HULL COLLABORATIVE ACADEMY TRUST
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Cash
£4.2M
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£75M
+11.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,057
+1.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£864K
-354.7% vs 2024
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 · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,785,256 | £46,688,091 | £49,101,247 | +5.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,311,666 | -£131,042 | -£940,145 | -617.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,310,802 | -£190,042 | -£864,145 | -354.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,582,198 | -£190,042 | -£864,145 | -354.7% | |
| Cash | £4,538,901 | £4,348,098 | £4,154,675 | -4.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,485,211 | £66,160,169 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £65,260,211 | £67,505,169 | £75,102,024 | +11.3% | |
| Equity | £65,260,211 | £67,505,169 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 1,048 | 1,046 | 1,057 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £26,257,149 | £30,405,355 | £32,671,369 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,055,854 | £1,154,728 | £1,050,267 | -9% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.1% | -0.3% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | -0.4% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.0% | -0.2% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.8% | 4.4% | -7.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.37x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | — | -2.22x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dutton Moore
- 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.”
Significant events
- “During the reporting period Dorchester Primary School has commenced a £1m scheme to decarbonise its heating system by replacing gas combustion boilers with low carbon air source heat pumps. The installation will be completed in the next reporting period and is following a successful bid for support from the Salix Fund.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATCHETT, Kevin John | Secretary | 2022-09-22 | — | — |
| GREENFIELD, Nathan Ashley | Director | 2023-02-01 | Aug 1990 | British |
| LEWIS, Louise | Director | 2023-12-19 | Apr 1973 | British |
| MACDONALD, Estelle Miriam | Director | 2020-06-15 | Jan 1965 | British |
| OCONNELL, Colleen | Director | 2021-09-12 | Apr 1958 | British |
| STOCKS, Lesley Joanne | Director | 2024-06-28 | Nov 1963 | British |
| TAYLOR, William Anthony | Director | 2024-02-22 | Jan 1980 | British |
| WEST, Lee Michael | Director | 2024-02-20 | Sep 1977 | British |
| WOOD, Spencer | Director | 2023-12-19 | Nov 1992 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Deborah Mary | Secretary | 2013-07-15 | 2017-01-05 |
| HORNE, Timothy James | Secretary | 2017-01-05 | 2022-02-22 |
| BARBER, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2020-07-10 |
| BARBER, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2017-06-15 |
| BARMBY, George | Director | 2023-12-19 | 2024-09-17 |
| BEAL, Katie | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2016-10-04 |
| BERTHOLINI, David Ronald | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2014-11-19 |
| BROOKE, Paul Lindsay Raymond | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2015-01-21 |
| CARLILE, Paul Garron | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2015-12-15 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Lisa | Director | 2022-03-22 | 2024-03-19 |
| DAWSON, Kristina Jane | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2017-01-22 |
| EDWARDS, Joan Frances | Director | 2021-09-12 | 2023-07-21 |
| ELLIOTT, Simon Richard James, Rev | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2013-09-01 |
| FAULKNER, Joanne Lisa | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2014-11-11 |
| HARRIS, Jane | Director | 2020-12-10 | 2021-06-30 |
| HINDSON, Catherine | Director | 2017-06-15 | 2018-11-27 |
| HUSCROFT, Christopher James | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2024-04-30 |
| KEATING, Leanne | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2017-04-05 |
| KINGSTON, Anthony Shaw | Director | 2015-09-15 | 2018-09-25 |
| LAKIN, Paul John | Director | 2021-09-12 | 2023-03-17 |
| MACDONALD, Estelle Miriam | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2017-12-14 |
| MARKS, Darren Malcolm | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2015-05-14 |
| MATHIAS, Malcolm George | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2025-07-15 |
| MILNER, Melissa Jane | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2016-10-04 |
| MUDD, Claire | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2016-10-04 |
| OXTOBY, Alison Claire | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2025-10-07 |
| OXTOBY, Nicky Dalglish | Director | 2024-02-05 | 2025-03-25 |
| PLUMRIDGE, Paul | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2014-06-25 |
| RYAN, Charles John | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2020-12-16 |
| SHARPE, Dawn Michelle | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2017-03-29 |
| SIMPSON, Gail | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2018-12-13 |
| SMITH, Michelle Marie | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2015-09-15 |
| SOWERBY, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2015-09-15 | 2017-01-05 |
| STORR, Adrian | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2017-04-05 |
| TOMLINSON, Natasha Louise | Director | 2019-10-02 | 2021-02-17 |
| WHITAKER, Michael Henry | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2019-09-11 |
| WILSON, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2021-09-27 |
| WILSON, Graham David | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2022-11-28 |
| WINN, Liz | Director | 2021-09-12 | 2023-02-07 |
| WINN, Pauline | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2023-07-21 |
| YATES, Cheryl | Director | 2015-03-12 | 2026-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.