WHITE ROSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-07 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+38.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£72M
-1.5% vs 2024
Employees
495
-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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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WHITE ROSE ACADEMIES TRUST 2014-03-17 → present
- THE LEEDS RETAIL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES ACADEMY 2012-02-21 → 2014-03-17
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 | £33,200,000 | £35,237,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,462,000 | -£858,000 | |
| Cash | £1,864,000 | £2,587,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,168,000 | £72,096,000 | |
| Net assets | £73,070,000 | £72,009,000 | |
| Equity | £73,070,000 | £72,009,000 | |
| Average employees | 500 | 495 | |
| Wages | £18,545,000 | £19,171,000 |
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 | -4.4% | -2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.8% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.61x | 1.57x |
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
- BHP LLP Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Directors 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
- “White Rose Academies Trust was incorporated on 21 February 2012 and took control of Leeds City Academy... on 1 August 2014... On 1 September 2014, Leeds West Academy and Leeds East Academy joined the Trust... On 1 December 2020 Alder Tree Primary Academy joined the Trust.”
- “At Alder Tree Primary Academy, a decision was taken in-year to reduce its admissions number from 60 to 30 from September 2025.”
- “In April 2024, the Trust's two-year (2024-2026) strategic plan was launched.”
- “Leeds East Academy is the school requiring the closest attention and support at this time. Under new leadership from September 2025, Leeds East has secured some early improvements with an acknowledged long road ahead.”
- “A first draft of a Trust People Strategy has been co-created with employees.”
- “An employee benefits package has been developed and is in place.”
- “Staff turnover of 13.05% was below the national average for multi-academy trusts, being a positive indicator of workforce stability and organisational health.”
- “Work on a permanent expansion of Leeds City Academy at an approximate value of £9m has been fully completed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Colin | Director | 2023-07-04 | Oct 1959 | British |
| COWANS, Andrea | Director | 2024-12-10 | Dec 1967 | British |
| HARPER, Stewart Peter | Director | 2022-10-06 | Apr 1979 | British |
| HERSCHY, Claire Victoria | Director | 2022-11-28 | Mar 1973 | British |
| JOLLEY, Stuart Ian | Director | 2026-01-15 | Apr 1980 | British |
| JONES, William Sturton | Director | 2026-01-15 | Mar 1970 | British |
| NEWBY, Kelly | Director | 2022-11-14 | Jul 1972 | British |
| RAZZAQ, Asad | Director | 2023-07-03 | Jun 1983 | British |
| WILSON, Mark | Director | 2025-10-23 | Feb 1968 | British |
| WOOD, Francesca Catherine Josephine | Director | 2025-02-06 | May 1969 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Samuel | Secretary | 2024-03-27 | 2025-08-31 |
| AL FADHILI, Firas | Director | 2022-11-30 | 2023-10-26 |
| BLACKWELL, Anthony Richard | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| BOOTH, Colin | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2022-02-25 |
| BURNS, Karen Louise | Director | 2022-11-30 | 2025-03-03 |
| CHURCH, Martin | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2014-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Nigel John | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2014-04-07 |
| DEAKIN, Ian Michael | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2017-06-27 |
| DEVENNY, Lydia Frances | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| FLOWERS, Simon Mclean | Director | 2022-10-13 | 2026-03-23 |
| GRUEN, Caroline Anne | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2025-03-27 |
| HALL, Annette | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| HALL, Kenneth John | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2017-08-02 |
| HIORNS, Erica | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2021-07-31 |
| LEACH, John Timothy | Director | 2022-09-22 | 2024-02-14 |
| LLOYD, Ray | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-02-13 |
| MCLEAN, Neil Martin | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCMASTER, Anne | Director | 2021-02-04 | 2025-02-03 |
| MORRISON, Gerry Linda | Director | 2012-02-21 | 2012-02-25 |
| MORRISSEY, Paul Fergus | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2021-10-11 |
| PARKES, Margaret | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-06-17 |
| PEARLMAN-SHAW, Katherine Anne | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-08-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Helena Danuta | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-04-06 |
| PITHER, Jane Margaret Lacey | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2019-12-19 |
| RIX, Claire | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2019-10-17 |
| ROBERTS, Peter | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2016-01-01 |
| ROBERTS, Peter | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2015-09-30 |
| SANDERS, Jo-Anne | Director | 2025-03-11 | 2025-05-13 |
| SANDWITH, Elizabeth | Director | 2022-10-15 | 2025-09-25 |
| SHICKLE, Darren Arthur, Professor | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-12-13 |
| SIBAL, Shiv Kumar | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-02-26 |
| SMITH, Christine | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| STRACHAN, David Maxwell | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-12-15 |
| WEBB, Gail Eileen | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2014-12-11 |
| WHEELIKER, Philip Gordon | Director | 2022-04-28 | 2022-09-26 |
| WHITAKER, Andrew | Director | 2018-10-04 | 2024-12-02 |
| WILLIAMS, Craig Neil | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| WITCHELL, Andrew | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2017-10-23 |
| WOOD, Jill | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Colin Booth | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-03-07 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
| Ms Katherine Anne Pearlman-Shaw | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-03-07 | Ceased 2022-05-19 |
| Ms Helena Danuta Phillips | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-02-28 | Ceased 2021-04-01 |
| Jane Margaret Lacey Pither | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-06-22 | Ceased 2020-02-28 |
| Ms Christine Smith | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-23 | Ceased 2018-06-22 |
| Mr Colin Booth | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+6.1%
£33,200,000 £35,237,000
-
Cash
+38.8%
£1,864,000 £2,587,000
-
Net assets
-1.5%
£73,070,000 £72,009,000
-
Employees
-1%
500 495
-
Wages
+3.4%
£18,545,000 £19,171,000
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