VANTAGE CE ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+203.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+2.4% vs 2024
Employees
527
-14.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VANTAGE CE ACADEMIES TRUST 2023-03-14 → present
- SS SIMON AND JUDE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2015-12-04 → 2023-03-14
- SS SIMON AND JUDE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST 2012-10-04 → 2015-12-04
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 | £25,856,441 | £28,524,698 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£64,972 | £331,159 | |
| Cash | £1,434,833 | £4,357,615 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,736,254 | £20,660,158 | |
| Net assets | £20,069,554 | £20,541,713 | |
| Equity | £20,069,554 | £20,541,713 | |
| Average employees | 619 | 527 | |
| Wages | £15,485,626 | £16,032,285 |
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 | -0.3% | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.7% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.76x | 3.75x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- 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.”
Significant events
- “As a result of the fire at Saint Simon and Jude Primary school, the trust has incurred significant extra ordinary costs pertaining to the recovery of education, some of which have been partially reimbursed by the Risk Protection Arrangements in place. (RPA).”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAHI, Adeel | Secretary | 2025-02-04 | — | — |
| APPLEYARD, Julian Charles | Director | 2024-11-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| CUMMINS, Ben | Director | 2024-11-01 | May 1983 | British |
| DUGDALE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2025-12-17 | Jan 1985 | British |
| EVANS, Lynn Elizabeth | Director | 2025-02-13 | Jan 1972 | British |
| HARLING, Natalie Pearl | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| HAYES, George Patrick | Director | 2024-11-25 | Jan 1992 | British |
| HEAFIELD, Michael Stuart | Director | 2025-02-13 | Mar 1965 | British |
| READ, Christopher James | Director | 2024-11-01 | May 1987 | British |
| TOOP, Nicola | Director | 2025-04-10 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGRAM, Cath | Secretary | 2012-10-04 | 2013-07-31 |
| AANA, Lakshmi Sandu, Dr | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-07-25 |
| BRAMWELL, Simon Thomas | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2021-11-29 |
| BROTHWELL, Helena | Director | 2024-11-01 | 2025-09-22 |
| BURKE, Anthony Paul | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-12-10 |
| BYRNE, Gerard John | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-12-20 |
| BYRNE, John Douglas | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-12-11 |
| CHAPMAN, Alison Marie | Director | 2021-01-14 | 2024-07-24 |
| CONNOR, David | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2014-08-31 |
| COPLEY, Louise | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2014-08-31 |
| COWLING, Mark | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2021-12-01 |
| CRANK, David | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2014-08-31 |
| DEAKIN, Phil | Director | 2018-07-12 | 2022-07-11 |
| DEAN, Robert | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2025-10-11 |
| FLETCHER, Sarah Louise, Reverend | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| GIBBONS, Andrew | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2022-12-13 |
| HOLMES, Anne-Marie | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2026-02-08 |
| HORROCKS, Robert James, Reverend | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2016-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Alexandra | Director | 2014-08-31 | 2018-02-12 |
| MASON, Philip Roy, Rev | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2024-08-21 |
| MURAD, Zahir | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2013-07-19 |
| PARKINSON, Michael | Director | 2017-12-13 | 2023-01-20 |
| SCHOFIELD, Susan | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2015-08-31 |
| SMITH, Heather | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2014-08-31 |
| SOLANKI, Narendra | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2017-12-13 |
| TOMKIN, Ian William | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-12-13 |
| VAUKINS NEE ADAMS, Diane Mary | Director | 2017-10-16 | 2020-09-28 |
| WATSON, Eileen | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2013-01-01 |
| WHITTLE, Martin | Director | 2017-12-13 | 2025-02-10 |
| WOOD, Andrew | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2014-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+10.3%
£25,856,441 £28,524,698
-
Cash
+203.7%
£1,434,833 £4,357,615
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£20,069,554 £20,541,713
-
Employees
-14.9%
619 527
-
Wages
+3.5%
£15,485,626 £16,032,285
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