ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST 2017-03-31 → present
2. REACH4 ACADEMY TRUST 2015-09-23 → 2017-03-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

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.”

Group structure

1. ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST · parent
   1. Hexthorpe Primary Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   2. Hartley Brook Primary Academy · Sheffield · Primary Academy
   3. Gooseacre Primary Academy · Barnsley · Primary Academy
   4. The Hill Primary Academy · Barnsley · Primary Academy
   5. Highgate Primary Academy · Barnsley · Primary Academy
   6. Carrfield Primary Academy · Barnsley · Primary Academy
   7. Castle Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   8. Greengate Lane Academy · Sheffield · Primary Academy
   9. Lower Meadow Primary Academy · Sheffield · Primary Academy
   10. Edenthorpe Hall Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   11. Byron Wood Primary Academy · Sheffield · Primary Academy
   12. Cottenham Village College · Cambridge · Village College
   13. Denaby Main Primary Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   14. Kingfisher Primary Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   15. Netherwood Academy · Barnsley · Secondary Academy
   16. The Centre School · Cambridge · Special (11-19)
   17. Intake Primary Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   18. Atlas Academy · Doncaster · Primary Academy
   19. Waverley Academy · Doncaster · Secondary Academy
   20. Hatfield Primary Academy · Sheffield · Primary Academy
   21. Longsands Academy · Cambridge · Secondary Academy
   22. Ernulf Academy · Cambridge · Secondary Academy
   23. Astrea Academy Woodfields · Doncaster · Secondary Academy
   24. Astrea Academy Sheffield · Sheffield · Secondary Academy
   25. Astrea Academy Dearne · Barnsley · Secondary Academy
   26. St Ivo Academy · Cambridge · Secondary Academy

Significant events

• “Performance during Ofsted inspections has continued to be pleasing, with seven schools improving to 'Good'. This means that twenty-five of the Trust's twenty-six schools are deemed to be 'Good'.”
• “The unrestricted and restricted general revenue reserves increased by £100,000 (2023: reduced £250,000) for the year ended 31 August 2024”
• “The Trust remains focused on the delivery of ever higher educational standards and performance, together with securing a sustainable financial and operational model, with no specific plans for changes to its academy portfolio. Nevertheless, the strengthening of the Trust's performance has meant a greater interest from schools and trusts in Astrea's model, meaning that further academy acquisitions are likely in future years.”
• “2024/25 is the final year of the current strategy and so the Board has begun overseeing the work of developing the next strategic plan.”
• “The Trust won two national awards for its environmental work.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.3%

  £104,242,000 → £111,810,000

• Cash

  -35.8%

  £3,435,000 → £2,204,000

• Net assets

  -0.6%

  £157,121,000 → £156,158,000

• Employees

  +1.8%

  2,194 → 2,234

• Operating profit

  +25.4%

  -£3,144,000 → -£2,344,000

• Profit before tax

  +25.4%

  -£3,144,000 → -£2,344,000

• Wages

  +7.7%

  £58,969,000 → £63,497,000

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