ASPIRE SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-16 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-7% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
-2.5% vs 2024
Employees
222
-5.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ASPIRE SCHOOLS TRUST 2017-12-06 → present
- ASPIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LTD 2017-11-27 → 2017-12-06
- SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON ACADEMY 2013-10-22 → 2017-11-27
- SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON ACADEMY LTD 2012-09-10 → 2013-10-22
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 | £11,900,738 | £12,232,800 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £279,664 | -£63,046 | |
| Cash | £1,585,700 | £1,474,879 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,142,913 | £10,841,686 | |
| Net assets | £11,099,527 | £10,818,481 | |
| Equity | £11,099,527 | £10,818,481 | |
| Average employees | 235 | 222 | |
| Wages | £6,046,975 | £6,973,414 |
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 | 2.3% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.5% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 1.80x |
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
- Streets Audit 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. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “Aspire Schools Trust operates one primary, one junior and one secondary school academy in Lincolnshire.”
- “The school has been approved for the DfE's School Re-building Programme.”
- “The Trust continues to explore a range of opportunities for collaboration and growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, Oliver | Secretary | 2024-06-26 | — | — |
| DEFRAINE, Christopher | Director | 2022-05-18 | Aug 1982 | British |
| DOBSON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2025-12-09 | Apr 1980 | British |
| GALE, Roger | Director | 2025-07-08 | Oct 1957 | British |
| GRAY, Andrew Peter | Director | 2025-12-09 | Apr 1963 | British |
| MAGGS, Sancha Georgette | Director | 2024-09-17 | Jun 1971 | British |
| MARCER, Lorraine Maureen | Director | 2023-09-19 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PADDOCK, Sylvia Mary | Director | 2015-05-07 | Aug 1962 | British |
| SHAW, Simon | Director | 2013-09-05 | May 1969 | British |
| SWINDIN, Nicholas John Ashley | Director | 2018-03-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGGS, Sancha Georgette | Secretary | 2012-09-10 | 2024-06-26 |
| ANDERSON, Seamus Denis | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2018-02-28 |
| BAMPTON, Ruth | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2014-05-10 |
| BECKFORD, Rupert | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2013-08-26 |
| BENNETT, Emily | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2016-08-31 |
| BEYNON, John | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2025-10-13 |
| DAVIES, Sarah | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2016-08-31 |
| DAVISON, Martyn | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-10-27 |
| DONNELLY, Lucille Rebecca | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2016-08-31 |
| FARRAR, Linda Joan | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2012-10-01 |
| GOREE, John | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2012-10-26 |
| GUEST, Mark Andrew | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2025-08-31 |
| HALLAM, Alison | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2013-05-22 |
| HAMILTON, Kerry Mary Stephanie | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2023-07-19 |
| HART, Sophie Michelle | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2018-01-11 |
| HOLLINGWORTH, Matthew John | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2017-11-13 |
| KELWAY, Timothy Sambrooke | Director | 2014-07-09 | 2022-08-10 |
| LUCAS, Brian | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2019-11-26 |
| LUCAS, John Owen | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2013-10-16 |
| MABLETHORPE, Jane | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2014-08-26 |
| MORAN, Mandy | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2018-01-09 |
| OATES, Simon David | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2012-11-26 |
| PARKER, Deborah Ann | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2015-09-02 |
| PARKER, Jim | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2013-05-22 |
| PHILLIPS, Martin | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| SAMPSON, Robert Jonathan William | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2022-08-10 |
| TEAR, Brian | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2018-02-28 |
| THOMAS, Julie | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2013-05-22 |
| VARLEY, Julian | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2012-10-02 |
| WHITE, Patricia Anne | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2014-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+2.8%
£11,900,738 £12,232,800
-
Cash
-7%
£1,585,700 £1,474,879
-
Net assets
-2.5%
£11,099,527 £10,818,481
-
Employees
-5.5%
235 222
-
Wages
+15.3%
£6,046,975 £6,973,414
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