LUTHER KING HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST

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  9 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have no identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. LUTHER KING HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST · parent
   1. Luther King House Conference and Accommodation Services Limited · conference and accommodation business

Significant events

• “The decision was taken by ourselves and our principal stakeholders, Northern College (URC) and Northern Baptist College, to amalgamate, and this coming together has been a core focus during the year. The initial intention of creating a new single organisation into which the educational programme, assets, staff, reserves and facilities would transfer has now been superseded by a more effective and efficient approach.”
• “The amalgamation project has provided an opportunity to review the estates portfolio of all the stakeholders; the major asset in the portfolio being the Brighton Grove site. With the support of all the stakeholder boards, work has commenced with architects and designers to develop an estates master plan, which will see a major redevelopment and modernisation project delivered across the whole Brighton Grove site. The project will look to enhance the environmental and accessibility credentials”
• “The summer of 2025 saw the unfortunate closure of Spurgeon's College, leaving a number of students in the unfortunate position of being part way through studies, but without a college at which to study. Thanks to the commitment and support of our academic staff, we have been able to support some students through these difficult times and in a number of cases enrol them on to Luther King study programmes.”
• “On the existing loans with the existing stakeholder colleges the Trust negotiated a further twelve months pause in repayments and interest instalments. All non-essential capital expenditure was stopped. Staffing hours were reviewed and where necessary reduced.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

9

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +17.7%

  £1,281,693 → £1,508,237

  highest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  -51.4%

  £145,868 → £70,838

• Net assets

  -6.9%

  £666,141 → £620,322

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  +7.1%

  28 → 30

• Profit before tax

  +69.8%

  -£151,916 → -£45,819

• Wages

  +14.9%

  £565,514 → £650,009

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