BRIDGE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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Cash
£2.1M
-7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+12.8% vs 2024
Employees
319
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£788K
+235.6% 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 | £12,235,571 | £13,302,055 | +8.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£589,076 | £761,346 | +229.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£581,415 | £788,266 | +235.6% | |
| Net profit | -£581,415 | £788,266 | +235.6% | |
| Cash | £2,304,943 | £2,126,058 | -7.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,755,751 | £19,445,768 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £17,228,555 | £19,433,821 | +12.8% | |
| Equity | £17,228,555 | £19,433,821 | +12.8% | |
| Average employees | 314 | 319 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £7,135,254 | £7,686,798 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £125,000 | £135,000 | +8% |
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 | -4.8% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | -4.8% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.1% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.8% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.71x | 2.90x | |
| Interest cover | -7.01x | 10.57x |
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
- BRIDGE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST 2013-10-17 → present
- WADEBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL 2011-08-10 → 2013-10-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Griffin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Harrowbarrow Academy joined the Trust on 1st September 2024.”
- “In 2024/25 the Trust's academies achieved six Good Ofsted inspections.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONEMAN, Julia | Secretary | 2021-03-22 | — | — |
| ASHURST, Maria Jane | Director | 2016-07-05 | Feb 1965 | British |
| CRABB, Sally Jane | Director | 2018-02-13 | Nov 1975 | British |
| GOODCHILD, Judith Ann | Director | 2020-07-07 | Sep 1941 | British |
| HART, Nick | Director | 2021-06-28 | Feb 1950 | British |
| MASSEY, Adrian Lee | Director | 2012-01-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| MCFALL, Jane Millicent | Director | 2015-07-17 | Dec 1956 | British |
| STEVENSON, Louise | Director | 2024-12-05 | Jan 1984 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDER, Jeremy | Secretary | 2012-01-13 | 2021-02-23 |
| APPLEBY, Nicholas Amyas | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2015-09-01 |
| BOREHAM, Gillian Ann Perry | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2015-03-23 |
| COLLINS, David John, Dr | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2012-03-25 |
| CRABB, Valerie Ann | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2016-06-30 |
| DIX, Gareth Hywel | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2013-10-31 |
| EASON, Jackie Anne | Director | 2011-08-10 | 2015-03-25 |
| EVANS, Rebecca Joy | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2024-03-20 |
| GOODCHILD, Judith Ann | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2019-10-22 |
| GOODCHILD, Judith Ann | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2016-02-23 |
| HILL, Cheryl Joy | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2020-08-31 |
| HILL, Sarah Jayne | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2013-10-31 |
| HOLLAND, Edward Guy | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| HUCKSTEP, Stephen John | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2014-09-19 |
| LEEND, David Geoffrey | Director | 2011-08-10 | 2011-12-31 |
| MCLEAN, Colin Robert | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2018-10-31 |
| NASH, Mark | Director | 2011-08-10 | 2013-10-31 |
| POMEROY, Susan Nicola | Director | 2011-08-10 | 2013-07-31 |
| SADLER, Paul French | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2017-03-03 |
| SCHOLEY, Lee Karen | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2012-11-17 |
| STYCH, Paul | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2013-10-31 |
| SWIFT, Vivian Michael Augarde | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2017-08-30 |
| WHITING, Colin Michael | Director | 2011-08-10 | 2014-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jane Millicent Mcfall | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-07-01 |
| Mr Paul French Sadler | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2017-03-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.