THE ORMISTON TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-08-30 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£24M
-41.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£651M
-0.6% vs 2023
Employees
5,772
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-109.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £338,887,000 | £338,987,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £14,481,000 | -£1,428,000 | |
| Net profit | £14,481,000 | -£1,428,000 | |
| Cash | £40,744,000 | £23,753,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £664,226,000 | £662,478,000 | |
| Net assets | £654,797,000 | £650,998,000 | |
| Equity | £654,797,000 | £650,998,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,569 | 5,772 | |
| Wages | £166,141,000 | £182,083,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
0%
£338,887,000 £338,987,000
-
Cash
-41.7%
£40,744,000 £23,753,000
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£654,797,000 £650,998,000
-
Employees
+3.6%
5,569 5,772
-
Profit before tax
-109.9%
£14,481,000 -£1,428,000
-
Wages
+9.6%
£166,141,000 £182,083,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.3% | -0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.39x | 2.25x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE ORMISTON TRUST · parent
- Gateway Learning Community
- BOA Trust
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Theatre Limited
Significant events
- “At Ormiston Academies Trust, on 1 December 2024, two academies within The Queensmill Trust transferred into the Ormiston Academies Trust. All of the operations and certain assets and pension liabilities were transferred into Ormiston Academies Trust at that date.”
- “Ormiston and BBC Children in Need Youth Social Action programme started in February 2024.”
- “The 'WeWill Be Outdoors: Outdoor learning and social action initiatives' programme was completed in August 2024.”
- “The George Salter Scholar Programme (OAT) was completed in August 2024.”
- “The Oracy & Debate Programme (OAT) was in its final year, ending August 2024.”
- “The #WeWill Youth Social Action Programme was completed in December 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, James Earl | Secretary | 2026-05-05 | — | — |
| MACLEOD, Stephen Lamond | Director | 2015-06-20 | Sep 1964 | British |
| MURRAY, Diana Mary | Director | 2015-06-20 | Nov 1945 | British |
| MURRAY, Duncan Guiler | Director | 2015-06-20 | May 1977 | British |
| MURRAY, Peter Guiler | Director | 2015-06-20 | May 1937 | British |
| WILSON, Caroline | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1963 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKMAN, Ian | Director | 2017-01-20 | 2022-08-01 |
| CORNFORTH, Peter | Director | 2022-09-19 | 2025-06-30 |
| KIDSTON, Nicola Jane, Ms. | Director | 2022-09-19 | 2024-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 44 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-11-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.