CHESTER DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+12.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10M
+44.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
585
+11.4% 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 | — | £17,746,412 | £24,730,895 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | £1,741,377 | £2,548,853 | |
| Cash | £2,006,795 | £2,205,900 | £2,480,802 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,796,774 | £7,901,813 | £10,221,298 | |
| Net assets | £5,097,654 | £6,895,031 | £9,944,889 | |
| Equity | £5,097,654 | £6,895,031 | £9,944,889 | |
| Average employees | 442 | 525 | 585 | |
| Wages | — | £10,402,557 | £14,645,724 | |
| 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
+39.4%
£17,746,412 £24,730,895
-
Cash
+12.5%
£2,205,900 £2,480,802
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+44.2%
£6,895,031 £9,944,889
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+11.4%
525 585
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+40.8%
£10,402,557 £14,645,724
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | 9.8% | 10.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.04x | 2.85x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- SJC Chartered Accountants
- 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
- “During the year, several schools joined CDAT, taking the Trust from 18 schools to 24 by the end of July 2025; with more confirmed to join in autumn 2025 and early 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Christopher James | Secretary | 2023-09-26 | — | — |
| BEASLEY, Alison Margaret | Director | 2023-12-20 | May 1964 | British |
| DIXON, Neil Macaulay | Director | 2019-05-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| DUNBAR, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2022-04-22 | Feb 1985 | British |
| EASTWOOD, Philip Mark | Director | 2020-03-16 | May 1971 | British |
| FELIX, David Rhys, The Revd | Director | 2019-12-11 | Apr 1955 | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Elizabeth Louise | Director | 2025-06-25 | May 1980 | British |
| HOLLAND, Michael William | Director | 2015-10-21 | Oct 1964 | British |
| MAINARD, Ralph Ian | Director | 2022-03-24 | Sep 1952 | British |
| MASON, John Philip, Dr | Director | 2021-09-22 | Jan 1959 | British |
| PENN, Christopher Robert | Director | 2021-01-15 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPTON, Jason Nicholas | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2019-11-12 |
| PARKER, Anthony | Secretary | 2014-05-19 | 2018-01-08 |
| ROSS, Andrew | Secretary | 2018-01-08 | 2018-08-31 |
| JN HAMPTON LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-11-12 | 2023-08-31 |
| BRECKELL, Susan Margaret | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2025-12-18 |
| CARR, Janet Mary | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2019-11-01 |
| GILBERSTON, Michael Robert, The Venerable Dr | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-01-28 |
| LESLIE, Timothy John | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2022-07-21 |
| MORRIS, Andrew David | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2019-08-30 |
| MOWATT, Marianne | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2021-12-02 |
| NOAKES, Susan Patricia | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2017-08-30 |
| OWEN, Edward Charles Garnett | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2020-10-12 |
| PENN, Christopher Robert | Director | 2017-08-30 | 2019-05-01 |
| RENSHAW, Elizabeth, Canon | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2024-12-18 |
| RYAN, Joan | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2022-07-21 |
| SINCLAIR, Gordon Keith, The Right Reverend | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-01-28 |
| TURNBULL, Jeffrey, Canon | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2017-04-30 |
| WHEELER, Timothy Jerome, Professor | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2015-10-09 |
| ZIMAN, Harry John, Dr | Director | 2015-10-21 | 2019-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Diocesan Board Of Education | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-01-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.