SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-18 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+20% vs 2024
Net assets
£50M
+11.6% vs 2024
Employees
531
+12.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SCHOOLSWORKS ACADEMY TRUST 2012-03-14 → present
- SCHOOLWORKS ACADEMY TRUST 2012-02-23 → 2012-03-14
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 | £19,445,000 | £23,528,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,397,000 | £5,202,000 | |
| Cash | £2,115,000 | £2,538,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,913,000 | £50,114,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,911,000 | £50,113,000 | |
| Equity | £44,911,000 | £50,113,000 | |
| Average employees | 473 | 531 | |
| Wages | £12,131,000 | £14,305,000 |
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 | 7.2% | 22.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.24x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it is considered appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “With Summerlea Community Primary School joining us in December 2024, the Trust currently operates ten schools in West Sussex, serving over 3,500 pupils.”
- “Four of our schools had Ofsted inspections during the year and all had very positive outcomes, achieving 'good' grades.”
- “We were delighted to open our fourth "Lighthouse" resource centre.. Our "Lighthouses" support pupils who struggle to access the curriculum in a mainstream classroom. Having these specialist units within our schools means that pupils can access the support they need within their own school.”
- “Summerlea Community Primary School joined Schoolsworks Academy Trust in December 2024, following being assessed by Ofsted as requiring improvement, in a precarious financial situation having for several years used the majority of their reserves to prop up its expenditure.”
- “We continue to develop and increase the capacity of our school improvement team. We look forward to welcoming Westbourne Primary School, which in 2024/25 was an Associate Member. Westbourne is expected to joins Schoolsworks in Spring Term 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPE, Frances Louise | Secretary | 2015-06-10 | — | — |
| BLACKBURN, Amanda | Director | 2021-09-29 | Oct 1977 | British |
| BUNYAN, Kate Helena, Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
| HOLLICK, David Charles | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
| KENSETT, Amy Claire | Director | 2024-01-12 | Jun 1984 | British |
| PARKIN, Kevin | Director | 2025-02-24 | Jul 1976 | British |
| ROSE, Norman Hunter | Director | 2016-12-09 | Mar 1949 | British |
| SHUTE, Stephen Cameron, Professor | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1955 | British |
| TOW, David | Director | 2021-09-29 | Mar 1977 | British |
| WILIAMS, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-03 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAUGHAN, Madeleine Frances Anne | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| AYERS, David | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| BAKER, Helen | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2013-11-07 |
| COLLINS, Stuart | Director | 2017-02-07 | 2024-07-09 |
| CRAIG, Philip | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| DALE, Linda Marie | Director | 2013-12-13 | 2018-10-15 |
| DENNETT, Godfrey Malcolm | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2024-12-31 |
| FUNNELL, Jonathan Spencer | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2017-11-13 |
| GREVETT, Judith Elizabeth | Director | 2015-06-28 | 2017-06-27 |
| HACKETT, Adam | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2024-10-31 |
| HARVEY-SWANSTON, Richard | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2024-07-09 |
| HAWTHORN, Susan | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2020-08-31 |
| HENTON, Nicholas | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2014-09-08 |
| HIRONS, Elliot James | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2024-07-09 |
| JONES, Paul Mervyn, Dr | Director | 2017-11-24 | 2022-09-09 |
| LONG, Ian Edward, Dr | Director | 2022-11-03 | 2024-12-13 |
| MOLYNEUX, Christine | Director | 2020-11-17 | 2022-11-16 |
| MOSSMAN-BECKETT, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2021-05-01 |
| NEWMAN, Stephen John | Director | 2015-06-28 | 2017-01-30 |
| PARSLOW, Lindsey Joanne | Director | 2015-09-30 | 2017-11-27 |
| RACE, Vicki | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-06-28 |
| RAINER, Brian Andrew | Director | 2014-07-16 | 2017-06-27 |
| SEATON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2022-09-02 |
| SMART, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2013-11-14 |
| TESTER, Steven Anthony | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2015-09-30 |
| TILEY, Graham, Dr | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2024-07-09 |
| TURNER, Stella | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2020-10-14 |
| WHITE, Nicholas Jesse | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2019-12-31 |
| WHITE, Nicholas Jesse | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-06-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2012-02-23 | 2021-07-31 |
| WOOD, Ian | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+21%
£19,445,000 £23,528,000
-
Cash
+20%
£2,115,000 £2,538,000
-
Net assets
+11.6%
£44,911,000 £50,113,000
-
Employees
+12.3%
473 531
-
Wages
+17.9%
£12,131,000 £14,305,000
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