ATTAIN ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. ATTAIN ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP 2016-09-15 → present
2. NEWLANDS SPRING PRIMARY SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2012-07-05 → 2016-09-15

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Affinia (Orpington)

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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”

Significant events

• “The Trust recently held the accreditation for Essex Primary SCITT which completed a merger with Cambridge Teaching Schools Network (CTSN) on 1st September 2024.”
• “A successful free school Wave 14 bid to the DFE will lead to the building of our eighth academy (Lodge Farm Primary and Nursery School) in Witham now likely to open in September 2026.”
• “Funding from the Local Authority has been approved to build a new Nursery at Elm Hall Primary School and is expected to open in September 2025.”
• “Smart lighting installed at Bocking Primary School and Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School. Windows replaced in most of the Bocking Primary School site, and a heat pump has been installed at Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School.”
• “Discussions are being held with the Local Authority about the use of Section 106 money to extend Cressing Primary School to one and a half form entry and ultimately two forms.”
• “The Trust has been successful in securing funding for the following capital project in the 2024-25 CIF funding round: Newlands Spring Primary & Nursery School electrical rewire.”
• “The Trust has been approved by the DFE to build a primary and nursery school in Witham, with Nursery and additional SEMH provision, this is in the pre-planning phase.”
• “The trust will need to use some of its reserves to meet day-to-day running costs in 2024/25, but the Trust Board has instigated a restructuring programme across the Trust effective from September 2024 to reduce running costs yet also meet all the educational demands and increased levels of SEND spending resulting from increased SEND needs.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +1.2%

  £10,415,000 → £10,536,000

• Cash

  -15.4%

  £1,843,000 → £1,560,000

• Net assets

  +1.6%

  £31,934,000 → £32,438,000

• Employees

  -8.3%

  278 → 255

• Wages

  -5.1%

  £6,386,000 → £6,063,000

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