ORWELL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+28.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
298
-0.7% 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 | £12,275,824 | £13,591,235 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£597,711 | £96,222 | |
| Cash | £1,712,267 | £2,198,448 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,756,468 | £23,665,690 | |
| Net assets | £23,756,468 | £23,665,690 | |
| Equity | £23,756,468 | £23,665,690 | |
| Average employees | 300 | 298 | |
| Wages | £6,705,085 | £7,132,975 |
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 | -4.9% | 0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.77x | 2.60x |
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
- Ensors
- 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
- “Grace Cook Primary School achieved 'Good' and 'Outstanding' judgements across all areas in its first inspection (February 2025).”
- “Halifax sustained its 'Good' judgement (March 2025).”
- “The Willows was confirmed as making strong progress towards improvement following a monitoring visit (January 2025).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATIMA, Mayleen | Director | 2024-01-17 | Nov 1977 | British |
| DEARSLEY, Jason | Director | 2024-01-17 | Jun 1978 | British |
| GALLOP, Philippa Joy | Director | 2026-01-19 | Mar 1955 | British |
| HEATH-ROBINSON, Alastair James | Director | 2024-05-28 | Apr 1971 | British |
| KEITCH, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2025-12-03 | Feb 1978 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Beverly Ann | Director | 2024-01-17 | Dec 1971 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Lucy Jane | Director | 2024-08-22 | May 1963 | British |
| POTTER, Keeley | Director | 2024-01-17 | Jun 1987 | British |
| SLATER, Ruth | Director | 2024-08-22 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDISON, Jason Mark | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2024-01-26 |
| AYLETT, William Roy | Director | 2024-02-16 | 2025-04-14 |
| BICKERSTETH, Catherine | Director | 2024-04-09 | 2025-12-14 |
| CARTER, Paul Joseph | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2024-01-18 |
| DAY, Stella Jane | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2024-01-21 |
| FARUQI, Sohail | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2021-03-02 |
| FAULKNER, Susan Ann | Director | 2022-09-13 | 2024-01-18 |
| FERN, Roger Edwin | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2021-04-27 |
| HARNDEN, Maxwell John | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2020-10-05 |
| HEATH-ROBINSON, Alastair James | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2023-11-21 |
| HENNELL JAMES, Anna Estelle | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| KIRK, Jason John | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2024-01-18 |
| PEARL, Darren James Vincent | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2018-09-01 |
| SMITH, Naomi | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2024-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Maxwell John Harnden | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-23 | Ceased 2024-04-09 |
| Mr Roderick Andrew Stanley-Bell | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-23 | Ceased 2024-04-09 |
| Mr Alan Anthony Whittaker | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-23 | Ceased 2024-04-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+10.7%
£12,275,824 £13,591,235
-
Cash
+28.4%
£1,712,267 £2,198,448
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£23,756,468 £23,665,690
-
Employees
-0.7%
300 298
-
Wages
+6.4%
£6,705,085 £7,132,975
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