LUX MUNDI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-28
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
327
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-28.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,396,566 | |
| Operating profit | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | |
| Net profit | £1,684,316 | |
| Cash | £3,840,070 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,790,013 | |
| Net assets | £3,302,316 | |
| Equity | £3,302,316 | |
| Average employees | 327 | |
| Wages | £16,088,604 |
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 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.01x |
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
- BKL Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Trust's current financial position, strategic planning, and operational resilience, the Board of Directors believes that Lux Mundi Catholic Academy Trust is a going concern as it has adequate resources to continue its operations for the foreseeable future. There are no material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on Lux Mundi's ability to continue as a going concern. The Trust has adequate resources, governance, and strategic foresight to meet its obligations and deliver educational services for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “February 2025 - Academy Order received for seven Haringey Primary Schools”
- “During the current accounting period, St Anne's and Guardian Angel Catholic School joined the Trust, converting on 1 December 2024 and St Elizabeth's Catholic School converted on 1 September 2025.”
- “The Trust is entering a pivotal phase of growth, with five additional primary schools expected to join the Trust in the coming year.”
- “On 01/09/2024 St Monica's Catholic Primary School and Cardinal Pole Catholic School converted to academy trust status under the Academies Act 2010”
- “On 01/12/2024 and 1/09/2024 St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School and Bishop Challoner Catholic School respectively converted to academy trust status”
- “On 1 September 2025, St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, formerly maintained by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, converted to academy status and joined the Lux Mundi Catholic Academy Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEFFERNAN, Jane | Secretary | 2025-11-11 | — | — |
| ALLSOP, Patrick Leslie Fewtrell, Right Reverend | Director | 2024-04-15 | Aug 1952 | British |
| BUNCE, Simon Christopher | Director | 2024-04-15 | Mar 1963 | British |
| COYLE, James | Director | 2024-04-15 | Nov 1951 | British |
| MADUBUKO, Justin | Director | 2024-04-15 | Jun 1978 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Ciara Teresa | Director | 2024-11-21 | Nov 1983 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Timothy John | Director | 2024-04-15 | Oct 1967 | Irish |
| OPARA, Lloyd | Director | 2024-04-15 | Jan 1984 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Charles Phillip Richard Moth | Individual | Appoints directors | 2026-02-14 | Active |
| Cardinal Vincent Nichols | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-04-15 | Ceased 2026-02-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 9 of 9 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-04-15 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one