THE PRIESTLEY ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-19% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+1.3% vs 2024
Employees
358
-4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE PRIESTLEY ACADEMY TRUST 2016-10-13 → present
- PRIESTLEY ACADEMY TRUST 2016-10-05 → 2016-10-13
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 | £17,184,000 | £18,582,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£393,000 | £425,000 | |
| Cash | £1,505,000 | £1,219,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,016,000 | £25,336,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,016,000 | £25,336,000 | |
| Equity | £25,016,000 | £25,336,000 | |
| Average employees | 374 | 358 | |
| Wages | £9,456,000 | £10,069,000 |
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 | -2.3% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.26x | 3.70x |
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
- Clive Owen 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 foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Trust has developed a new three-year strategic plan, launching in September 2025.”
- “The Trust also hosted its first Staff Awards Ceremony, 'The Priestley's', this academic year to celebrate the work of colleagues across the Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEAP, Charlotte | Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| BRADLEY, Sarah | Director | 2023-04-24 | Feb 1974 | British |
| DAWSON, Beth | Director | 2024-09-02 | Apr 1987 | British |
| HALLAM, Alexander Ritchie | Director | 2023-04-24 | May 1980 | British |
| HINCHCLIFFE, John | Director | 2023-04-24 | Jan 1965 | British |
| HORROCKS, Christine Alice | Director | 2024-10-08 | Jun 1965 | British |
| LAMBERT, Peter Mark | Director | 2023-04-24 | Dec 1963 | British |
| SABIR, Fatima Aiysha Amina Rabeah Zakria Nahid Husya | Director | 2026-04-02 | Feb 1988 | British |
| WADSWORTH, Steve | Director | 2021-09-16 | Feb 1960 | British |
| WALSH, Jason Carl | Director | 2023-04-24 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Rowena | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| AHMED, Javed Kausar | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2024-08-31 |
| BHATTI, Ruby Khalid | Director | 2023-03-20 | 2024-01-14 |
| BRUCE, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 2021-09-16 | 2022-08-31 |
| DEAN, Vivien | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2017-05-18 |
| GARSIDE, Ros | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2022-09-26 |
| HIPKINS, Jonathan | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2016-12-07 |
| HOLLAND, Kevin Paul | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2021-01-31 |
| HUSSAIN, Abid | Director | 2020-05-06 | 2022-12-13 |
| HUSSEIN, Yasmin | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2017-05-18 |
| KEIGHLEY, Sam | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2021-09-07 |
| RAHMAN, Ashfaq Ahmed | Director | 2017-09-19 | 2025-01-31 |
| SHEIKH, Khalid Mahmood | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2017-05-18 |
| SMITH, Margaret Mercedes | Director | 2017-09-19 | 2021-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Arwyn Mon-Willaims | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-11-25 | Ceased 2022-12-16 |
| Mr Bryan Millar | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-11-25 | Ceased 2022-12-16 |
| Mr Mark Arwyn Mon-Williams | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-11-25 | Ceased 2022-01-20 |
| Mrs Nadia Mirza | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2021-10-25 | Ceased 2022-12-16 |
| Ms Nadira Selma Mirza | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-02-21 | Ceased 2018-12-01 |
| Mr Mark Arwyn Mon-Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-18 | Ceased 2018-12-01 |
| Mr Bryan Millar | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-18 | Ceased 2018-12-01 |
| Mrs Emma Hendry | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-18 | Ceased 2018-02-21 |
| Mr Mark Arwyn Mon-Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-18 | Ceased 2017-05-18 |
| Mr Bryan Miller | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-18 | Ceased 2017-05-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
+8.1%
£17,184,000 £18,582,000
-
Cash
-19%
£1,505,000 £1,219,000
-
Net assets
+1.3%
£25,016,000 £25,336,000
-
Employees
-4.3%
374 358
-
Wages
+6.5%
£9,456,000 £10,069,000
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