THE REACH FREE SCHOOL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
Cash
£288K
+31.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-10.7% vs 2024
Employees
21
+16.7% 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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Material uncertainty over going concern
As noted in the trustees' report there is material uncertainty regarding the going concern status of the academy. The trust is in discussion with DfE regarding this situation and no adjustment has been made to the assets and liabilities in these financial statements to account for the effects of that. Until the outcome of those discussions is known, the accounts have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.
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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
- THE REACH FREE SCHOOL TRUST 2012-03-09 → present
- THE REACH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2012-02-22 → 2012-03-09
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 | £1,371,272 | £1,495,275 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£46,189 | -£79,635 | |
| Cash | £218,920 | £287,513 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,711,788 | £1,613,153 | |
| Net assets | £1,806,788 | £1,613,153 | |
| Equity | £1,806,788 | £1,613,153 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 21 | |
| Wages | £738,808 | £840,468 |
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 | -3.4% | -5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -4.1% | 3.5% | |
| Current ratio | 15.73x | 5.47x |
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
- Feltons
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As noted in the trustees' report there is material uncertainty regarding the going concern status of the academy. The trust is in discussion with DfE regarding this situation and no adjustment has been made to the assets and liabilities in these financial statements to account for the effects of that. Until the outcome of those discussions is known, the accounts have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The school has entered a new period of leadership with the appointment of a new Headteacher, Mr Andy Wakefield, and new Chair of Board, Ms Helen Reeves, with effect from 1 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYES, Timothy John | Director | 2012-02-23 | Jun 1964 | British |
| CASSERLY, Dawn | Director | 2024-10-14 | Dec 1969 | Irish |
| HUDSON, Donna Marie | Director | 2025-12-08 | Jul 1988 | British |
| MENEZES DE OLIVEIRA PRIEZ, Saulo | Director | 2024-09-25 | Jul 1976 | British |
| REEVES, Helen | Director | 2019-10-24 | May 1969 | British |
| SHAW, Sharon | Director | 2026-02-05 | Jun 1969 | British |
| THEOPHILUS, Bim | Director | 2024-02-23 | Mar 1960 | British |
| WHEELDON, Scott | Director | 2025-04-11 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, David Luke | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| ALCOCK, David Scott | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
| DARWOOD, Lisa | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| DARWOOD, Lisa | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-04-27 |
| FRERE, Roberta Wendy | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2015-08-31 |
| GIBSON, John | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-09-03 |
| HILL, Susan Joanne | Director | 2023-10-26 | 2025-01-02 |
| JAMES, Deborah Susan | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2013-04-12 |
| LEE, Simon Geoffrey Howard | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
| LYNCH, Mary Siobhan | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2016-09-26 |
| MCANENY, Sarah | Director | 2019-10-24 | 2022-06-24 |
| MEADE, Kerrie | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2023-05-22 |
| MILES, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2012-02-23 |
| MILES, Richard William David | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2021-01-31 |
| MILLER, Alison | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| NWEKE, Emeka Francis | Director | 2013-11-30 | 2025-12-12 |
| PALMER, Kerenza | Director | 2022-11-24 | 2023-11-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Keely | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2019-08-31 |
| PRZYBEK, Bernadette | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| RAGGETT, Nicola Jane | Director | 2021-02-11 | 2024-11-27 |
| RAWLINGS, Jayson | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| REDHEAD, Nicola Claire | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2022-12-31 |
| SENTANCE, Clive Alan | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2014-08-31 |
| SLATER, Karen Denise | Director | 2022-01-20 | 2024-10-07 |
| SWAIN, Sandra | Director | 2024-11-28 | 2026-01-08 |
| THOMAS, Amanda | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| WEAVER, Malcolm John | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2025-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
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Turnover
+9%
£1,371,272 £1,495,275
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Cash
+31.3%
£218,920 £287,513
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Net assets
-10.7%
£1,806,788 £1,613,153
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Employees
+16.7%
18 21
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Wages
+13.8%
£738,808 £840,468
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