Names of academy trusts failing to submit accounts by deadline of 31 December 2016
Dear Department for Education,
I should be grateful if you could send me the names of all academy trusts which failed to meet the deadline of the end of December 2016 for submitting audited accounts for year ending 31 August 2016.
Yours faithfully,
J Downs
Dear Mr Downs
Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2017-0017241.
Thank you
Department for Education
Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Tel: 0370 000 2288
Dear MINISTERS,
I sent an FoI request on 24 March 2017 asking for the names of academy trusts which failed to submit accounts by the deadline of 31 December 2016.
The twenty working days deadline has now passed and I have not received a reply. I should be grateful if you could respond to my request by 28 April 2017. I would rather not have to request an Internal Review as it takes up your time and mine but I will have no option if I do not receive a reply by 28 April 2017.
I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours sincerely,
J Downs
Dear J Downs,
Thank you for your request for information received on 24 March 2017.
You requested the names of all academy trusts which failed to meet the
deadline of the end of December 2016 for submitting audited accounts for
year ending 31 August 2016.
I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(“the Act”).
There were 137 Academy Trusts that did not submit their audited accounts
for year ended 31 August 2016 to the EFA by the 31 December 2016; the
names of these Academy Trusts, and the dates they were submitted are
provided in Annex A.
This information shows the trusts that did not return information by the
deadline. It is important to note that trusts have subsequently submitted
and continue to submit their audited financial statements. The Academies
Financial Handbook sets out requirements placed on trusts, including the
requirement to submit audited financial statements to the EFA. Where
trusts do not comply with this requirement, EFA’s intervention is always
proportionate and risk-based and preserves the effective education of
children.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Remember to
quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
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months of the date of this letter. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications. Your complaint will be
considered by an independent review panel, who were not involved in the
original consideration of your request.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Yours sincerely
Kris Clark
Department for Education
Dear Kris Clark
2017 0017241
Thank you for letting me know the names of academy trusts who failed to submit accounts by the deadline 31 December 2016.
You say the list included the dates when accounts were received. However, there are no dates given. And there seems to be a mismatch between the names you gave and those listed at Companies House as not submitting accounts for year ending 31 August 2016. For example, the West London Free School has not submitted accounts for year ending 31 August 2016 to Companies house. Neither are they given on WLFS website. Companies House says they are due by 31 May 2017 but the Academies Financial Handbook says all academy trust accounts must be sent to the EFA by 31 December.
I should be grateful, therefore, if you could:
1 Send me the dates which you said were included in your reply but which were missing.
2 Include in the amended data any academy trust which missed the 31 December deadline on the grounds that their accounts are not due until the end of May, a date which contradicts the Academies Financial Handbook requirement.
Yours sincerely,
J Downs
Dear J Downs
Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2017-0024669.
Thank you
Department for Education
Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Tel: 0370 000 2288
26th May 2017
Dear J Downs
Thank you for your request for information received on 27 April 2017.
You requested that we:
1. Send you the dates which we said were included in our reply but
which were missing.
2. Include in the amended data any academy trust which missed the 31
December deadline on the grounds that their accounts are not due until the
end of May, a date which contradicts the Academies Financial Handbook
requirement.
I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(“the Act”).
In relation to part 1 of your request, there were 137 Academy Trusts that
did not submit their audited accounts for year ended 31 August 2016 to the
ESFA by the 31 December 2016. The names of these Academy Trusts, and the
dates they subsequently submitted their audited accounts, are provided in
Annex A.
The Academies Financial Handbook sets out requirements placed on trusts,
including the requirement to submit audited financial statements to the
ESFA. Where trusts do not comply with this requirement, ESFA’s
intervention is always proportionate and risk-based and preserves the
effective education of children.
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In relation to part 2 of your request, the list provided in Annex A is a
complete list of academy trusts which did not submit their audited
accounts to the ESFA by 31 December 2016, regardless of any alternative
deadline set by Companies House, and information pertaining to account
returns to Companies House is not held by the Department for Education or
it’s agencies.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Remember to
quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Please remember to quote the reference
number above in any future communications. Your complaint will be
considered by an independent review panel, who were not involved in the
original consideration of your request.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Yours sincerely
Kris Clark
Department for Education
ANNEX A
Academy Trusts who did not submit their audited accounts (for the year
ended 31 August 2016) to ESFA by 31 December 2016, and the dates they
subsequently submitted their audited accounts.
