AVONREACH ACADEMY TRUST
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Cash
£2.5M
+16.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+9.2% vs 2024
Employees
247
+5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£913K
+21.7% vs 2024
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 | £13,224,000 | £13,938,000 | +5.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £750,000 | £913,000 | +21.7% | |
| Net profit | £750,000 | £913,000 | +21.7% | |
| Cash | £2,156,000 | £2,521,000 | +16.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,353,000 | £21,127,000 | +3.8% | |
| Net assets | £19,235,000 | £20,997,000 | +9.2% | |
| Equity | £19,235,000 | £20,997,000 | +9.2% | |
| Average employees | 234 | 247 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £6,882,000 | £7,054,000 | +2.5% | |
| 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.7% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.4% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 2.99x |
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
- AVONREACH ACADEMY TRUST 2017-11-09 → present
- PERSHORE HIGH SCHOOL 2011-06-10 → 2017-11-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young (Birmingham) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees has a reasonable expectation that the trust 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
- “In the summer term the board agreed to begin informal due diligence with a local multi academy trust with the intention of a merger in September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEVAN, Karen | Secretary | 2018-09-01 | — | — |
| BREEZE, Natalie Winifred | Director | 2023-03-09 | Jan 1964 | Canadian |
| BROTHERTON, Michelle | Director | 2025-01-20 | Aug 1977 | British |
| CHRISTIAN, Susan | Director | 2024-03-12 | Nov 1962 | British |
| CUMMING, Ian | Director | 2017-08-01 | Sep 1964 | British |
| DRAIN, James | Director | 2025-01-20 | Dec 1956 | British |
| FIDEGNON-EDOH, Floriane | Director | 2023-03-09 | Oct 1998 | British,French |
| LONGDON, Andrew | Director | 2017-08-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| RUTTER, Karen Lesley | Director | 2019-02-13 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVENPORT, Annette Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-07-01 | 2015-12-17 |
| ALLEN, Martin Vincent | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| ANSTEY, Penelope | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2023-10-26 |
| ASH, Felicity Mary | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-10-05 |
| BARNES, Keith Francis | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| BESSANT, Steven | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-07-08 |
| BITCON, Sarah | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| BLUNT, Lesley | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| BOOTH, Graham John | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| BROOKES, John Richard Leslie | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-09-23 |
| CALLAGHAN, Rachel | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2024-07-18 |
| CAVILLA, Philippa Jane | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| CHARLES, Richard Trevor | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2017-07-31 |
| CHIPPENDALE, Melanie | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-07-08 |
| CORBETT, Clive | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2021-02-11 |
| DALTON, Russell Gregge | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| DEAN, Julia | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Ann Myfanwy | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-09-12 |
| EVANS, Richard | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2017-07-31 |
| FEAR, Heidi Mary | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| FEATONBY, Paul | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| FOWLER, Noel Paul | Director | 2019-09-12 | 2020-06-09 |
| GOW, Nicola Frances | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| HANSON, Philip Andrew | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| HAYES, Julia | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2020-09-04 |
| IDDON, Anita Janice | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| MCDONALD, Thomas Victor | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-02-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Robert Jack | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2025-07-17 |
| RILEY, David Frederick | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| ROWE, Kenneth Ernest Pugh | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| SAMPSON, Guy | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| SLATER, Mark Anthony | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2023-02-12 |
| STANTON, Bob | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2023-10-26 |
| TAYLOR, Simon | Director | 2023-03-09 | 2023-07-21 |
| THOMSON, Heather | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| TUCKER, Elizabeth Boyns | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| WEST, Trevor Reginald | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2015-12-13 |
| YOUNG, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2017-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Natalie Winifred Breeze | Individual | Appoints directors, Significant influence (as trust) | 2019-12-06 | Ceased 2020-12-17 |
| Miss Patricia Ann Steel | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2019-01-17 | Ceased 2020-12-17 |
| Worcestershire Diocesan Academy Trust | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, Significant influence (as trust) | 2017-11-20 | Ceased 2020-12-17 |
| Mrs Suzanne Clarke | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-08-01 | Ceased 2020-06-10 |
| Mr Tom Whittingham | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-08-01 | Ceased 2019-04-10 |
| Mr Tom Willingham | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2017-08-01 | Ceased 2018-06-18 |
| Mr Russell Gregge Dalton | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
| Mr Clive Corbett | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
| Mr Robert Jack Phillips | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
| Mr Nicholas Andrew Young | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-27 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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