INSPIRE EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-07 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-24
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-10.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£60M
+2.5% vs 2024
Employees
789
+20.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-94.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 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 | £52,642,000 | £36,807,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £21,234,000 | £1,221,000 | |
| Net profit | £21,234,000 | £1,221,000 | |
| Cash | £4,967,000 | £4,436,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,865,000 | £60,154,000 | |
| Net assets | £58,127,000 | £59,575,000 | |
| Equity | £58,127,000 | £59,575,000 | |
| Average employees | 656 | 789 | |
| Wages | £17,750,000 | £19,810,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 40.3% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.3% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 2.13x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Academy Trust's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statement is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Clifford Bridge Academy (January 2025) maintained 'Good' status in Ofsted inspection.”
- “Hearsall Community Academy (May 2025) was recognised for its inclusive ethos, ambitious curriculum, and strong pastoral care in Ofsted inspection.”
- “Stockingford Academy's Ofsted inspection in January 2024 where it was rated 'Good' in all areas.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAINGER, Kay | Secretary | 2021-12-16 | — | — |
| ASTON, Nichola Jayne | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| DURKIN, Sarah Jane | Director | 2023-11-06 | Mar 1956 | British |
| GORE, Mark William | Director | 2019-09-10 | Jun 1954 | British |
| HANSON, Sybil | Director | 2018-11-30 | Feb 1940 | British |
| LAKIN, Louise | Director | 2025-03-26 | Feb 1968 | British |
| MARTEN, Charlotte Jane | Director | 2024-05-22 | Aug 1957 | British |
| MCARTHUR, Claire Louise, Reverend Canon | Director | 2025-01-28 | Sep 1970 | British |
| WRIGHT, Alice Helena | Director | 2026-02-11 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURKIN, Jane | Secretary | 2020-08-24 | 2021-12-15 |
| HEFFERNAN, Antoinette | Secretary | 2015-08-12 | 2020-08-24 |
| ALUKO, Mary Tolulope Fadeke | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2024-05-23 |
| BERMINGHAM, David Patrick | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2024-08-31 |
| BOWSER, Gillian | Director | 2018-07-12 | 2019-08-31 |
| DOCKING, Kim | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2019-08-31 |
| HAYES, Lisa | Director | 2022-03-23 | 2025-01-20 |
| HAYES, Lisa | Director | 2018-07-12 | 2020-09-21 |
| KERSHAW, David Edwin | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2023-08-31 |
| LAW, Peter Ewan | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2017-08-05 |
| LEECH, Eileen | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2018-07-11 |
| MASON, Rachel | Director | 2019-09-10 | 2023-08-31 |
| SPENCER, Christopher John Lambert | Director | 2022-03-07 | 2024-05-05 |
| TYLER, Malcolm, Reverend | Director | 2017-10-11 | 2021-11-21 |
| WAINSCOT, Linda | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2018-11-30 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Lois | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2018-03-22 |
| WISE, Graham | Director | 2015-08-12 | 2020-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Right Reverend Ruth Elizabeth Worsley | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2023-11-06 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mr David Patrick Bermingham | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2022-02-25 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Reverend Tulo Dirk Raistrick | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2021-11-22 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mr Paul Smith | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-12-01 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Bishop Christopher Mark Cocksworth | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2019-09-10 | Ceased 2023-11-05 |
| Reverend Malcolm Tyler | Individual | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-09-01 | Ceased 2021-11-21 |
| Mrs April Gold | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-08-16 | Ceased 2024-11-20 |
| Mrs Eileen Leech | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-17 |
| Mrs Lois Whitehouse | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-30 |
| Mr Ralph Bonnell | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-18 |
| Mrs Linda Wainscote | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-16 |
| Mr Jason John Bratt | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-30.1%
£52,642,000 £36,807,000
-
Cash
-10.7%
£4,967,000 £4,436,000
-
Net assets
+2.5%
£58,127,000 £59,575,000
-
Employees
+20.3%
656 789
-
Profit before tax
-94.2%
£21,234,000 £1,221,000
-
Wages
+11.6%
£17,750,000 £19,810,000
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