ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+53.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£74M
+45.9% vs 2024
Employees
506
+84.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ORCHARD LEARNING ALLIANCE 2022-08-05 → present
- WAINGELS ACADEMIES TRUST 2015-06-02 → 2022-08-05
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 | £36,872,129 | £47,302,511 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £21,865,799 | £21,765,597 | |
| Cash | £2,195,802 | £3,376,959 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £51,923,939 | £74,047,536 | |
| Net assets | £50,761,939 | £74,047,536 | |
| Equity | £50,761,939 | £74,047,536 | |
| Average employees | 274 | 506 | |
| Wages | £8,265,998 | £14,316,181 |
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 | 59.3% | 46.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.8% | 3.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 1.81x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The Trust has undergone significant growth throughout the year, with four schools joining on 1st April 2025: Willow Bank Infant School, Willow Bank Junior School, Hillside Primary School and Highwood Primary School.”
- “During 2024/25, the Trust secured funding from the Conditions Improvement Fund (CIF) for targeted safety upgrades at two primary schools.”
- “In early 2025, the Trust established an IT Strategy Group to evaluate the current IT infrastructure and develop an IT strategy for the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKERS, Sally Ann | Director | 2024-05-17 | Apr 1964 | British |
| BHARTI, Nayana | Director | 2019-02-02 | Aug 1959 | British |
| HAYES, Gareth Morgan | Director | 2018-04-18 | Aug 1963 | British |
| MACDONALD, Donald | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| MARSDEN, Michael | Director | 2015-06-02 | Dec 1967 | British |
| MORGAN, Lee Arthur | Director | 2022-12-13 | May 1967 | British |
| NORRIS, Caroline | Director | 2015-06-02 | Mar 1962 | British |
| TEMBO, Mcfoster | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| WILLIAMS, David Christopher | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2022-03-17 | 2022-09-01 |
| BARTLETT, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2018-04-18 |
| HUTCHINSON, Michael | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2018-01-25 |
| KAMBOURI, Maria, Dr | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-09-11 |
| REILLY, David Mclean | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2021-10-08 |
| ROWLAND, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-02-24 |
| SANGANEE, Katherine | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2026-03-23 |
| SMITH, Dawn Margaret | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-10-16 |
| STEWARDSON, Rebecca | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-10-09 |
| WHITTALL, David Simon | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2021-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+28.3%
£36,872,129 £47,302,511
-
Cash
+53.8%
£2,195,802 £3,376,959
-
Net assets
+45.9%
£50,761,939 £74,047,536
-
Employees
+84.7%
274 506
-
Wages
+73.2%
£8,265,998 £14,316,181
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