HERTS & ESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+3.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£28M
+3.3% vs 2024
Employees
242
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£297K
-1,778.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HERTS & ESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2016-01-19 → present
- THE HERTFORDSHIRE & ESSEX HIGH SCHOOL 2013-09-24 → 2016-01-19
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 | £13,579,009 | £14,309,508 | |
| Operating profit | -£15,807 | -£297,004 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,807 | -£297,004 | |
| Net profit | -£15,807 | -£297,004 | |
| Cash | £1,099,013 | £1,136,866 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,085,427 | £27,793,423 | |
| Net assets | £26,901,427 | £27,793,423 | |
| Equity | £26,901,427 | £27,793,423 | |
| Average employees | 234 | 242 | |
| Wages | £7,699,046 | £7,935,192 |
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 | -0.1% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.1% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.5% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | -0.23x | -6.32x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate, i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Trust to continue as a going concern. The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the accounts”
Significant events
- “An additional committee was formed by the Board of Trustees in February 2025 with delegated responsibility for the CEO recruitment process and comprising of five HEMAT Trustees with the relevant experience.”
- “Herts & Essex most recent Ofsted inspection took place in November 2023. It resulted in an overall 'Outstanding' judgement.”
- “The trust has increased expenditure this year on repairs and maintenance, which could not have been avoided.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Hayley Karina | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| BOADEN, Catherine Sarah | Director | 2025-10-07 | Nov 1976 | British |
| BULL, Philippa Jane | Director | 2019-07-05 | Jan 1961 | British |
| DUTTON, Susannah Rosemary Peta | Director | 2022-07-08 | Jul 1970 | British |
| FIELDEN, Robert Arthur | Director | 2013-09-24 | Jan 1951 | British |
| HAMMOND, Verka | Director | 2025-10-07 | Apr 1976 | British |
| HAMMONDS, Timothy | Director | 2022-07-08 | Oct 1973 | British |
| TOOZE, Catherine Jane | Director | 2014-04-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| VAN DER POEL, Yasmin Abigail Regina | Director | 2020-10-21 | Apr 1963 | British |
| WILKERSON, Clare Louise | Director | 2024-04-24 | Dec 1976 | British |
| WILKS, Samantha Joan | Director | 2018-06-08 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Ian Paul | Secretary | 2021-06-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| CHRISTOPHER, Nicola Karen | Secretary | 2013-09-24 | 2018-08-31 |
| NELSON, Emma | Secretary | 2018-11-29 | 2021-05-31 |
| TODD, Deborah | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| ANTHONY, Laura | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-02-09 |
| ANTHONY, Samuel Jack | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2016-02-09 |
| ARCHER, Mark David | Director | 2020-10-21 | 2025-10-01 |
| BARFOOT, John Robert | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-07-16 |
| BENNETT, Philippa | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2016-02-09 |
| BENSON, Timothy Charles | Director | 2020-10-21 | 2024-10-20 |
| BRINDLEY, Sue, Dr | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2021-12-31 |
| BURNET, Zoe Suzanne | Director | 2020-10-21 | 2021-07-15 |
| CLARKE, Helen | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2016-02-09 |
| COX, Stephen John | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DRAKE, Steve | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-12-12 |
| DUTTON, Susannah Rosemary Peta | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2021-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Amanda | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-02-09 |
| FORBES, Ann Marie | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2021-08-31 |
| FREEMAN, Janice | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-02-09 |
| GRAFTON, Stephen Michael | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2015-09-15 |
| GRAHAM, Irene Helen | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2022-07-19 |
| GRIFFITHS, Gary David | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-10-09 |
| HARDING, Paula Jane | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2020-10-19 |
| HARRISON, Arthur Paul | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2016-12-07 |
| HEATH, Paul | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-02-09 |
| KEOGH, Judith | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2021-09-09 |
| LIU, Kerry Ann | Director | 2022-02-07 | 2026-02-22 |
| LOVEDAY, Simon Calvert | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2021-12-31 |
| MASFIELD, Alison | Director | 2017-10-19 | 2018-02-26 |
| SANDHU, Su | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2016-02-09 |
| SANDHU, Suman | Director | 2018-11-16 | 2019-05-30 |
| SAVAGE, Graham | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2019-12-05 |
| TOOZE, Catherine Jane | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2013-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+5.4%
£13,579,009 £14,309,508
-
Cash
+3.4%
£1,099,013 £1,136,866
-
Net assets
+3.3%
£26,901,427 £27,793,423
-
Employees
+3.4%
234 242
-
Operating profit
-1,778.9%
-£15,807 -£297,004
-
Profit before tax
-1,778.9%
-£15,807 -£297,004
-
Wages
+3.1%
£7,699,046 £7,935,192
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