OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-26 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-16.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+62.9% vs 2024
Employees
683
-13.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD 2020-01-31 → present
- ST LUKE ACADEMIES TRUST 2015-02-12 → 2020-01-31
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 | £30,599,568 | £32,669,259 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£782,516 | -£370,313 | |
| Cash | £5,314,205 | £4,454,098 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,414,021 | £3,941,646 | |
| Net assets | £2,417,244 | £3,937,931 | |
| Equity | £2,417,244 | £3,937,931 | |
| Average employees | 789 | 683 | |
| Wages | £17,851,934 | £17,849,620 |
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 | -2.6% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.0% | 36.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.46x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of Directors 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.”
Group structure
- OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD · parent
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School
- St Brendan's Catholic Primary School
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary School
- St Joseph's & St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
- Thomas Becket Catholic School
- St Thomas More Catholic Secondary School
Significant events
- “preparations for the opening of a new school in Bedford (St Francis of Assisi)”
- “From 1 September 2025 St Joseph's and St Gregory's Catholic Primary School becomes St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School operating on the site off Biddenham Turn Bedford.”
- “Name change of the school took place in May 2025 to keep in line with Catholic faith and values.”
- “The Trust entered into a new 2-year fixed contract for Gas and Electricity in September 2025, this has protected the Trust from the volatility of the energy market.”
- “Catering Services - transitioned Thomas More Secondary School to an outsourced catering contract to align with other Trust schools”
- “Payroll/HR System - the Trust procured for an outsourced Payroll Service and HR System to maximise efficiency and achieve value for money”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATERHOUSE, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-01-31 | — | — |
| BOND, Ilona Catherine | Director | 2023-12-01 | Jul 1955 | British |
| BURNS, Joseph | Director | 2021-04-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| DONNELLAN, Christopher John | Director | 2020-02-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| LEONG, Catherine Juliet | Director | 2020-02-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| NELSON, William | Director | 2020-02-01 | Jul 1951 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS, Joseph | Director | 2019-09-05 | 2020-02-01 |
| CUDDIHY, Pauline | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2016-09-06 |
| CULLEN, Lorraine Ann, Dr | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2019-09-01 |
| DEBERTOL, Lucia | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| FLETTON, Antonina | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2018-12-19 |
| GALLAGHER, Donna | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2020-02-01 |
| GARDINER, Paul Joseph | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2018-05-01 |
| HAYES, Marie | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2019-02-28 |
| HILL, Robert Andrew | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2021-03-17 |
| KILSBY, Anna Clare | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2021-03-17 |
| KILSBY, Anna Clare | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-02-01 |
| LALLY, Dermot Thomas | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-02-01 |
| LEONG, Catherine Juliet | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2020-02-01 |
| MCAULEY, Eamonn Brendan | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-02-01 |
| MITFORD-BARBERTON, Mt | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2016-09-06 |
| NEESON, Paul, Dr | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2020-02-01 |
| NELSON, William | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2020-02-01 |
| ROBINSON, Susan Maureen | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-06-28 |
| SMITH, Clare | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-02-01 |
| SWEENEY, Brian | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2020-02-01 |
| VAUGHAN, Nicola Ann | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2019-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop David James Oakley | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2022-02-12 | Active |
| Dr Lorraine Cullen | Legal person | Significant influence | 2019-09-01 | Ceased 2019-09-01 |
| Mrs Nicola Ann Vaughan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-31 |
| Susan Maureen Robinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-28 |
| Duns Scotus Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
+6.8%
£30,599,568 £32,669,259
-
Cash
-16.2%
£5,314,205 £4,454,098
-
Net assets
+62.9%
£2,417,244 £3,937,931
-
Employees
-13.4%
789 683
-
Wages
0%
£17,851,934 £17,849,620
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