SPARKEN HILL ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-20 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-06
Watchouts
Cash
£736K
-13.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
90
+8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£21K
-113.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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4 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 | £3,565,597 | £3,886,544 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £152,800 | -£20,534 | |
| Net profit | £152,800 | -£20,534 | |
| Cash | £849,584 | £736,153 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,632,217 | £8,572,683 | |
| Net assets | £8,447,217 | £8,572,683 | |
| Equity | £8,447,217 | £8,572,683 | |
| Average employees | 83 | 90 | |
| Wages | £1,925,101 | £2,078,800 |
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 | 4.3% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.04x | 2.88x |
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
- Streets Audit 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A particular highlight of 2024-25 has been our dance group's exceptional achievement in reaching the NATIONAL finals of the 'Great Big Dance Off' - a nationwide primary schools competition held in Oxford.”
- “Our ArtsMark Silver Award, achieved during 2024-25, further validates our commitment to creative arts excellence.”
- “The March 2023 Ofsted inspection confirmed the Academy's continued "Good" status, marking over 20 consecutive years of maintaining this standard or above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DASHPER, Vicky Marie | Secretary | 2014-10-06 | — | — |
| BLAND, Michael John | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| BUNN, Lisa | Director | 2025-09-29 | Jul 1983 | British |
| CARTER, Donna Louise | Director | 2020-06-25 | Nov 1972 | British |
| COLLINS, Ryan | Director | 2025-10-16 | Jun 1985 | British |
| EDEN, Graham | Director | 2025-09-29 | Jan 1990 | British |
| GAWTHORPE, Phillip | Director | 2014-10-06 | Apr 1952 | British |
| LILLEY, Richard Thomas | Director | 2014-10-06 | Dec 1970 | British |
| MIDDLETON, Clare | Director | 2016-06-23 | Jun 1972 | British |
| PHOENIX, Kate | Director | 2022-05-11 | Jun 1979 | British |
| PIMM, Mary | Director | 2024-01-25 | May 1954 | British |
| SPARKS, Susan | Director | 2017-07-06 | Jul 1958 | British |
| WICHMANN, Sian | Director | 2022-03-21 | Jul 1987 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Marie Norton | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2025-07-24 |
| BEATTIE, Carole | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-10-29 |
| BLOOMER, Nicola | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2018-02-15 |
| BROOKS, Victoria | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2023-09-21 |
| BUFFREY, Anita Jane | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-08-31 |
| BURNELL, Matthew Reece | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2019-07-15 |
| CUTTS, Marion Susan | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2022-09-12 |
| FLOWER, Urshula | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2022-08-31 |
| GOUGH, David Richard | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| HATTERSLEY, Roger | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2017-05-03 |
| HAZLEHURST, Leemah | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2022-04-20 |
| HEATON, Kirsty | Director | 2024-07-18 | 2025-09-01 |
| HEATON, Kirsty | Director | 2024-01-25 | 2024-11-19 |
| HEMSHALL, John | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2018-10-31 |
| HOLMES, Lesley | Director | 2018-11-23 | 2022-02-16 |
| KILROE, Angela | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2017-01-06 |
| KITCHEN, Kathleen | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-06-05 |
| PADLEY, Tracey | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2018-10-01 |
| PATON, Mary | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-06-06 |
| PHILLIPSON, Annette | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2020-08-31 |
| RODGERS, Emma | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2022-05-11 |
| SHEPHARD, John Charles | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2021-09-01 |
| TURNER, Nigel | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2025-05-05 |
| WALKER, Frances | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Charles Shephard | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2025-02-06 |
| Mrs Frances Walker | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2025-02-06 |
| Mr David Richard Gough | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-01 | Ceased 2025-02-06 |
| Mrs Lesley Holmes | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-23 | Ceased 2021-09-01 |
| Mrs Annette Phillipson | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-31 | Ceased 2020-08-31 |
| Mrs Marion Susan Cutts | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-06 |
| Mr Phillip Gawthorpe | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-01 |
| Mr John Hemshall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+9%
£3,565,597 £3,886,544
-
Cash
-13.4%
£849,584 £736,153
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£8,447,217 £8,572,683
-
Employees
+8.4%
83 90
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Profit before tax
-113.4%
£152,800 -£20,534
-
Wages
+8%
£1,925,101 £2,078,800
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