PPAT EDUCATION
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-26 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-12
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£27M
+31.9% vs 2024
Employees
490
+37.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-03-03
- PPAT EDUCATION 2026-03-03 → present
- PRESTON PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST 2015-10-09 → 2026-03-03
- PRESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST 2013-10-10 → 2015-10-09
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 | £11,476,230 | £15,336,546 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,663,474 | £6,354,180 | |
| Cash | £3,478,903 | £3,318,782 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,855,734 | £26,954,613 | |
| Net assets | £20,409,995 | £26,925,175 | |
| Equity | £20,409,995 | £26,925,175 | |
| Average employees | 357 | 490 | |
| Wages | £6,661,980 | £8,988,265 |
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 | 14.5% | 41.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.83x | 4.55x |
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
- Albert Goodman 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.”
Significant events
- “Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy joined the Trust on 1 April 2024”
- “Ash CofE Primary joined the Trust on 1 June 2024”
- “Evercreech CofE Primary joined the Trust on 1 December 2024”
- “Lovington CofE Primary joined the Trust on 1 December 2024”
- “Ilchester Primary joined the Trust on 1 June 2025”
- “PPAT amended their Articles of Association to Equality Articles which will allow VA designated schools to join the Trust with effect from 22nd January 2025.”
- “Butleigh C of E Primary School approved to join PPAT on the 1st November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Bernadette Anne | Director | 2013-10-10 | Sep 1957 | British |
| IDDON, Lucy | Director | 2023-04-01 | Sep 1996 | British |
| LEVEY, Peter Lionel | Director | 2013-10-10 | Dec 1947 | English |
| ORTON, Louise Jane | Director | 2017-03-10 | Apr 1969 | British |
| REED, Matthew, Dr | Director | 2024-09-25 | May 1970 | British |
| STRANGE, Peter James Alfred | Director | 2023-05-10 | Jul 1948 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAINES, Tracy | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2014-05-06 |
| HAMPSON, Michael Charles | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2015-07-09 |
| HODGSON, Claire Helen | Director | 2014-06-26 | 2018-08-31 |
| KEEN, Rebekah | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2016-03-24 |
| KERRIGAN, Michael Niall | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2025-05-08 |
| KIRBY, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2023-05-17 |
| MILLER, Alan John | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2016-04-13 |
| MURLEY, Paul Roger | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2023-10-04 |
| MURLEY, Paul Roger | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2015-06-22 |
| PERRIS, Anthony, Reverend | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2016-08-31 |
| PERRY, Jane Adele | Director | 2025-11-01 | 2026-04-20 |
| RENDELL, Clyde Russell | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2015-06-18 |
| SCHAFFER, Susan | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2026-01-12 |
| WEEKS, Kerry Symone | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2020-01-29 |
| WESTON, Andrew James | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2018-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2026-03-03 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2026-03-03 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2025-02-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-03-03 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2026-03-03 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+33.6%
£11,476,230 £15,336,546
-
Cash
-4.6%
£3,478,903 £3,318,782
-
Net assets
+31.9%
£20,409,995 £26,925,175
-
Employees
+37.3%
357 490
-
Wages
+34.9%
£6,661,980 £8,988,265
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