BASE ACADEMY TRUST
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Cash
£564K
+19.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2M
-4.5% vs 2024
Employees
108
-9.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,110,452 | £5,479,416 | +7.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£187,065 | -£40,465 | +78.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£187,065 | -£40,465 | +78.4% | |
| Cash | £470,649 | £563,544 | +19.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,532,996 | £5,277,415 | -4.6% | |
| Net assets | £5,496,476 | £5,249,011 | -4.5% | |
| Equity | £5,496,476 | £5,249,011 | -4.5% | |
| Average employees | 119 | 108 | -9.2% | |
| Wages | £2,887,365 | £3,028,181 | +4.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £427,569 | £405,382 | -5.2% |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.7% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.4% | -0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.24x | 3.03x | |
| Interest cover | -0.94x | -0.19x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- 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.”
Significant events
- “One school has been approved by the DFE and joins the Trust in Jan 26, indicating the Trust's positive reputation and growth.”
- “The Trustees decided to continue with the business venture in Masefield Primary School to run a before and after school club, increasing funding by nearly £25,000 in the current year.”
- “The Trustees and senior leaders approved the purchase and implementation of a new integrated cloud-based management information system.”
- “The Trust became a strategic partner of Forwards as One Trust for Ambition ECT and NPQ programmes, upskilling leaders and teachers.”
- “All schools within the Trust joined challenge partners, leading to increased leadership skills and recognition as leading schools.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, Craig Anthony | Director | 2016-06-13 | Oct 1987 | British |
| MARSDEN, Catherine | Director | 2025-02-14 | Apr 1971 | British |
| OVERBURY, Douglas | Director | 2017-03-20 | May 1955 | British |
| QUIGLEY, Ethel Anne | Director | 2016-06-13 | Mar 1951 | British |
| SPENCER, Karen | Director | 2019-03-01 | Jun 1960 | British |
| WALSH, Jennifer | Director | 2022-07-15 | Oct 1980 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Lisa Marie | Director | 2016-06-13 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTLE, Della Ann | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2022-05-16 |
| CALDWELL, Christopher John | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2018-03-14 |
| COFIE BO AKINYEMI, John | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2016-10-20 |
| GUTZU, Andrew John | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2018-03-23 |
| MORRIS, Elaine Frances | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2025-02-10 |
| O'NEILL, Shane Joseph Alexander | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2017-03-06 |
| WEBB, David | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2016-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-05 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.