THE ELLIOT FOUNDATION ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+20.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£140M
+35.5% vs 2024
Employees
1,661
+8.7% 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 | £96,036,000 | £109,088,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £7,155,000 | £29,785,000 | |
| Cash | £10,129,000 | £12,169,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £109,982,000 | £140,290,000 | |
| Net assets | £103,563,000 | £140,290,000 | |
| Equity | £103,563,000 | £140,290,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,528 | 1,661 | |
| Wages | £55,564,000 | £61,969,000 |
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 | 7.5% | 27.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.9% | 6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 2.07x |
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
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- 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
- THE ELLIOT FOUNDATION ACADEMIES TRUST · parent
- TEFLA Ltd (The Elliot Foundation Learning Alliance) 100%
Significant events
- “After year end the Trust were advised that they were the preferred MAT to take on a large primary school in Birmingham. The school is on track to join in 2026, subject to due diligence checks.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOBBART, Katie | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Deborah Elisabeth | Director | 2025-10-11 | Sep 1966 | British |
| CHEEMA, Amarjit | Director | 2025-10-11 | Feb 1966 | British |
| GALLIE, David John | Director | 2014-09-25 | Apr 1960 | British |
| GANGOLI, Gautam Pradeep | Director | 2025-10-11 | Jun 1976 | Indian |
| GREENWAY, Hugh Richard | Director | 2012-08-22 | Sep 1969 | British |
| HAQUE, Hina | Director | 2025-10-11 | Jun 1971 | British |
| HIRJI, Shaheen Anwarali Alibhai | Director | 2022-02-11 | Mar 1975 | British |
| IRELAND, Lucy Emma | Director | 2020-02-14 | Jul 1968 | British |
| LIBBERT, David Max | Director | 2019-10-18 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MELLOR, Faye | Director | 2023-03-31 | Sep 1980 | British |
| SANDERS, Michael Thomas, Professor | Director | 2025-10-11 | Nov 1986 | British |
| VAN WALWYK, Paul, Dr | Director | 2023-07-21 | May 1969 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Robert James | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2025-10-11 |
| ANDERSON, Robert James | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2014-09-15 |
| BARR, Robert David | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2014-09-26 |
| BASTICK-STYLES, Karen | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2023-08-30 |
| BEDFORD, Henry Ward | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2018-08-31 |
| COULSON, Timothy John, Dr | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2025-08-31 |
| FORD, Jonathan Drew | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| HARPER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2017-04-07 | 2025-04-03 |
| HEDGECOCK, Elaine | Director | 2017-04-07 | 2018-10-01 |
| JAMES, Kathryn Enid | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2016-03-07 |
| JONES, Rachel Ann | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2014-09-15 |
| KINNEAR, Gillian Elaine | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| LESTER, Stuart | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2017-06-05 |
| MARTIN, Patricia Anne | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2014-09-15 |
| NATH, Susan | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2021-03-26 |
| OSTASZEWSKA-THIEBAUT, Natasha Krystyna | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2019-05-24 |
| PARKER, Damon John | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2022-12-16 |
| SHEPHARD, Allan | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-03-28 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Jemma Elizabeth | Director | 2015-04-10 | 2017-05-26 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Keith | Director | 2016-02-05 | 2019-03-29 |
| WHALLEY, Caroline Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2023-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Caroline Elizabeth Whalley | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-23 |
| Mr Henry Ward Bedford | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-23 |
| The Elliot Foundation | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- 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
+13.6%
£96,036,000 £109,088,000
-
Cash
+20.1%
£10,129,000 £12,169,000
-
Net assets
+35.5%
£103,563,000 £140,290,000
-
Employees
+8.7%
1,528 1,661
-
Wages
+11.5%
£55,564,000 £61,969,000
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