THE SOUTH EAST STAFFORD ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+20% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+10.6% vs 2024
Employees
110
+1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£482K
+325% 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 | £4,346,319 | £4,677,155 | |
| Operating profit | -£202,604 | £474,098 | |
| Profit before tax | -£214,362 | £482,213 | |
| Net profit | -£214,362 | £482,213 | |
| Cash | £1,049,638 | £1,259,303 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,157,448 | £11,601,546 | |
| Net assets | £10,871,448 | £12,018,546 | |
| Equity | £10,871,448 | £12,018,546 | |
| Average employees | 108 | 110 | |
| Wages | £2,509,234 | £2,683,319 |
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 | -4.7% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.8% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.89x | 4.88x | |
| Interest cover | -8.10x | 36.47x |
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
- Deans
- 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, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Trust is planning to expand the MAT. However, currently there are almost one thousand children between the two academies in the MAT and the primary focus will be on improving efficiency and shared values between the two academies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETTANY, Gemma | Director | 2016-05-13 | Oct 1974 | British |
| FRANCIS, Susan | Director | 2016-05-13 | Aug 1953 | British |
| RILEY, Nicholas Mark Jonathan | Director | 2023-01-27 | Jun 1978 | British |
| ROWELL, Matthew | Director | 2016-05-13 | Dec 1980 | British |
| SMITH, Jeff | Director | 2016-05-13 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Graham Kenneth | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| CHADWICK, Evan Richard | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| HORNE, Steven | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2022-03-01 |
| RICHARDS, Gillian Ann | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2018-08-31 |
| RULE, Fergus | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2016-08-31 |
| STOCKING, David | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2017-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy John Smale | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-03-14 | Active |
| Mrs Ann Patricia Edgeller | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-01-27 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Finch | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-03-17 | Ceased 2024-01-20 |
| Mr Nicholas Mark Jonathan Riley | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-03-17 | Ceased 2023-01-26 |
| Mrs Susan Francis | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-02-20 | Ceased 2022-03-16 |
| Mr Jeff Smith | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2022-03-16 |
| Mr Michael Stanley | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+7.6%
£4,346,319 £4,677,155
-
Cash
+20%
£1,049,638 £1,259,303
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£10,871,448 £12,018,546
-
Employees
+1.9%
108 110
-
Operating profit
+334%
-£202,604 £474,098
-
Profit before tax
+325%
-£214,362 £482,213
-
Wages
+6.9%
£2,509,234 £2,683,319
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