PENWORTHAM PRIORY ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-0.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
91
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£67K
-81.6% 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 | £6,065,000 | £6,085,000 | |
| Operating profit | £365,000 | £67,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £365,000 | £67,000 | |
| Net profit | £365,000 | £67,000 | |
| Cash | £1,108,000 | £1,107,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,158,000 | £9,158,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,152,000 | £9,158,000 | |
| Equity | £9,152,000 | £9,158,000 | |
| Average employees | 90 | 91 | |
| Wages | £3,139,000 | £3,412,000 |
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 | 6.0% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.5% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.10x | 3.59x |
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
- CWR
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- PENWORTHAM PRIORY ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- PPA Facilities CIC 100%
Significant events
- “Alcohol was purchased as leaving gifts for members of staff with an aggregate value of £91 in contravention of Section 2.32 of the Academy Trust Handbook.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPENCER, Susan Paula | Secretary | 2015-12-09 | — | — |
| BROWN, Susan | Director | 2024-03-12 | Dec 1959 | British |
| CHURCH, Ann Christine | Director | 2024-03-12 | Feb 1955 | British |
| DIAMOND-BUGLER, Elleanor Grace | Director | 2021-01-25 | Mar 1995 | British |
| EASTHAM, Matthew | Director | 2014-09-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
| FAULKNER, Peter | Director | 2018-10-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
| HAM, Michael William | Director | 2026-01-12 | Aug 1985 | British |
| HAYHURST, Gillian | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1979 | British |
| HUGHES, Owen George | Director | 2024-03-12 | Jan 1952 | British |
| JONES, Catherine Lindsay | Director | 2026-01-12 | May 1979 | British |
| JONES, David Kevin, Rev | Director | 2024-03-12 | Sep 1960 | British |
| LANCASTER, Rachel Ann | Director | 2018-09-03 | Dec 1982 | British |
| OLIVER, Jemma Louise | Director | 2022-11-22 | Oct 1980 | British |
| PATEL, Florica | Director | 2024-03-12 | Sep 1989 | British |
| RANGE, Philip Kenneth, Dr | Director | 2017-09-01 | Aug 1953 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Margaret Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| POWNALL, Beverley Ann | Secretary | 2014-06-16 | 2015-12-09 |
| SAINT, Helen | Secretary | 2012-07-06 | 2012-08-31 |
| BARKER, Cheryl Kathleen | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2022-08-31 |
| BARNES, David William | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2024-03-12 |
| BEARE, Michelle Yvette | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2017-06-05 |
| BECKET, Gordon, Professor | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2018-11-30 |
| BOLTON, Keith | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2016-11-09 |
| BURKE, Kevin Stephen | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2021-08-31 |
| CARTER, Terence Arthur | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2014-03-10 |
| DODD, Shirley Rhodes | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2013-03-19 |
| EWING, Sheena Mary | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2015-08-31 |
| GAFFING, Louise Xanthe | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2017-10-16 |
| GRAFTON, Stephen Paul | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2024-03-12 |
| HERD, Georgina Eugenee Clowence | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2022-06-29 |
| HEWITT, David John | Director | 2014-08-20 | 2016-12-16 |
| HOURIGAN, James Robert | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2014-08-31 |
| HOVER, Terri | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2012-12-10 |
| JONES, Adrian | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2016-10-06 |
| JONES, Kenneth Langston | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2016-09-23 |
| MARTIN, Christopher David | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2018-11-30 |
| PAREKH, Kailash | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2018-10-02 |
| RUSSEL, Mark | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2025-08-31 |
| SAINT-AGNAN, Alex | Director | 2021-01-14 | 2022-02-01 |
| SAVAGE, Damien Kevin | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2025-08-31 |
| TAYLOR, Alexis | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2018-09-30 |
| TAYLOR, Darren Robert | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2018-11-30 |
| THOMSON, Katherine Fiona | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2017-02-14 |
| THORNTON, Kathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2020-10-05 |
| TURNER, Michaela Catherine | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2020-09-29 |
| VOHRA, Atiquah | Director | 2017-03-28 | 2022-06-20 |
| WATTERS, Andrew Phillip Henry | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2016-07-17 |
| WOOD, Chris | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2016-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Paul Grafton | Individual | Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-11-23 | Ceased 2022-03-20 |
| Mr Darren Robert Taylor | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-11-30 | Ceased 2022-03-20 |
| Dr Phillip Kenneth Range | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-11-27 | Ceased 2022-03-20 |
| Mr David Hewitt | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-27 | Ceased 2018-11-30 |
| Professor Gordon Becket | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-11-28 | Ceased 2018-11-27 |
| Mr Kevin Stephen Burke | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-20 |
| Mrs Michelle Yvette Beare | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-05 |
| Mrs Katherine Fiona Thomson | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-16 |
| Mr Matthew Eastham | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-16 |
| Mr David John Hewitt | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-16 |
| Mr Adrian Jones | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-05-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+0.3%
£6,065,000 £6,085,000
-
Cash
-0.1%
£1,108,000 £1,107,000
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£9,152,000 £9,158,000
-
Employees
+1.1%
90 91
-
Operating profit
-81.6%
£365,000 £67,000
-
Profit before tax
-81.6%
£365,000 £67,000
-
Wages
+8.7%
£3,139,000 £3,412,000
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