THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+62.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+10.4% vs 2024
Employees
444
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£838K
+228.3% 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 | £33,811,436 | £34,942,841 | |
| Operating profit | -£711,698 | £790,204 | |
| Profit before tax | -£653,171 | £837,729 | |
| Net profit | -£653,171 | £837,729 | |
| Cash | £2,417,066 | £3,937,855 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,986,076 | £13,722,850 | |
| Net assets | £11,873,121 | £13,110,850 | |
| Equity | £11,873,121 | £13,110,850 | |
| Average employees | 455 | 444 | |
| Wages | £19,286,750 | £19,383,793 |
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 | -2.1% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.5% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.3% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.62x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | -41.86x | 12.75x |
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
- Auditor
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors expect the Trust 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.”
Significant events
- “Major projects include RAAC replacement at Bishop Douglass, an additional canopy for the plant deck, and an additional classroom for the post-16 pupils at St George's, IT infrastructure, and new facilities across the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNCE, Simon Christopher | Director | 2022-05-20 | Mar 1963 | British |
| CLARK, Anna | Director | 2012-07-18 | Aug 1937 | British |
| HORSBURGH, Robert Christopher Richmond, Dr | Director | 2017-03-20 | Apr 1949 | British |
| MEADOWS, John Richard | Director | 2014-10-17 | Jan 1947 | British |
| MURPHY, Gerald | Director | 2025-12-12 | Apr 1964 | British |
| O'SHEA, Anne | Director | 2019-07-03 | Apr 1950 | British |
| TISSOT, Martin | Director | 2012-07-18 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Melanie Jane | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| OGUNYOMI, Olayinka Moshood | Secretary | 2012-07-18 | 2016-12-13 |
| PROIOS, Susan | Secretary | 2016-12-14 | 2017-12-31 |
| BARBER, Paul Edward Stephen | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2017-06-08 |
| CAMOLETTO, Paolo Stefano | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2019-12-11 |
| EGAN, Patrick, Councillor | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2014-07-19 |
| GRIFFIN, Kathleen | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2017-05-20 |
| MORTON, Martin Lea | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2016-10-03 |
| VEAL, Michael John | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-07-16 |
| WISDEN, Nigel Patrick | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2018-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Roman Catholic Diocese Trustee | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| The Archbishop Of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+3.3%
£33,811,436 £34,942,841
-
Cash
+62.9%
£2,417,066 £3,937,855
-
Net assets
+10.4%
£11,873,121 £13,110,850
-
Employees
-2.4%
455 444
-
Operating profit
+211%
-£711,698 £790,204
-
Profit before tax
+228.3%
-£653,171 £837,729
-
Wages
+0.5%
£19,286,750 £19,383,793
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