THE PROPELLER ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+25.9% vs 2024
Employees
234
+17.6% 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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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £8,717,289 | £10,361,316 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£174,840 | £4,359,353 | |
| Cash | £1,095,387 | £1,513,860 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,323,326 | £21,665,679 | |
| Net assets | £17,210,326 | £21,665,679 | |
| Equity | £17,210,326 | £21,665,679 | |
| Average employees | 199 | 234 | |
| Wages | £5,226,106 | £5,855,592 |
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 | -2.0% | 42.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.3% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | 5.00x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hopper Williams & Bell 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. For this reason it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Hawthorn Academy opened in September 2025 (a new free special school).”
- “Woodeaton Manor School converted to an academy and joined the Trust on 1 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Amy | Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| BUCKLEY-GOLDER, Deborah Helen, Dr | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jun 1955 | British |
| CHADWICK, John Robert | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1958 | British |
| EDWARDS, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2021-01-04 | Oct 1959 | British |
| PEGLER, Thomas Mark | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
| RICKS-NEAL, Elaine | Director | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1956 | British |
| WINCH, Clare Louise | Director | 2023-11-16 | Apr 1972 | British |
| WONG, Kam Lynn | Director | 2026-03-13 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRATTON, Tracey | Secretary | 2017-12-12 | 2025-07-31 |
| BAMFORD, Samantha Jayne, Dr | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2018-05-31 |
| BARR, Niall, Dr | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2013-10-15 |
| BATCHELOR, Diana Lindsey | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2018-05-31 |
| BOLTON, Paula | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2019-11-13 |
| BUCK, Karyn Teresa | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2016-10-20 |
| BUCK, Karyn Teresa | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2013-01-14 |
| CAMPBELL, Gay | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2022-03-11 |
| CHIRGWIN, Patricia Lorna | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2017-07-10 |
| CONEBOY, Stephanie | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2018-05-31 |
| CRABBE, Kristina Elizabeth | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2020-08-31 |
| DOUBLEDAY, Christine | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2019-05-19 |
| EDNEY, Amanda | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-04-24 |
| HARKER, Barbara | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2020-01-06 |
| HODGSON, Timothy James | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2025-03-24 |
| HUDSON, Patricia Ann | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2018-09-02 |
| JACKSON, Sam | Director | 2014-07-08 | 2016-10-20 |
| KADARAUCH, David | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2021-07-29 |
| KELLY, Teresa Mary | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2015-12-31 |
| MABBERLEY, Julie Helen | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2018-05-31 |
| MACKAY, Davina Gail | Director | 2019-05-16 | 2020-08-31 |
| MACKAY, Davina Gail | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2014-07-01 |
| MARSH, Miranda | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2026-01-26 |
| MARTIN, Adrienne Frances | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2014-12-31 |
| MCCONAGHY, Paul | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2018-05-31 |
| MITCHELL, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2024-06-30 |
| PARR, Sharon Louise | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2014-06-01 |
| RIDEOUT, Julian John, Jjr Properties Ltd | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2015-06-30 |
| ROGERS, Melanie Jayne | Director | 2022-02-02 | 2023-06-22 |
| SCALES, Rebecca | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2021-12-08 |
| STOCK, Terry Arthur | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2018-05-31 |
| TAYLOR, Barry Malcolm | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2015-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Dylan | Director | 2020-06-04 | 2021-12-09 |
| TIGHE, Marion Edith | Director | 2019-01-19 | 2019-05-16 |
| TIGHE, Marion Edith | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2019-01-18 |
| WOLFE, Samuel, Dr | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2019-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2024-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Peter Yearling | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2022-02-07 | Active |
| Mrs Davina Gail Mackay | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2020-09-01 | Active |
| Ellen Teresa Moran | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-03-17 | Ceased 2021-12-10 |
| Professor Philip Hutchinson | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2020-02-06 | Ceased 2024-07-20 |
| Mr Paul Mcconaghy | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-07-06 | Ceased 2022-02-07 |
| Mrs Marion Tighe | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-05-18 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
| Mr Terry Arthur Stock | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-09-12 | Ceased 2020-06-15 |
| Ms Diana Lindsey Batchelor | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-09-12 | Ceased 2020-03-25 |
| Mrs Patricia Ann Hudson | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-09-12 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+18.9%
£8,717,289 £10,361,316
-
Cash
+38.2%
£1,095,387 £1,513,860
-
Net assets
+25.9%
£17,210,326 £21,665,679
-
Employees
+17.6%
199 234
-
Wages
+12%
£5,226,106 £5,855,592
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