ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST: academy finances
11 academies with a full-year return, 1 of them in deficit at their latest return. A trust can move money between its academies, so an academy shown in deficit may be supported by the trust as a whole.
Most of a school's money pays for staff, so deficits usually build up when pay and other costs rise faster than funding, or when pupil numbers fall and the money that comes with each pupil goes too. What helps: a recovery plan agreed with the council or trust that brings the budget back into balance over a few years, regular forecasts that governors check, and early conversations about pupil numbers and special needs funding.
- 2023-24: 2 of 8 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 1 of 11 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £1,010 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £1,067 in 2025–26 prices. The IFS average for all trusts in 2023-24 was £510 per pupil, in 2025–26 prices (IFS, p.56).
Figures are each school's latest full-year return, total with the per-pupil figure beside it. PTA income is the school's share of its registered parents' association's latest return, in the school year that return falls in. Where no registered parents' association was found, the school may still have one: charities with an income of £5,000 or less need not register.
| School | Status | Reserve | Government funding | Spending | PTA income | PTA per pupil | Donations | Reserve per pupil trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In deficit | -£177k -£1,460 per pupil | £1.0m £8,636 per pupil | £1.1m £9,198 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £14k £116 per pupil | ||
Tight | +£27k +£150 per pupil | £1.1m £6,303 per pupil | £1.1m £6,444 per pupil | £44k £246 per pupil | £246 | £28k £157 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£57k +£283 per pupil | £1.2m £5,724 per pupil | £1.2m £6,138 per pupil | £19k £92 per pupil | £92 | £37k £182 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£77k +£375 per pupil | £1.4m £6,659 per pupil | £1.5m £7,200 per pupil | £7k £33 per pupil | £33 | £22k £107 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£204k +£455 per pupil | £2.5m £5,625 per pupil | £2.5m £5,618 per pupil | £11k | — | -£7k -£16 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£593k +£495 per pupil | £8.6m £7,138 per pupil | £9.0m £7,480 per pupil | £9k £7 per pupil | £7 | £234k £195 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£591k +£548 per pupil | £7.9m £7,295 per pupil | £8.6m £8,000 per pupil | £32k | — | £408k £378 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£134k +£560 per pupil | £1.3m £5,611 per pupil | £1.4m £6,025 per pupil | £4k | — | £52k £218 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£155k +£760 per pupil | £1.3m £6,226 per pupil | £1.4m £6,654 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £67k £329 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£147k +£991 per pupil | £1.1m £7,108 per pupil | £1.1m £7,459 per pupil | £6k £39 per pupil | £39 | £20k £135 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£366k +£1,736 per pupil | £1.4m £6,773 per pupil | £1.4m £6,616 per pupil | Registered, no income filed yet | — | £9k £43 per pupil |
Sources: DfE Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool data (CFR returns for council-run schools, April to March; academy accounts returns, September to August), Get Information about Schools, DfE section 251 outturn (DSG balances), the Charity Commission register and the IFS annual report on education spending in England 2025–26 (IFS figures in 2025–26 prices, November 2025 deflator). Open Government Licence v3.0. Check at source: DfE benchmarking for this trust. How these figures are worked out