THE KEYS ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+5.2% vs 2024
Employees
464
+13.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£159K
-96.2% vs 2024
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 | £15,211,454 | £18,124,113 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,192,152 | £158,820 | |
| Net profit | £4,192,152 | £158,820 | |
| Cash | £3,821,589 | £3,635,349 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,984,122 | £16,989,942 | |
| Net assets | £16,150,122 | £16,989,942 | |
| Equity | £16,150,122 | £16,989,942 | |
| Average employees | 410 | 464 | |
| Wages | £9,109,929 | £10,641,223 |
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 | 27.6% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.5% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.61x | 2.18x |
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
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- 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
- “The onboarding of Uplands Primary School and Nursery which joined on 1st June 2024”
- “Growth of St Cecilia's CE Primary School: opening of a nursery and reception class in September 2024”
- “The conversion work for Grazeley CE Primary School preparing for joining the Trust in September 2025”
- “As of 1 September 2025, Grazeley C of E Primary School joined The Keys Academy Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, Taskeen | Director | 2024-05-09 | Jun 1977 | British |
| CESKA, Louise, Dr | Director | 2025-03-14 | Dec 1958 | British |
| COUSINS, David Phillip | Director | 2022-09-16 | Mar 1957 | British |
| HORROCKS, David John | Director | 2018-11-21 | Sep 1973 | British |
| MOREY, Bethan | Director | 2021-09-14 | Jul 1990 | British |
| NORTHEND, Susan | Director | 2025-11-06 | Apr 1964 | British |
| SMITH, James Edward | Director | 2024-10-03 | Mar 1978 | British |
| WOOLLER, Hester Gillian | Director | 2017-06-14 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Andrew | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2020-03-31 |
| HOBDAY, Hannah Elizabeth, Reverend | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2022-07-22 |
| MILL, Michael George | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2026-01-31 |
| PETERS, Jane Karen Mae | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2023-09-21 |
| PITHER, Rachel | Director | 2019-02-16 | 2022-10-12 |
| REDDIE, Graham Condren | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2019-10-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Penelope Jane | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Diocesan Board Of Education | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+19.1%
£15,211,454 £18,124,113
-
Cash
-4.9%
£3,821,589 £3,635,349
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£16,150,122 £16,989,942
-
Employees
+13.2%
410 464
-
Profit before tax
-96.2%
£4,192,152 £158,820
-
Wages
+16.8%
£9,109,929 £10,641,223
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