ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST

Active
Company number 06982127Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2009

Key figures

£578,490,000+11.3%
Net assets 2024/25
+11.3%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
0200 m400 m600 m2023/242024/25

† ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 85200

Where the company stands among the 5,057 active companies whose first SIC code is 85200 (Primary education).

Net assets£578,490,000
Higher than 99% · median £54,276
Total assets£608,105,000
Higher than 99% · median £184,613
Cash£22,990,000
Higher than 99% · median £293,000
Company age17.3 years
Older than 76% · median 10.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. WEST HEATH 2000£9.8bn
  2. ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST£578.5m
  3. STAR ACADEMIES£536.1m
  4. LIFT SCHOOLS£437.6m
  5. THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST£354.6m
  6. GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST£328.7m
  7. OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST£322.2m
  8. UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP£289.1m
  9. REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST£262m
  10. WITHERSLACK GROUP LIMITED£244.7m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 5,057. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST

What kind of company is it?

ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 06982127. It was incorporated on 5 Aug 2009. Its status is active. The registered office is in Birmingham (B3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is primary education (85200), general secondary education (85310), educational support services (85600).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Aug 2025); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £578,490,000, up 11.3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £22,990,000. Total assets were £608,105,000 and total liabilities £28,686,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 5,057 active companies whose first SIC code is 85200: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £54,276). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £184,613). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £293,000). It is older than 76% of them (median age 10.6 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 15 central government grants worth £8.8m, mainly from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, furniture and lighting. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 31 days to pay suppliers, and 24% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 27.6% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 1 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 Aug 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Cash at bank and in hand16,312,00022,990,000
Total assets548,172,000608,105,000
Total liabilities25,937,00028,686,000
Net assets / total equity519,650,000578,490,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

15 grants

ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 15 central government grants since 2018, together worth £8.8m.

Funders
Department for Education
14 grants · £8.7m
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £115.2k
Grants
  1. Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (Phase 1)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £115,150 · Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund - Phase 1
  2. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £1,000
  3. Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £4,750
  4. Sub-National SupplyDepartment for Education · £75,772
  5. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £5,110,632
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  1. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £41,602
  2. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £840,554
  3. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £840,554
  4. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £840,554
  5. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £840,554
  6. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · −£79,335
  7. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · −£79,335
  8. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £79,335
  9. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · −£79,335
  10. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · −£79,335

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
31 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
24%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 80%
  • 31 to 60 days 11%
  • After 60 days 9%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
28 Feb 2026
25
81%
24%
31 Aug 2025
27
80%
24%
28 Feb 2025
27
79%
26%
31 Aug 2024
29
81%
22%
29 Feb 2024
31
79%
18%
31 Aug 2023
30
77%
30%
28 Feb 2023
34
74%
30%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 27.6% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 17% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter85.5% womenLower middle76.5% womenUpper middle67% womenUpper pay quarter63.4% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 28.5% lower
women 16.4% lower
2023/24
women 24% lower
women 16.8% lower
2022/23
women 37.1% lower
women 20.7% lower
2021/22
women 26.4% lower
women 17.7% lower
2020/21
women 30.2% lower
women 19.5% lower
2018/19
women 27.1% lower
women 18.8% lower
2017/18
women 43.2% lower
women 26.4% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently April 2026. Main goods: plastics and furniture and lighting.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

8 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £578.5m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £519.7m
  3. Mrs Diana Mary Murray ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mr Peter Murray ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mrs Diana Mary Murray registered as a person with significant control
  6. The Ormiston Trust registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Peter Murray registered as a person with significant control
  8. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.