AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Clive Owen LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Board composition changes including appointments of Penelope Norman (11 Dec 2024), Paul Rickeard (Apr 2025), Peter Noteyoung (Jun 2025), Alison Anderson (Jun 2025) and resignation of Joanne Dobson (Jun 2025). The Board increased to ten members, with Elizabeth Elwell appointed in Sep 2025.”
• “Craig Malarkey was appointed as a Member on 11th December 2024, and Chris Simmons received an MBE for services to education.”
• “Four OfSTED inspections during the period resulted in 'good' outcomes for Barnard Grove, Brougham, Crooksbarn, and Rosebrook Primary Schools.”
• “Deaf Hill and Kelloe Primary schools successfully completed their first full year within Ad Astra.”
• “Continued professional partnership with Ward Hadaway law firm.”
• “Annual Ad Astra 'Festival of Education' took place in June 2025, titled 'To the Stars Together: An Inclusive Learning Festival'.”
• “Two pupil collaboration events were held, including a 'Cooking Around the World' event and a sports event.”
• “Significant work undertaken to prepare for the launch of Ad Astra's SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) programme.”
• “Partnership with MAC Construction led to a significant grant award of £1.05 million from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme for boiler replacement schemes.”
• “The Trust was approached by Great British Energy Solar Partnership to install rooftop solar panels on several Ad Astra schools.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +2.5%

  £27,392,000 → £28,087,000

• Cash

  +1%

  £2,232,000 → £2,254,000

• Net assets

  +4%

  £33,802,000 → £35,139,000

• Employees

  +2.4%

  495 → 507

• Wages

  +4.9%

  £13,934,000 → £14,619,000

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