DRB IGNITE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-12 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+38.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£62M
+5.8% vs 2024
Employees
603
-4.6% 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 | £28,121,519 | £32,238,050 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £13,550,527 | £218,343 | |
| Cash | £2,979,246 | £4,124,763 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,162,183 | £61,754,665 | |
| Net assets | £58,192,226 | £61,584,569 | |
| Equity | £58,192,226 | £61,584,569 | |
| Average employees | 632 | 603 | |
| Wages | £15,440,405 | £17,380,502 |
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 | 48.2% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.70x | 2.37x |
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
- Feltons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorization for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that there are no material uncertainties about the multi academy trust’s ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2024-25, the Trust invested £900,000 in estates improvement projects, enhancing the quality, safety, and sustainability of our school buildings.”
- “In 2024-25, four schools were inspected - The Oval, Hob Green, Princethorpe Infants and Wychall. All achieved at least a ‘Good’ judgement, with Princethorpe Infants judged ‘Outstanding’ overall.”
- “As of July 2025, all Trust schools are graded ‘Good’ or better, either through Ofsted inspection or validated Self-Evaluation Frameworks (SEFs), with the exception of Hawbush Primary.”
- “In 2025, 91.10% (3,497 pupils) have been educated in ‘Good’ schools, with 3.50% (136 pupils) in ‘Outstanding’ provision. No pupils are now in schools graded below ‘Good’.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, Hassan | Director | 2025-03-03 | Apr 1989 | British |
| BOWATER, Robert | Director | 2021-07-12 | May 1971 | English |
| EGERSDORFF, Sue | Director | 2023-09-01 | Aug 1959 | English |
| GAI, Basiru, Dr | Director | 2025-03-03 | Apr 1979 | Gambian |
| GRAY, Justin | Director | 2025-02-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Catherine | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1956 | English |
| MCDERMOTT, John | Director | 2021-07-12 | Dec 1977 | English |
| MILLARD, Cheryl Anne | Director | 2015-07-06 | Feb 1950 | British |
| PETERS, David John | Director | 2019-07-08 | Nov 1951 | English |
| RANDALL, Viv | Director | 2015-07-06 | Jan 1954 | British |
| SHELDON, David | Director | 2017-08-31 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGLEY, David Joseph | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2017-07-11 |
| BOWATER, Robert John | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2017-07-11 |
| CONNELL, Therese Ann | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2017-07-11 |
| EGERSDORF, Susan | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2017-07-11 |
| ELAHI, Mahbub | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-03-03 |
| GALLAGHER, Catherine Julie | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2022-11-29 |
| HANIF, Sadia | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-09-07 |
| JACKSON, Martin David | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2020-07-03 |
| JAMES, Andrew | Director | 2016-03-16 | 2017-07-11 |
| JONES, Linda Jane | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2018-07-17 |
| KNIGHT, Sharon | Director | 2018-07-17 | 2020-01-07 |
| MARTIN, Richard Alan | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| MCCABE, Kevin | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2021-10-07 |
| MORRISON, Helen | Director | 2014-10-28 | 2016-11-29 |
| PETERS, Bernard James | Director | 2018-03-20 | 2024-07-31 |
| SWAIN, Ian | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2020-12-18 |
| WHITTINGTON, Christopher Ian Benedict | Director | 2015-07-06 | 2017-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Shaukat Islam | Individual | Appoints directors | 2025-02-01 | Active |
| Miss Charlotte Brookfield | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-11-08 | Active |
| Mr Malcolm John Drummond Frier | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-07-12 | Active |
| Mr Tim Reid | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-07-12 | Active |
| Mr David Sheldon | Individual | Appoints directors | 2018-07-17 | Active |
| Margaret Rose James | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-08-31 | Ceased 2021-07-12 |
| Mr John Mcdermott | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-08-31 | Ceased 2021-07-12 |
| Mr Martin David Jackson | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-08-31 | Ceased 2020-07-03 |
| Mr David Joseph Bagley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+14.6%
£28,121,519 £32,238,050
-
Cash
+38.4%
£2,979,246 £4,124,763
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£58,192,226 £61,584,569
-
Employees
-4.6%
632 603
-
Wages
+12.6%
£15,440,405 £17,380,502
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