CENTRAL ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+67.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+4.9% vs 2024
Employees
352
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+303.2% vs 2024
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CENTRAL ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST 2018-09-07 → present
- OAK WOOD SCHOOLS ACADEMY 2013-03-01 → 2018-09-07
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 | £17,171,000 | £19,751,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£591,000 | £1,201,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£591,000 | £1,201,000 | |
| Net profit | -£591,000 | £1,201,000 | |
| Cash | £2,822,000 | £4,720,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,719,000 | £19,419,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,322,000 | £19,218,000 | |
| Equity | £18,322,000 | £19,218,000 | |
| Average employees | 363 | 352 | |
| Wages | £10,558,000 | £11,061,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.4% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | -3.4% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.2% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.0% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.65x | 2.93x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP
- 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, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.”
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2025, Michael Drayton Junior School joined Central England Academy Trust.”
- “On 1 September 2025, Higham Lane North Academy, a newly constructed free school, opened under the governance of Central England Academy Trust.”
- “Watling Meadows Primary School ... scheduled to open a newly constructed two-form entry primary free school... on 1 September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Benjamin | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | — | — |
| AHMEDABADI-PATEL, Farhana | Director | 2023-09-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| CHAPLIN, Ian Stuart | Director | 2026-01-05 | Jun 1969 | British |
| DAVENPORT, Jeffrey | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1958 | British |
| DAVIES, Carole | Director | 2023-12-21 | Dec 1961 | British |
| DICKINSON, Andrew | Director | 2024-11-18 | May 1981 | British |
| JOHNSON, Emma | Director | 2020-10-06 | Nov 1979 | British |
| KELLY, Philip | Director | 2022-09-01 | Oct 1964 | Irish |
| KHAN, Nafees Qamar | Director | 2022-09-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| NASON, Joel | Director | 2022-09-01 | May 1974 | British |
| SNAITH, Timothy Peter | Director | 2020-05-20 | Apr 1969 | British |
| ZACKARIA, Yasin | Director | 2024-01-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARREN, Claire | Secretary | 2019-03-15 | 2022-08-31 |
| ALLEN, Jason | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2023-06-30 |
| ANDERSON, Iain | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-03-12 |
| BASRA, Bill | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| BATES, Martyn Roy | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| BAYLISS, Veronica | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| BEDNALL, Ian | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2021-07-17 |
| BIBBY, Stephen | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2022-10-30 |
| BIBBY, Steve | Director | 2024-01-15 | 2024-11-17 |
| BOOKER, Eileen | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-07-17 |
| BRAY, Sandra | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2020-03-12 |
| BROOKS, Jackie | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-12-10 |
| BROWN, Linda | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| CLARK, Lucy | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2020-03-12 |
| COURT, Lisa | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2017-01-10 |
| DAVIES, Carole | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2021-07-17 |
| EVANS, Alison Jane, Reverend | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| FAIRBROTHER, Rachel | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| FLANNIGAN, Julie | Director | 2018-02-28 | 2020-03-31 |
| GILBERT, Robert Charles | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| GILLIN, Emma | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2020-03-12 |
| HOBBS, Rachel | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-03-12 |
| JACKSON, Julie Anne | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| JONES, Clive, Rev | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2015-12-18 |
| LATHAM, Kevin | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| MAINWARING, Hazel | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| MALEK, Abubaker | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2023-03-25 |
| MATIFA, Kufa | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2018-04-01 |
| O'CONNOR, Naomi | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2020-03-12 |
| ORRILL, Pat | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2024-03-24 |
| ORRILL, Patricia | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2022-08-31 |
| PARGETOR, Natalie June | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| PASSEY, Sarah | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2020-03-12 |
| PITT, Tracey | Director | 2019-02-15 | 2020-03-12 |
| PYKETT, Lyndsey | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2017-05-12 |
| REVILL, Adam Philip Scott | Director | 2020-05-13 | 2022-08-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Ian | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2023-06-30 |
| SAYERS, Elizabeth | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2016-08-31 |
| SHELLEY, Rachel | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2021-09-18 |
| SMITH, George Richard | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| SMITH, Neil | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| WARD, Chris | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2020-03-12 |
| WARD, Hilary Jane | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2024-09-03 |
| WILSON, Jane | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2020-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr George Richard Smith | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2024-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+15%
£17,171,000 £19,751,000
-
Cash
+67.3%
£2,822,000 £4,720,000
-
Net assets
+4.9%
£18,322,000 £19,218,000
-
Employees
-3%
363 352
-
Operating profit
+303.2%
-£591,000 £1,201,000
-
Profit before tax
+303.2%
-£591,000 £1,201,000
-
Wages
+4.8%
£10,558,000 £11,061,000
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