PORTLAND COLLEGE
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+35.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+16.8% vs 2023
Employees
662
+39.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+1,048.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PORTLAND COLLEGE 1990-12-10 → present
- PORTLAND TRAINING COLLEGE FOR THE DISABLED. 1946-04-12 → 1990-12-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,534,000 | £19,675,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £213,000 | £2,447,000 | |
| Net profit | £38,000 | £2,265,000 | |
| Cash | £2,915,000 | £3,950,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,469,000 | £15,734,000 | |
| Net assets | £13,469,000 | £15,734,000 | |
| Equity | £13,469,000 | £15,734,000 | |
| Average employees | 474 | 662 | |
| Wages | £10,745,000 | £12,890,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.2% | 11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.0% | 11.8% | |
| Current ratio | -2.76x | -2.94x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PORTLAND COLLEGE · parent
- Portland College Enterprises Limited 100%
- Polly Teach Limited 100%
- JumpstartAP Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Charity group acquired Jumpstart AP in August 2024.”
- “In February 2024 the Charity purchased the freehold of 22a Forest Road West, Nottingham a substantial community building close to Nottingham City Centre which houses a branch of Pollyteach School and will be open to Further Education Learners from September 2024.”
- “In May 2024 the new Manufacturing Centre workshop building was handed over to the College providing a realistic manufacturing work experience opportunity as part of the supply chain for local manufacturing businesses.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANWAY, Daniel John | Secretary | 2024-12-03 | — | — |
| BRIGGS, Mark | Director | 2019-07-08 | May 1977 | British |
| BUTLER, Joanne | Director | 2021-01-26 | Jun 1975 | British |
| DOWBENKO, David Nicholas | Director | 2023-07-18 | May 1962 | British |
| EGLEY, Sarah | Director | 2018-07-09 | Apr 1967 | British |
| EMERSON, Peter Arthur | Director | 2017-01-30 | Jun 1953 | British |
| FARR, Amanda Margaret | Director | 2018-07-09 | Jan 1963 | British |
| GREEN, Dawn Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2015-11-30 | Jan 1968 | British |
| JACKSON, Dianne Maureen | Director | 2023-01-25 | Dec 1963 | British |
| JACKSON, Stephen | Director | 2019-10-14 | Sep 1953 | British |
| MURRAY, Margaret June | Director | 2022-11-02 | Jun 1956 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER-PARRY, Robin George | Secretary | 1994-01-21 | 2008-04-24 |
| COWIN, Ian Harold | Secretary | 2023-08-14 | 2024-12-03 |
| HOPWOOD, Alan George Michael | Secretary | 2008-06-16 | 2010-02-25 |
| KENWRIGHT, Lisa Jayne | Secretary | 2021-03-01 | 2023-08-14 |
| MARTIN, Charles Reginald | Secretary | — | 1994-01-21 |
| ALEANDER, James | Director | 1997-10-03 | 2020-04-27 |
| ARMSTRONG, Carol | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2016-03-21 |
| ASPLEY, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2022-04-26 |
| ATWAL, Harvinder Kaur | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2022-07-19 |
| BAGGALEY, Herbert Howard | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2012-07-23 |
| BRAMLEY, Michael | Director | — | 1994-05-14 |
| BRIGGS, Michelle | Director | 2011-11-21 | 2012-04-02 |
| BUCKLEY, Michael Henry | Director | 2001-10-05 | 2006-06-30 |
| CHURCHILL, Thomas William | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| CLARKE, Leonard Alcock | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| COOPER, Helen Marie | Director | 2024-01-24 | 2026-02-01 |
| COOPER-PARRY, Robin George | Director | — | 2008-04-24 |
| DENNIS, Keith | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2017-03-27 |
| EARNSHAW, Alan Philip | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2020-04-27 |
| FATHERS, Dean Harry | Director | 2017-01-30 | 2025-06-30 |
| GANGE, Ian | Director | 2006-02-03 | 2008-02-29 |
| HALL, Karen Vivienne | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2019-01-21 |
| HANDLEY, John William | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2021-07-20 |
| HARRISON, Sydney | Director | — | 2001-06-22 |
| HOPWOOD, Alan George Michael | Director | 1994-10-07 | 2014-01-27 |
| HOWARTH DOWNEY, Heather Mary | Director | 2005-02-04 | 2014-01-27 |
| HOWSON, Roy Harold | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| HULSE, Geoffrey William | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2018-03-19 |
| INGLEFIELD, David Gilbert Charles | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2009-02-06 |
| KHERA, Mohan | Director | 2005-02-04 | 2018-03-19 |
| KITSON, Deborah Mary | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2010-02-24 |
| LANGLEY, Dennis | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| LEE, Beatrice Violet | Director | — | 2003-06-19 |
| LESTER, James Theodore | Director | — | 2006-08-07 |
| LINNEY, Ian Stanley Cash | Director | — | 2009-05-18 |
| LINNEY, Nicholas Steven | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1997-10-03 |
| MAKIN, Sheena | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2004-01-03 |
| MARSON, George Thomas | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
| MARTIN, Charles Reginald | Director | — | 1996-02-06 |
| MATHESON, Hugh Patrick | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2014-01-27 |
| MEALE, Joseph Alan, Sir | Director | — | 2010-02-24 |
| MORGAN, William John, Doctor | Director | 1994-10-07 | 1995-10-06 |
| NIND, Ailiss | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2000-03-03 |
| NOON, Trevor | Director | — | 1994-10-07 |
| O'BRIEN, Christopher, Professor | Director | — | 2016-03-21 |
| PAGE, Richard | Director | 2005-02-04 | 2012-05-21 |
| PEARSON, Maggie | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2004-02-06 |
| POTTS, Richard John | Director | 2008-06-16 | 2014-07-18 |
| PRATT, John William | Director | — | 2004-02-06 |
| RADCLIFFE, Neville Brown | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2006-02-03 |
| READER, George Raymond William | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2004-02-06 |
| RICHARDS, Patricia | Director | 1996-10-04 | 2016-03-21 |
| RICHMOND, Timothy Stewart | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2023-04-26 |
| SETCHELL, John Robert Melvin | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
| SNEATH, David Rupert | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2023-04-26 |
| STONE, Peter Robin | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2012-05-21 |
| STRAUTHER, Reginald, Councillor | Director | — | 2009-02-06 |
| TAYLOR-EGGLESHAW, Dorothy Julia | Director | — | 1999-10-15 |
| THOMAS, Anita June | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2016-06-24 |
| TOLHURST, Alan | Director | 1993-10-01 | 2007-02-02 |
| TOONE, Beverley | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2013-07-16 |
| TURNER, Ann Margaret | Director | — | 2008-02-29 |
| TURNER, Edward | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
| VASISHTA, Thalej | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2022-04-26 |
| VICTORY, Louis Eamonn Julian | Director | 1995-10-06 | 2008-02-29 |
| WALSH, Shaun Henry Richard | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2022-04-26 |
| WHEELER, Albert | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| WILLCOCKS, Arthur John, Professor | Director | — | 1992-10-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 250 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+26.7%
£15,534,000 £19,675,000
-
Cash
+35.5%
£2,915,000 £3,950,000
-
Net assets
+16.8%
£13,469,000 £15,734,000
-
Employees
+39.7%
474 662
-
Profit before tax
+1,048.8%
£213,000 £2,447,000
-
Wages
+20%
£10,745,000 £12,890,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers