INSPIRES MAT

1. INSPIRES MAT 2023-12-11 → present
2. CONNECTED LEARNING 2013-06-21 → 2023-12-11

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Edmund Carr LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Significant events

• “The charitable company changed its name from Connected Learning to Inspires MAT in December 2023.”
• “Results in 2023 were impacted by the changing landscape of the trust and the need for restructuring in light of the financial difficulties.”
• “Results in 2024 were improved for three of the schools - Cherry Tree, Powers Hall (now Witham Oaks) and Iceni (now King's Ford). Whilst results declined at Templars from 2023 this was due to the significantly high number of children with SEND within the cohort.”
• “2025 showed variation in outcomes at the end of Key Stage 2. Whilst Witham Oaks and Cherry Tree continued to perform exceptionally well and significant improvement was seen at Silver End outcomes at King's Ford and Templars stagnated with concerns in areas such as writing evident.”
• “The Trustees are pleased to report the turnaround in the financial performance of the Trust, from cumulative losses a few years ago to one showing healthy in year surpluses across the MAT as a whole and positive reserves.”
• “Growing the Trust - currently the Trust holds a partnership agreement with Chipping Hill Primary with a view to joining from September 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.6%

  £7,994,379 → £8,679,241

• Cash

  +51.9%

  £1,250,136 → £1,898,518

• Net assets

  +2.5%

  £12,324,602 → £12,634,584

• Employees

  +1.6%

  191 → 194

• Wages

  +9.6%

  £4,873,013 → £5,342,069

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