INNOVATE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-12 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+27.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+6.5% vs 2024
Employees
180
-0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£983K
+52.2% vs 2024
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 | £5,487,000 | £6,112,000 | |
| Operating profit | £646,000 | £983,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £646,000 | £983,000 | |
| Net profit | £646,000 | £983,000 | |
| Cash | £1,181,000 | £1,503,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,353,000 | £15,340,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,302,000 | £15,235,000 | |
| Equity | £14,302,000 | £15,235,000 | |
| Average employees | 181 | 180 | |
| Wages | £3,704,000 | £3,977,000 |
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 | 11.8% | 16.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 16.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 3.56x | |
| Interest cover | 107.67x | 57.82x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the multi academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Exec HOS structure across Paulerspury & Rothersthorpe from Sep 2024.”
- “Three successful Ofsted inspections, with one school attaining 'Good' following two RI judgements previously.”
- “School based Nursery Grant at Paulerspury secured and new preschool opened in September 2025.”
- “Reduced Finance team structure and improved efficiencies.”
- “Restructured premises team, all centralised employees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISHWICK, Heather | Secretary | 2022-06-06 | — | — |
| ASCROFT, Ian George | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jul 1983 | British |
| BANKS, Peter Harold | Director | 2014-06-04 | Sep 1947 | British |
| BIRD, Giles Edward Angliss | Director | 2023-11-29 | Aug 1970 | British |
| FALVEY, Karen Margaret | Director | 2016-12-12 | May 1967 | British |
| HOLMES, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2020-09-23 | Jan 1960 | British |
| KITCHEN, Cath | Director | 2023-02-22 | Mar 1961 | British |
| LIFFORD, Terry | Director | 2014-06-04 | Jan 1945 | British |
| READ, Andrew James | Director | 2025-02-14 | Oct 1968 | British |
| SANCHEZ-THOMPSON, Joanne Caroline | Director | 2022-06-03 | Jan 1962 | British |
| SMITHSON, Jordan | Director | 2024-01-08 | Dec 1997 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAVELL, Lucy Marie | Secretary | 2016-09-01 | 2022-06-06 |
| KERRISON, Laura Michelle | Secretary | 2014-09-30 | 2016-08-15 |
| LEE, Dawn | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | 2016-10-10 |
| STOTT, Hilary | Secretary | 2019-12-04 | 2019-12-04 |
| ABBOTT, Robert James | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-09-26 |
| BARNETT, Anna Patricia | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2019-09-23 |
| BROWN, Ian Crossland | Director | 2018-09-26 | 2019-07-19 |
| EVANS, Lindsey | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-07-10 |
| EVANS, Lindsey | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2019-09-02 |
| FARMER, Angus Jeremy | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2015-03-12 |
| FREEMAN, Catherine Anne | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2016-12-12 |
| GORINGE, Peter William | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2016-04-20 |
| HARRIS, Michael Anthony | Director | 2016-12-12 | 2018-09-26 |
| HOUGH ROBINSON, Miranda Patricia | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2017-03-23 |
| HOWDEN, Andrew Laurence | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2019-10-22 |
| KERR, Andrew Simon David | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2022-09-05 |
| OWEN, Richard Charles | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2022-11-12 |
| SMITH, Jennie | Director | 2015-11-12 | 2017-04-19 |
| SPENCELEY, Douglas | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2023-04-24 |
| STAWT, Lucy Elizabeth | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2019-03-19 |
| WILLS, Mike | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2017-07-19 |
| WINCOTT, Ellen Janet | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2017-11-13 |
| WITHEYMAN, Antony Glyn | Director | 2014-06-04 | 2023-09-01 |
| THE DIOCESE OF PETERBOROUGH | Corporate Director | 2016-04-20 | 2025-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+11.4%
£5,487,000 £6,112,000
-
Cash
+27.3%
£1,181,000 £1,503,000
-
Net assets
+6.5%
£14,302,000 £15,235,000
-
Employees
-0.6%
181 180
-
Operating profit
+52.2%
£646,000 £983,000
-
Profit before tax
+52.2%
£646,000 £983,000
-
Wages
+7.4%
£3,704,000 £3,977,000
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