THE ILLUMINARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+54.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
191
-8.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£255K
+128.7% 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 | £13,012,185 | £14,018,656 | |
| Operating profit | -£890,632 | £255,167 | |
| Profit before tax | -£890,632 | £255,167 | |
| Net profit | -£890,632 | £255,167 | |
| Cash | £781,761 | £1,207,962 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,888,237 | £22,948,403 | |
| Net assets | £22,756,236 | £22,948,402 | |
| Equity | £22,756,236 | £22,948,402 | |
| Average employees | 208 | 191 | |
| Wages | £8,262,406 | £7,873,041 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.8% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | -6.8% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.9% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.3% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.61x | 3.19x | |
| Interest cover | -127.23x | 15.01x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a definite expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- THE ILLUMINARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST · parent
- Illuminare Business Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Academy has been rapidly adapting its programme of study to reflect a changing educational landscape. Over the past year we have prepared for significant national developments including the SEND reform white paper, changes to the Ofsted framework, and the government-led curriculum review which will affect subject coverage and school practice.”
- “The principal objective for Harton Academy during the 2024/25 academic year was to deliver sustained improvements in pupil progress and attainment. Following the performance challenges encountered in the 2023/24 academic year, the Academy has implemented a strategic and comprehensive plan designed to ensure that all pupils achieve their full potential.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUFFY, Scott | Director | 2017-07-10 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MACKINGS, Paul Anthony | Director | 2017-07-10 | Dec 1961 | British |
| MASON, Linda | Director | 2021-09-13 | May 1963 | British |
| ORD, Richard Colman | Director | 2022-10-05 | Oct 1992 | British |
| SKURR, Jon | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
| WATSON, John | Director | 2024-09-01 | May 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCLAY, Janet | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2018-01-15 |
| CHIPCHASE, Alison | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| GIBSON, Kenneth Archibald, Sir | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2024-01-31 |
| PIKE, Judith | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2021-09-13 |
| SMALLCOMBE, Alan Kevin | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2018-12-07 |
| TUNNICLIFFE, Kenneth Ian | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-14 | 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
- 0
- 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
+7.7%
£13,012,185 £14,018,656
-
Cash
+54.5%
£781,761 £1,207,962
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£22,756,236 £22,948,402
-
Employees
-8.2%
208 191
-
Operating profit
+128.7%
-£890,632 £255,167
-
Profit before tax
+128.7%
-£890,632 £255,167
-
Wages
-4.7%
£8,262,406 £7,873,041
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