FOUR CS MAT
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+8.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£64M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
795
+9.5% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£946K
-95.8% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £37,524,500 | £41,123,649 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£544,691 | -£1,047,766 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£483,248 | -£946,377 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£483,248 | -£946,377 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £8,119,063 | £8,791,669 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £64,839,788 | £63,922,411 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £64,251,788 | £63,685,411 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £64,251,788 | £63,685,411 | |
| Average employees | 505 | 494 | 535 | 726 | 795 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £22,008,333 | £24,566,464 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+9.6%
£37,524,500 £41,123,649
-
Cash
+8.3%
£8,119,063 £8,791,669
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£64,251,788 £63,685,411
-
Employees
+9.5%
726 795
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-92.4%
-£544,691 -£1,047,766
-
Profit before tax
-95.8%
-£483,248 -£946,377
-
Wages
+11.6%
£22,008,333 £24,566,464
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -1.5% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -1.3% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -0.8% | -1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 4.5% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.85x | 3.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -11.59x | -9.98x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FOUR CS MAT 2017-03-20 → present
- ARTHUR MELLOWS VILLAGE COLLEGE 2010-08-02 → 2017-03-20
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 Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the schools within the MAT have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason the Trust Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Significant events
- “Additional funding was received from the DfE to expand nursery provision at Hampton Vale Primary Academy and Fulbridge Academy.”
- “Arthur Mellows Village College worked with Peterborough City Council to gain accreditation as a provider of Initial Teacher Training, namely Teach East - School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DADGE, John Stephen | Director | 2019-10-07 | Feb 1954 | British |
| DAWKINS, Gary Edward James | Director | 2010-08-02 | May 1955 | British |
| FORD, Paulina | Director | 2021-07-07 | Sep 1956 | British |
| HUMBLE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2021-01-20 | Oct 1966 | British |
| JENNINGS, Nigel | Director | 2024-10-03 | Mar 1959 | British |
| JONES, Suzanne Clare | Director | 2026-01-05 | Dec 1965 | British |
| KILBEY, Pamela Jane | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1953 | British |
| MCLAREN, David Gilmour | Director | 2010-08-02 | Apr 1944 | British |
| THEOBALDS, Jonathan Stephen | Director | 2018-09-26 | Jun 1964 | English |
| WHILES, David Alan | Director | 2010-08-02 | Mar 1958 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON, Deborah Jane | Secretary | 2010-08-02 | 2011-04-14 |
| SCHAFFER, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2010-08-02 | 2011-04-14 |
| BEALES, Deborah Anne | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2014-08-31 |
| BLACK, Emma Louise, Dr | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-01-20 |
| BLACKMORE, Sarah Jane | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2014-08-31 |
| CLAYTON, Sarah Marion | Director | 2014-02-06 | 2016-09-01 |
| COLES, Chloe | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2017-12-06 |
| DADGE, John Stephen | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2018-09-11 |
| DOUGHTY, Kenneth Martin | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2013-08-22 |
| DOWNEY, Trudi Caroline | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-03-01 |
| DUGDALE, Malcolm | Director | 2015-02-06 | 2017-01-31 |
| DUNCLIFFE, Susan Mary | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2016-10-30 |
| ERSKINE, Iain | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-06-07 |
| FEAR, Kevin | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2014-08-31 |
| FINDING, Andrew John | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2024-09-19 |
| FORD, Paulina | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-03-01 |
| HANNAH, Paul Andrew | Director | 2013-10-25 | 2017-03-01 |
| HOLDICH, John Frederick White | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-03-01 |
| HUMBLE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2013-10-25 | 2017-03-01 |
| JENNINGS, Nigel Simon | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-03-01 |
| JORDAN, Peter William | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2017-03-01 |
| KIERNAN, Mary, Dr | Director | 2016-09-12 | 2022-02-10 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-01-04 |
| MCMICHAEL, Roy Scott | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2018-07-17 |
| PARKE, Trevor Alan | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-03-01 |
| PIPER, Diane | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2010-09-17 |
| REYNOLDS, Poppy Emma Louise | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-03-01 |
| SANDEMAN, Michael Andrew | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2017-03-01 |
| SMITH, Neil Graeme | Director | 2010-08-02 | 2013-07-24 |
| WELCH, Angus Alistair | Director | 2010-11-29 | 2014-11-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.