DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+49.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+6% vs 2024
Employees
1,323
+8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-91.6% 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 | £67,481,228 | £62,169,988 | |
| Operating profit | £17,039,473 | £1,427,611 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,039,473 | £1,427,611 | |
| Net profit | £17,039,473 | £1,427,611 | |
| Cash | £4,305,467 | £6,443,912 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,886,176 | £20,844,787 | |
| Net assets | £19,669,176 | £20,844,787 | |
| Equity | £19,669,176 | £20,844,787 | |
| Average employees | 1,221 | 1,323 | |
| Wages | £28,858,975 | £34,393,015 |
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 | 25.3% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 25.3% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 85.7% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.0% | 16.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 96.27x | 5.49x |
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
- Auditor
- Moore (South) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Board of Trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Significant events
- “The Trustees have had regard to the matters set out in section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 in performing their duties. In particular, they have considered the long-term consequences of decisions, the interests of employees, relationships with suppliers and customers, the impact on the community and environment, and the need to maintain high standards of business conduct.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Nicholas Roger, Reverend Doctor | Director | 2025-07-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| HAMILL, Angela Frances | Director | 2018-11-20 | Sep 1962 | British |
| HEPBURN, Philip John | Director | 2020-11-04 | Oct 1956 | British |
| HURST, Lesley Anne | Director | 2024-09-01 | Apr 1980 | British |
| MANLY, Timothy John | Director | 2018-09-20 | Feb 1964 | British |
| PHIPPS, Mathew Jamie David, Father | Director | 2025-03-14 | Oct 1976 | British |
| ROBERTS, Amanda Jane | Director | 2024-12-10 | Jun 1959 | British |
| STANBRIDGE, James William | Director | 2020-11-04 | May 1964 | British |
| TAUNT, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2019-06-20 | Apr 1957 | British |
| WILKINSON, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-10-04 | Mar 1962 | British |
| WYKEMAN, Nicolas Alexander Ulrich | Director | 2025-04-24 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, Darren John | Secretary | 2016-11-18 | 2021-07-09 |
| JACKSON, Michael Geoffrey | Secretary | 2014-09-05 | 2015-04-20 |
| SAUNDERS, Joanna Mary | Secretary | 2021-07-10 | 2021-11-15 |
| SCARFIELD, Jill | Secretary | 2015-04-20 | 2016-11-18 |
| CANE, Anthony William, Canon Dr | Director | 2015-01-06 | 2019-01-05 |
| CHALK, Fiona Anne | Director | 2020-11-04 | 2021-01-29 |
| COE, Michael Stephen | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2018-08-31 |
| CRISTIN, Trevor David | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2024-08-31 |
| HARPER, Martin Nigel | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2018-08-31 |
| HOLT, Kathleen Ann, Canon Dr | Director | 2015-04-10 | 2018-09-19 |
| IRVINE-CAPEL, Luke Thomas, Archdeacon | Director | 2019-09-13 | 2025-01-10 |
| KINRADE, Nicol, Reverend | Director | 2021-11-10 | 2022-10-16 |
| LODER, Hilary Marion | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2018-08-31 |
| PARR, Graham Duncan, Dr | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2017-08-31 |
| PAYNE, William Idris Griffin | Director | 2020-05-21 | 2026-02-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Sarah Jane Hood | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2015-03-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Sharon Dawn | Director | 2020-11-04 | 2025-07-31 |
| SIMS, Katherine Ann | Director | 2015-03-11 | 2020-02-26 |
| SURGEON, Marilyn Elaine | Director | 2018-02-22 | 2020-07-21 |
| WARD, Timothy John Conisbee | Director | 2015-05-12 | 2019-05-12 |
| WEBB, Reginald Vallance | Director | 2020-11-04 | 2024-12-31 |
| WILLIAMSON, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-11-27 | 2019-12-12 |
| WYKEMAN, Nick | Director | 2024-12-10 | 2025-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diocese Of Chichester Education Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-09-03 | Ceased 2021-12-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-7.9%
£67,481,228 £62,169,988
-
Cash
+49.7%
£4,305,467 £6,443,912
-
Net assets
+6%
£19,669,176 £20,844,787
-
Employees
+8.4%
1,221 1,323
-
Operating profit
-91.6%
£17,039,473 £1,427,611
-
Profit before tax
-91.6%
£17,039,473 £1,427,611
-
Wages
+19.2%
£28,858,975 £34,393,015
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