THE SOCIETAS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-17 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+95.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£47M
+37.7% vs 2024
Employees
430
+21.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
+2,918% vs 2024
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 | £16,016,759 | £30,626,829 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £410,518 | £12,389,623 | |
| Net profit | £410,518 | £12,389,623 | |
| Cash | £935,812 | £1,827,645 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,093,505 | £46,958,128 | |
| Net assets | £34,093,505 | £46,958,128 | |
| Equity | £34,093,505 | £46,958,128 | |
| Average employees | 355 | 430 | |
| Wages | £8,732,678 | £9,912,038 |
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 | 2.6% | 40.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.5% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.29x |
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
- Hardings
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trust has sufficient funds to meet its financial obligations for the forthcoming year; the financial statements prepared on a "going concern" basis. This assessment has been made to ensure the sustainability of the Trust as a result of ongoing monitoring of the financial risks, income, reserves, liquidity and short and long term planning, including projected pupil numbers and the more recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Group structure
- THE SOCIETAS TRUST · parent
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy 100%
- Ash Green Primary Academy 100%
- Burnwood Primary Academy 100%
- Carmountside Primary Academy 100%
- Ellison Primary Academy 100%
- Gladstone Primary Academy 100%
- Goldenhill Primary Academy 100%
- Summerbank Primary Academy 100%
Significant events
- “Burnwood Primary Academy joined on 1st April 2025.”
- “Ball Green Primary School entered into a formal collaboration agreement with the Trust on 1 January 2025.”
- “Sandford Hill Primary School entered into a formal collaboration agreement with the Trust on 4 November 2025.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Christopher | Director | 2019-12-05 | Dec 1987 | British |
| BECKETT, Lynette Jane | Director | 2025-12-10 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DUDSON, Carol | Director | 2016-02-04 | Jul 1957 | British |
| HUGHES, Mary | Director | 2019-07-04 | Sep 1955 | British |
| JENKINS, Gillian | Director | 2016-02-04 | Jan 1958 | British |
| LAWTON, Karl Andrew | Director | 2025-05-21 | Feb 1968 | British |
| LOVATT, Jon Derek | Director | 2016-02-04 | Jul 1967 | British |
| MACHIN, Roger Arthur | Director | 2018-09-01 | Aug 1953 | British |
| PATTISON, Paula | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLEY, Christine Madeleine | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| BOOTE, Garry | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| BRADSHAW, Angela | Director | 2018-10-11 | 2021-08-31 |
| FOSTER, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| FURY, Jillian | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| GIBSON, Nichola Ann | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| GRIFFIN, William Martyn | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2019-07-04 |
| KNIGHT, Robert | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2019-07-04 |
| KNIGHT, Robert | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| LEARY, Gordon Patrick | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MACHIN, Roger Arthur | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| MARTIN, Steven Peter | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2018-09-01 |
| NIBLETT, Kathleen | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2017-09-29 |
| PRESTON, Elaine | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| STAGG, Fiona Ramsay | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2023-07-13 |
| SWIFT, Diane | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-11-30 |
| WEIR, Guy Paul | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2022-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Raymond Thomas Palin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-31 | Ceased 2021-10-29 |
| Mr Guy Paul Weir | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-31 | Ceased 2021-10-29 |
| Mr Wiliam Martyn Griffin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-31 | Ceased 2019-07-04 |
| Mr Robert Knight | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-09-01 | Ceased 2021-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-01-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+91.2%
£16,016,759 £30,626,829
-
Cash
+95.3%
£935,812 £1,827,645
-
Net assets
+37.7%
£34,093,505 £46,958,128
-
Employees
+21.1%
355 430
-
Profit before tax
+2,918%
£410,518 £12,389,623
-
Wages
+13.5%
£8,732,678 £9,912,038
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