GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-17 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-03
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+27.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+11.9% vs 2024
Employees
119
-4% 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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5 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £3,448,710 | £3,687,281 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£192,199 | £1,058,486 | |
| Cash | £949,244 | £1,211,771 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,384,349 | £9,380,154 | |
| Net assets | £8,376,778 | £9,374,265 | |
| Equity | £8,376,778 | £9,374,265 | |
| Average employees | 124 | 119 | |
| Wages | £2,385,816 | £2,322,272 |
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 | -5.6% | 28.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.09x | 5.64x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MWS Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the Summer 2025, the academy commenced a CIF led project to replace the school roof and will be contributing £51,268 from school reserves.”
- “The academy will also be making a further CIF project application in 25/26 for fire safety projects and will be contributing funds to support the bid.”
- “Planning permission was obtained in 24/25 for a MUGA development. Trustees are committed to investigating proceeding with this capital investment which will be funded through existing reserves.”
- “Further ICT investment is planned together with a replacement of the telephony system c £20,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNEY, Martin John | Director | 2019-06-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| BLAKESLEY, Guy | Director | 2014-06-03 | Jan 1967 | British |
| FENWICK, Kathryn | Director | 2024-05-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| FERNON, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2019-04-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
| GOLDSTONE, Ryan James | Director | 2026-02-10 | Apr 1993 | British |
| GREEN, Richard Mark | Director | 2014-07-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| HEATHCOTE, Michelle | Director | 2014-07-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| LUPTON, Ryan | Director | 2024-05-01 | Jun 1983 | British |
| MARSH, Chancy Ellen, Dr | Director | 2026-02-04 | Oct 1982 | British |
| MAXWELL, Abbey Charlotte Ann | Director | 2026-03-03 | Aug 1987 | British |
| PITT, Naomi | Director | 2019-04-01 | Jan 1983 | British |
| WARD, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2026-02-09 | Oct 1988 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Matthew David | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-07-13 |
| BRIGDEN, Adam Vincent | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2018-03-02 |
| BUTCHER, James Spencer | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2015-02-26 |
| COOPER, Stephen James | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2019-09-24 |
| DOUGLAS, Jane Alison | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2019-03-03 |
| FOSTER, Richard David | Director | 2014-06-03 | 2020-11-19 |
| FULLER, Mark Howard | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-01-22 |
| HOLLAND-MARTIN, Mandy Elizabeth | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-02-26 |
| HOOPER, Faye Ellen | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2022-01-19 |
| LEVY, Kara Maureen | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-04-21 |
| MARK, Sarah Jane | Director | 2014-11-25 | 2018-05-17 |
| OSBOURN, Thomas James | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-01-22 |
| PRITCHARD, Graham John | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2025-07-13 |
| PRITCHARD, Graham John | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2021-06-01 |
| REYNOLDS, Andrew James | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2020-10-06 |
| SUTTON, Lee David | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-04-21 |
| WARD, Ian Howard | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alan John Simpson | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2024-10-22 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mrs Karen Dawn Vassallo | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2024-09-24 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mr Andrew James Reynolds | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2020-11-19 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mr John Barry Naylor | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-06-01 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mr Guy Blakesley | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mr Richard David Foster | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2020-11-19 |
| Mr Stephen James Cooper | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2019-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+6.9%
£3,448,710 £3,687,281
-
Cash
+27.7%
£949,244 £1,211,771
-
Net assets
+11.9%
£8,376,778 £9,374,265
-
Employees
-4%
124 119
-
Wages
-2.7%
£2,385,816 £2,322,272
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