FYLDE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-6.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£81M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,034
-6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-349.4% vs 2024
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 | £51,718,000 | £54,986,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£245,000 | -£1,101,000 | |
| Net profit | -£245,000 | -£1,101,000 | |
| Cash | £9,001,000 | £8,442,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £82,875,000 | £81,056,000 | |
| Net assets | £82,583,000 | £80,999,000 | |
| Equity | £82,583,000 | £80,999,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,101 | 1,034 | |
| Wages | £28,717,000 | £30,206,000 |
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 | -0.5% | -2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.0% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.76x | 2.33x |
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
- DJH Audit 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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In December 2024 Unity Academy was placed in special measures by the Office of Standards in Education, Children's Services, and Skills. This resulted in the regional director of the Department for Education (DfE) determining a termination notice warning being issued.”
- “In September 2024 the trust was subject to a ransomware attack leading to data loss. The trust systems have now been recovered and significant investment made in safeguarding against future attacks.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCUMISKEY, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2015-07-15 | — | — |
| ASCROFT, Mark John | Director | 2024-03-05 | Oct 1969 | British |
| EVISON, Kathleen, Dr | Director | 2024-03-05 | Feb 1974 | British |
| FLANNIGAN-SALMON, Jason William Andrew | Director | 2026-01-30 | Oct 1977 | British |
| HUGHES, Simon David | Director | 2021-09-12 | Mar 1970 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Amanda Joy | Director | 2022-08-10 | Feb 1978 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Emma Louise | Director | 2022-08-10 | May 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Steven James | Director | 2024-05-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICKUP, Amanda | Secretary | 2013-01-18 | 2015-02-11 |
| TROTTER, Emily Anne | Secretary | 2015-02-11 | 2015-07-15 |
| ARBER, Joel Matthew | Director | 2016-11-28 | 2023-09-12 |
| BOYLE, John Oswald | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2021-07-14 |
| CAMERON, Roger | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2016-07-14 |
| CHAPMAN, Sarah | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2022-06-08 |
| FREW, Paul | Director | 2019-06-13 | 2023-06-12 |
| FRITH, Alana Jane | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2019-01-22 |
| GALLOWAY, Nadine | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2020-08-19 |
| GRAY, Jill | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-07-05 |
| GRAY, Jill | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2020-08-19 |
| GREEVES, Felicity Marion | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2015-01-01 |
| GUTTERIDGE, Mark Anthony | Director | 2013-12-10 | 2024-08-31 |
| HORN, Matthew George | Director | 2022-08-10 | 2023-11-24 |
| HURLEY, Andrew | Director | 2026-01-21 | 2026-03-05 |
| HURLEY, Andrew | Director | 2022-08-10 | 2026-01-21 |
| KNOWLES, Lisa | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2022-08-10 |
| MAWDSLEY, Graham Brian | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2019-01-22 |
| MCCONNACHIE, Christopher Robert | Director | 2014-01-30 | 2016-05-26 |
| MIDDLEMAS, Wendy Susan | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2020-08-19 |
| MIDDLEMAS, Wendy Susan | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-12-10 |
| MOLLOY, Sarah | Director | 2016-05-26 | 2018-04-12 |
| MURPHY, Peter William | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2020-07-09 |
| NEALE, Gail Lesley | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-07-14 |
| NICHOLSON, Anthony Mark | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2019-01-22 |
| NUGENT, Iris | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2013-12-10 |
| ORR, Peter Lindsay | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2023-09-15 |
| RYDER, Keith John | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2014-01-30 |
| SHIELDS, Sally Ann | Director | 2023-09-06 | 2024-03-18 |
| SIDDALL, Iain | Director | 2019-05-06 | 2020-08-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Marianne Beckett | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-01-23 | Ceased 2023-09-15 |
| Mr Dawood Fard | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-01-23 | Ceased 2023-09-15 |
| Mr Tony Nicholson | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2023-01-23 | Ceased 2023-09-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+6.3%
£51,718,000 £54,986,000
-
Cash
-6.2%
£9,001,000 £8,442,000
-
Net assets
-1.9%
£82,583,000 £80,999,000
-
Employees
-6.1%
1,101 1,034
-
Profit before tax
-349.4%
-£245,000 -£1,101,000
-
Wages
+5.2%
£28,717,000 £30,206,000
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