NEWBURY ACADEMY TRUST

• ◆

  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

• ◆

  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

Crowe U.K. 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 they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “A lack of school crossing patrols outside Fir Tree, which gives a significant risk to the safety of children when entering and leaving the school grounds. This has been compounded since the Crossing Patroller stepped down and efforts to recruit into this position have not been successful.”
• “Student attendance at Trinity, below the National Average and the impact this will have on securing excellent results.”
• “Move to a new Payroll and HR system which will be of huge benefit to all three schools, awareness of the size of the project means it will need careful project management.”
• “The School was inspected by Ofsted in February 2024 under a Section 8 ungraded inspection. The school was rated as remaining Good in all areas.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +9.2%

  £14,197,642 → £15,510,394

• Cash

  +9.9%

  £3,008,417 → £3,307,257

• Net assets

  +4.6%

  £22,647,325 → £23,684,731

• Employees

  +3%

  270 → 278

• Profit before tax

  +479.3%

  -£27,792 → £105,406

• Wages

  +6.3%

  £7,929,914 → £8,426,960

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