RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-36.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£37M
+24.8% vs 2024
Employees
689
+23.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£632K
-84.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RIDGEWAY EDUCATION TRUST 2017-08-22 → present
- DIDCOT ACADEMY OF SCHOOLS 2012-06-13 → 2017-08-22
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 | £30,119,000 | £38,231,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,105,000 | £632,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,105,000 | £632,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,944,000 | £7,290,000 | |
| Cash | £3,028,000 | £1,928,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,512,000 | £36,695,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,405,000 | £36,695,000 | |
| Equity | £29,405,000 | £36,695,000 | |
| Average employees | 557 | 689 | |
| Wages | £14,740,000 | £18,399,000 |
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 | 13.6% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 19.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.5% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.2% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | 47.73x | 10.53x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- “Stephen Freeman Primary School joined the Trust on 1 November 2024.”
- “Sheila McKenzie appointed Trustee 4 September 2024.”
- “George Ashford appointed Trustee 13 May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Caroline | Secretary | 2022-10-13 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Paul Robert | Director | 2019-01-21 | Jul 1970 | British |
| ASHFORD, George Oliver | Director | 2025-05-13 | Feb 1968 | British |
| ATKINSON, Rita, Dr | Director | 2019-04-01 | Nov 1952 | British |
| BARTLETT, Frances Mary | Director | 2023-09-26 | May 1970 | British |
| ELLIOT, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-25 | Aug 1977 | British |
| GRAVES, Adam Peter | Director | 2026-03-10 | May 1993 | British |
| JUDSON, Kathryn Jill | Director | 2012-06-13 | Aug 1950 | British |
| KAYE, Andrew David, Dr | Director | 2015-09-18 | Jan 1959 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Sheila Patricia | Director | 2024-09-04 | Jun 1961 | British |
| THURGOOD, James Robert | Director | 2024-05-21 | Mar 1983 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADLEY, Frances Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-10-20 | 2017-11-01 |
| COBB, David James | Secretary | 2014-05-19 | 2015-09-23 |
| DOWNING, Joanna Carole | Secretary | 2015-09-23 | 2016-10-20 |
| PARKIN-HAIG, Sophy Jane | Secretary | 2018-06-04 | 2022-10-13 |
| PAXTON-DOGGETT, Katie Carolyne | Secretary | 2017-11-01 | 2018-05-25 |
| BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-06-13 | 2014-05-19 |
| ANDERSON-KETZER, Elisabeth | Director | 2023-12-05 | 2025-11-10 |
| BARNES, Ian John | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2017-07-14 |
| CAMPBELL, Christopher Charles | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2024-06-11 |
| GOVER, Marcus Paul, Dr | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2023-03-08 |
| HADLAND, Richard John | Director | 2015-09-04 | 2019-09-03 |
| HARRISON, Andrew, Dr | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2022-07-13 |
| MARSTON, John Edward | Director | 2015-09-18 | 2018-07-25 |
| MEULEMAN, Kelly Paola Kamiella | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2014-08-31 |
| RODRIGUES, Pauline | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-09-15 |
| SHAUGHNESSY, Paul | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2023-05-24 |
| WARWICK, Rachael | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2021-06-08 |
| WHITE, Stephen Henry | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2025-12-31 |
| WOODS, Nikki | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2013-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-21 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-21 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+26.9%
£30,119,000 £38,231,000
-
Cash
-36.3%
£3,028,000 £1,928,000
-
Net assets
+24.8%
£29,405,000 £36,695,000
-
Employees
+23.7%
557 689
-
Operating profit
-84.6%
£4,105,000 £632,000
-
Profit before tax
-84.6%
£4,105,000 £632,000
-
Wages
+24.8%
£14,740,000 £18,399,000
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