HUMBER EDUCATION TRUST: academy finances
17 academies with a full-year return, 0 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.
- 2018-19: 0 of 12 academies in deficit
- 2019-20: 0 of 13 academies in deficit
- 2020-21: 0 of 16 academies in deficit
- 2021-22: 0 of 16 academies in deficit
- 2022-23: 0 of 17 academies in deficit
- 2023-24: 0 of 17 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 0 of 17 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £332 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £351 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Large reserves | +£318k +£2,934 per pupil | £3.7m £33,659 per pupil | £3.6m £33,493 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £11k £101 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£326k +£739 per pupil | £3.2m £7,216 per pupil | £3.1m £6,992 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£174k +£794 per pupil | £1.6m £7,283 per pupil | £1.6m £7,438 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£328k +£938 per pupil | £2.7m £7,760 per pupil | £2.6m £7,506 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£260k +£794 per pupil | £1.9m £5,738 per pupil | £1.9m £5,854 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2016 | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£208k +£1,097 per pupil | £1.5m £7,937 per pupil | £1.5m £7,842 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£903k +£4,160 per pupil | £6.5m £30,138 per pupil | £6.0m £27,562 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2022 | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£669k +£3,635 per pupil | £4.8m £26,299 per pupil | £4.9m £26,772 per pupil | £4k £22 per pupil | £22 | £6k £33 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£549k +£828 per pupil | £3.7m £5,524 per pupil | £3.8m £5,653 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£545k +£1,238 per pupil | £3.3m £7,427 per pupil | £3.1m £7,007 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.1m +£6,586 per pupil | £4.7m £28,584 per pupil | £4.7m £28,596 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£441k +£1,417 per pupil | £1.9m £6,248 per pupil | £1.9m £6,074 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£324k +£1,557 per pupil | £1.4m £6,567 per pupil | £1.3m £6,428 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 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