THE SOVEREIGN TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+17.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
+7.9% vs 2024
Employees
403
+42.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+910.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £15,678,000 | £27,631,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£230,000 | £2,645,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£307,000 | £2,487,000 | |
| Net profit | -£307,000 | £2,487,000 | |
| Cash | £2,969,000 | £3,485,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,588,000 | £28,672,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,562,000 | £28,653,000 | |
| Equity | £26,562,000 | £28,653,000 | |
| Average employees | 283 | 403 | |
| Wages | £8,127,000 | £13,241,000 |
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 | -1.5% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.9% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.4% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.83x | 3.22x | |
| Interest cover | -2.00x | 13.92x |
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
- DJH 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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- THE SOVEREIGN TRUST · parent
- Chatsworth High School & Community College 100%
- Chatsworth Futures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “successful transfer of Chatsworth High School and Community College, along with Chatsworth Futures, into the Trust on 1 October 2024.”
- “secured approval to open a new Free School in Warrington, scheduled to open in academic year 2026/2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELDERFLOWER LEGAL & SECRETARIAL | Corporate Secretary | 2017-12-20 | — | — |
| AUSTIN, Edward Patrick | Director | 2018-10-16 | Dec 1962 | British |
| ECKLEY, Paul Ivor | Director | 2023-01-27 | Sep 1966 | British |
| HODGKINSON, Gill | Director | 2025-10-23 | Dec 1969 | British |
| MCGRATH, Ian Patrick | Director | 2015-07-01 | Dec 1967 | Irish |
| MOSELEY, Neil Christopher | Director | 2023-01-18 | Dec 1961 | British |
| WARWICK, Michelle Leanne | Director | 2026-02-13 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENNA, Claire | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2016-08-04 |
| ANDREW, Cole Paul | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| BLOWEY, Margaret Eldy | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2015-12-09 |
| BRYMER, Jack | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2017-06-30 |
| CAPON, Stephanie Elizabeth | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2024-12-31 |
| CHOUKSEY, Shiv, Dr | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-10-12 |
| CREWE, Terry Graham | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-08-05 |
| FLYNN, Lorraine Margaret | Director | 2021-10-14 | 2023-01-18 |
| FRENCH, Maurice John | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2018-12-18 |
| GILL, Nicholas Spear | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
| GILL, Susan | Director | 2021-10-14 | 2023-08-31 |
| JONES, Shirley Cathryn | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2020-12-07 |
| JONES, William | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-09-03 |
| LOMAS, John Raymond | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2026-03-12 |
| MORGAN, Dilys | Director | 2016-10-12 | 2019-09-30 |
| NASH, David | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2016-10-12 |
| NOLAN, Paul Francis | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-11-10 |
| OWENS, Beverley | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2023-01-27 |
| ROWNTREE, David Ashley | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2021-12-31 |
| WILSON, Helen | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-09-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Deborah Joanne Rogers | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-12-19 | Ceased 2024-07-08 |
| Mr Edward Patrick Austin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-12-19 | Ceased 2024-07-08 |
| Chi Boakye | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-05-24 | Ceased 2023-12-19 |
| Mr John Raymond Lomas | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-31 | Ceased 2024-07-08 |
| Mrs Susan Gill | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-31 | Ceased 2023-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+76.2%
£15,678,000 £27,631,000
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Cash
+17.4%
£2,969,000 £3,485,000
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£26,562,000 £28,653,000
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Employees
+42.4%
283 403
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Operating profit
+1,250%
-£230,000 £2,645,000
-
Profit before tax
+910.1%
-£307,000 £2,487,000
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Wages
+62.9%
£8,127,000 £13,241,000
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