CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+100% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£70M
+36.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
520
+32.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £27,775,000 | £17,553,000 | |
| Cash | £2,412,000 | £3,193,000 | £6,387,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,700,000 | £51,952,000 | £71,115,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,700,000 | £51,715,000 | £70,401,000 | |
| Equity | — | £51,715,000 | £70,401,000 | |
| Average employees | 262 | 393 | 520 | |
| Wages | — | £8,798,000 | £12,002,000 | |
| 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+100%
£3,193,000 £6,387,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+36.1%
£51,715,000 £70,401,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+32.3%
393 520
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+36.4%
£8,798,000 £12,002,000
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 3.0% | 4.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.93x | 4.56x | 4.27x |
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
- CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST 2016-07-12 → present
- CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST LTD 2014-11-25 → 2016-07-12
- KELSALL PRIMARY SCHOOL 2012-06-18 → 2014-11-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) 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.”
Group structure
- CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST · parent
- Bexton Primary School
- Boughton Heath Primary School
- Cheshire Leadership & Teaching Alliance
- Gayton Primary School
- Hebden Green Community School
- Kelsall Primary School
- Manor Park School & Nursery
- Mill View Primary School
- Over Hall Community School
- Rock Ferry Primary School
- Woodchurch Road Academy
- Woodfall Primary School and Nursery
Significant events
- “Hebden Green Community School joined the Trust on 1 April 2025.”
- “Bexton Primary School was awarded CIF funding for electrical remediation works during 2024-25.”
- “Boughton Heath Academy received an 'outstanding' Ofsted judgment in July 2024.”
- “Gayton Primary School successfully secured a CIF bid for roof replacement in the 2024-25 academic year.”
- “Kelsall Primary School successfully secured a £1m CIF bid to install a carbon-neutral heating system.”
- “Woodchurch Road Academy secured two additional CIF bids for essential electrical and heating works and grants for wraparound care and nursery.”
- “Woodfall Primary School & Nursery secured CIF funding for roof replacement (completed Spring 2025) and is awaiting a second CIF bid for an electrical rewire.”
- “Woodfall Primary School & Nursery achieved 'Outstanding' for Behaviour and EYFS provision and 'Good' for Quality of Education, Leadership and Management in its June 2025 Ofsted inspection.”
- “The Trust began implementing new systems for accounting, procurement and budgeting in early August 2025 to provide advanced financial analytics.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWAN, Lindsay | Director | 2024-04-19 | Dec 1980 | British |
| FLETCHER, Lynne Marie | Director | 2023-01-03 | Sep 1960 | British |
| HOLDRIDGE, Linda | Director | 2026-03-11 | Feb 1961 | British |
| HUGHES, Robert Edward | Director | 2019-02-05 | May 1975 | British |
| JELFS, Christopher Laurence | Director | 2023-07-11 | Apr 1991 | British |
| KELSO, Hailey | Director | 2026-03-17 | Jul 1977 | British |
| OLANIPEKUN, Jide Tope | Director | 2022-10-04 | Feb 1974 | British |
| SANDFORD, Janet Claire | Director | 2018-10-12 | Mar 1969 | British |
| WRIGHT, Emlyn John | Director | 2020-10-06 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANKERS, Nicholas | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| ASHLEY, Alison Jean | Director | 2018-05-04 | 2020-07-07 |
| BRENNAN, Alison Doreen | Director | 2017-01-20 | 2025-01-19 |
| CONNOLLY, Maura Margaret | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| DOYLE, Katherine Ellen | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| ELLIS, Steven Michael | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-12-05 |
| FORD, Robert | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2018-12-05 |
| GIFFIN, William Michael | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2024-05-21 |
| GREAVES, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2024-07-30 |
| HANCOCK, Michael David | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| HARROP, Terence George | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| HARVEY, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2018-10-12 | 2019-02-05 |
| HOWE, Lyn | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-06-21 |
| HUBER, Martin | Director | 2017-01-20 | 2022-01-28 |
| HUNT, Gillian Muriel | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2018-03-13 |
| LIVERA, Cynara Etienne, Dr | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2013-09-02 |
| LUCY, Joanne Marie | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-12-06 |
| MASON, Geoff | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2022-08-31 |
| MEADOWS, Yvonne Angela | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2013-11-20 |
| MOORHOUSE, Jon | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2018-06-26 |
| MORRIS, Joanne | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2014-09-30 |
| MYERS, Janet Helen | Director | 2018-05-04 | 2026-05-03 |
| PRICE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-10-05 |
| SPRAY, Christopher James | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-02-06 |
| STRUTHERS, Gwyneth | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| WALTERS, Susan | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2017-12-06 |
| WATTERSON, Lyndsay | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2016-06-28 |
| WEARING, David Alan | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2018-12-05 |
| WHITEMAN, Katie | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2015-01-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2014-08-31 |
| WOODHOUSE, Peter | Director | 2019-10-23 | 2023-07-12 |
| YOUDS, Kathryn | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| ZIMAN, Harry John, Dr | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2019-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-09-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.