ST CHAD'S ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-16.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+24.1% vs 2024
Employees
804
+7.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+216.4% 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 | £33,443,098 | £35,601,960 | |
| Operating profit | -£786,444 | -£302,419 | |
| Profit before tax | £400,487 | £1,267,128 | |
| Net profit | £400,487 | £1,267,128 | |
| Cash | £6,435,158 | £5,347,173 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,647,099 | £14,393,602 | |
| Net assets | £11,475,048 | £14,236,176 | |
| Equity | £11,475,048 | £14,236,176 | |
| Average employees | 746 | 804 | |
| Wages | £19,410,616 | £20,023,836 |
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 | -2.4% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.8% | -2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | -5.87x | -4.73x |
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
- Dains Audit 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTON, Chloe | Secretary | 2025-05-07 | — | — |
| AZIMA, Harry Hormuz | Director | 2020-07-24 | Jun 1966 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Samuel | Director | 2023-12-19 | Jun 1990 | British |
| MINER, Paul | Director | 2025-01-30 | Jan 1962 | British |
| ORLIK, Anthony Douglas | Director | 2021-08-25 | Oct 1971 | British |
| PAINTER, Michelle | Director | 2020-01-26 | Mar 1974 | British |
| PLATTEN, Gregory Austin David, The Revd Canon Dr | Director | 2023-04-30 | Apr 1978 | British |
| RAUH, Michael | Director | 2024-08-27 | Mar 1958 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRALEY, Lydia | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | 2024-04-29 |
| HOPKINS, Colin Roy | Secretary | 2013-05-13 | 2017-06-08 |
| STEEL, Helen | Secretary | 2024-04-30 | 2025-05-07 |
| STEEL, Helen Louise | Secretary | 2017-06-08 | 2023-09-01 |
| ANDERSON, Robert John, Prof | Director | 2017-05-21 | 2020-03-31 |
| BISHOP, Huw Daniel, The Revd | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2017-11-30 |
| BRISLEN, Christopher | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2015-03-10 |
| FARNWORTH, Joanna Helen, Revd Prebendary | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-03-09 |
| HEATH, Robert John | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2021-12-14 |
| HILL, Jonathan Richard Leigh | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2015-11-11 |
| JACKSON, Jean | Director | 2019-08-14 | 2023-12-31 |
| JONES, Julie Marie | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2022-05-09 |
| LEVERTON, Gareth James | Director | 2020-08-11 | 2022-07-25 |
| MARRIS, Philip John | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2023-09-01 |
| MORRIS, Alison Mary, Rev | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2021-07-20 |
| PRIMROSE, Alison Frances, Doctor | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| RANDLES, Cyril George | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2021-07-20 |
| READ, Stephen | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-08-31 |
| READ, Stephen | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2018-04-30 |
| SHAW, Michelle | Director | 2017-06-06 | 2021-06-11 |
| WEDGWOOD, Susan Marie | Director | 2015-11-11 | 2022-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese Of Lichfield Education Trust Ltd | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2022-03-04 | Active |
| Church Of England Central Education Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2022-03-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+6.5%
£33,443,098 £35,601,960
-
Cash
-16.9%
£6,435,158 £5,347,173
-
Net assets
+24.1%
£11,475,048 £14,236,176
-
Employees
+7.8%
746 804
-
Operating profit
+61.5%
-£786,444 -£302,419
-
Profit before tax
+216.4%
£400,487 £1,267,128
-
Wages
+3.2%
£19,410,616 £20,023,836
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