DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST

Active
Company number 07386086Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2010

Key figures

£413,429,000
Net assets 2024/25

† DELTA 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, DELTA 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£413,429,000
Higher than 99% · median £49,297
Total assets£455,431,000
Higher than 99% · median £135,899
Cash£70,345,000
Higher than 99% · median £88,685
Company age16.1 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: DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST

What kind of company is it?

DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 07386086. It was incorporated on 23 Sep 2010. Its status is active. The registered office is in Knottingley (WF11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is pre-primary education (85100), primary education (85200), general secondary education (85310), other education n.e.c. (85590).

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 £413,429,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £70,345,000. Total assets were £455,431,000 and total liabilities £42,002,000.

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). It is older than 70% of them (median age 11.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £5.6m. It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £3.8m, from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 25 days to pay suppliers, and 22% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 49.3% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

2 of 2 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 7 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25
2024/25 †
Cash at bank and in hand70,345,000
Total assets455,431,000
Total liabilities42,002,000
Net assets / total equity413,429,000

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.

Public contracts

3 contracts

DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2015. The 2 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £5.6m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers3
Kirklees Council
1 contract · £5.5m
Leeds City Council
1 contract · £5,400
Department for Education
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Day 6 ProvisionKirklees Council · £5,546,798
  2. Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE)‡Department for Education · £1
  3. Targeted Youth Work - Garforth School Partnership‡Leeds City Council · £5,400

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. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

5 grants

DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2020, together worth £3.8m.

Grants
  1. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £4,000
  2. Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £5,750
  3. Sub-National SupplyDepartment for Education · £1,229
  4. Teaching School Core GrantDepartment for Education · £80,500
  5. School Condition Allocation - Multi-Academy Trust RecipientsDepartment for Education · £3,680,609

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
25 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
22%
Standard payment terms
7–30 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 78%
  • 31 to 60 days 20%
  • After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
28 Feb 2026
22
84%
16%
31 Aug 2025
24
74%
2%
28 Feb 2025
24
74%
26%
31 Aug 2024
25
71%
29%
29 Feb 2024
25
68%
32%
31 Aug 2023
25
72%
28%
28 Feb 2023
23
73%
27%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 49.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 25.8% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter89.2% womenLower middle84% womenUpper middle74.3% womenUpper pay quarter66.7% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 47.7% lower
women 25.3% lower
2023/24
women 44.6% lower
women 25.2% lower
2022/23
women 48.6% lower
women 29.1% lower
2021/22
women 50% lower
women 27.1% lower
2020/21
women 45.1% lower
women 26.2% lower
2018/19
women 45% lower
women 28% lower
2017/18
women 47.8% lower
women 25.8% 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

Modern slavery statements7
2027
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (4)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

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.

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

3 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £413.4m
  2. Name changed to DELTA ACADEMIES TRUSTPreviously SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP TRUST ACADEMIES
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.