THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+44.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£104M
+59% vs 2024
Employees
739
+20.9% 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 | £31,003,000 | £83,634,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£524,000 | £39,023,000 | |
| Cash | £3,655,000 | £5,285,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £65,645,000 | £104,348,000 | |
| Net assets | £65,583,000 | £104,305,000 | |
| Equity | £65,583,000 | £104,305,000 | |
| Average employees | 611 | 739 | |
| Wages | £18,046,000 | £24,540,000 |
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 | -1.7% | 46.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.5% | 2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.61x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the 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
- “Hurstmere School transferred into the trust on 1 September 2024.”
- “The Rowans transferred into the trust on 1 February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASS, Simon Charles | Director | 2018-11-23 | Oct 1958 | British |
| BUTLER, Tina Louise | Director | 2025-03-25 | Aug 1978 | British |
| CLARKE, Lorraine | Director | 2025-03-25 | Nov 1969 | British |
| GILES, David | Director | 2016-11-28 | Jun 1946 | British |
| MCCOLGAN, Owen John | Director | 2020-01-01 | Jan 1988 | Irish |
| MCDONALD, Dan | Director | 2018-09-01 | May 1969 | British |
| RAMASWAMY, Arun Prasanth Venkataswamy | Director | 2025-03-19 | Oct 1984 | Indian |
| SHELDRAKE, Peter John | Director | 2025-03-22 | Apr 1959 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Kerry Patricia | Secretary | 2019-08-05 | 2021-03-20 |
| ARNOLD, Diane | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| BAKER, John | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| BROWN, Katrina Margaret | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2018-08-31 |
| CROUCHER, Trevor | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2018-08-31 |
| CUSACK, Donna | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2025-11-19 |
| DRIZEN, David John Malcolm | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2018-08-31 |
| DURCAN, Matthew Bernard | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| FINCHAM, Barbara Helen | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2018-08-31 |
| FRAY, Nigel Graeme | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| GREENING, Rebekah Yvonne | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-10-04 |
| HARMAN, Bevan Francis | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| HOODLESS, Marc William | Director | 2025-03-16 | 2025-11-19 |
| LING, Christopher David | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| MARCHANT, Tracy Karen | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| MARSHALL, Gillian | Director | 2017-11-15 | 2018-08-31 |
| MARSHALL, Gillian | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| MARTIN, Fiona Ann | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2019-11-15 |
| MCCOLGAN, Owen John | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2019-01-22 |
| MCKENNA, Roger James | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2021-09-16 |
| MOORE, Kelly | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| MORRIS, Paul Gwilym | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2019-12-31 |
| NASH, Nicola Ann | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2015-11-15 |
| NOTT, Caron | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2024-08-31 |
| RICHARDSON, John | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2018-05-08 |
| SNOOK, Paul Richard | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2015-09-21 |
| TAIT, Hannah | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2024-02-19 |
| WATSON, Joanne Louise | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2019-02-05 |
| ZALTZMAN, Richard Jonathan | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2020-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Alan Raymond Reed | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-01-01 | Ceased 2023-05-26 |
| Mr Alan John Norman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-01 | Ceased 2023-05-26 |
| Dr Chinwedu Juliet Ude | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-01-01 | Ceased 2023-05-26 |
| Mrs Joanne Louise Watson | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-10-05 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
| Mr Alan John Norman | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-10-05 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
| Professor Alan Raymond Reed | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-10-05 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
| Rev'D Nathan James Ward | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-10-08 | Ceased 2019-01-07 |
| Mrs Deanne Louise Daburn | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-06-28 | Ceased 2018-10-08 |
| Mrs Katrina Margaret Brown | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-05-16 | Ceased 2019-01-07 |
| Mr Alan John Norman | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-05-16 | Ceased 2019-01-07 |
| Mrs Katrina Margaret Brown | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2018-05-16 | Ceased 2018-10-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-04 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-
Turnover
+169.8%
£31,003,000 £83,634,000
-
Cash
+44.6%
£3,655,000 £5,285,000
-
Net assets
+59%
£65,583,000 £104,305,000
-
Employees
+20.9%
611 739
-
Wages
+36%
£18,046,000 £24,540,000
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