THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST
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Cash
£11M
-18.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£138M
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
974
-0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3.3M
-40.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-06-18.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,461,148 | £60,637,215 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,368,902 | -£3,334,658 | -40.8% | |
| Net profit | -£2,368,902 | -£3,334,658 | -40.8% | |
| Cash | £13,679,099 | £11,113,525 | -18.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £141,259,680 | £138,017,476 | -2.3% | |
| Net assets | £141,033,349 | £137,894,691 | -2.2% | |
| Equity | £141,033,349 | £137,894,691 | -2.2% | |
| Average employees | 979 | 974 | -0.5% | |
| Wages | £32,150,345 | £34,367,933 | +6.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £851,326 | £1,118,261 | +31.4% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -4.1% | -5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.2% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.49x | 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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST 2017-09-27 → present
- THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED 2017-09-11 → 2017-09-27
- THE HESSLE ACADEMY COMMUNITY TRUST 2011-06-10 → 2017-09-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forrester Boyd Robson Limited
- 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 financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In 2024/25 DfE approval was granted to close two sixth form campuses at Cottingham and Holderness. This was based on declining learner numbers and the quality of student experience. The two remaining sixth form campuses at Hessle and Wolfreton remain strong with regards to quality of provision, with healthy learner numbers in September 2025.”
- “Oakfield School are set to join the Trust in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Laura Charlotte | Secretary | 2022-11-07 | — | — |
| BENSON, Matt | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| CRAVEN, David Martin | Director | 2016-02-25 | Mar 1956 | British |
| FURLONG, Ian | Director | 2014-01-01 | Nov 1958 | British |
| HANMER, Peter Alan | Director | 2017-09-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| MILNER, Sharon Wendy | Director | 2017-09-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| MYERS, Leon Antony | Director | 2021-01-06 | Oct 1971 | British |
| TENNISON, Vince | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFFORD, Gillian | Secretary | 2017-06-14 | 2022-11-04 |
| WALTON, Michelle | Secretary | 2013-06-12 | 2017-06-14 |
| BARLEY, Gillian Margaret | Director | 2018-05-21 | 2020-07-31 |
| BLAIR, Ean | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-12-16 |
| CROSSLAND, Andrew David | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| FIRTH, Richard Sean | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-01-04 |
| GOATLEY, Phil | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2022-06-10 |
| HEPBURN, Elizabeth | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| HESELTON, Joanne Erica | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2017-09-01 |
| HOGAN, Paul | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-03-09 |
| LANGLEY, Frederick William | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2014-01-01 |
| MATSON, Brian | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-01-15 |
| MCDERMOTT, Michael Anthony | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2014-01-01 |
| MCDERMOTT, Mike | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-06-14 |
| MYERS, David Sam | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| NEWMAN, Mark | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-04-23 |
| PECK, John Antony | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2014-01-01 |
| SELLERS, Trevor Ernest | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-11-19 |
| SHARP, Clare Denise | Director | 2024-05-13 | 2025-11-10 |
| TOMKINS, Samantha | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-10-14 |
| WELBURN, Gareth | Director | 2014-12-04 | 2015-12-08 |
| WHITE, Rachel, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-03-09 |
| WHITE, Timothy James | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2014-01-01 |
| WILLOUGHBY, David John | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-12-16 |
| WILLS, Derek Paul Mckay | Director | 2023-03-09 | 2024-09-09 |
| WITHERS, Phil | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| WOODFORD, Janet, Jan Woodford | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| YOUNG, Sarah Louise | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2017-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Hodgson | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-01-05 | Ceased 2022-06-10 |
| Mr Derek Paul Mckay Wills | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-01-05 | Ceased 2022-06-10 |
| Ms Miranda Spencer | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-01-05 | Ceased 2022-06-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.