The net current
assets of an academy trust are one area that trustees should be monitoring to give them comfort that the trust is in a sound financial position.
Not exact matches
An
academy trust is a charitable company responsible for the running
of the
academy, which has control over the land and the other
assets.
Peter Box, the Labour leader
of Wakefield Council, contacted the police over concerns that the
academy trust had engaged in «
asset - stripping»
of its schools, after it emerged that it had transferred money from some
of its individual
academies to its central accounts.
As the school's staff,
assets and contracts will transfer to the
academy trust upon conversion, it is also recommended that you start to collate details
of these including details
of any
assets and contracts you would like excluded from the transfer.
Libby Nicholas, chief executive
of Astrea
Academy Trust, told Tes: «Our teachers are such a valuable
asset — they work tirelessly to deliver an education that inspires beyond measure.
Party calls for publication
of report on Wakefield City
Academies Trust, which is accused
of «
asset stripping» school budgets
Yes, an
academy trust may well sell
of its
assets (be that land, buildings, artwork etc.), but the proceeds are not taken out by individuals but reinvested within the
trust.
All I was trying to do is point out that making out that only
academy trusts can be accused
of «
asset stripping» is wrong.
I understand
asset stripping as being the process
of selling off the
assets of a company (in this case the
academy trust) and extracting the proceeds into the pockets
of the investors leaving behind an empty shell company with debts that will collapse.
The commission said concerns surrounded a «lack
of separation» between the management
of the two charities — DET and Durand
Academy Trust — and its oversight
of its «investment
assets».
Schools taking
academy status will become independent schools, with their
assets becoming the responsibility
of trusts, which will be run as charitable companies.