DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-26.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£76M
+3.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,193
+11.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £71,914,000 | £59,108,000 | |
| Operating profit | £25,164,000 | £3,768,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £23,876,000 | £2,467,000 | |
| Cash | £10,114,000 | £7,475,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £73,957,000 | £76,424,000 | |
| Equity | £73,957,000 | £76,424,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,072 | 1,193 | |
| Wages | £26,918,000 | £32,666,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.0% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 33.2% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.73x | 1.99x | |
| Interest cover | 79.38x | 7.19x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees 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
- “Conversion of Badgerbrook Primary School (September 2024) into the Trust”
- “Planned conversion of Uppingham College (September 2025) and The Birch Wood School (December 2025)”
- “On 1 September 2025, Uppingham Community College joined Discovery Schools Academy Trust as a local authority converter.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPIDGE, Adam Michael | Secretary | 2025-09-15 | — | — |
| BETTSWORTH, Richard Guy | Director | 2017-09-06 | Mar 1965 | British |
| BRAY, Shane William | Director | 2017-10-24 | Jun 1962 | British |
| DIXON-MOULD, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2022-01-26 | Jun 1976 | British |
| GEARY, Faith | Director | 2024-07-03 | Feb 1979 | British |
| NEEDHAM, Elizabeth Carolyn Anne | Director | 2025-04-02 | Jul 1952 | British |
| SIMS, Gary David | Director | 2015-07-09 | Sep 1965 | British |
| SPENCE, Margaret | Director | 2015-07-09 | Aug 1954 | British |
| TRIVEDI, Mihir | Director | 2018-08-08 | Dec 1975 | British |
| TUGNET, Raj | Director | 2021-08-23 | Jan 1971 | British |
| WELSFORD, Lucy Charlotte | Director | 2022-01-26 | Aug 1986 | British |
| WILSON, Stuart Cain | Director | 2025-08-26 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOCKILL, Helen Denise | Secretary | 2021-04-16 | 2022-06-01 |
| MICHELMORES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-03-23 | 2021-04-01 |
| BRISTOW, Christopher Frank | Director | 2021-11-18 | 2025-01-15 |
| DAVIES, Brenda Elizabeth | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2017-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Pamela Wendy | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| DAY, Peter, Rev | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| EASTMAN, Richard | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| FOSTER, Kate | Director | 2014-08-30 | 2015-07-09 |
| FREMMER, Ludger, Rev | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2015-01-31 |
| GREEN, Edmund Peter, Dr | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2022-02-28 |
| MALKIN, Ruth Louise | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2024-04-07 |
| MARSKI, Sally | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| MCALLISTER, Michael James | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-01-17 |
| MUNRO, Andrew Charles | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| PARSONS, Jonathan Eaves | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| PEET, Matthew | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2015-07-09 |
| SADD, Ian Alexander | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2016-12-20 |
| STONE, Paul Sean | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2022-05-16 |
| TURNER, Elizabeth | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2015-07-09 |
| WILLIAMS, David Rowlands | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| WINDSOR, Jane | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2015-07-09 |
| WINTERTON, Jonathan Gregory | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2016-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-17.8%
£71,914,000 £59,108,000
-
Cash
-26.1%
£10,114,000 £7,475,000
-
Net assets
+3.3%
£73,957,000 £76,424,000
-
Employees
+11.3%
1,072 1,193
-
Operating profit
-85%
£25,164,000 £3,768,000
-
Wages
+21.4%
£26,918,000 £32,666,000
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