Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust

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This trust has 13 schools. At the time of the 2022 / 2023 financial submission there were 12 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

£17.89m

Income

£18.19m

In-year balance

£298k

Revenue reserve

£2.77m

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Schools currently in this trust

• Beacon Primary School
• Canon Johnson CofE Primary School
• Gorsefield Primary School
• Greenhill Primary School
• Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne
• St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School
• St Chad's Church of England Primary School
• St George's CofE Primary School
• St James' Church of England Primary School
• St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School
• St John's Church of England Primary School
• St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge
• St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School

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Schools in this trust's 2022 / 2023 submission

• Beacon Primary School - Bolton
• Canon Johnson Cofe Primary School
• Gorsefield Primary School
• Greenhill Primary School
• Parochial Cofe Primary And Nursery School, Ashton-Under-Lyne
• St Anne's Cofe Lydgate Primary School
• St Chad's Church Of England Primary School - Oldham
• St James' Church Of England Primary School - Ashton-Under-Lyne
• St John With St Michael Church Of England Primary School
• St John's Church Of England Primary School
• St Paul's Cofe Primary School, Astley Bridge
• St Peter's Smithills Dean Church Of England Primary School

Trust history

School year	Date	Event	Organisation
2012/2013	01/10/2012	Joined trust	St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge
2014/2015	01/04/2015	Joined trust	Gorsefield Primary School
2017/2018	01/05/2018	Joined trust	St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary School
2018/2019	01/11/2018	Joined trust	Beacon Primary School
	01/01/2019	Joined trust	Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne
	01/01/2019	Joined trust	Canon Johnson CofE Primary School
2019/2020	01/04/2020	Joined trust	St James' Church of England Primary School
2020/2021	01/04/2021	Joined trust	Greenhill Primary School
2021/2022	01/02/2022	Joined trust	St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School
2022/2023	01/09/2022	Joined trust	St Chad's Church of England Primary School
	01/09/2022	Joined trust	St Anne's CofE Lydgate Primary School
	01/09/2022	Joined trust	St John's Church of England Primary School

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Total expenditure

2022/2023

£17.89m

2022/2023

£17.89m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£6,518,000
2019/2020	£8,038,000
2020/2021	£10,277,000
2021/2022	£11,767,000
2022/2023	£17,893,000

Staff total

2022/2023

£12.24m

2022/2023

£12.24m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£4,947,000
2019/2020	£6,207,000
2020/2021	£7,424,000
2021/2022	£8,266,000
2022/2023	£12,243,000

Premises total

2022/2023

£2.09m

2022/2023

£2.09m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£1,010,000
2019/2020	£651,000
2020/2021	£1,157,000
2021/2022	£1,324,000
2022/2023	£2,086,000

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

£1.79m

2022/2023

£1.79m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£471,000
2019/2020	£664,000
2020/2021	£813,000
2021/2022	£1,045,000
2022/2023	£1,789,000

Supplies and services total

2022/2023

£1.78m

2022/2023

£1.78m

Year	Amount
2018/2019	£730,000
2019/2020	£668,000
2020/2021	£883,000
2021/2022	£1,132,000
2022/2023	£1,775,000

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	-£640,000
2019/2020	-£152,000
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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