CONNECT ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£32M
-0.3% vs 2024
Employees
544
-6% 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 | £20,367,883 | £20,912,226 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£18,288 | -£331,826 | |
| Cash | £1,365,667 | £1,308,322 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,561,039 | £31,974,874 | |
| Net assets | £32,061,072 | £31,951,246 | |
| Equity | £32,061,072 | £31,951,246 | |
| Average employees | 579 | 544 | |
| Wages | £13,281,139 | £13,504,497 |
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 | -0.1% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.0% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.73x | 1.42x |
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
- Griffin Chartered Accountants
- 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.”
Significant events
- “Haytor View Community Primary School and Nursery joined Connect Academy Trust on 1 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS, April Louise | Director | 2024-03-12 | Apr 1978 | British |
| JONES, Samuel | Director | 2016-05-20 | Jul 1975 | British |
| LAMB, Tamsin Carol | Director | 2023-03-30 | Jul 1970 | British |
| LE MARQUAND, Lee | Director | 2016-05-20 | Jul 1976 | British |
| MITCHELL, Ian | Director | 2019-01-31 | Apr 1972 | British |
| OSBORNE, Paul Keith | Director | 2020-05-14 | Jan 1972 | British |
| PANAYIDES, Nicholas | Director | 2026-03-05 | Jan 1986 | British |
| REEVES, Kate Jill | Director | 2023-03-30 | May 1966 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOMPKINS, Louisa Jayne | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2019-03-26 |
| BELLAMY, Jane Rae | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-08-31 |
| BELLWORTHY, Stuart | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2024-10-23 |
| CORDING, Wendy | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-09-05 |
| FREATHY, Giles Francis Lawrence | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| HARDISTY, Claire Isobel | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-12-31 |
| HO, King Lam Kingston | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2020-03-12 |
| HOLMES, Darren Brian | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| JENKINS, Christian | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2023-10-11 |
| KNIGHT, Hanne Katrin, Dr | Director | 2024-03-12 | 2026-03-06 |
| LAVIS, Thomas | Director | 2020-07-09 | 2022-05-01 |
| LAWRENCE FREATHY, Giles Francis | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2022-05-01 |
| LYONS, Nigel Hugh | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-09-05 |
| REES, Vedette | Director | 2021-01-28 | 2022-05-01 |
| YOUNG, Andrew | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2023-02-22 |
| YOUNG, Michael Robert, Dr | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2019-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+2.7%
£20,367,883 £20,912,226
-
Cash
-4.2%
£1,365,667 £1,308,322
-
Net assets
-0.3%
£32,061,072 £31,951,246
-
Employees
-6%
579 544
-
Wages
+1.7%
£13,281,139 £13,504,497
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