THE GOOD SHEPHERD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£256K
-36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+23.5% vs 2024
Employees
162
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£197K
-430.3% 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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £46,693 | -£191,771 | |
| Profit before tax | £59,590 | -£196,806 | |
| Net profit | £59,590 | -£196,806 | |
| Cash | £404,764 | £255,787 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,175,970 | £2,920,163 | |
| Net assets | £3,175,970 | £3,922,163 | |
| Equity | £3,175,970 | £3,922,163 | |
| Average employees | 160 | 162 | |
| Wages | £3,683,690 | £4,157,277 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | -6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.1% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 2.59x | -7.99x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saint & Co.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the 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 financial statements.”
Significant events
- “This year has been one of significant progress and change as we began to embed our new offer and operating model.”
- “We welcomed Rob Blake as our Deputy Chief Executive Officer specialising in school improvement, safeguarding and estate management.”
- “We also welcomed a new Head of Finance, People Partner, Governance Professional and CEO Executive Assistant.”
- “Throughout the year, we have partnered with a marketing team to design and launch a new website.”
- “We thanked and said goodbye to one of our directors Daniel Dennis and two of our executive leaders, Wendy Kendall and Mark Hazzard.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALLARD, Peter James, Revd Canon | Director | 2022-12-08 | Mar 1955 | British |
| BLAKE, Louise Edele | Director | 2022-03-24 | Nov 1981 | British |
| CHATER, Mark, Dr | Director | 2019-12-12 | Apr 1956 | British |
| CORLETT, Janette Marguerite | Director | 2025-03-20 | Feb 1957 | British |
| DAGLISH, Robert Andrew | Director | 2025-09-11 | Mar 1980 | British |
| MORRIS, Jane Fiona | Director | 2025-09-11 | Dec 1964 | British |
| PETTY, Richard James Agnew | Director | 2019-07-11 | Mar 1975 | British |
| TUDWAY, Charlotte Elizabeth | Director | 2022-12-08 | May 1976 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERKE, Alison | Secretary | 2014-12-04 | 2024-08-31 |
| RENDER, Claire | Secretary | 2024-08-31 | 2025-09-01 |
| APPLETON, Nigel | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2019-01-31 |
| CLARKE, Hilary Jane | Director | 2015-06-18 | 2023-01-26 |
| CORLETT, Janette Marguerite | Director | 2022-12-08 | 2023-02-01 |
| DENNIS, Daniel James, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2025-01-23 |
| FRASER, Stephen | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| FREEMAN, Patrick John | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2022-12-08 |
| HUGHES, Simon | Director | 2017-09-21 | 2022-08-31 |
| KEARNS, Christopher Sean | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2022-07-20 |
| KINGDON, Nigel William | Director | 2016-05-12 | 2018-08-31 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2021-03-25 | 2023-12-31 |
| MARTIN, Andrew John | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2021-09-28 |
| MARTIN, Andrew John | Director | 2018-03-22 | 2020-02-11 |
| MCLEAN, Claire | Director | 2017-09-21 | 2020-02-04 |
| MILL, Michael | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2020-01-23 |
| PRATT, Richard David, The Venerable Doctor | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2024-03-31 |
| PRATT, Richard David, Ven Dr | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2018-11-24 |
| RAYNER, William Martin Moorhouse | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2022-08-31 |
| REGAN, Maura, Dame | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2017-05-05 |
| ROSS, Vernon | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2021-09-30 |
| RUANE, Natalie | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2023-11-27 |
| SMITH, Elizabeth Marion, The Reverend Canon | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2016-12-31 |
| THRELKELD-BROWN, Sarah | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2016-01-02 |
| VIVASH, Peter Henry, Reverend | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2016-10-07 |
| WEEDON, Pamela Ann | Director | 2019-05-16 | 2021-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Of Carlisle | Legal person | Appoints directors | 2023-09-01 | Active |
| Chairman Of Carlisle Diocese Board Of Education | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2017-02-28 | Active |
| Lord Bishop Of Carlisle The Right Reverend James William Scobie Newcome | Legal person | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-31 |
| Carlisle Diocesan Board Of Finance Ltd | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-36.8%
£404,764 £255,787
-
Net assets
+23.5%
£3,175,970 £3,922,163
-
Employees
+1.3%
160 162
-
Operating profit
-510.7%
£46,693 -£191,771
-
Profit before tax
-430.3%
£59,590 -£196,806
-
Wages
+12.9%
£3,683,690 £4,157,277
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