IRONSTONE ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+10.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+3.5% vs 2024
Employees
241
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £10,862,000 | £11,409,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£223,000 | £364,000 | |
| Cash | £1,579,000 | £1,743,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,523,000 | £10,887,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,523,000 | £10,887,000 | |
| Equity | £10,523,000 | £10,887,000 | |
| Average employees | 251 | 241 | |
| Wages | £6,204,000 | £6,211,000 |
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 | -2.1% | 3.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 3.46x |
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
- Anderson Barrowcliff Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the academy trust's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Trust has just completed the first year of its second two-year Strategy. Trustees received a detailed report on the progress made in the 5 Critical Success factors that had been identified; progress was positive in all 5. The plan for the second strategy was completed in April 2024; it was written by Trustees and senior leaders.”
- “An External Review of Governance took place in the summer of 2023. The Trust has successfully implemented the recommendations to further improve its Governance arrangements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADDISON, Lesley | Director | 2014-05-14 | Jan 1975 | British |
| ATKIN, David John | Director | 2016-10-04 | Apr 1942 | British |
| CARTER, Richard Michael | Director | 2016-10-04 | Dec 1953 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen David | Director | 2016-10-04 | Jul 1950 | British |
| FAULKNER, Carl | Director | 2014-05-14 | May 1967 | British |
| HARRISON, Emma Jane | Director | 2024-12-12 | Jul 1982 | British |
| HOLMES, Darren Brian | Director | 2022-03-01 | May 1965 | British |
| NEARY, Natasha, Dr | Director | 2025-03-20 | Sep 1991 | British |
| ROBINSON, Peter Charles | Director | 2016-10-04 | May 1946 | British |
| SMITH, Theresa Michelle | Director | 2019-03-14 | Sep 1975 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARWELL, Carol | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-08-31 |
| CLARK, Christopher | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2014-10-22 |
| COCHRANE, Susan Margaret | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2014-11-18 |
| CONNOR, Gillian | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2015-08-31 |
| CRADDY, Ian | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-10-04 |
| D'INVERNO, Natasha | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-10-04 |
| DEEN, Karen | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2024-05-16 |
| IVES, Dorothy Ann | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2017-02-23 |
| JAMES, Jennie | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2015-03-08 |
| LAVERICK, Sarah Jane | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-10-04 |
| LLOYD, Suzanne | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-10-04 |
| NICHOLSON, Susan Jayne | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2020-03-05 |
| NOTEYOUNG, Lisa Evelyn | Director | 2021-02-02 | 2021-11-16 |
| STOGDALE, Andrew Peter | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-10-04 |
| WATCHAM, Amanda | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2014-05-31 |
| WHITFIELD, Matthew | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2017-12-06 |
| WOOD, Kenneth | Director | 2014-05-14 | 2016-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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%
£10,862,000 £11,409,000
-
Cash
+10.4%
£1,579,000 £1,743,000
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£10,523,000 £10,887,000
-
Employees
-4%
251 241
-
Wages
+0.1%
£6,204,000 £6,211,000
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