EVOLUTION ACADEMY TRUST

1. EVOLUTION ACADEMY TRUST 2014-06-11 → present
2. COSTESSEY ACADEMY TRUST 2013-09-09 → 2014-06-11
3. COSTESSEY JUNIOR SCHOOL 2012-07-26 → 2013-09-09

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

Lovewell Blake LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the 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.”

Group structure

1. EVOLUTION ACADEMY TRUST · parent
   1. Diversa Trading Limited 100% · England and Wales · Car park and lettings

Significant events

• “No schools have joined the Trust in this academic year.”
• “Director of People: this new role was established to develop and drive the Trust's people strategy.”
• “Wellbeing: A pilot scheme named Evolve was established in response to staff feedback, creating a network of support and information groups where Trust staff can discuss and learn more about the menopause.”
• “Mental Health - we equipped all headteachers with Mental health (UK) training and a representative from every school in mental Health First Aid.”
• “Staff survey - the Trust undertook its second annual survey, with 88% of staff recommending EAT as an employer to family and friend).”
• “Our safeguarding culture has been judged as 'effective' in 12 out of 12 Ofsted inspections.”
• “External evaluation: The Trust had two of its schools inspected by Ofsted in 2024 - 2025, both from an RI position and improved to Good in all areas (ATI) and Good in all areas, with outstanding in PD (ARJ).”
• “Elm Tree Primary School in Lowestoft is home to a Resource Base for the Deaf and signing has become an important part of our efforts to communicate with children who are supported by the base.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -2.5%

  £23,322,670 → £22,736,063

• Cash

  -3.2%

  £4,981,899 → £4,820,032

• Net assets

  -4.3%

  £33,206,756 → £31,793,042

• Employees

  -4.4%

  527 → 504

• Operating profit

  +18.2%

  -£1,001,869 → -£819,714

• Profit before tax

  +4.9%

  -£1,173,869 → -£1,116,714

• Wages

  +1.2%

  £12,883,922 → £13,037,284

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