THE ARETÉ TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-20 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-5.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+1.9% vs 2024
Employees
145
+3.6% 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 | £8,041,784 | £8,626,171 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £257,847 | £326,010 | |
| Cash | £2,478,798 | £2,348,791 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,232,509 | £16,540,395 | |
| Net assets | £16,217,110 | £16,530,120 | |
| Equity | £16,217,110 | £16,530,120 | |
| Average employees | 140 | 145 | |
| Wages | £4,759,607 | £5,200,973 |
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 | 3.2% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.0% | 3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 6.71x | 6.14x |
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
- McCabe Ford Williams
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements and have concluded that the academy trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the academy trust's ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE, Janice | Director | 2017-05-09 | Jun 1955 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Robert Charles | Director | 2017-05-09 | Nov 1948 | British |
| HORSLEY, Rachel Alice Omid | Director | 2021-03-08 | Nov 1970 | British |
| PRITCHARD, Sharon Jane | Director | 2017-05-09 | Apr 1971 | British |
| SMITH, David William | Director | 2017-05-09 | May 1947 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Gerald | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2018-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Matthew St John Roberts | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-09 | Active |
| Carol Louise Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-09 | Active |
| Mrs Janice Brooke | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-05-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2018-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+7.3%
£8,041,784 £8,626,171
-
Cash
-5.2%
£2,478,798 £2,348,791
-
Net assets
+1.9%
£16,217,110 £16,530,120
-
Employees
+3.6%
140 145
-
Wages
+9.3%
£4,759,607 £5,200,973
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