SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-15% vs 2024
Net assets
£28M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
607
+3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£124K
-81% 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 | £24,309,587 | £26,889,655 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £650,818 | £123,671 | |
| Net profit | £650,818 | £123,671 | |
| Cash | £5,402,269 | £4,591,470 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,487,392 | £28,343,792 | |
| Net assets | £28,483,121 | £28,343,792 | |
| Equity | £28,483,121 | £28,343,792 | |
| Average employees | 588 | 607 | |
| Wages | £14,879,064 | £16,835,805 |
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 | 2.7% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.9% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.11x | 2.27x |
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
- “During last academic year the Board updated its strategic plan covering 2024-2027 to ensure it continued to meet the objectives of the Trust, following the onboarding of Dove House Academy in August 2023, and the two successful free school applications (SEMH and SLD Special Schools in Hampshire).”
- “The Trust installed additional photovoltaic (PV) panels on the new building at Cliffdale and completed window replacement works at Littlegreen to improve thermal performance. Across all academies, the transition to energy-efficient LED lighting was fully completed. In addition, two minibuses were upgraded to newer models to enhance fuel economy and reduce émissions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLOWAY, Samantha Jayne | Secretary | 2022-03-23 | — | — |
| BANGER, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2021-07-19 | May 1971 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Murray | Director | 2023-09-04 | Jul 1956 | British |
| DUFF, Gordon William | Director | 2021-12-13 | Mar 1969 | British |
| HILL, Andrew Hemming | Director | 2018-04-03 | Apr 1955 | British |
| HUNT, David Edward | Director | 2020-12-09 | Apr 1968 | British |
| MEAD, Raymond Christopher | Director | 2020-07-22 | Oct 1976 | British,Irish |
| MORGAN, Gareth James, Dr | Director | 2018-04-03 | Apr 1953 | British |
| SLAUGHTER, Philip | Director | 2019-06-04 | Sep 1969 | British |
| STURDY, Ruth Penelope | Director | 2023-04-26 | Jun 1960 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FROST, Karen Louise | Secretary | 2017-01-02 | 2022-03-01 |
| JORDAN, David | Secretary | 2013-01-24 | 2016-12-31 |
| ALDERSON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2019-10-08 |
| BEANE, Alison Linda | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2020-08-31 |
| BURT, Sharon Louise | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| DAVIS, Sarah-Jane | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2019-07-12 |
| FRAMPTON, Stephen Dale | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-07-11 |
| GRAY, James Alistair | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2020-12-15 |
| GREEN, Christopher Alan | Director | 2015-07-14 | 2018-03-15 |
| HUGHES, Julia | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2022-07-08 |
| IVE, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2017-03-22 |
| MELLERS, Hazel Anne | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2014-09-16 |
| MITCHELL, Mark Gerald | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2022-08-31 |
| MORGAN, Darryl Sean Ewing | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2019-01-29 |
| SAPEY, Trevor Martin | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2017-06-26 |
| SMYTH, Judith Deborah | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| WHITE, Sonia Anne Marie | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2021-09-06 |
| WILDERS, Louise Margaret | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2014-09-16 |
| WORTHY, Kimberley | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2020-06-11 |
| YATES, Simon | Director | 2017-10-30 | 2018-09-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Griffiths | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-25 |
| Dr Peter Starie | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-25 |
| Mr Mark Gerald Mitchell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+10.6%
£24,309,587 £26,889,655
-
Cash
-15%
£5,402,269 £4,591,470
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£28,483,121 £28,343,792
-
Employees
+3.2%
588 607
-
Profit before tax
-81%
£650,818 £123,671
-
Wages
+13.2%
£14,879,064 £16,835,805
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