BATLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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Cash
£5.6M
+12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£47M
+13.8% vs 2024
Employees
651
+3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.4M
+396.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £28,779,000 | £31,646,000 | +10% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,155,000 | £6,398,000 | +396.9% | |
| Net profit | -£2,155,000 | £6,398,000 | +396.9% | |
| Cash | £4,943,000 | £5,565,000 | +12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,894,000 | £46,551,000 | +13.8% | |
| Net assets | £40,894,000 | £46,551,000 | +13.8% | |
| Equity | £40,894,000 | £46,551,000 | +13.8% | |
| Average employees | 629 | 651 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £18,125,000 | £19,418,000 | +7.1% | |
| 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. 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 | -7.5% | 20.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.49x |
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
- BATLEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 2015-09-05 → present
- BATLEY GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL 2011-08-08 → 2015-09-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Multi Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The addition of Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Hyrstmount Junior School on 1 April increased this learner capacity to 4,703 and a roll of 4,531.”
- “The main capital works projects in 2024/25 included: The automatic gates and entry systems at Field Lane Junior, Infant & Nursery School were all upgraded with capital funding during 2024/25. There have been several urgent H&S works completed at a number of schools: - Upper Batley High School, Phase 1 of the removal of asbestos containing materials. Hyrstmount Junior School & Field Lane Junior, Infant & Nursery School, completion of work to remove asbestos containing materials. Batley Girls' High School works to complete remediation of rising damp in learner toilets. Batley Grammar School, door widening to improve circulation spaces and movement around school at peak times. Healey Junior, Infant & Nursery School, electrical distribution board upgrades. Manorfield Infant & Nursery School, improvements to reception area including offices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAND, Laura Danielle | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| ALVY, Lynn | Director | 2022-04-28 | Jul 1946 | British |
| BLAKELEY, Jacqueline Wendy | Director | 2025-03-28 | Apr 1962 | British |
| FEIWELES, Trude | Director | 2017-12-07 | Jul 1963 | British |
| GARSIDE, Simon | Director | 2026-03-04 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MAYET, Siraj Ahmed | Director | 2011-08-08 | Jan 1971 | British |
| METCALFE, Helen | Director | 2023-11-10 | Nov 1960 | British |
| TOWNEND, Jeremy Leslie | Director | 2011-08-08 | Nov 1963 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEASLEY, Wendy Jane | Secretary | 2012-02-02 | 2017-06-09 |
| BROWN, David Alan, Dr | Secretary | 2017-06-09 | 2023-08-31 |
| AHMED, Nailah | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2022-03-02 |
| AKUDI, Sameeha | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| ASBY, Robin John Basil | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| BHATTI, Ejaz Ahmed | Director | 2011-11-08 | 2013-06-30 |
| BROWN, Carol | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2015-08-31 |
| CLARK, Simon | Director | 2011-11-08 | 2012-12-21 |
| CONWAY, Annette | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2013-08-30 |
| COOK, Maurice Charles | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2017-08-31 |
| EAMES, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| GODDARD, Gareth | Director | 2011-11-15 | 2015-08-31 |
| GODDARD, Gareth | Director | 2011-11-15 | 2011-11-15 |
| GRIFFIN, Mark Steven | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2014-07-10 |
| HAIGH, Julie | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-06-07 |
| HODGSON, Vanessa | Director | 2022-04-28 | 2022-12-01 |
| HUSSAIN, Nadia | Director | 2017-10-12 | 2018-07-05 |
| JOHNSON, Pauline Mary | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2013-03-31 |
| KENNEDY, Mandy Anne Marie | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2015-08-31 |
| KHAN, Mohammad Shafiq | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| LIMBERT, Mark | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2015-08-31 |
| LIMBERT, Mark | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2011-08-08 |
| LOUGHHEAD, Ellen | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2011-08-08 |
| LUNAT, Ahmad Yousaf, Obe | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-12-06 |
| MCCALL, Ann | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| NORAT, Ilyas | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2013-06-30 |
| PICKLES, Pamela Aileen | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2018-11-08 |
| RAVAT, Ebrahim | Director | 2014-09-18 | 2015-08-31 |
| RIDGE, Martin Stephen | Director | 2013-11-28 | 2014-09-18 |
| ROUT, Peter | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2015-07-23 |
| SAHOTA, Mandip Kaur | Director | 2019-10-10 | 2021-05-14 |
| TOWERS-ISLAM, Hilary | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2018-12-01 |
| TYLER, Emma Danielle | Director | 2024-04-25 | 2025-08-19 |
| VALI, Ahmed | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2015-08-31 |
| VICKERS, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2016-06-09 | 2018-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-11 | 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
- 1
- 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.