INSPIRATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-26.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£112M
+3.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,562
+0.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-65.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- INSPIRATION TRUST 2013-02-14 → present
- THE EAST NORFOLK ACADEMY TRUST 2012-08-14 → 2013-02-14
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 | £81,649,563 | £86,569,144 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £12,491,478 | £4,291,557 | |
| Net profit | £12,491,478 | £4,291,557 | |
| Cash | £10,080,317 | £7,448,961 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £108,264,647 | £111,889,120 | |
| Net assets | £108,209,021 | £111,870,578 | |
| Equity | £108,209,021 | £111,870,578 | |
| Average employees | 1,561 | 1,562 | |
| Wages | £46,510,250 | £49,434,716 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 15.3% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.90x |
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
- Price Bailey 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- INSPIRATION TRUST · parent
- Inspiration Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025 the Trust engaged with Simply Health a health cash plan offering a variety of benefits including access to: an employee assistance programme; a 24/7 online virtual GP service; an optical resource; Gym membership reductions etc.”
- “The Inspiration Trust Basketball Academy remains a flagship programme, attracting sixth form students to a first-class basketball training experience alongside outstanding academic provision.”
- “The Trust reached a new milestone in music participation, with over 750 students per week receiving expert tuition across a wide range of instruments and vocal disciplines.”
- “In the reporting period, the Trust has made significant strides in embedding artificial intelligence and digital technologies across its schools, notably deploying Al-driven tools to proactively identify and address patterns of pupil absence and persistent non-attendance, enabling earlier and more effective interventions to support student engagement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Laura Jane | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | — | — |
| AGNEW, Theodore Thomas More, Lord | Director | 2021-03-01 | Jan 1961 | British |
| BRADBURN, Michael Tyrone | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1966 | English |
| CHURCHILL, Lucy | Director | 2022-09-05 | Oct 1981 | English |
| DE ZOETE, Elin Victoria | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1985 | British |
| EARNSHAW, David Robert | Director | 2017-03-01 | May 1945 | British |
| LEARY, Olivia Louise | Director | 2025-09-01 | Apr 1986 | British |
| MADSEN, Heather | Director | 2021-12-18 | Oct 1973 | British |
| STEVENS, Gareth | Director | 2021-03-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
| TIBBLE, David Charles | Director | 2012-08-14 | Jun 1952 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULLING, Sally Ann | Secretary | 2015-09-18 | 2019-06-21 |
| HARDINGHAM, Georgina Alice | Secretary | 2019-06-21 | 2021-09-05 |
| MONTGOMERY, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2014-02-01 | 2015-09-18 |
| AGNEW, Theodore Thomas More, Lord | Director | 2012-08-14 | 2018-08-30 |
| ASPIN, Amanda Sara | Director | 2012-08-14 | 2014-06-27 |
| BERWICK, Sam | Director | 2015-08-07 | 2017-08-31 |
| BUSCALL, Kathryn | Director | 2021-12-18 | 2025-10-03 |
| DE SOUZA, Rachel Mary, Dame | Director | 2012-08-14 | 2021-02-28 |
| DIAMOND, Colin James, Professor | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2022-09-30 |
| HANSON-SMITH, Julian Christopher | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2021-12-18 |
| HODGSON, John Gordon | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-12-14 |
| HOLLEDGE, William James | Director | 2012-08-14 | 2013-10-25 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Margaret Helen | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-11-15 |
| MILLS, Helena Christine | Director | 2018-02-12 | 2022-04-10 |
| PAINE, Catherine Sian | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2017-12-15 |
| PRIOR, David Gifford Leathes, Lord Prior Of Brampton | Director | 2012-10-11 | 2015-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Clare Margaret Agnew | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-08-14 | Ceased 2018-04-09 |
| Lord Theodore Thomas More Agnew | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-08-14 | Ceased 2018-04-09 |
| Mr David Charles Tibble | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-08-14 | Ceased 2018-04-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-30 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-30 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+6%
£81,649,563 £86,569,144
-
Cash
-26.1%
£10,080,317 £7,448,961
-
Net assets
+3.4%
£108,209,021 £111,870,578
-
Employees
+0.1%
1,561 1,562
-
Profit before tax
-65.6%
£12,491,478 £4,291,557
-
Wages
+6.3%
£46,510,250 £49,434,716
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