OAK TREES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+43.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£47M
+60.7% vs 2023
Employees
455
+35.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9K
+101.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,365,000 | £22,247,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£482,000 | £11,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£483,000 | £9,000 | |
| Net profit | -£483,000 | £9,000 | |
| Cash | £2,156,000 | £3,093,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,863,000 | £47,977,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,368,000 | £47,196,000 | |
| Equity | £29,368,000 | £47,196,000 | |
| Average employees | 336 | 455 | |
| Wages | £7,658,000 | £12,363,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.6% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.6% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.6% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.7% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | -482.00x | 5.50x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- 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 accounts.”
Significant events
- “One of the most significant events for the Trust in the year was the onboarding of five Wirral schools, four primary and one secondary. This saw the Trust move from a primary to a mixed MAT and ensured the Trust has built the capacity for future growth.”
- “Oak Trees winning Best Medium Sized MAT and Best Overall MAT at the MATA awards in London”
- “Oak Trees being shortlisted for Best Leadership Team and Inclusion Award at the Optimus Awards in Birmingham”
- “Oak Trees SEND Lead Winning a Silver Award at the BBC Pearson Teaching Awards in London in 2024”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITCHISON, Paul Kenneth John | Director | 2020-10-12 | Jul 1992 | British |
| FREEMAN, Murray, Dr | Director | 2019-10-10 | Aug 1953 | British |
| HENNELLY, Sean | Director | 2023-11-30 | Nov 1986 | British |
| MILLAR, Neil | Director | 2023-11-14 | Jul 1973 | British |
| OWENS, Jane Helen | Director | 2017-02-27 | May 1953 | British |
| PATTERSON, Stacia | Director | 2025-07-16 | Aug 1982 | British |
| RHYMES, Alyssa | Director | 2024-01-11 | Oct 1960 | British |
| RUTH, Leanne Marie | Director | 2025-03-26 | Feb 1984 | British |
| TURNER, Gary | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
| WAKELAM, Zoe | Director | 2022-06-13 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBEY, Chris | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2022-02-10 |
| BIGNOLD, Anthony Peter | Director | 2018-04-10 | 2019-07-15 |
| BODDISON, Adam David, Dr | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2019-08-25 |
| BOLLAND, Lionel George | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2017-02-28 |
| CHALK, Jeanette | Director | 2018-12-28 | 2019-11-25 |
| COTTON, Sue | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2018-11-12 |
| CROSSLAND, Paul | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2021-06-27 |
| DAVIES, John Martin | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2018-03-05 |
| GOODWIN, Sarah | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2018-06-13 |
| HEBDEN, Craig Pulton | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2025-09-09 |
| HUTCHINSON, Alison Gillian | Director | 2019-10-10 | 2019-10-10 |
| JONES, Kevin | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2020-09-04 |
| LACEY, Tony | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2018-12-31 |
| MOLYNEUX, Carole | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2024-08-22 |
| PITCHER, Joseph | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2023-12-31 |
| PRITCHARD, Simon Giles | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2019-10-10 |
| TAYLOR, Richard | Director | 2017-02-27 | 2023-11-03 |
| WEBB, Gail Eileen | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2024-09-30 |
| WHITE, Helen Louise | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2023-04-18 |
| WILKES, Kay | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2019-10-10 |
| WILSON, Alan | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2022-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-10 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-05-07 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+66.5%
£13,365,000 £22,247,000
-
Cash
+43.5%
£2,156,000 £3,093,000
-
Net assets
+60.7%
£29,368,000 £47,196,000
-
Employees
+35.4%
336 455
-
Operating profit
+102.3%
-£482,000 £11,000
-
Profit before tax
+101.9%
-£483,000 £9,000
-
Wages
+61.4%
£7,658,000 £12,363,000
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