THE SYCAMORE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TRUST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-22 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+85.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+48.6% vs 2024
Employees
161
+16.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE SYCAMORE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TRUST LIMITED 2023-07-11 → present
- CHRIST CHURCH CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2017-05-09 → 2023-07-11
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 | £381,000 | £453,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,609,000 | £5,233,000 | |
| Cash | £892,000 | £1,656,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,418,000 | £13,999,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,418,000 | £13,999,000 | |
| Equity | £10,346,000 | £17,315,000 | |
| Average employees | 138 | 161 | |
| Wages | £3,216,000 | £6,120,000 |
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 | 684.8% | 1155.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 2.36x |
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
- Horsfield & Smith
- 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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the Statement of Accounting Policies.”
Significant events
- “On 1st September 2024, St Thomas's Church of England Primary School and Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School transferred from the Roch Valley Trust into the Sycamore Trust. All assets and liabilities were accepted.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Janet Mary | Director | 2017-05-09 | Sep 1956 | British |
| BEEDIE, Alan Robert | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| GRANBY, Mark Leo | Director | 2017-05-09 | Jul 1961 | British |
| HINDE, Joseph Stephen | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jul 1993 | British |
| SOWDEN, Kathryn Eleanor | Director | 2021-12-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| TAYLOR, David Halvard | Director | 2020-03-02 | Jun 1960 | British |
| YOUNG, Ian Michael | Director | 2017-05-09 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Alan | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2019-01-21 |
| BRANDON, Gareth | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2019-11-15 |
| BRANDON, Helen | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| COOK, Simon David James, Area Dean Of Bury The Reverend | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2018-05-14 |
| DAVIS, Danielle | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2021-11-30 |
| HALL, John | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2025-08-22 |
| HUDSON, Morven Eileen | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2026-04-30 |
| LEE, Anthony | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2018-10-02 |
| MCKENZIE, Stuart | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2018-10-01 |
| MOORE, Richard | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2019-05-21 |
| OPENSHAW, Stephen, Rev | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2018-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Leo Granby | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-11-01 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Manchester Diocesan Board Of Education | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Parochial Church Council Of Christ Church Walshaw | Legal person | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Mr Anthony Lee | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Area Dean Of Bury The Reverend Simon David James Cook | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-09 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-12-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+18.9%
£381,000 £453,000
-
Cash
+85.7%
£892,000 £1,656,000
-
Net assets
+48.6%
£9,418,000 £13,999,000
-
Employees
+16.7%
138 161
-
Wages
+90.3%
£3,216,000 £6,120,000
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