NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-41.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£97M
+135.4% vs 2024
Employees
649
+99.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST 2013-06-19 → present
- NORTHERN SCHOOLD TRUST 2013-06-19 → 2013-06-19
- NORTH LIVERPOOL ACADEMY LIMITED 2004-03-09 → 2013-06-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,866,000 | £38,925,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £8,578,000 | £50,006,000 | |
| Cash | £2,415,000 | £1,415,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,628,000 | £93,394,000 | |
| Net assets | £41,404,000 | £97,455,000 | |
| Equity | £41,404,000 | £97,455,000 | |
| Average employees | 326 | 649 | |
| Wages | £11,654,000 | £21,426,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 39.2% | 128.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.2% | -1.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.19x |
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
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Louise Mary | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | — | — |
| ASHTON, John Geoffrey | Director | 2016-02-03 | Feb 1945 | British |
| BOND, Graham Peter | Director | 2024-12-17 | Apr 1964 | British |
| BYRNE, Elizabeth Gay, Revd | Director | 2020-05-12 | Aug 1964 | British |
| CROPPER, Catherine, Dr | Director | 2024-02-06 | Jul 1985 | British |
| DUBROW-MARSHALL, Roderick Paul, Dr | Director | 2019-02-12 | Dec 1968 | British |
| MCBRIDE, Carole Anne | Director | 2024-12-17 | Dec 1950 | British |
| MCKEOWN, Stephen | Director | 2015-03-01 | Dec 1961 | British |
| RYAN-PALMER, Carol-Anna Joyce Mercedes | Director | 2024-10-08 | Dec 1966 | British |
| WAINWRIGHT, Geoffrey, Dr | Director | 2014-01-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
| WARD, Nigel Maurice | Director | 2004-03-09 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Eric | Secretary | 2004-09-09 | 2010-03-18 |
| HUGHES, Stephen John | Secretary | 2010-03-19 | 2014-04-30 |
| WARD, Nigel | Secretary | 2004-03-09 | 2004-09-09 |
| BRADSHAW, Eric | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-03-19 |
| FINK, Stanley, Lord | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2013-06-16 |
| HUGHES, Louise Mary | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2024-12-17 |
| HUGHES, Stephen John | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2015-02-02 |
| KEHOE, Dennis Frederick, Dr | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2008-03-14 |
| LATHAM, John Charles | Director | 2004-03-09 | 2005-12-31 |
| MOONEY, Ian Paul Joseph | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Michael John | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Peter Joseph Hornby | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2024-12-17 | Active |
| Dr Geoff Wainwright | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-10-10 | Active |
| Mr Ian Paul Joseph Mooney | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-01 |
| Mr Robert Vigurs | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+78%
£21,866,000 £38,925,000
-
Cash
-41.4%
£2,415,000 £1,415,000
-
Net assets
+135.4%
£41,404,000 £97,455,000
-
Employees
+99.1%
326 649
-
Wages
+83.9%
£11,654,000 £21,426,000
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