APEX COLLABORATIVE TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+106.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£33M
+91.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
311
+38.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,833,000 | £18,828,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | -£207,000 | £15,657,000 | |
| Cash | £2,982,000 | £2,880,000 | £5,959,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,412,000 | £17,029,000 | £32,565,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,297,000 | £16,941,000 | £32,500,000 | |
| Equity | — | £16,941,000 | £32,500,000 | |
| Average employees | 213 | 224 | 311 | |
| Wages | — | £7,076,000 | £10,798,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
+46.7%
£12,833,000 £18,828,000
-
Cash
+106.9%
£2,880,000 £5,959,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+91.8%
£16,941,000 £32,500,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+38.8%
224 311
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+52.6%
£7,076,000 £10,798,000
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 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | -1.6% | 83.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 6.2% | 6.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 3.32x | 3.11x |
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
- APEX COLLABORATIVE TRUST 2025-03-12 → present
- THE PENNINE TRUST 2017-12-21 → 2025-03-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (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. For this reason, the board of trustees continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period The Pennine Trust and South Craven Academy merged to become Apex Collaborative Trust.”
- “On 26 February 2025 the members passed a resolution changing the name from The Pennine Trust to Apex Collaborative Trust.”
- “On 1 April 2025, the Pennine Trust merged with South Craven Academy Trust and became Apex Collaborative Trust. An associate membership arrangement is also in place with Pendle Vale College from 1 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITAKER, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2024-12-06 | — | — |
| BELLFIELD, Robert Andrew | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1959 | British |
| BENN, Emma Louise | Director | 2025-03-10 | May 1977 | British |
| BURNHAM, Marie | Director | 2017-12-21 | Mar 1965 | British |
| CLAYTON, Claire Nicola | Director | 2023-03-29 | Mar 1985 | British |
| COWAN, Louise Victoria | Director | 2025-03-10 | Jan 1981 | British |
| GAUNTLETT, Emma Clare | Director | 2017-12-21 | Feb 1975 | British |
| PETTINGER, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2017-12-21 | Aug 1969 | British |
| SHAH, Shahbaz Hussain | Director | 2025-03-10 | Nov 1970 | British |
| WILSON, Hilary Frances | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jan 1958 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Anthony Ben | Secretary | 2018-11-12 | 2024-12-05 |
| BARI, Saima | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2022-10-14 |
| DEVONPORT, Harry | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2021-03-31 |
| GREEN, Vincent Martin | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2019-03-31 |
| HITCHEN, Catherine Jennifer | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2021-03-31 |
| MINTON, Darren Michael | Director | 2025-03-10 | 2025-05-23 |
| PARKIN, Paul | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2021-03-31 |
| PICKERING, Joanne Lesley | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2019-07-19 |
| SARAI, Amerjeat | Director | 2025-03-10 | 2025-08-31 |
| SHELDRICK, Jessica Mary | Director | 2025-03-10 | 2025-12-09 |
| TIERNAN, Colin Michael | Director | 2019-09-06 | 2021-10-04 |
| WHITE, Paul | Director | 2017-12-21 | 2025-03-10 |
| WHITEHEAD, Katy | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2025-03-10 |
| WHITELEY, John Stuart | Director | 2020-12-16 | 2025-03-10 |
| WILSON, Steve | Director | 2021-11-08 | 2024-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Catterall | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-25 | Ceased 2023-02-22 |
| Mr Thomas Matthew Root | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-25 | Ceased 2023-02-22 |
| Mrs Marie Burnham | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-25 | Ceased 2023-02-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-12 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-03-12 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-03-12 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-03-12 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-03-12 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.