THE ORMISTON TRUST
Operating as a registered charity, the trust acts as the parent entity and sponsor for several educational subsidiaries, including the Ormiston Academies Trust, and provides grants to support children and families.
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Cash
£30m
+26.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£709m
+9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
6,196
+7.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£62m
+4,430.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care 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 | £338,887,000 | £338,987,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,315,000 | £59,785,000 | +1,903.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £14,481,000 | -£1,428,000 | £61,845,000 | +4,430.9% | |
| Net profit | £14,481,000 | -£1,428,000 | £61,845,000 | +4,430.9% | |
| Cash | £40,744,000 | £23,753,000 | £29,944,000 | +26.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £664,226,000 | £662,478,000 | £718,780,000 | +8.5% | |
| Net assets | £654,797,000 | £650,998,000 | £709,347,000 | +9% | |
| Equity | £654,797,000 | £650,998,000 | £709,347,000 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 5,569 | 5,772 | 6,196 | +7.3% | |
| Wages | £166,141,000 | £182,083,000 | £200,216,000 | +10% | |
| 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. 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 | — | -1.0% | — | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | -0.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.5% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 5.8% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.39x | 2.25x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | -3.32x | 32.49x |
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
“The trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. The auditor identified no material uncertainties casting significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE ORMISTON TRUST · parent
- The Gateway Learning Community
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Trust
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Theatre Limited
Significant events
- “Following the year end, Hunnyhill Primary School converted to academy trust status on 1 October 2025 and became Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy within Ormiston Academies Trust.”
- “In September 2025, two bungalows on the site of Ormiston Sudbury Academy were sold with permission from the Department for Education.”
- “A number of the school buildings at Ormiston Sudbury Academy will be demolished and replaced with a new three-storey teaching block, separate sports hall and multi-use games area.”
- “This £45m project is being managed by the local authority as part of the Government's School Rebuilding Programme and will be gifted to the Ormiston Academies Trust on completion, which is expected by Autumn 2028.”
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 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.