EMBRACE MULTI 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
Cash
£2M
-30.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
-1.1% vs 2024
Employees
659
-6.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£326K
+239.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EMBRACE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2018-11-27 → present
- BROCKINGTON COLLEGE 2012-07-11 → 2018-11-27
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 | £28,807,000 | £31,499,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£35,000 | £197,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £96,000 | £326,000 | |
| Net profit | £96,000 | £326,000 | |
| Cash | £3,516,000 | £2,442,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,209,000 | £12,052,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,924,000 | £11,794,000 | |
| Equity | £11,924,000 | £11,794,000 | |
| Average employees | 704 | 659 | |
| Wages | £18,049,000 | £19,025,000 |
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 | -0.1% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.2% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.87x | 1.69x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP
- 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Russell Mark | Director | 2012-07-11 | Aug 1960 | British |
| BRINDLEY, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2026-01-05 | Jun 1989 | British |
| CARLISLE, Lucy Elizabeth | Director | 2023-01-17 | Mar 1964 | British |
| CHADWICK, Denise Yvonne Caroline | Director | 2019-04-01 | Jul 1966 | British |
| HAGGART, John Alexander | Director | 2019-04-01 | Feb 1950 | British |
| KAPOOR, Parveen | Director | 2024-10-29 | Jan 1966 | British |
| POULTNEY, Mark Douglas | Director | 2019-04-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| RANDLE, Kirstie | Director | 2024-03-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| TAYLOR, Matthew John | Director | 2026-01-05 | May 1993 | British |
| WESTWOOD, Ria Ann | Director | 2026-01-05 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Clare Louise | Director | 2015-02-09 | 2019-07-01 |
| BLACKWELL, Jill | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2015-03-17 |
| BRIARS, Jillian Michele | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2016-08-31 |
| BROWN, Mark Christopher | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| DAY, Timothy Robert, Reverend | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2014-09-01 |
| DOORES, Yvonne Louise | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2015-11-22 |
| DUNNETT, Richard Anthony | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| GLEAVE, Helen Margaret | Director | 2014-05-05 | 2018-02-26 |
| GOWLAND, Philip | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2024-06-10 |
| GRAHAM, Philippa Jane | Director | 2014-04-14 | 2019-07-01 |
| HAWTHORNE, Edel | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2017-11-10 |
| HEAMES, Ruth Susan, Dr | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2016-07-31 |
| JOHNSON, Paul Stuart | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-01-14 |
| JONES, Deborah Jayne | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2014-07-11 |
| KILLEY, Grahame, Dr | Director | 2024-10-29 | 2025-03-27 |
| LILLEY, Michael Francis | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| MAYES, Liam Michael | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2019-07-01 |
| MCALLISTER, Michael James | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| MOSELEY, Sarah-Ruth | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2019-07-01 |
| MULLINS, Sharon Louise | Director | 2021-08-23 | 2024-10-29 |
| NASH, Caroline | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| NEVILLE, Keith | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2019-07-01 |
| PATEL, Umesh | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2018-08-27 |
| PICKERING, David | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2013-07-10 |
| PIGGOT, Steve | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-07-07 |
| PIGGOT, Steven Laird | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-08-23 |
| RICHARDSON, Dale | Director | 2017-11-09 | 2018-09-21 |
| RICHARDSON, Dale | Director | 2015-11-23 | 2017-02-24 |
| ROBERTS, Evan Hughes | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2023-11-14 |
| SAADAT, Kathryn Sybil, Dr | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| SLIPP, Kathryn | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| SOUTHALL, Christopher John Harris | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2021-08-31 |
| SPEAKE, Frances Mary | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| SPENCER, Gary | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2019-07-01 |
| STRAW, Benjamin Francis | Director | 2023-01-17 | 2025-06-16 |
| SWINFIELD WELLS, John Kenneth | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| TAYLOR, Jeremy Christopher, Rev'D | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2019-07-01 |
| TOMAN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-10-29 |
| TURNER, Scott | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-09-13 |
| WALTON, Michael James | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| WHITE, Karen | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| WINKLESS, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2015-07-24 |
| WRIGHT, Stuart | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Russell Mark Andrews | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-13 | Ceased 2019-04-01 |
| Reverend Jerry Taylor | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-01 |
| Mr Gary Spencer | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-13 |
| The Diocese Of Leicester Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+9.3%
£28,807,000 £31,499,000
-
Cash
-30.5%
£3,516,000 £2,442,000
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£11,924,000 £11,794,000
-
Employees
-6.4%
704 659
-
Operating profit
+662.9%
-£35,000 £197,000
-
Profit before tax
+239.6%
£96,000 £326,000
-
Wages
+5.4%
£18,049,000 £19,025,000
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