ZEST ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£653K
-38.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-10.9% vs 2024
Employees
98
+14% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ZEST ACADEMY TRUST 2016-04-22 → present
- WATERLOO PRIMARY ACADEMY 2012-05-29 → 2016-04-22
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 | £4,014,181 | £4,461,017 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£320,561 | -£442,467 | |
| Cash | £1,065,198 | £653,274 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,711,884 | £4,199,417 | |
| Net assets | £4,711,884 | £4,199,417 | |
| Equity | £4,711,884 | £4,199,417 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 98 | |
| Wages | £2,522,732 | £2,649,066 |
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 | -8.0% | -9.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.3% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 7.90x | 4.34x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Academy Trust's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ZEST ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- Waterloo Primary Academy
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALISBURY, Kelly Elizabeth | Secretary | 2019-11-14 | — | — |
| BRADSHAW, Steven Jack | Director | 2024-09-01 | Feb 1987 | British |
| BROWN, Jennifer Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2026-04-20 | Oct 1978 | British |
| FARNDON, Steve | Director | 2023-11-17 | Mar 1982 | British |
| FOXTON, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2019-01-25 | Jan 1975 | British |
| HAMBLETT, Mark James | Director | 2017-08-30 | Jun 1981 | British |
| KNAGGS, Ross | Director | 2023-11-15 | Jan 1982 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARDWELL, Sheryl | Secretary | 2018-03-22 | 2019-11-14 |
| CARDWELL, Sheryl | Secretary | 2012-05-29 | 2016-05-26 |
| JOHNSON, Elaine Ann | Secretary | 2016-05-26 | 2018-03-22 |
| ALEXANDER, Janet Mary | Director | 2018-10-25 | 2019-08-31 |
| ASHER, Hemantkumar Ranchoddas | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2023-12-11 |
| CARDWELL, Sheryl Dianne | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2019-04-02 |
| COLLETT, Edward George, Cllr | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2016-07-23 |
| DARBYSHIRE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2023-11-13 |
| DAVIES, Cecilia | Director | 2022-10-20 | 2023-09-22 |
| EDWARDS, Ann Elizabeth | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2016-04-22 |
| EVANS, Julie Ann | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2018-01-24 |
| FLINT, Susan | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-12-13 |
| FOX, Robert Anthony | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2015-01-28 |
| GRAY, Mark Peter | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2017-08-30 |
| KILBY, Alison | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2016-04-22 |
| KIRKHAM, Michelle Jane | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2022-10-20 |
| LALLA, Amy | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2019-10-31 |
| LILLICO, Kirsty Maria | Director | 2014-01-16 | 2015-11-16 |
| MATTHEWS, Allan, Cllr | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2016-04-22 |
| MAY, Jennifer | Director | 2015-06-17 | 2016-04-22 |
| NASH, Michael Richard | Director | 2014-01-16 | 2016-04-22 |
| RIDGE, Karen | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2012-10-10 |
| SQUIRES, Paula | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| THOMPSON, Bill James | Director | 2016-06-21 | 2019-10-31 |
| THOMPSON, Phillip | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2024-05-21 |
| WEST, Steven | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2017-10-26 |
| WYATT, Celine Helen | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2019-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lindsey Vollans | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2026-01-28 | Active |
| Mrs Rebecca Foxton | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2026-01-28 | Active |
| Mrs Sheryl Cardwell | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2026-01-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+11.1%
£4,014,181 £4,461,017
-
Cash
-38.7%
£1,065,198 £653,274
-
Net assets
-10.9%
£4,711,884 £4,199,417
-
Employees
+14%
86 98
-
Wages
+5%
£2,522,732 £2,649,066
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