EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+23.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
+27.3% vs 2024
Employees
394
+39.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+1,537.2% 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 | £13,263,000 | £17,616,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £360,000 | £5,894,000 | |
| Net profit | £360,000 | £5,894,000 | |
| Cash | £1,525,000 | £1,889,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,171,000 | £29,492,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,171,000 | £29,492,000 | |
| Equity | £23,171,000 | £29,492,000 | |
| Average employees | 282 | 394 | |
| Wages | £7,794,000 | £10,160,000 |
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 | 2.7% | 33.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.8% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.38x | 3.54x |
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
- Clive Owen 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.”
Significant events
- “Two schools joined the Trust, broadening its educational reach and deepening its influence within the sector. Clavering Primary School joined the Trust 1st October 2024, and Roseberry Primary School joined the Trust 1st January 2025.”
- “This period marks a significant leadership transition, as we recognise and celebrate the contribution of our outgoing CEO, who has been highly regarded across the education community.”
- “In this reporting year, one new Trustee was appointed, adding significant professional insight and knowledge to support the Trust's continued development.”
- “During the financial year, the Trust invested a total of £734,000 to enhance and develop its estate and infrastructure. This strategic investment supported a range of improvement projects across multiple academies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE, Arthur Stephen | Director | 2016-09-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| BROWNHILL, Stephen Aaron | Director | 2021-09-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| BUTTERWORTH, Jacqueline | Director | 2013-06-07 | May 1963 | British |
| EASON, Daniel Michael | Director | 2023-04-17 | Sep 1965 | British |
| GILLEN, Leo | Director | 2015-03-05 | Sep 1956 | British |
| HOULT, Ian Peter | Director | 2023-05-31 | Oct 1970 | British |
| INGRAM, Martyn | Director | 2023-02-27 | Aug 1971 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Derek | Director | 2016-04-11 | May 1960 | British |
| TOTTY, Lana | Director | 2025-02-07 | Jul 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUSFIELD, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2025-01-11 |
| BRADLEY, Carole Anne | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2016-04-10 |
| BRETHERICK, Michael William | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| DEVILLE, Julie Denise, Madame | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2025-08-31 |
| DRUMMOND, Stuart Fraser | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| HAMILTON, Paul | Director | 2014-03-06 | 2016-06-29 |
| MCHALE-YOUNG, Joanne | Director | 2024-03-28 | 2025-11-21 |
| STUART, Rosalind Clare Willoughby | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2022-11-29 |
| TYE, Philip Michael | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2021-05-28 |
| WALLACE, Stephen David, Councillor | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2016-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Margaret Bousfield | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2025-01-11 | Active |
| Mrs Jacqueline Butterworth | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-10-06 | Active |
| Mrs Caroline Theobald | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-10-06 | Active |
| Mr Rakesh Chopra | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-10-06 | Active |
| Mr Sean Lynch | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-10-06 | Active |
| Mrs Caroline Helen Theobald | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-05-01 | Ceased 2022-06-20 |
| Mr Sean Lynch | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2022-01-01 | Ceased 2022-10-06 |
| Mrs Caroline Theobald | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2022-10-06 |
| Mrs Jackie Butterworth | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2022-10-06 |
| Mrs Caroline Helen Theobald | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2022-10-06 |
| Mr Michael William Bretherick | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2022-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+32.8%
£13,263,000 £17,616,000
-
Cash
+23.9%
£1,525,000 £1,889,000
-
Net assets
+27.3%
£23,171,000 £29,492,000
-
Employees
+39.7%
282 394
-
Profit before tax
+1,537.2%
£360,000 £5,894,000
-
Wages
+30.4%
£7,794,000 £10,160,000
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