BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-32.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£66M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
679
+3.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,833,944 | £30,870,528 | £32,897,987 | £36,123,504 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,459,232 | -£2,035,237 | £882,232 | £946,121 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,459,232 | -£2,035,237 | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£144,300 | -£56,769 | |
| Cash | £3,907,054 | £3,553,007 | £4,635,400 | £3,130,870 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,290,650 | £67,469,163 | £67,028,814 | £66,424,045 | |
| Net assets | £63,434,351 | £67,369,114 | £67,028,814 | £66,424,045 | |
| Equity | £63,434,351 | £67,369,114 | £67,028,814 | £66,424,045 | |
| Average employees | 658 | 648 | 655 | 679 | |
| Wages | — | — | £18,241,790 | £20,394,900 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £150,000 | £125,000 |
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
-
Turnover
+9.8%
£32,897,987 £36,123,504
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-32.5%
£4,635,400 £3,130,870
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£67,028,814 £66,424,045
-
Employees
+3.7%
655 679
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+7.2%
£882,232 £946,121
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+11.8%
£18,241,790 £20,394,900
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 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -12.0% | -6.6% | 2.7% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.4% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.0% | -3.0% | 1.3% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 5.1% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.10x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.78x | 0.79x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2019-01-23 → present
- BIRMINGHAM DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST 2017-04-19 → 2019-01-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that BDMAT has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Compassionate and wise leadership was evidenced there in the spring 2025 as the school responded to the murder of a pupil on his way home from school. The school continues to feel the impact of that tragedy.”
- “Bentley Heath C of E Primary School won a national award for sustainability during this year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATERSON, Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel | Secretary | 2025-06-01 | — | — |
| BELL, Sharon Elaine | Director | 2023-01-16 | Oct 1973 | British |
| BOYES, Tim John | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HACKETT, Laura | Director | 2022-01-17 | Mar 1980 | British |
| HARLEY-MASON, Geoffrey Balfour | Director | 2017-04-19 | Oct 1960 | British |
| LEUNG, Sin Ying Heidi | Director | 2019-09-24 | Apr 1976 | British |
| MAYFIELD-TAGUE, Katharine Louise | Director | 2025-01-17 | Apr 1969 | British |
| ORAM, Nigel | Director | 2019-04-11 | Jul 1974 | British |
| PILDITCH, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2017-06-29 | Jun 1985 | British |
| SCOTT, Barrie, Revd Canon | Director | 2017-04-19 | Mar 1963 | British |
| SEWELL, Stuart | Director | 2022-05-03 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2017-04-19 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENBOW, Sheila | Secretary | 2023-01-04 | 2024-04-08 |
| BENBOW, Sheila | Secretary | 2019-05-23 | 2022-08-16 |
| BENTLEY, Simon | Secretary | 2024-04-08 | 2025-01-31 |
| FULLWOOD, Michele Anne | Secretary | 2022-08-16 | 2023-01-03 |
| ARROWSMITH, Christine Sarah | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2023-12-07 |
| CROOKS, Melanie Jane | Director | 2017-04-19 | 2020-04-09 |
| HAYNES, Stephanie Mary | Director | 2017-04-19 | 2018-12-12 |
| KHAN, Kabir Ahmed | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2023-07-10 |
| LAWTON, Olivia | Director | 2019-04-15 | 2025-10-31 |
| MANSELL, Christopher David, Dr | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2024-08-31 |
| SAUNDERS, Andrew Clarke | Director | 2017-04-19 | 2018-03-13 |
| SKAKEL, Steven Murray | Director | 2017-04-19 | 2023-03-23 |
| SMART, Janet Andrea, Dr | Director | 2017-04-19 | 2022-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.