PONTEFRACT ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-25 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-11
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+59.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£52M
+57.1% vs 2024
Employees
549
+2.4% 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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Material uncertainty over going concern
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. However, the accounts are to be prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the pending transfer to Ark Schools (Multi-academy trust)
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 | £28,086,000 | £30,472,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,454,000 | £19,241,000 | |
| Cash | £3,299,000 | £5,250,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,373,000 | £52,435,000 | |
| Net assets | £33,373,000 | £52,435,000 | |
| Equity | £33,373,000 | £52,435,000 | |
| Average employees | 536 | 549 | |
| Wages | £15,450,000 | £16,196,000 |
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 | 5.2% | 63.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 1.84x |
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
- Kingswood Allotts Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“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. However, the accounts are to be prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the pending transfer to Ark Schools (Multi-academy trust)”
Significant events
- “The Trust has announced plans to merge with Ark Schools. If approved by the Department for Education, the plan is for the merger to take place on 1st September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDY, James | Secretary | 2025-03-10 | — | — |
| APPLEYARD OBE, Julian | Director | 2018-03-05 | Aug 1970 | British |
| CLARKE, Andrew John | Director | 2017-05-17 | Jan 1969 | British |
| GOUGH, John | Director | 2013-03-14 | Sep 1942 | British |
| JONES, Philip Antony, Dr | Director | 2015-08-14 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MOORE, Reuben John | Director | 2021-02-11 | Aug 1974 | British |
| WILKIN, David | Director | 2014-04-09 | Aug 1957 | British |
| WORMALD, Martyn | Director | 2025-06-05 | Dec 1987 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Joy | Secretary | 2020-10-05 | 2021-07-20 |
| GRINSILL-CLINTON, Kerry Louise | Secretary | 2023-03-01 | 2024-08-06 |
| IRVING, Lesley | Secretary | 2024-08-07 | 2025-01-27 |
| ROWLAND, Tom | Secretary | 2025-01-27 | 2025-03-10 |
| SAMWELL, Debra | Secretary | 2014-09-17 | 2020-10-05 |
| SPIERS, Tracey Carol | Secretary | 2013-04-16 | 2014-09-17 |
| WATSON, Keedy | Secretary | 2021-07-20 | 2023-03-01 |
| ALLINSON, Jeffrey | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2018-03-05 |
| BROOKE, Martin Kingsley | Director | 2014-04-09 | 2018-06-04 |
| CRAIG, Julie Anne | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2018-03-05 |
| MORRIS, Philip Geoffrey | Director | 2014-04-09 | 2016-08-31 |
| MURRAY, Ulric Adolphus | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2017-03-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Elaine Valerie | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2024-01-20 |
| SMITH, Alison Rodger | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Gough | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2025-09-08 | Active |
| Mr Martin Brooke | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2025-09-08 | Active |
| Mr Kevin Francis Cullinane | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2025-09-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+8.5%
£28,086,000 £30,472,000
-
Cash
+59.1%
£3,299,000 £5,250,000
-
Net assets
+57.1%
£33,373,000 £52,435,000
-
Employees
+2.4%
536 549
-
Wages
+4.8%
£15,450,000 £16,196,000
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