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The Challenge Academy Trust

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This trust has 11 schools. At the time of the 2022 / 2023 financial submission there were 11 schools in scope for financial benchmarking. Post 16 academies are included for distribution purposes, but cannot be benchmarked.

Data for academies in a MAT includes an apportioned share of MAT central finance on a pro-rata basis using FTE pupil numbers.

Expenditure

£54.25m

Income

£55.56m

In-year balance

£1.31m

Revenue reserve

£3.92m

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Schools currently in this trust

• Appleton Thorn Primary School
• Beamont Collegiate Academy
• Bridgewater High School
• Broomfields Junior School
• Great Sankey Primary School
• Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School
• Padgate Academy
• Penketh High School
• Penketh South Community Primary School
• Priestley College
• Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School

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Schools in this trust's 2022 / 2023 submission

• Appleton Thorn Primary School
• Beamont Collegiate Academy
• Bridgewater High School
• Broomfields Junior School
• Great Sankey Primary School
• Meadowside Community Primary And Nursery School
• Padgate Academy
• Penketh High School
• Penketh South Community Primary School
• Priestley College
• Sir Thomas Boteler Church Of England High School

Trust history

School year	Date	Event	Organisation
2016/2017	01/05/2017	Joined trust	Bridgewater High School
	01/05/2017	Joined trust	Priestley College
	01/05/2017	Joined trust	Penketh High School
	01/06/2017	Joined trust	Great Sankey Primary School
	01/06/2017	Joined trust	Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School
	01/07/2017	Joined trust	Beamont Collegiate Academy
2017/2018	01/04/2018	Joined trust	Penketh South Community Primary School
2018/2019	01/12/2018	Joined trust	Padgate Academy
2019/2020	01/12/2019	Joined trust	Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School
	01/12/2019	Joined trust	Broomfields Junior School

• Companies House number: 10689247

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Total expenditure

2022/2023

£54.25m

2022/2023

£54.25m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£39,100,000
2019/2020	£43,114,000
2020/2021	£45,733,000
2021/2022	£48,316,000
2022/2023	£54,252,000

Staff total

2022/2023

£41.66m

2022/2023

£41.66m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£30,311,000
2019/2020	£34,235,000
2020/2021	£36,436,000
2021/2022	£37,987,000
2022/2023	£41,660,000

Premises total

2022/2023

£2.92m

2022/2023

£2.92m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£2,109,000
2019/2020	£2,147,000
2020/2021	£2,704,000
2021/2022	£2,963,000
2022/2023	£2,916,000

Occupation total

More about occupation total

These are costs associated with occupying the school building. They include energy, water, sewerage, rates, insurance, and catering.

2022/2023

£3.32m

2022/2023

£3.32m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£2,038,000
2019/2020	£2,487,000
2020/2021	£2,502,000
2021/2022	£2,576,000
2022/2023	£3,320,000

Supplies and services total

2022/2023

£6.36m

2022/2023

£6.36m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£4,642,000
2019/2020	£3,931,000
2020/2021	£4,091,000
2021/2022	£4,790,000
2022/2023	£6,356,000

Interest charges for loans and banking

More about interest charges for loans and banking

This includes:

• interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

• interest received

2022/2023

£0

2022/2023

£0

Year	Amount
2018/2019	No data
2019/2020	No data
2020/2021	£0
2021/2022	£0
2022/2023	£0

Cost of finance total

2022/2023

£0

2022/2023

£0

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£0
2019/2020	£314,000
2020/2021	No data
2021/2022	No data
2022/2023	No data

Special facilities total

More about special facilities total

This includes:

• swimming pools and sports centres
• boarding provision
• rural studies and farm units
• payments by your school to another school for the benefit of pupils at the other school
• pupil inter-site travel, eg moving between sites
• expenses relating to before and after school clubs
• delegated home to school transport
• indirect employee expenses and agency staff expenses relating to a special facility
• purchase of trading items for re-sale, eg school uniforms, books, stationery
• donations paid by the school to a charity
• community education with a benefit to the pupils at the school

It excludes:

• staff costs associated with managing and supporting the special facility for directly employed staff
• staff teaching in the special facility
• school trips
• residential special schools
• any community-focused expenditure

2022/2023

£0

2022/2023

£0

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£0
2019/2020	£0
2020/2021	£0
2021/2022	£0
2022/2023	£0

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