CHILTERN WAY ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-8.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£62M
+32.2% vs 2024
Employees
338
+39.1% 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 | £35,717,758 | £36,598,292 | |
| Operating profit | £21,514,704 | £15,380,696 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £21,182,431 | £15,179,312 | |
| Cash | £3,462,850 | £3,166,635 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,729,588 | £61,713,717 | |
| Net assets | £46,592,797 | £61,594,109 | |
| Equity | £46,592,797 | £61,594,109 | |
| Average employees | 243 | 338 | |
| Wages | £7,957,616 | £11,599,548 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 60.2% | 42.0% | |
| Net margin | 59.3% | 41.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.0% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.63x | 8.28x | |
| Interest cover | 45.39x | 29.08x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy 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
- “Rapid school improvement, including a strong Ofsted outcome at CWA Austen and significant progress across all Hampshire academies that were transferred to the trust last year.”
- “Growth in pupil places across Buckinghamshire, Wokingham and Hampshire, with new specialist and post-16 capacity under development.”
- “Major capital investment secured including the £12m Hampshire redevelopment programme, £8.3m for Sefton Park (see new provisions), £250k Wokingham Post-16 expansion, and funding for a new Prestwood sports hall.”
- “New provisions established, including Sefton Park (a new school in Buckinghamshire for pupils with Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)) which opened in September 2025 (70 places), Harding House Post-16 (opening 2026), Wokingham on-site and off-site Post-16, and early-stage plans for further satellite bases.”
- “Exceptional student outcomes, including sector-leading NEET figures and national recognition through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT-DEAN, Stephanie Anne | Secretary | 2024-09-01 | — | — |
| HARRIS, Ian Michael Brian | Director | 2023-07-17 | Apr 1962 | British |
| HINES, Peter James | Director | 2024-03-25 | Aug 1974 | British |
| HOWARTH, Jayne Honrie | Director | 2024-03-25 | Mar 1969 | British |
| KITCHEN, Carla Dawn | Director | 2025-05-02 | Mar 1980 | British |
| LAURIE, Walter Simon | Director | 2022-11-24 | Oct 1950 | British |
| MCCAUL, Ian Patrick | Director | 2016-02-15 | Apr 1968 | Irish |
| MORRISON, Andrew John | Director | 2021-09-23 | Sep 1967 | British |
| MORTIMER, David James | Director | 2016-02-15 | Jul 1953 | British |
| ROBERTS, Leon | Director | 2022-07-14 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SWEENEY, Dary | Director | 2016-04-01 | Aug 1960 | Irish |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARVEY, Deborah Ann | Secretary | 2022-04-09 | 2025-08-31 |
| SWITZER, Linda Barbara Duncan | Secretary | 2016-04-25 | 2022-04-09 |
| BAKERMAULT, Charlene | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2016-07-14 |
| BROWNE, Jeremy Robert | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2022-10-26 |
| HUGHES, Tracey | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2022-05-13 |
| JAFFREY, Samrah Islam | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2024-07-13 |
| JONES, Michael William Hugh | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2020-07-07 |
| MILLWARD, Marian Edith | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2022-11-03 |
| MOORE, Rosemary | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2018-07-06 |
| MUNDAY, Rodney | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2023-03-31 |
| MUNDAY, Rodney Christian | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2016-06-13 |
| PERRY, Helen | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2017-11-10 |
| PRYCE-JONES, Reine | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2022-11-03 |
| ROWE, Tabitha | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2020-03-08 |
| SHEPHERD, Sophie | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2021-09-17 |
| TUSTING, Andrew Ian | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2022-11-25 |
| TWINING, John Mason | Director | 2017-03-24 | 2021-03-22 |
| TYLER, Colin James | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2019-06-06 |
| WARD, Peter Arthur | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2018-06-12 |
| WELCH, Jo | Director | 2019-07-10 | 2022-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Rodney Munday | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-07-19 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Professor Essi Viding | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-07-19 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Dr Nick Hindley | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Mr David James Mortimer | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-31 |
| Mr Andrew Ian Tusting | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-29 |
| Mr Peter Arthur Ward | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-12 |
| Lord Wilf Stevenson | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+2.5%
£35,717,758 £36,598,292
-
Cash
-8.6%
£3,462,850 £3,166,635
-
Net assets
+32.2%
£46,592,797 £61,594,109
-
Employees
+39.1%
243 338
-
Operating profit
-28.5%
£21,514,704 £15,380,696
-
Wages
+45.8%
£7,957,616 £11,599,548
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