THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

Active
Company number 07353824Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2010

Key figures

£310,882,000+0.0%
Net assets 2024/25
+0.0%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
0100 m200 m300 m400 m2023/242024/25

† THE SPENCER 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, THE SPENCER 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 85100

Where the company stands among the 8,358 active companies whose first SIC code is 85100 (Pre-primary education).

Net assets£310,882,000
Higher than 99% · median £49,297
Total assets£334,331,000
Higher than 99% · median £135,899
Cash£11,546,000
Higher than 99% · median £88,685
Employees2,775
Higher than 99% · median 10
Company age16.2 years
Older than 70% · median 11.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. UNITED LEARNING TRUST£949.3m
  2. LANGLEY GORSE DAY NURSERY LIMITED£925.7m
  3. THE GIRLS' DAY SCHOOL TRUST£599.9m
  4. LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST£456.9m
  5. DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST£413.4m
  6. MERIDIAN TRUST£405.6m
  7. PARTNERSHIP LEARNING£360.4m
  8. THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST£310.9m
  9. RIVER LEARNING TRUST£270.4m
  10. BUSY BEES NURSERIES LIMITED£270.1m

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 8,358. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

What kind of company is it?

THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 07353824. It was incorporated on 23 Aug 2010. Its status is active. The registered office is in Nottingham (NG9). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is pre-primary education (85100), primary education (85200), general secondary education (85310), post-secondary non-tertiary education (85410).

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 £310,882,000, up 0% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £11,546,000. Total assets were £334,331,000 and total liabilities £12,439,000. The company had an average of 2,775 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 8,358 active companies whose first SIC code is 85100: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £49,297). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £135,899). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £88,685). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 10). It is older than 70% of them (median age 11.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Derby City Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £21k. It is recorded as the recipient of 14 central government grants worth £2.4m, mainly from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly knitted clothing. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 14 days to pay suppliers, and 32% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2026/27 shows median hourly pay for women 28.1% lower than for men.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 6 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Cash at bank and in hand9,279,00011,546,000
Total assets327,988,000334,331,000
Total liabilities13,393,00012,439,000
Net assets / total equity310,882,000310,882,000
Average number of employees—2,775

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.

Public contracts

1 contract

THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Derby City Council. Its published value is £21k.

Contract
  1. ENQ517 - Improving outcomes in Key Stages 1 and 2 MathematicsDerby City Council · £21,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

14 grants

THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 14 central government grants since 2018, together worth £2.4m.

Funders
Department for Education
13 grants · £2.4m
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £24k
Grants
  1. Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (Phase 1)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £24,000 · Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund - Phase 1
  2. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £1,050,919
  3. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £525,460
  4. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £525,460
  5. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
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  1. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · −£34,166
  2. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  3. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  4. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  5. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  6. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  7. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  8. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,166
  9. Multi-Academy Trust Condition Loans ProgrammeDepartment for Education · £34,174

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
14 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
32%
  • Within 30 days 96%
  • 31 to 60 days 3%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
28 Feb 2026
16
97%
20%
29 Feb 2024
16
93%
39%
31 Aug 2023
14
97%
41%
28 Feb 2023
13
96%
50%
31 Aug 2022
13
97%
51%
28 Feb 2022
14
96%
49%
31 Aug 2021
17
95%
13%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2026/27
Median hourly pay
women 28.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 15.6% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter90% womenLower middle77% womenUpper middle76% womenUpper pay quarter69% women
Earlier years (9)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2025/26
women 27.5% lower
women 16.5% lower
2024/25
women 32.3% lower
women 19.5% lower
2023/24
women 32.5% lower
women 18.7% lower
2022/23
women 28.4% lower
women 16.6% lower
2021/22
women 30.3% lower
women 18.9% lower
2020/21
women 31% lower
women 18.9% lower
2019/20
women 31.5% lower
women 19.4% lower
2018/19
women 20.5% lower
women 16% lower
2017/18
women 35.3% lower
women 24.6% 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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently April 2026. Main goods: knitted clothing.

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

10 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £310.9m, 2,775 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £310.9m
  3. Mrs Kelly Ann Vere ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mrs Michelle Thompson ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Andrew Talbot ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Mrs Kelly Ann Vere registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mrs Michelle Thompson registered as a person with significant control
  8. Mr Andrew Talbot registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (2)
  1. Name changed to THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUSTPreviously GEORGE SPENCER ACADEMY TRUST
  2. 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.