CYGNUS ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+21% vs 2024
Net assets
£55M
+1.5% vs 2024
Employees
418
-1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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.
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 | £20,386,354 | £22,217,305 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £172,875 | £1,239,163 | |
| Cash | £3,378,884 | £4,087,698 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,257,350 | £55,000,032 | |
| Net assets | £53,723,755 | £54,528,918 | |
| Equity | £53,723,755 | £54,528,918 | |
| Average employees | 424 | 418 | |
| Wages | £10,756,591 | £11,259,592 |
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 | 0.8% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.1% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 2.21x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- 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 near future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Trust sought retrospective approval from the Department for Education for the discretionary, non-contractual element of a severance payment. The DfE has now confirmed that, as there was no contractual obligation for the trust to make this additional payment, the request cannot be approved and the transaction is recorded as an irregular payment under the Academy Trust Handbook.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALAMU, Elizabeth | Director | 2025-07-17 | Feb 1979 | British |
| CLIFFORD, Ryan James | Director | 2022-07-01 | Apr 1995 | British |
| DAWES, Sebrina Helena | Director | 2024-01-18 | Oct 1977 | British |
| FOX, Kevin Robert | Director | 2024-10-25 | Aug 1977 | British |
| ILCEN, Ayca | Director | 2025-07-17 | Sep 1983 | British |
| IZMEN, Kaan | Director | 2025-07-17 | Jul 1998 | British |
| JACKSON, Mark | Director | 2025-07-17 | Sep 1971 | British |
| LANGRIDGE, Paul William | Director | 2025-07-17 | Jul 1963 | British |
| MAJITHIA, Ashish Anil | Director | 2022-07-01 | Dec 1984 | British |
| NEALE, Emma Louise | Director | 2025-07-17 | Feb 1978 | British |
| OFOSU-ASARE, Lisa-Lyna Orock | Director | 2026-04-23 | Mar 1988 | British |
| PLATT, Jane Virginia | Director | 2023-12-07 | Nov 1969 | British |
| POTHECARY-SMITH, Daniel | Director | 2025-07-17 | Sep 1991 | British |
| SCOTT, Alison | Director | 2025-03-27 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Trixie Dianne | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2020-09-23 |
| CHILDS, Lucy Ann | Director | 2023-04-18 | 2024-10-25 |
| CONSTANT, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2021-05-04 |
| CÉSAR, Larissa | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2023-12-06 |
| FENTON, Nicholas Hugh | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2023-08-31 |
| GOKANI, Manish | Director | 2025-07-17 | 2026-03-20 |
| GOUGH, Dafydd Rhys | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2018-09-19 |
| HERBERT, Sandra Irene | Director | 2018-03-21 | 2025-11-13 |
| HUTCHINSON, Linda | Director | 2020-09-23 | 2023-12-31 |
| LEWIS-EGONU, Danielle | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| LLOYD, David Edwin | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2023-08-31 |
| MCMULLEN, Amanda Dianne | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2020-04-27 |
| MCNEILAGE, James Angus Lamont | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2023-01-20 |
| MURPHY, Christina Anne | Director | 2024-12-05 | 2025-01-15 |
| REEVE, Janice Rosina | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2017-01-24 |
| SMITH, Sarah Anne | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2018-09-19 |
| TERRY, Daniel George | Director | 2017-01-24 | 2018-09-19 |
| VERBIEST, Christopher John | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2017-10-10 |
| WEBB, Simon Noel | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2017-01-24 |
| WILKINS, Paul Stephen | Director | 2016-01-13 | 2022-12-02 |
| YIANNI-ATTARD, Michele Andrula Teresa | Director | 2023-04-18 | 2024-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart James Doubleday | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-12-08 | Ceased 2022-12-08 |
| Mrs Bola Ibilola Ojo | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2022-07-01 | Ceased 2022-12-08 |
| Mrs Jane Emma Orsborne | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2022-07-01 | Ceased 2022-12-08 |
| Mrs Bethan Armory | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2021-01-12 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
| Mr Richard Powell | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2021-01-12 | Ceased 2021-11-28 |
| Mrs Josine Elizabeth Baines | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2020-10-27 | Ceased 2022-11-01 |
| Mrs Annette Wright | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2020-10-27 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
| Mrs Alexandra Lucy Fontanelli | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2020-10-27 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
| Mrs Christina Walker | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-07-16 | Ceased 2020-10-06 |
| Mrs Karen Gray Trowell | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-03-21 | Ceased 2021-01-12 |
| Mrs Janice Reeves | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-01-24 | Ceased 2020-10-06 |
| Mr John Temple | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2022-12-08 |
| Mrs Trixie Dianne Ball | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2020-10-27 |
| Ms Larissa César | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2017-01-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 8
- 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
-
Turnover
+9%
£20,386,354 £22,217,305
-
Cash
+21%
£3,378,884 £4,087,698
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£53,723,755 £54,528,918
-
Employees
-1.4%
424 418
-
Wages
+4.7%
£10,756,591 £11,259,592
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