RIBBON ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£677K
+18.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+7.6% vs 2024
Employees
78
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£88K
-22.6% vs 2024
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 | £3,179,179 | £3,480,964 | |
| Operating profit | £117,659 | £83,778 | |
| Profit before tax | £113,135 | £87,612 | |
| Net profit | £113,135 | £87,612 | |
| Cash | £571,884 | £676,555 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,465,255 | £4,533,867 | |
| Net assets | £4,215,255 | £4,533,867 | |
| Equity | £4,215,255 | £4,533,867 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 78 | |
| Wages | £1,897,088 | £2,036,327 |
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 | 3.7% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.39x | 3.17x | |
| Interest cover | 8.40x | 10.47x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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 accounts.”
Significant events
- “Planned projects include boiler replacement, toilet refurbishment, MUGA resurfacing, perimeter fence replacement, car park resurfacing and gates, and creation of a sensory base in Early Years, ensuring safe, secure, and fit-for-purpose facilities and high-quality learning environment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-07-05 | — | — |
| BALL, Stephen George | Director | 2022-09-21 | Aug 1970 | British |
| CHANDLER, Elaine Mary | Director | 2021-03-15 | Dec 1958 | British |
| CORNER, Cheryl | Director | 2025-01-27 | Feb 1985 | British |
| GARROD, Peter William | Director | 2021-02-22 | Sep 1987 | British |
| HUNTINGDON, Paige Roxanne | Director | 2025-04-09 | Feb 1995 | British |
| MORTON, Michael | Director | 2022-11-22 | Sep 1963 | British |
| SCOTT, Victoria | Director | 2023-10-24 | Jul 1992 | British |
| SHERIDAN, Ashleigh | Director | 2017-01-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Ian | Director | 2012-09-26 | Jul 1970 | English |
| WILLIAMS, Hayley | Director | 2021-09-27 | Feb 1984 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Stephen George | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2018-11-01 |
| BETTY, Laurie | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2021-09-16 |
| BURNETT, William Grant | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-11-11 |
| CAMERON, Laura Christina | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2016-10-30 |
| CLARK-JONES, Simon David | Director | 2019-07-18 | 2020-02-20 |
| COULSON, Patricia Lynne | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2020-02-02 |
| DUKE, Amy Janet | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| FINN, Sara Kirsty | Director | 2024-01-16 | 2025-01-12 |
| GARROD, Peter William | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2023-06-28 |
| GRIFFITHS, Julie Ann | Director | 2024-01-23 | 2025-03-24 |
| GRIFFITHS, Julie Ann | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2023-10-21 |
| HALL, Louise Victoria | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-07-21 |
| HARRIS, Katrina | Director | 2023-04-18 | 2023-07-21 |
| JOLLY, Samantha | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-09-09 |
| KERR, Sharon Ann | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2014-07-18 |
| LAWSON, Jeanette | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2015-06-17 |
| MADDISON, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2025-11-18 |
| MANNION, Peter | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2015-03-19 |
| MCAVOY, Kathleen Mary | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2023-07-21 |
| MCCARTHY, Kate Ellen | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2016-08-31 |
| MORTON, Michael | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| MURRAY, John | Director | 2018-10-22 | 2023-03-08 |
| PATCHETT, Vicky | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-09-08 |
| RABY, Christopher | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2018-03-14 |
| RABY, Victoria Ann | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2022-10-18 |
| RICHARDSON, Deanne | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2025-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Philip Andrew | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2016-12-31 |
| SMOUGHTON, Kirsty Louise | Director | 2020-10-20 | 2023-07-21 |
| TAYLOR, Jo | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2016-02-24 |
| TURNBULL, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2018-07-11 |
| WALTON, Lisa | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2023-09-20 |
| WEIGHTMAN, Joanne | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2013-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Hardy | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-03-09 | Ceased 2018-03-14 |
| Mrs Joanne Weightman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-03-09 | Ceased 2018-03-14 |
| Louise Victoria Hall | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-03-09 | Ceased 2018-03-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+9.5%
£3,179,179 £3,480,964
-
Cash
+18.3%
£571,884 £676,555
-
Net assets
+7.6%
£4,215,255 £4,533,867
-
Employees
+1.3%
77 78
-
Operating profit
-28.8%
£117,659 £83,778
-
Profit before tax
-22.6%
£113,135 £87,612
-
Wages
+7.3%
£1,897,088 £2,036,327
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