HORIZON ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-50.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£43M
+6% vs 2024
Employees
623
+17.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HORIZON ACADEMY TRUST 2016-10-01 → present
- BIGGIN HILL PRIMARY ACADEMY 2013-02-20 → 2016-10-01
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 | £19,611,000 | £26,497,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,336,000 | £1,226,000 | |
| Cash | £2,812,000 | £1,399,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,617,000 | £42,843,000 | |
| Net assets | £40,304,000 | £42,723,000 | |
| Equity | £40,304,000 | £42,723,000 | |
| Average employees | 532 | 623 | |
| Wages | £12,564,000 | £15,186,000 |
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 | -6.8% | 4.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.30x | 1.35x |
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
- Smailes Goldie Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Governing Body 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
- “On 1 September 2025, Cavendish and Gillshill Primary Schools merged to become East Park Primary School.”
- “Three schools successfully joined the Trust in the period.”
- “Formally converting three additional schools to join the Trust consequently enhancing pupil numbers and bringing greater stability to the Trust and increasing total Trust revenue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Hester Catherine | Director | 2022-09-11 | Jan 1976 | British |
| DUNN, Terry | Director | 2017-05-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| GARNETT, Jane Louise | Director | 2023-01-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| GARNETT, Stephen Peter | Director | 2023-09-11 | Nov 1971 | British |
| GREEF, Peter Raymond | Director | 2017-05-01 | Sep 1953 | British |
| KERMEEN, Michelle | Director | 2017-05-01 | Mar 1980 | British |
| LACEY, Heather Margaret | Director | 2024-09-12 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLEIGHTHOLME, Grace | Secretary | 2013-02-20 | 2017-04-30 |
| BILLANY, Kevin Irwin | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| BLOOM, Rebecca Kate | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2017-04-30 |
| BROWN, Paul Joseph | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2018-11-23 |
| CAMPBELL-HAMILTON, Clare | Director | 2021-07-19 | 2024-09-12 |
| CHAFFEY, Alan John | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| CLARK, Stuart Matthew | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| CLARKE, Irene Ruth | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2017-04-30 |
| CUTLER, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2022-09-11 |
| CUTLER, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2017-04-30 |
| DODD, Michael James | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| GRANNON, Roger John | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2014-09-01 |
| HARRISON, Anita | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2015-04-30 |
| HERRICK, Sharon | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2021-07-18 |
| HODGSON, Gillian | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2017-04-30 |
| KOROMA, Tabitha Bianca | Director | 2013-06-04 | 2017-04-30 |
| MARSDEN, James Richard | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| MARSDEN, Richard William | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2021-07-18 |
| MARSDEN, Richard William | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2017-04-30 |
| PLUMB, Patrick | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2017-04-30 |
| RAND, Victoria Louise | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| SIPPEL, Robert Hans | Director | 2013-06-04 | 2016-06-15 |
| STEVENSON, Corrine | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2014-02-05 |
| WILKIE, Eleanor Barbara | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2017-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Brian Wells | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-10-07 | Ceased 2019-03-30 |
| Mr Anthony Simpson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-10-07 | Ceased 2019-03-30 |
| Mr Richard William Marsden | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-10-07 | Ceased 2019-03-30 |
| Mrs Kathryn Mary Cutler | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-01 |
| Mr James Richard Marsden | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-01 |
| Mr Richard William Marsden | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-09-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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
+35.1%
£19,611,000 £26,497,000
-
Cash
-50.2%
£2,812,000 £1,399,000
-
Net assets
+6%
£40,304,000 £42,723,000
-
Employees
+17.1%
532 623
-
Wages
+20.9%
£12,564,000 £15,186,000
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