SAND ACADEMIES TRUST

• ⚠

  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-05-12.

• ◆

  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe U.K. 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.”

Group structure

1. SAND ACADEMIES TRUST · parent
   1. The Chamwell Centre Charity 100% · to provide an innovative Centre which enables pupils of SAND Academy, along with children, young people and adults throughout Gloucestershire, to fulfil their potential.

Significant events

• “Willow Primary (previously inadequate) now Good in all areas;”
• “Paternoster School (previously inadequate) now Good in all areas;”
• “Battledown School retained Good in all areas.”
• “Sladewood Academy opened it's doors to pupils on the 1 September 2024.”
• “During the year we have been fortunate to be eligible for the School Condition Allocation (SCA).”
• “At the start of the year it has been difficult to recruit across the Trust which led to additional staffing costs as we have had to employ agency staff to fill the gaps.”
• “In this financial year the Trust has seen the largest pay increases to hit the sector.”
• “The total capital spend for the year ended August 2024 was £990,538 (2023: £876,000).”

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

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -15.3%

  £1,678,618 → £1,421,538

• Net assets

  +7.2%

  £30,327,080 → £32,523,585

• Employees

  +13.2%

  523 → 592

• Profit before tax

  -19.9%

  £3,612,025 → £2,893,505

• Wages

  +20.4%

  £11,705,583 → £14,088,944

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