GRACE SCHOOLS
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+35.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+845.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,006
-7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+340.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GRACE SCHOOLS 2026-04-21 → present
- THE DIOCESE OF ELY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2013-03-27 → 2026-04-21
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 | £45,720,771 | £47,549,923 | |
| Operating profit | -£427,864 | £1,027,366 | |
| Profit before tax | -£427,864 | £1,027,366 | |
| Net profit | -£427,864 | £1,027,366 | |
| Cash | £4,320,851 | £5,848,562 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,324,274 | £5,205,865 | |
| Net assets | £545,401 | £5,158,767 | |
| Equity | £545,401 | £5,158,767 | |
| Average employees | 1,088 | 1,006 | |
| Wages | £26,262,382 | £27,345,112 |
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 | -0.9% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.9% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.00x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | -0.24x | 0.55x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trust Board has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. There are no significant cash commitments or other expenditure outflows planned in the coming year which give rise to material changes to the going concern assumption.”
Significant events
- “On 1st September 2025 St Mary's Church of England Primary School transferred to ACT Multi Academy Trust.”
- “Heads of Terms between the DfE and Cambridgeshire County Council have been agreed regarding the Alconbury Weald Church Academy site and build.”
- “An opening date of September 2027 is being worked towards with the anticipated signing of the funding agreement to take place before September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIGHTINGALE, Kirsty Susan | Secretary | 2025-03-06 | — | — |
| BALL, Adrian James | Director | 2019-09-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| BRADSHAW, John | Director | 2018-06-30 | Jul 1952 | British |
| CARNE, Thomas Keith, Dr | Director | 2013-04-29 | Dec 1953 | British |
| FORDHAM, Michael Aidan | Director | 2024-06-14 | Dec 1984 | British |
| GRIFFITHS-LAMBETH, Amanda Christina Kate | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1963 | British |
| HUGHES, Alexander James, The Venerable Dr | Director | 2015-04-28 | Oct 1975 | British |
| JACKSON, Helen Margaret | Director | 2018-06-30 | May 1961 | British |
| JARRITT, Peter Hedley | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1951 | British |
| MACKLE, Kieran Anthony | Director | 2024-07-12 | Apr 1986 | Irish |
| YOUNG, Jon | Director | 2024-09-01 | Dec 1981 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Annabelle Clare | Secretary | 2017-04-19 | 2025-02-24 |
| GREEN, Jonathan Andrew | Secretary | 2013-12-05 | 2016-12-06 |
| HICKS, David Andrew | Secretary | 2013-04-29 | 2013-09-27 |
| HILLS, Nicholas William | Secretary | 2016-12-06 | 2017-04-19 |
| BANYARD, Michael George, Reverend | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2022-05-05 |
| BRIDGES, David | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2022-05-05 |
| CONANT, Sarah Anne | Director | 2023-12-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| DELLAR, Howard John | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2016-05-17 |
| FREESTONE, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2016-03-02 |
| GARRARD, Wendy Theresa | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2024-06-14 |
| GILBRIDE, Neil Mark, Dr | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| HARRISON, David, Sir | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2019-08-28 |
| HAYES, John Lawrence | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2016-09-22 |
| LEE, David John, Dr | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2020-07-30 |
| MAXWELL, Peter Benson | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2022-05-05 |
| NANCEKIEVILL, Catherine Joanne | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2015-04-28 |
| PRITCHARD, Patricia | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2015-08-28 |
| READ, Andrew James | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2023-11-30 |
| REICH, Carole Anne | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2017-09-28 |
| SKELTON, Robert Lumley | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2022-05-05 |
| STANDING, Serena Dorothy | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2019-06-01 |
| WRIGHT, Hilary | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2021-11-30 |
| YOUNGER, Michael Robert | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2023-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Diocese Of Ely Educational Trust | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2025-02-10 | Active |
| The Venerable Dr Alexander James Hughes | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-02-10 | Active |
| The Rt Reverend Dr Dagmar Winter | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-02-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2026-04-21 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2026-04-21 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-04-21 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2026-04-21 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
+4%
£45,720,771 £47,549,923
-
Cash
+35.4%
£4,320,851 £5,848,562
-
Net assets
+845.9%
£545,401 £5,158,767
-
Employees
-7.5%
1,088 1,006
-
Operating profit
+340.1%
-£427,864 £1,027,366
-
Profit before tax
+340.1%
-£427,864 £1,027,366
-
Wages
+4.1%
£26,262,382 £27,345,112
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