CATALYST ACADEMIES TRUST
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Cash
£4M
+7.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
+2.6% vs 2024
Employees
320
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-11.5% 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 | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,179,437 | £1,044,201 | -11.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,179,437 | £1,044,201 | -11.5% | |
| Cash | £3,671,162 | £3,954,544 | +7.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,849,238 | £25,504,439 | +2.6% | |
| Net assets | £24,849,238 | £25,504,439 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £24,849,238 | £25,504,439 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 316 | 320 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £8,086,489 | £8,918,302 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,000 | £150,000 | +7.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.56x | 4.93x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MWS Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the academy has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The trust decided to re-structure the entire organisation. This process was completed in July 2024 and was in place for 1st September 2024.”
- “The appointment of a Chief Executive Officer has meant that there is clear strategic direction for the Executive headteacher / Head of School at each of the Academies.”
- “The Trust has also appointed two Executive Headteachers.”
- “The team have successfully co-ordinated shared learning events between the five academies, and these have proven highly successful and impacted positively on all stakeholders.”
- “Benyon Primary School: School still through expansion and will be full 2 form entry school and expanding provision to cater for 2-year-olds from Spring 2026.”
- “Somers Heath Primary: The school has begun plans. to extend its nursery offer and is currently planning to refurbish its old site manager bungalow to house its nursery provision.”
- “Quarry Hill Academy has applied for CIF funding to repair the subsiding playground and collapsed drains on its Dell Road site.”
- “Aveley Primary has applied for CIF funding to replace the roof on its KS1 block due to a leak causing damage to the underfloor area in two classrooms.”
- “All schools expanded pupil numbers in KS2 classes and after consultation have increased PAN from 30 to 32 per class.”
- “used the DfE's energy grants to invest in solar panels on all schools. After these successful solar projects, two schools have extended their solar arrays this year with further expansions planned in 2025/26.”
- “To support employees with EVs four Trust schools have accessed grants for EV charging points.”
- “The Trust is in the process of assessing whether a swimming pool for Trust and community use is feasible.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKES, Timothy Richard | Director | 2013-02-18 | Jan 1979 | British |
| FOXWELL-JONES, Daniel | Director | 2019-03-28 | Dec 1982 | British |
| IMBUSH, Kevin William | Director | 2019-03-28 | Apr 1961 | British |
| PARFETT, Tony Reg | Director | 2016-01-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| PETTICAN, Mark John | Director | 2019-03-28 | Jan 1970 | British |
| TYLER, Lea | Director | 2013-02-18 | Jul 1965 | British |
| WALTERS, Darren Antony | Director | 2016-03-22 | May 1972 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Daniel Adam | Director | 2025-12-04 | Jun 1985 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Keith Charles | Director | 2013-02-18 | Oct 1957 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOTE, Sarah Jane | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2019-03-28 |
| DALRYMPLE, Donna Marie | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2025-01-21 |
| REGAN, Kirsten Elizabeth | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2017-03-23 |
| WALTERS, Darren Antony | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2014-06-12 |
| WRIGHT, Maureen Ann | Director | 2013-02-18 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lea Tyler | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-23 |
| Mr Keith Charles Williams | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-23 |
| Mr Darren Antony Walters | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.