MANOR HALL ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-13 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+29% vs 2024
Net assets
£91M
+3.1% vs 2024
Employees
831
+12.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15K
-98.5% 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 | £39,479,316 | £44,440,713 | |
| Operating profit | £1,287,287 | £65,928 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,028,030 | £15,449 | |
| Net profit | £22,820,137 | £3,289,920 | |
| Cash | £9,494,090 | £12,246,631 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £89,223,722 | £91,491,237 | |
| Net assets | £88,664,848 | £91,418,768 | |
| Equity | £88,664,848 | £91,418,768 | |
| Average employees | 741 | 831 | |
| Wages | £22,695,813 | £26,321,311 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 57.8% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.8% | 9.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.37x | 1.84x | |
| Interest cover | 3.33x | 0.26x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- 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
- “The Manor Hall Academy Trust (MHAT) operates the academies documented below. Its academies have a combined pupil capacity of 1,395 planned places and had 1,416 pupils on roll on of May 2025, Summer census day.”
- “The MHAT Board completed an internal review of the Board of Trustees in spring 2024 including a 360 review. The review was highly informative and gave the Board several action points to further develop excellent governance.”
- “During the recent audit period, the Trust made significant improvements in energy efficiency, leading to reductions in gas, electricity, and transport fuel consumption. These reductions are attributed to structural upgrades and operational changes.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLWOOD, Alec John | Secretary | 2022-09-26 | — | — |
| CHRISTEY, Jason | Director | 2022-12-14 | Nov 1974 | British |
| COLEMAN, John Paul | Director | 2024-12-19 | Oct 1964 | British |
| EDWARDS, John Frederick Owen | Director | 2017-07-20 | Aug 1955 | British |
| FITCHETT, John Edward | Director | 2020-04-01 | May 1959 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Simon William | Director | 2024-12-19 | Aug 1961 | British |
| HARRISON, Philip Roy | Director | 2024-12-19 | May 1975 | British |
| HUGHES, Amanda Jane | Director | 2018-07-13 | Feb 1961 | British |
| LEVEY, Aaron Sheldon | Director | 2024-12-19 | Apr 1991 | British |
| MOSEDALE, Heidi Louise | Director | 2026-03-10 | Jan 1967 | British |
| SMITH, Simon Richard | Director | 2020-11-25 | Feb 1956 | British |
| THORNTON, Nicholas David | Director | 2021-03-31 | Jan 1988 | British |
| VEERAPPAPILLAY, Pouvanen | Director | 2023-11-08 | Oct 1978 | Mauritian |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWLOR, Trina Dawn | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | 2022-09-25 |
| ALEXANDER, John | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2024-11-24 |
| ASH, Amanda Jane | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| BARDON, Stephen | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2022-07-20 |
| BARDON, Stephen | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2017-12-01 |
| CHESHIRE, Margaret Young | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2024-03-01 |
| CORFIELD, Sue | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2018-01-01 |
| GAMBLE, Geoffrey | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2017-12-01 |
| GLANDFIELD, John Elgar | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2022-12-14 |
| HOGG, Peter Michael | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| HUMPHRIES, David Jeffrey | Director | 2017-05-27 | 2018-01-01 |
| JOHNSON, Jennifer Elizabeth | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2023-03-04 |
| LILLEY, Clive Edwin | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| PATTINSON-EVANS, Jean | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2015-11-30 |
| PEARSON, Christina Winifred Katherine | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-11-25 |
| PEARSON, Christina Winifred Katherine | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| PICKLES, John Robert | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| REDGATE, Richard William | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| REDGATE, Richard William | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2024-09-01 |
| RUTTER, Karen | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| SPREADBURY, Paul | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| SPROAT, Malcolm John | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-12-01 |
| TURNBULL, James | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-10-01 |
| WHIBLEY, Paul Richard | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-11-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+12.6%
£39,479,316 £44,440,713
-
Cash
+29%
£9,494,090 £12,246,631
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£88,664,848 £91,418,768
-
Employees
+12.1%
741 831
-
Operating profit
-94.9%
£1,287,287 £65,928
-
Profit before tax
-98.5%
£1,028,030 £15,449
-
Wages
+16%
£22,695,813 £26,321,311
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