Companies House Number Academy Trust Name Financial Statement
Date Received
7543181 Abbs Cross Academy and Arts Not Yet Received
College
7951293 Allestree Woodlands School 25 January 2017
8163458 Alperton Community School 06 January 2017
7670723 Arnold Academy 05 January 2017
8418435 Ashwell Academy 25 January 2017
9289718 Banovallum School Academy 16 January 2017
Trust, The
8326570 Barchelai Academy Trust 03 January 2017
6308595 Basildon Academies, The Not Yet Received
9249132 Beacon of Light 18 January 2017
7835788 Beal Multi-academy Trust 31 January 2017
Limited
7968130 Belle Vue Girls' School 15 March 2017
8165692 Belvoir and Melton Academy 31 January 2017
Trust
4233659 Bexley Business Academy Limited 01 January 2017
8231964 Birkett House School 05 January 2017
7831507 Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School 09 January 2017
8343491 Bridge Integrated Learning 10 January 2017
Space Limited, The
8296889 Bridgnorth Endowed School 17 January 2017
7817746 Brockhampton Academy Trust 31 January 2017
7972070 Bursley Academy 08 March 2017
7751232 Cams Hill School 09 January 2017
9323071 Carillion Academies Trust 07 February 2017
7344616 Castle Community Trust 06 April 2017
7685645 Central Academy Trust 04 April 2017
7698442 Chadsmead Primary Academy 10 January 2017
8963816 Chetwynde School Limited 03 March 2017
7773693 Churchdown School 17 January 2017
7976019 Corpus Christi Catholic Academy 16 January 2017
Trust
8137363 Countesthorpe Community College 27 January 2017
Trust
7893811 Creative Industries UTC 24 March 2017
2303464 Dixons Academies Charitable 20 January 2017
Trust Limited
8654079 Ealing Fields Academy Trust Not Yet Received
8827502 East Cheshire Youth Achievement 24 January 2017
Free School Limited
8246407 East London Arts and Music 24 March 2017
7665550 EBN Trust 10 January 2017
8318962 Eddie Davies Educational Trust, 31 January 2017
The
8829472 Edge Academy Trust, The 10 March 2017
9013070 Edison Trust Ltd 11 January 2017
8355539 Education Excellence For All 09 March 2017
7906423 Elstree UTC, The 05 April 2017
7726858 Emerson Park Academy 10 January 2017
8063334 Eppleton Academy Primary School 25 January 2017
7669035 Erasmus Darwin Academy 16 January 2017
7879288 Erudition Schools Trust Not Yet Received
7740792 Field Court Church of England 15 March 2017
Infant School
9443602 Forge Trust, The 03 February 2017
5853746 Gateway Learning Community 17 January 2017
8346116 GEMS Learning Trust 18 January 2017
8160730 Glendene Arts Academy 30 January 2017
7993890 Gorse Hill School 28 April 2017
7687029 Great Malvern Academy Limited 07 March 2017
7690054 Great Marlow School 09 January 2017
8608665 Green School Trust, The 05 January 2017
7644077 Greenwich Academy Trust 21 April 2017
7949111 Hatton Academies Trust 25 January 2017
9606079 Haybrook College Trust 08 March 2017
8028402 HBH Academy Trust, The Not Yet Received
8286295 Hitchin Boys' School 05 January 2017
7711928 Holmes Chapel Comprehensive 06 January 2017
School & Sixth Form College
9432692 Holy Spirit Catholic Multi 24 January 2017
Academy, The
8976748 Idsall School 03 February 2017
7557634 Inspiring Schools Partnership 31 January 2017
7962216 Isleworth and Syon School for 18 January 2017
Boys
5319170 John Madejski Academy 31 March 2017
7006159 John Wallis Church of 25 January 2017
England Academy, Ashford, The
8063683 Kibblesworth Academy 06 January 2017
7547023 Kingsmead Academy 04 January 2017
8977173 Kirkstead Education Trust, The 16 January 2017
9675372 Learning for Life Partnership, 13 January 2017
The
7145434 Learning Schools Trust 10 March 2017
8432347 Leighfield Academy 12 January 2017
7727564 Lindley Junior School 05 January 2017
