THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
459
-3.2% 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 1 time since incorporation
- THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST 2015-10-09 → present
- THE DS ACADEMIES TRUST 2013-10-23 → 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 | £25,543,000 | £26,695,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£335,000 | £120,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£335,000 | £120,000 | |
| Cash | £4,132,000 | £3,811,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,768,000 | £19,601,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,024,000 | £19,369,000 | |
| Equity | £18,024,000 | £19,369,000 | |
| Average employees | 474 | 459 | |
| Wages | £15,604,000 | £16,230,000 |
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 | -1.3% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.1% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.00x | 3.97x | |
| Interest cover | -1.73x | 0.42x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Forecasts for the 2025/26 year indicates that it has sufficient funds to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The recent year's significant change has been the move from delegated authority to Local Governing Bodies that no longer operate within our academies.”
- “A further 3 schools will be joining the trust in Autumn 2025. All three schools are based in Barnsley. Two of the schools are re-brokered; Elsecar Holy Trinity CofE primary academy and All Saints Academy. The Ellis CofE primary school is due to convert from the local authority.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAIR, Alison Joy | Director | 2024-06-12 | Nov 1968 | British |
| ALLARD, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2024-06-14 | Jul 1978 | British |
| EDWARDS, Joanna Rose | Director | 2026-03-19 | Jun 1978 | British |
| GOODISON, Jennifer Susan | Director | 2026-03-20 | Aug 1977 | British |
| MOORE, David John | Director | 2022-10-10 | Jun 1980 | British |
| OSBORNE, Paulette, Dr | Director | 2026-03-19 | Feb 1965 | British |
| THOMAS, William Huw | Director | 2013-10-23 | Jan 1965 | Welsh |
| WHEELER, Mark | Director | 2014-09-01 | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADCOCK, Heidi Jane | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-10-05 |
| AINSWORTH, Peter Francis, Emeritus Professor | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-07-14 |
| BLACKWELL, Russell Thomas | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2015-04-13 |
| BREWERTON, Andy, Rev | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-10-04 |
| BUXTON, Lindsey-Jane | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2026-01-03 |
| DUGMORE, James Robert | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2024-08-31 |
| HAWKSWORTH, Yvette Serita | Director | 2014-09-09 | 2017-11-14 |
| KEIGHTLEY, Nicholas James | Director | 2016-05-10 | 2021-10-31 |
| LINTIN, Zoe Nicola | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-12-19 |
| MBA, Charity Isimeme | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2024-08-31 |
| PEACE, Robert | Director | 2022-10-10 | 2026-03-06 |
| RANDALL, Pamela Margaret | Director | 2013-10-23 | 2016-05-10 |
| TOWERS, Nevine | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-01-30 |
| WALDRON, Andrew | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2024-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Huw Thomas | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-07 |
| Reverend Melanie Anne Fitzgerald | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-07 |
| The Right Reverend Peter Burrows | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+4.5%
£25,543,000 £26,695,000
-
Cash
-7.8%
£4,132,000 £3,811,000
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£18,024,000 £19,369,000
-
Employees
-3.2%
474 459
-
Operating profit
+135.8%
-£335,000 £120,000
-
Wages
+4%
£15,604,000 £16,230,000
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