SOUTH BANK ACADEMIES
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-07 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-23
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+89.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
-1.1% vs 2024
Employees
85
-15% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£286K
-326.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SOUTH BANK ACADEMIES 2016-01-18 → present
- UNIVERSITY ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING SOUTH BANK 2015-09-26 → 2016-01-18
- UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING ACADEMY SOUTH BANK 2013-06-28 → 2015-09-26
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 | £8,416,000 | £8,785,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£57,000 | -£282,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£67,000 | -£286,000 | |
| Net profit | -£67,000 | -£286,000 | |
| Cash | £1,132,000 | £2,147,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,279,000 | £30,946,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,279,000 | £30,946,000 | |
| Equity | £31,279,000 | £30,946,000 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 85 | |
| Wages | £4,414,000 | £3,820,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | -3.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.45x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | -5.70x | -70.50x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The going concern basis of preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. There are no material uncertainties in connection with the going concern basis of preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “SBUA is currently consulting with stakeholders on a proposal to transition to become a professional, technical sixth form from September 2026.”
- “Between June and September, following David Phoenix's departure, Deborah Johnston acted as a Member on an interim basis so that the Trust maintained the required minimum of three Members. While the Register of Members reflected this interim arrangement, this was inadvertently not filed at Companies House. Paul Kett's appointment in September was duly registered at Companies House.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURTIS, Samuel | Secretary | 2024-03-04 | — | — |
| BARIKZAI, Safia, Dr | Director | 2025-05-06 | May 1973 | British |
| DASKALAKIS, Markos | Director | 2025-09-04 | Sep 1975 | British |
| EGHAREVBA, Rhoda | Director | 2025-07-22 | Dec 1986 | British |
| GORDON, Trevor Lloyd | Director | 2022-09-12 | Apr 1959 | British |
| KETT, Paul Michael | Director | 2025-09-08 | Feb 1980 | British |
| MOREY, Fiona | Director | 2019-03-14 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MOSS, Antony Charles | Director | 2023-11-27 | Jun 1983 | British |
| SPELLMAN, Ruth Irene | Director | 2024-08-01 | Aug 1951 | British |
| YIALLOUROS, Zacharias | Director | 2022-08-11 | Oct 1988 | British |
| YOUNG, Joanne | Director | 2022-09-06 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROADWAY, Michael | Secretary | 2016-03-22 | 2024-03-04 |
| BHAMIDIMARRI, Srinivasa Mallikharjuna Rao, Professor | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2018-04-16 |
| BISHOP, Irene, Dr | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2016-02-25 |
| BLASTLAND, James | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2024-07-31 |
| CROSSLEY, Adam Rhodes | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-07-19 |
| DENHAM-ST-PINNOCK, Douglas | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2019-07-31 |
| FLATMAN, Richard | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2024-07-31 |
| FOWLER, Karen Mary | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2016-01-07 |
| GIDDINGS, Anthony Jan | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2022-06-02 |
| LOUIS, Nicole | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2024-06-14 |
| MALLABAND, Christopher | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2024-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Nicola, Prof | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| MCCALLION, Hilary, Professor | Director | 2019-08-13 | 2021-12-31 |
| MCGUIRE, Steve Christopher | Director | 2016-01-11 | 2017-09-27 |
| MORRISON, Diana Lesley | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| PARRISH, Richard | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2018-10-18 |
| PHOENIX, David Andrew, Professor | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2025-06-04 |
| PURI, Anil | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2016-08-01 |
| STEVENSON, James | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2019-03-19 |
| TAILOR, Hitesh | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2024-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Michael Kett | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-09-08 | Active |
| Mr Simon Szpytko Cruickshank | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-11-30 | Active |
| Professor David Andrew Phoenix | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-04 |
| Mr Richard Flatman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| London South Bank University | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+4.4%
£8,416,000 £8,785,000
-
Cash
+89.7%
£1,132,000 £2,147,000
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£31,279,000 £30,946,000
-
Employees
-15%
100 85
-
Operating profit
-394.7%
-£57,000 -£282,000
-
Profit before tax
-326.9%
-£67,000 -£286,000
-
Wages
-13.5%
£4,414,000 £3,820,000
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