8283657 London Design and Engineering 27 March 2017
UTC
7994012 Long Bennington Church of 06 January 2017
England Academy
7716479 Ludgvan School 13 January 2017
8621160 Madeley High School Academy Not Yet Received
Trust
1902341 Maharishi School Trust Limited 19 January 2017
6754335 Manchester Communication 03 January 2017
Academy
8943915 Manchester Communications 03 January 2017
Primary Academy
6888873 March 2016 Limited 09 March 2017
7900248 Mayfield Grammar School, 05 January 2017
Gravesend
9487147 NLT Academies Trust Not Yet Received
7694044 Oakfield School Academy Trust 10 January 2017
7584611 Oakwood Park Grammar School 02 February 2017
6871011 Oldham College Community 27 March 2017
Academies Trust
8165744 Orleans Park School 24 January 2017
6621108 Oxford Academy Trust, The 28 February 2017
7713512 Parbold Douglas Church of 24 January 2017
England Academy
8339345 Partnership Learning 07 April 2017
8192900 Pax Christi Catholic Academy 16 January 2017
Trust
7626303 Paxton Academy Limited 25 January 2017
9141878 Pinewood School Academy Trust 06 January 2017
8382992 Pyrgo Priory Academy Trust 03 January 2017
8452281 REACH2 Academy Trust 16 January 2017
7430317 Redhill Academy Trust 06 January 2017
6802948 Ridings’ Federation of Not Yet Received
Academies Trust, The
9199371 Rivers C of E Multi Academy 16 January 2017
Trust, The
8478985 RNIB Specialist Learning Trust 07 February 2017
10009591 Ron Dearing UTC 07 March 2017
8177657 Rye Academy Trust 07 April 2017
7432586 Sabres Educational Trust 09 March 2017
7841435 Sacred Heart Catholic High 09 January 2017
School
9413691 Saint Cecilia's Church of 25 January 2017
England School
7344616 SchoolsCompany The Goodwin 06 April 2017
Academy
7725629 Sheldwich Primary School 17 January 2017
8590916 Silvertrees Academy Trust 06 January 2017
7700611 Sir Robert Geffery's School 17 January 2017
South Tyneside Academy Trust
8313162 Sponsored by South Tyneside 16 January 2017
College
8282488 South Wiltshire UTC Limited 31 January 2017
7724160 Special Partnership Trust 03 February 2017
7709271 St Edward's Church of England 15 March 2017
School and Sixth Form College
9010445 St Jerome Church of England 08 February 2017
Bilingual Primary School Trust
8355037 St John's Church of England 04 January 2017
Middle School Academy
8232396 St. Anthony's Free School 10 January 2017
8300393 Steiner Academy Bristol 03 January 2017
8576916 Stone with Woodford C of E 13 February 2017
Primary School
8425513 TBAP Trust 15 February 2017
9709935 TCAT Multi Academy Trust 03 April 2017
8130502 Teddington School 02 January 2017
8447216 Telford Co-Operative Multi Not Yet Received
Academy Trust
8615792 The Chafford School Academy Not Yet Received
Trust
8782697 The Northampton Free School 27 April 2017
Trust
9250153 The Royal School Wolverhampton 06 March 2017
5367105 The Samworth Academy 15 March 2017
5090788 Thomas Deacon Academy, The 25 January 2017
8449062 Trinity Academy Newcastle 16 January 2017
6929486 University of Chester Academies 03 March 2017
Trust
University Technical College
7637061 for New Technologies at 31 March 2017
Daventry, The
8293553 UTC Crewe 06 February 2017
8291429 UTC@Harbourside 07 April 2017
7736095 Wandle Valley School 03 January 2017
7412515 Wapping and Shadwell Secondary 05 April 2017
Education Trust, The
8599329 Watford UTC, The 31 March 2017
8137772 Wembley High Technology College 03 January 2017
7898669 West Midlands Construction UTC 17 March 2017
7465520 Whitburn Church of England 06 January 2017
Academy
7693574 Woodlands Academy 21 March 2017
7692394 Woolmer Hill School 03 February 2017
7735863 Wyedean School and Sixth Form 18 January 2017
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