GREAT WESTERN ACADEMY LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Auditor

Moore (South) LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees are focused on the education of young people in Swindon. The board of trustees is satisfied that the academy trust has a good reputation in Swindon, a long waiting list in Years 7 to 11 and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Academy has used it's funds prudently but has not shirked away from buying equipment and resources needed to deliver the curriculum. For this reason it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Our 2024 results were very strong on the headline benchmarks of E&M 5+, 4+ and A8.”
• “Our Attainment 8 score was 45.5, better than the local average.”
• “At A Level, 20% of grades in the summer of 2025 were A*-A, 39% A*-B, and 72% A*-C.”
• “Year 13 students again all progressed to positive destinations, including Oxford and other Russell group universities and prestigious apprenticeships.”
• “Student attendance remained the best of Swindon secondary schools.”
• “The Academy remained heavily over-subscribed, with waiting lists for entry into years 7 to 11.”
• “Recruitment strategies to year 12 were successful taking the Sixth Form to 211 students overall.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +14.9%

  £6,481,739 → £7,446,077

• Cash

  -4.4%

  £963,528 → £921,150

• Net assets

  -2.9%

  £20,414,922 → £19,829,363

• Employees

  0%

  122 → 122

• Profit before tax

  -32.2%

  -£364,183 → -£481,559

• Wages

  +15.2%

  £3,915,153 → £4,510,314

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