THE ASPIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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Cash
£5.1M
+8% vs 2024
Net assets
£41M
+9% vs 2024
Employees
675
+0.9% 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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6 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 | £24,324,000 | £26,011,000 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£89,000 | £2,090,000 | +2,448.3% | |
| Cash | £4,710,000 | £5,085,000 | +8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,792,000 | £40,794,000 | +5.2% | |
| Net assets | £37,289,000 | £40,657,000 | +9% | |
| Equity | £37,289,000 | £40,657,000 | +9% | |
| Average employees | 669 | 675 | +0.9% | |
| Wages | £16,079,000 | £16,842,000 | +4.7% | |
| 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 | -0.4% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.6% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.76x | 2.62x |
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
- THE ASPIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2014-03-31 → present
- THE ASH GROVE TRUST 2013-09-13 → 2014-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DJH 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
- “Hurdsfield Community Primary School joined the Trust in April 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Robert Mark | Director | 2024-09-01 | Oct 1985 | British |
| DAVIES, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2023-07-05 | Apr 1979 | British |
| MARSH, Helen Clare | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| SHARPLES, Carol Ann | Director | 2022-09-22 | Apr 1956 | British |
| SIMPSON, Kevin | Director | 2013-09-13 | Nov 1977 | British |
| TOMLINSON, Jane Felicity Jane | Director | 2020-09-30 | May 1958 | British |
| TREADWAY, Lynn | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASH, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2014-10-01 |
| BAGGALEY, Sarah | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| BONES, Greg | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| BOWEN, Susan | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2025-07-31 |
| BURGESS, Fiona | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| CHARNLEY, Debra, Dr | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| COPPENHALL, Michelle Ruth | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2025-02-24 |
| DEAN, Christopher | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2023-07-05 |
| DOBSON, Fiona, Dr | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2014-10-01 |
| EGDELL, Kate | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2024-07-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Martin | Director | 2018-12-13 | 2022-12-12 |
| GAFFNEY, Mark Bernard | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| GRANT, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2014-01-20 | 2014-10-01 |
| HAILWOOD, Timothy Robert | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| HARDERN, Barrie Rushworth | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| HARRIS, Ann Alcock | Director | 2018-03-22 | 2018-12-20 |
| HARROP, Katie Lauren | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2020-08-28 |
| HESMONDHALGH, Lisa Victoria | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2017-05-04 |
| HEWER, Paula Anne | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-05-08 |
| JACKSON, Heather | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2017-05-04 |
| JEUDA, Laura | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| LISLE, Margaret Helen | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2014-10-01 |
| MARSH, Helen Clare | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| NAYLOR, Stuart | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| NEWTON, Kenneth | Director | 2013-09-13 | 2022-08-31 |
| STODDARD, Paul | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| TREADWAY, Lynn | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2017-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kathrin Kristina Faulkner Egdell | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2024-09-01 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Mr Kenneth Newton | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2023-07-05 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Mrs Susan Marian Bowen | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2022-07-24 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
| Ms Gillian Margaret Hartley | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2021-04-30 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Mrs Diana Jane Morrison | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2021-04-30 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Mr Greg Daniel Van Enk-Bones | Individual | Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-12-09 | Ceased 2024-11-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.