THE POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
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Cash
£4M
+46.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.3M
+226.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
552
+11.3% 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 · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,388,562 | £22,458,284 | £25,953,349 | +15.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,568,736 | -£480,301 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,763,341 | -£550,190 | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,763,341 | -£550,190 | £425,719 | +177.4% | |
| Cash | £3,240,372 | £2,749,209 | £4,019,513 | +46.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,836,653 | £1,352,463 | £1,679,182 | +24.2% | |
| Net assets | -£183,347 | £394,463 | £1,289,182 | +226.8% | |
| Equity | -£183,347 | £394,463 | £1,289,182 | +226.8% | |
| Average employees | 522 | 496 | 552 | +11.3% | |
| Wages | £12,431,044 | £13,148,870 | £14,848,078 | +12.9% | |
| 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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.3% | -2.1% | — | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | -2.4% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -85.4% | -35.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.0% | 89.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.41x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | -8.04x | -6.51x | — |
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
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that the PFMAC has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the near future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIENKIEWICZ, Sarah Louise | Secretary | 2024-06-04 | — | — |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul | Director | 2023-05-11 | Mar 1989 | British,American,Polish |
| BRABIN, Martha Lorraine | Director | 2023-09-15 | May 1965 | Irish |
| CONCANNON, Paul Joseph | Director | 2014-07-02 | Apr 1959 | English |
| O'DONNELL, Anthony | Director | 2023-03-08 | May 1964 | British |
| O'NEILL, James Stephen | Director | 2020-07-14 | Dec 1945 | British |
| TAYLOR, Sean Michael | Director | 2023-09-28 | Jan 1971 | British |
| WATERS, Adrian | Director | 2014-07-02 | Jan 1960 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, Angela | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2018-07-31 |
| BROOKS, David Anthony | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2018-07-01 |
| BUCHANAN, Lorna | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2020-03-31 |
| HOWARD, Judith Mary | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2015-08-31 |
| JENNINGS, Adam | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2017-01-27 |
| LONG, Edward Fraser | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2020-03-31 |
| MATHIAS, Julian | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2018-07-31 |
| O'DONNELL, Anthony Gerard | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2015-02-13 |
| O'DONNELL, Tony | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2022-12-05 |
| O'NEILL, James Stephen | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| ORTON, Stewart | Director | 2014-12-02 | 2018-07-31 |
| ROBARTS, Michael | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2023-08-30 |
| SCHMIDT, Judith | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2020-07-02 |
| TOWER, Mervyn, Canon | Director | 2020-08-27 | 2024-08-26 |
| TOWER, Mervyn Charles | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2015-08-31 |
| WALKER, Richard, Father | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| WALSH, Rob | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2019-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eric Michael Kirwan | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-04-13 | Ceased 2022-01-21 |
| Mr Adam Hardy | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-04-13 | Ceased 2022-01-06 |
| Father Jonathan Veasey | Individual | Appoints directors | 2021-04-13 | Ceased 2022-01-06 |
| Mrs Judith Schmidt | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-08-02 | Ceased 2020-07-31 |
| Most Reverend Bernard Longley | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-07-02 | Active |
| Mr Paul Joseph Concannon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-08 |
| Mr Anthony O'Donnell | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-08 |
| Mr Michael Robarts | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-08 |
| Mr Adrian Waters | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-08 |
| Barberi And Newman Academy Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-01 |
| Father Richard Walker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-16 |
| Mr Fraser Long | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-03 |
| Mrs Lorna Buchanan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
| Mr Rob Walsh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-21 |
| Mrs Angela Briggs | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
| Mr Stewart Orton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
| Mr Julian Mathias | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-31 |
| Mr David Anthony Brooks | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-01 |
| Mr Adam Jennings | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-13 | EH01 | officers | Elect to keep the directors register information on the public register | |
| 2022-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-07 | 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
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.