UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£386K
-39.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+7.1% vs 2024
Employees
184
+8.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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 | £7,629,990 | £10,331,467 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£261,256 | £1,421,564 | |
| Cash | £635,294 | £386,418 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,108,751 | £22,589,315 | |
| Net assets | £21,099,751 | £22,589,315 | |
| Equity | £21,099,751 | £22,589,315 | |
| Average employees | 170 | 184 | |
| Wages | £4,191,966 | £4,671,064 |
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 | -3.4% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.1% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.51x | 3.67x |
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
- Albert Goodman
- 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “North Waltham Primary school joined the Trust in May 2025”
- “two further schools, one Junior and one Infant are due to join in the Autumn term.”
- “Since the year end, Droxford Junior School and Orchard Infant School joined the trust on 1st November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRECKENRIDGE, Emma | Director | 2025-03-27 | Jan 1985 | British |
| BROWN, David | Director | 2024-09-19 | Jan 1972 | British |
| DE SAUSMAREZ, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
| GOWER, Cathy, Dr | Director | 2024-01-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| LORRAIN, Claire | Director | 2022-03-24 | Aug 1984 | British |
| LUCAS, William Robert, Prof | Director | 2015-08-05 | Jan 1956 | British |
| MASON, David | Director | 2024-05-02 | Apr 1986 | British |
| PEARCE, Nicola Anne | Director | 2025-07-17 | May 1985 | British |
| PREST, Jonathan Nicholas | Director | 2020-12-11 | Aug 1964 | British |
| RUTHERFORD, Judith Marie | Director | 2020-07-17 | Dec 1972 | British |
| SEYMOUR, Marnie, Dr | Director | 2020-07-17 | Jun 1974 | British |
| TRUMBLE, Lauren | Director | 2024-09-03 | Feb 1986 | British |
| WILLIS, Malcolm | Director | 2022-12-01 | Nov 1956 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITTALL, Claire Louise | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| BOJESEN, Emile, Dr | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2021-09-07 |
| BRINE MP, Stephen Charles | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2022-01-10 |
| CARTER, Joy, Prof | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2020-11-09 |
| CLARKE, Carolyn | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2023-09-21 |
| COOPER, Catherine Joanne | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2018-04-12 |
| COTTRELL, Joanne | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2023-08-31 |
| DE SAUSMAREZ, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2023-04-17 |
| DE SOUSA, Janice Margaret, Dr | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2023-08-31 |
| ELSWORTH, John | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2023-08-31 |
| GEDDES, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2024-12-16 |
| HASTIE, Margaret Mary | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2020-12-06 |
| JESSOP, Jane Frances Mary | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| LOVELL, Alan Charles | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2016-12-16 |
| STOKES, Jane Catherine | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2024-05-31 |
| STUART, Elizabeth Bridget, Prof | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| TURNER, Christine Lesley | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2017-05-20 |
| WEBSTER, Richard | Director | 2020-07-17 | 2024-06-30 |
| WEBSTER, Richard James | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2019-07-24 |
| WEIR, Anne Helen | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2024-03-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Jeffrey, Rev | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2020-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sarah Greer | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-01-01 | Active |
| Professor Elizabeth Stuart | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-01 | Ceased 2022-02-21 |
| Mr John Mathew Brackstone | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-01-13 | Active |
| Professor Joy Carter | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-13 |
| Mr Peter Martin North | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-13 |
| Mr Barry Harwood | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| University Of Winchester | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+35.4%
£7,629,990 £10,331,467
-
Cash
-39.2%
£635,294 £386,418
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£21,099,751 £22,589,315
-
Employees
+8.2%
170 184
-
Wages
+11.4%
£4,191,966 £4,671,064
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