | 2013-05-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| COLLINS, Tracie | Director | 2018-11-22 | Sep 1976 | British |
| CONQUEST, Jeff Peter | Director | 2012-02-14 | Sep 1970 | British |
| COOPER, Joseph | Director | 2024-05-01 | Aug 1985 | British |
| ENGLISH, Elizabeth | Director | 2026-03-20 | Mar 1986 | British |
| FERGUSON-MOORE, Leah | Director | 2025-03-07 | Nov 1978 | British |
| GRAY, Stephen John | Director | 2018-01-01 | May 1955 | British |
| GREEN, Paul | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
| HARRIS, Helen | Director | 2020-12-11 | May 1973 | British |
| HAYWARD, Karen | Director | 2015-09-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| MARTIN, Nick | Director | 2016-09-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSON, Steven David | Director | 2012-02-14 | 2013-10-15 |
| BAILEY, Ian James | Director | 2023-04-24 | 2025-11-11 |
| BASRA, Sharn | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2023-05-26 |
| BROWN, Amanda | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2022-08-31 |
| BYRNE, Ursula Elizabeth | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2013-10-15 |
| CARROLL, Timothy James | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2017-12-06 |
| COHEN, Peter Timothy | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| COOPER, Joseph | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| CROFT, Nigel Kevin | Director | 2012-02-14 | 2019-05-24 |
| DIXON, Steven Ian Graham | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2017-11-30 |
| DODD, Jeremy | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| DRINKWATER, Rita Jane | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2016-06-28 |
| FELL, Shawn Colin | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2020-12-11 |
| FURBER, Elizabeth | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2024-03-25 |
| GARNER, Stephen | Director | 2022-04-26 | 2023-03-23 |
| MITCHELL, Deborah | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2023-07-20 |
| PALMER, Steven Michael | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| PARKER, James Robert | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2019-07-09 |
| PINDER, Mark | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2017-08-31 |
| ROBSON, Robert Page | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| SEBIRE, Jacqueline Ann Grace, Dr | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2021-03-15 |
| SMITH, Mike | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-02-22 |
| VARDY, Karlene | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2022-09-05 |
| WATERWORTH, Thomas | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| WATSON, Robert Huw | Director | 2012-02-14 | 2018-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-23 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+12.6%
£3,844,000 £4,327,000
-
Cash
+52.3%
£1,397,000 £2,127,000
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£9,107,000 £8,966,000
-
Employees
0%
71 71
-
Wages
+12.6%
£2,106,000 £2,372,000
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