Aspirational Futures Multi-academy Trust

UID 17644·Companies House 08151601·Incorporated July 2012·Compare

Schools

Flags

4 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Apr 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£19.8m

2,706 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.7%

of income

Avg reserves

9.1%

of income

Avg absence

6.4%

Persistent: 16.8%

More metrics

Avg FSM

28.7%

free school meals

Capacity

96%

2,706 / 2,810 places

At a glance

Last accounts filed 18 months ago2 schools in deficit1 school with absence above 8%1 school with staff costs above 78%1 school with Ofsted concerns

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Good 3RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

Good 4

Personal development

Outst. 2Good 2

Leadership & management

Good 5

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

38.8

-7.5

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

62.3%

+1.3pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressChorley Business & Technology Centre, N3, Rm 1&2 Euxton Lane, Chorley, PR7 6TE

Companies House08151601

Incorporated20 July 2012

Trust growth over time

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	1,098	£6.9m	£6.6m	74.2%	18.7%
2022/23	1	1,107	£7.4m	£7.4m	75.7%	17.4%
2023/24	5	2,706	£19.8m	£20.3m	74.7%	9.1%
2024/25partial	4	2,480	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

2.3%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£482,000

CS staff costs

£288,000

CS income

£140,000

Admin & clerical£31,000

Teaching staff£219,000

ICT£11,000

Premises£10,000

Legal & professional£96,000

Auditor costs£21,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2024Source: Companies House

6 current directors · Average tenure: 8.0 years · 1 change in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (6)

Kelly Knowles

director·1 year

Carol-Ann Duke

director·2 years

Lynsey Austen

director·3 years

Ian Andrew Hamer

director·13 years

Keith Robert Fielding

director·13 years

Linda Kinnaird

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Jenny Goy

secretary·1 year

48 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2025

Fiona Ross Hodson

director·1 year·Resigned Dec 2025

Leanne Cobham

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Caroline Bradshaw

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Jennifer Wright

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Elisabeth Jane Williams

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Sharon Brookes

director·4 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Richard Michael Cornes

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Catherine Elizabeth Cathey

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Andrew David Cunningham

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Janet Irene Nelson

director·5 years·Resigned Mar 2022

Leanne Holbert

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2022

Lee Nelson

director·7 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Michelle Curtis

secretary·7 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Jonathan Nicholas Almond

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Claus Madsen

director·7 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Danyela Ann Kellett

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2021

Julie Andrea Green

director·8 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Elizabeth Cathey

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2021

Briony Mary Boardman-owen

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Alison Schmid

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Elisabeth Jane Williams

director·9 years·Resigned Aug 2021

Fiona Rachel Eastham

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Katie Louise Smyth

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Daniel James Gosling

director·10 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Paul David Howard

director·10 years·Resigned May 2017

Scott Ashley Parker

director·10 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Joanne Claire Day

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Andrew Richard Oddy

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Geoffrey O'donoghue

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2022

Steven James Mitchell

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Eileen Margaret Chester

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Lauren Sayward

director·12 years·Resigned Feb 2015

Andrew Philip Hopkins

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Ann Murphy

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Doreen Astin

secretary·13 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Hazel Fitzpatrick

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2012

Judith Mary Hagarty

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Dennis Hajdukiewicz

director·13 years·Resigned May 2013

Andrea Jane Hall

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2012

Claire Hollister

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Marie Hunt

director·13 years·Resigned Jan 2023

Peter Malpas

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2021

Paul Robert Mckay

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2015

Patricia Berry

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Helen Clare Partington

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2012

Mark Perks

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Victoria Elizabeth Shore

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Matthew William Crow

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Member schools (5)

5 schools|2 with risk flags|4 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Balshaw Lane Community Primary School	150117	Primary	high staff costsin year deficit
Gillibrand Primary School	150234	Primary	—
Highfield Community Primary School	150034	Primary	—
Parklands High School	138647	Secondary	—
Walton-Le-Dale High School	150510	Secondary	ofsted concernhigh absencein year deficit

Balshaw Lane Community Primary SchoolPrimary

high staff costsin year deficit

Gillibrand Primary SchoolPrimary

Highfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary

Parklands High SchoolSecondary

Walton-Le-Dale High SchoolSecondary

ofsted concernhigh absencein year deficit