THRIVE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+17.1% vs 2024
Employees
192
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+1,820.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THRIVE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST LTD 2023-08-30 → present
- ST. JAMES AND EMMANUEL ACADEMY TRUST LTD 2015-02-16 → 2023-08-30
- WEST DIDSBURY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL LTD 2014-06-20 → 2015-02-16
- DIDSBURY CE FREE SCHOOL LIMITED 2013-08-15 → 2014-06-20
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 | £8,011,000 | £9,705,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£84,000 | £1,445,000 | |
| Net profit | -£84,000 | £1,445,000 | |
| Cash | £1,375,000 | £1,900,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,278,000 | £6,122,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,226,000 | £6,122,000 | |
| Equity | £5,226,000 | £6,122,000 | |
| Average employees | 190 | 192 | |
| Wages | £4,512,000 | £5,449,000 |
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 | -1.0% | 14.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.5% | 5.9% | |
| Current ratio | -5.10x | -6.33x |
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
- DJH 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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025 St Luke's CE Primary School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010 and all the operations and assets and liabilities were transferred to Thrive Church of England Academy Trust Ltd from the Greater Manchester Local Authority for £nil consideration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, John James | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1978 | British |
| BRADLEY, Felicity | Director | 2021-09-01 | Feb 1980 | British |
| COLE, Ian | Director | 2021-03-10 | Aug 1948 | British |
| CROXHALL, Matthew | Director | 2024-09-27 | Mar 1980 | British |
| GOOD, Paul John | Director | 2014-01-22 | Oct 1948 | British |
| JAMIESON, Lee | Director | 2020-01-29 | Jul 1968 | British |
| SALEEM, Mohammed Zaheer | Director | 2024-11-18 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARUNDALE, Catriona Jane | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| BALLANTYNE, Andrew James Motyer | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| BLACKBURN, Paul | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2021-08-31 |
| BRADLEY, Sylvia Anne | Director | 2015-02-13 | 2016-09-29 |
| BUNDOCK, Nicholas John, Rev Dr | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2025-04-03 |
| DUNBAR, James | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2020-05-29 |
| EDSON, John Benedict, Rev | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2016-06-16 |
| FINCH, David | Director | 2019-03-17 | 2023-03-18 |
| FINCH, David | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| HORGAN, Peter | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| JONES, Miriam | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2025-03-19 |
| LYNCH, Joanne | Director | 2017-10-04 | 2025-11-18 |
| LYNCH, Joanne | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2017-06-23 |
| STALLARD, Helen | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| STEVENSON, Geoff | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2024-09-01 |
| VERMES, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-29 |
| WHITEHEAD, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2016-09-29 | 2022-08-31 |
| WHITEHEAD, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2013-08-15 | 2014-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-05-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+21.1%
£8,011,000 £9,705,000
-
Cash
+38.2%
£1,375,000 £1,900,000
-
Net assets
+17.1%
£5,226,000 £6,122,000
-
Employees
+1.1%
190 192
-
Profit before tax
+1,820.2%
-£84,000 £1,445,000
-
Wages
+20.8%
£4,512,000 £5,449,000
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