WATERGROVE TRUST
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Cash
£5.2M
+14.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£69M
+2.8% vs 2024
Employees
852
+24.2% vs 2024
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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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £33,084,000 | £47,095,000 | +42.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,081,000 | £2,773,000 | +156.5% | |
| Cash | £4,568,000 | £5,242,000 | +14.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,557,000 | £69,469,000 | +2.8% | |
| Net assets | £67,557,000 | £69,469,000 | +2.8% | |
| Equity | £67,557,000 | £69,469,000 | +2.8% | |
| Average employees | 686 | 852 | +24.2% | |
| Wages | £19,145,000 | £27,256,000 | +42.4% | |
| 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 | 3.3% | 5.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 2.46x |
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
- WATERGROVE TRUST 2019-06-12 → present
- WARDLE ACADEMY 2013-01-21 → 2019-06-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- 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 it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. This is centred around the growth in student numbers year on year and the stability of the reserves available to support.”
Group structure
- WATERGROVE TRUST · parent
- St Andrew's C of E Primary School
- Wardle Academy
- Kentmere Academy
- St James' C of E Primary School
- Matthew Moss High School
- Moorhouse Academy
- Sandbrook Community Primary School
- St Mary's Primary School
- Falinge Park High School
Significant events
- “The Trust was pleased to welcome two new schools to the Trust during the academic year 2024-25, specifically Falinge Park High School and St Mary's CE Primary School joined the Trust in October 2024 and February 2025 respectively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEVILLE, Karen | Secretary | 2019-11-27 | — | — |
| AHMED, Shakeel | Director | 2019-11-05 | Dec 1971 | British |
| GILBERT, Anne Elizabeth, Rev | Director | 2025-09-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| GRIFFITH, Stephen | Director | 2024-08-19 | Jul 1948 | British |
| HARRISON, Robert William | Director | 2022-09-12 | Dec 1950 | English |
| KIRK, Anna Louise | Director | 2022-11-09 | Jun 1990 | British |
| LEES, Julia Dawn | Director | 2022-11-14 | Oct 1974 | British |
| MORTIMER, Gail Lesley | Director | 2024-06-18 | Aug 1954 | British |
| PERKINS, Janice Margaret | Director | 2023-01-10 | Mar 1961 | British |
| TAYLOR, Susan Margaret | Director | 2013-01-21 | Mar 1953 | British |
| WALCZAK, Gary | Director | 2018-01-01 | Mar 1953 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, Julie | Secretary | 2013-01-21 | 2021-01-27 |
| JAMES, Lynda | Secretary | 2020-01-13 | 2026-04-15 |
| AINSCOUGH, Eva | Director | 2016-12-02 | 2021-06-16 |
| AKRAM, Haroon | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-27 |
| AMIN, Zahid | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-12-18 |
| ATCHA, Saeed | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2024-01-10 |
| BRIERLEY, Judith | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-27 |
| BROWN, Susan Gail | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-27 |
| CASTLEDINE, Nigel George | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-06-15 |
| CLARENCE, Harriet Joy | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-23 |
| DARNBROUGH, Janet, Councillor | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-27 |
| DRANSFIELD, James | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-04-28 |
| EMSLEY, Janet Ann, Councillor | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-23 |
| GILBERT, Anne, Reverend | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2021-08-31 |
| GILES, Ian Elvet | Director | 2014-01-06 | 2015-02-27 |
| GLEAVE, Andrew | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2019-01-08 |
| GROSSKOPF, Jonathan | Director | 2016-12-02 | 2018-05-15 |
| HART, Terry | Director | 2022-07-26 | 2023-01-10 |
| HASHMI MBE, Sajid | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2021-01-28 |
| HILDREW, Helen Louise | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-26 |
| JOHNSON, David Gary | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2023-01-10 |
| MCKENZIE, Colin Stewart | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2023-11-08 |
| MCKENZIE, Colin Stewart | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2016-04-06 |
| MORTIMER, Paul, Dr | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2021-12-31 |
| MUNSON, Howard | Director | 2016-12-02 | 2019-02-18 |
| MURFIN, Sophie Louise | Director | 2022-11-14 | 2023-11-06 |
| MURFIN, Sophie Louise | Director | 2022-01-05 | 2022-06-08 |
| O'BRIEN, Sharon Elizabeth | Director | 2019-11-05 | 2023-05-02 |
| OTTLEY-O'CONNOR, Patrick Thomas | Director | 2016-12-02 | 2020-03-12 |
| OZLUCK, Lindsay Jane | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-23 |
| PARKER, Linda Mary | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2022-07-26 |
| PARKER, Linda Mary | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2019-11-05 |
| PAYTON, Helen | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-03-10 |
| SCANTLEBURY, Arthur | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2016-12-01 |
| SLOCOMBE, Mark David | Director | 2019-11-05 | 2020-07-13 |
| SUDWORTH, Jared | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-27 |
| TARBUCK, Elaine | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-26 |
| TOWNSEND, Karen | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-27 |
| WHITTAKER, Stephen | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-23 |
| WRIGHT, Graham Keith, Dr | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2016-12-02 |
| YOUNG, Anthony Raymond | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2015-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Saeed Atcha | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2024-01-10 | Active |
| Mrs Deborah Smith | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2023-12-12 | Active |
| Mr Terry Hart | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2023-01-10 | Ceased 2025-11-04 |
| Lord Jim Knight | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-09-16 | Active |
| Mrs Linda Mary Parker | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-07-26 | Ceased 2023-12-01 |
| Mr Liam Eaglestone | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-07-26 | Ceased 2023-11-20 |
| Ms Janice Margaret Perkins | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-07-26 | Ceased 2023-01-10 |
| Mrs Sheila Miriam Cairns | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2020-12-02 | Ceased 2024-08-31 |
| Mr Patrick Thomas Ottley-O'Connor | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2020-03-12 | Ceased 2022-04-01 |
| Mr Stuart Michael Pidgeon | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2019-09-26 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
| Mr Ashley Howard Dearnley | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2019-06-15 | Ceased 2022-07-26 |
| Revd Rachel Damaris Battershell | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2018-05-01 | Ceased 2022-07-26 |
| Mrs Linda Mary Parker | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2020-03-12 |
| Mrs Susan Margaret Taylor | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2020-01-23 |
| Mr Arthur Scantlebury | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.