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Next accounts due

2027-05-31 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-19 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-05

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£4M

+25.4% vs 2024

Net assets

£36M

+53.4% vs 2024

Employees

293

+42.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£13M

+54.7% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric Trend 2024-08-312025-08-31
Turnover £17,474,114£26,795,715
Operating profit
Profit before tax £8,149,947£12,612,001
Net profit £8,149,947£12,612,001
Cash £3,174,061£3,980,054
Total assets less current liabilities £23,623,781£36,210,984
Net assets £23,602,551£36,199,552
Equity £23,602,551£36,199,552
Average employees 205293
Wages £5,159,700£7,543,722

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 2024-08-312025-08-31
Net margin 46.6%47.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 5.0%4.3%
Current ratio 3.22x3.08x

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
Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion
Qualified
Going concern
Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
THOMPSON, Michelle Secretary 2024-04-17
BEST, Penelope Director 2017-03-06 Aug 1959 British
CHANNER, Bradley John Director 2025-12-11 Apr 1984 British
ENGLAND, Christopher Robert Director 2023-12-13 Nov 1965 British
MILLER, Graeme Ferguson Director 2017-03-06 Aug 1962 British
RATH, Martyn Joseph Director 2025-10-16 Sep 1986 British
TAYLOR, Ailsa Munro, Dr Director 2017-03-06 Mar 1969 British
THOBURN, Ralph Wood Director 2020-12-09 Jun 1962 British
WING, Julie, Reverend Director 2017-03-06 Apr 1962 British
WINTER, Rex Alexander Director 2022-11-10 Sep 1959 British
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BOWLER, Steve Director 2025-09-01 2026-03-17
CAIN, Francis Director 2017-03-06 2019-08-20
CARROLL, Frank Director 2017-03-06 2025-08-31
DIXON, Martyn Director 2019-10-16 2023-10-17
DUFFY, Stephen Lee Director 2017-03-06 2017-10-30
FENTON, David Director 2019-10-16 2023-10-17
LILLIE, Thomas David Frederick Director 2017-10-30 2019-02-28
OSWALD, Ian Neil Director 2017-03-06 2019-03-25
SKEOCH, Rachel Eve Director 2019-10-16 2024-10-10
THOBURN, Ralph Wood Director 2017-03-06 2019-02-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Ralph Wood Thoburn Individual significant-influence-or-control-as-trust 2020-12-09 Ceased 2021-01-20
Mr Ralph Thoburn Individual Voting 25–50% 2020-12-09 Ceased 2020-12-10
Mr Thomas David Frederick Lillie Individual Voting 25–50% 2019-02-28 Ceased 2019-03-01
Mr Thomas David Frederick Lillie Individual Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm 2019-02-28 Ceased 2019-02-28
Jill Moore Individual Voting 25–50% 2017-03-06 Ceased 2020-12-13
Ralph Thoburn Individual Voting 25–50% 2017-03-06 Ceased 2019-02-28
Alwyn Bathan Individual Voting 25–50% 2017-03-06 Ceased 2017-03-07
Alwyn Bathan Individual Voting 25–50% 2017-03-06 Ceased 2017-03-06

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 61 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-27 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-03-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-02-24 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-02-24 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2026-02-24 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-02-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-02-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-02-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-12-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
11

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

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

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

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