SPARKLE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
Cash
£314K
-42.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-4.7% vs 2024
Employees
103
+15.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£490K
-113.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £4,265,093 | £4,825,340 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,624,955 | -£478,076 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,620,025 | -£490,119 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £3,619,705 | -£490,459 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £543,213 | £314,076 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,295,207 | £8,768,363 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £9,190,220 | £8,762,761 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £9,190,220 | £8,762,761 | |
| Average employees | — | 58 | 63 | 89 | 103 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,689,945 | £3,203,204 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £302,500 | £315,000 |
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
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Turnover
+13.1%
£4,265,093 £4,825,340
-
Cash
-42.2%
£543,213 £314,076
-
Net assets
-4.7%
£9,190,220 £8,762,761
-
Employees
+15.7%
89 103
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-113.2%
£3,624,955 -£478,076
-
Profit before tax
-113.5%
£3,620,025 -£490,119
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Wages
+19.1%
£2,689,945 £3,203,204
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 85.0% | -9.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 84.9% | -10.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 39.0% | -5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 4.6% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.25x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 724.99x | -39.84x |
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
- Sumer Audit
- 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 accounts.”
Significant events
- “The Academy suffered a significant deficit in 2024-25 of £398,556 (excluding capital and LGPS movements), which has resulted in a net current liability position of £29,669, the trustees and Chief Financial Officer are engaging in a thorough spending review aimed at securing the future operational position, within 12 months from the date of signing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YANEZ, Charlie George | Secretary | 2025-08-26 | — | — |
| BAKER, Sarah Louise | Director | 2020-10-20 | Sep 1970 | British |
| CHRISTIE, Grant | Director | 2015-08-20 | Sep 1978 | British |
| HALL, Simon Justin | Director | 2024-11-13 | Feb 1965 | British |
| HUMPHREYS, Daniel John Michael | Director | 2015-08-20 | Feb 1980 | British |
| JONES, Paul Mervyn, Dr | Director | 2015-08-20 | Apr 1963 | British |
| NASH, Ian Nigel | Director | 2015-08-20 | Nov 1966 | British |
| NEALE, Peter John | Director | 2019-05-07 | Nov 1953 | British |
| ROLLINGS, Terry | Director | 2024-01-31 | Mar 1947 | British |
| SLADE, Amy Louise | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| WILKINSON, Debra | Director | 2024-01-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| YANEZ, Charlie George | Director | 2025-08-26 | May 2000 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLCOCK, Brittany Ursula Juliana | Secretary | 2024-08-15 | 2025-08-26 |
| CHILVERS, Ian George | Secretary | 2015-08-20 | 2024-08-15 |
| ADAMS, James World | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| ALLCOCK, Brittany Ursula Juliana | Director | 2024-08-15 | 2025-08-26 |
| CHILVERS, Ian | Director | 2024-11-13 | 2025-11-12 |
| CHILVERS, Ian George | Director | 2015-08-20 | 2024-11-13 |
| CHUTE, Russell John | Director | 2019-09-25 | 2024-01-31 |
| GAVIGAN, Josephine, Canon | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2024-11-13 |
| JOSLING, Alexander | Director | 2015-08-20 | 2017-10-01 |
| MATTHEWS, Richard Colin | Director | 2023-12-01 | 2024-05-13 |
| MILLER, Ian Ross | Director | 2015-08-20 | 2016-07-01 |
| NICHOLSON, Elaine | Director | 2018-04-04 | 2020-07-02 |
| PAPPS, Philip James | Director | 2015-08-20 | 2019-04-30 |
| STRINGER, Howard | Director | 2015-08-20 | 2019-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Paul Mervyn Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.