NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£31M
+30.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£220M
+3.9% vs 2024
Employees
2,756
+20.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST 2012-06-21 → present
- KEARSLEY ACADEMY 2010-05-11 → 2012-06-21
- ACADEMY FOR KEARSLEY 2010-03-15 → 2010-05-11
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 | £198,019,000 | £181,427,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £56,565,000 | £11,058,000 | |
| Cash | £23,710,000 | £31,043,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £211,665,000 | £220,469,000 | |
| Net assets | £212,211,000 | £220,399,000 | |
| Equity | £212,211,000 | £220,399,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,293 | 2,756 | |
| Wages | £69,194,000 | £85,548,000 |
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 | 28.6% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.51x | 2.93x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK AUDIT LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the board of trustees have a reasonable expectation that the academy 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.”
Significant events
- “Buile Hill Academy as at 1st September 2024 and the second is Denton Community Academy as at 1st January 2025.”
- “Rob Tarn CBE resigned from the trust, effective from 31st March 2025. Through a robust internal recruitment process, Jane Wilson, previously the deputy chief executive officer was appointed as the new chief executive officer of the trust, effective from the 01st April 2025. Andrew Jordan, previously the senior executive principal was appointed as deputy chief executive officer effective from the 01st April 2025.”
- “In July 2025, the new CEO chaired a newly formed corporate network meeting.”
- “The new CEO, in conjunction with trustees, has worked to review and update the values of the trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Neil Anthony | Director | 2020-04-01 | Jul 1949 | British |
| COPPING, John | Director | 2014-12-17 | Apr 1961 | British |
| FLACK, Robert Alban | Director | 2023-10-04 | Jun 1972 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Thomas | Director | 2015-03-27 | Jul 1953 | British |
| IOANNIDES, Eleni Chloe | Director | 2024-07-05 | Feb 1956 | British |
| KELLY, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2019-10-04 | Aug 1957 | British |
| SANDERS, Mark Henry | Director | 2014-04-02 | Jun 1954 | British |
| WILSON, Wendy Jane | Director | 2025-04-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDMUNDS, Gareth Evan | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| EDMUNDS, Gareth Evan | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | 2023-02-21 |
| HOPKINS, Christine | Secretary | 2018-01-29 | 2020-12-31 |
| MITCHELL, Judith | Secretary | 2023-02-21 | 2023-12-31 |
| OGLETHORPE, John Brian | Secretary | 2010-03-15 | 2010-07-08 |
| PARISH, Peter George | Secretary | 2010-07-08 | 2014-12-01 |
| THOM, Andrew Alexander | Secretary | 2014-12-02 | 2018-01-28 |
| ALSTON, Roger Townley | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2014-10-12 |
| CALLAGHAN, Paul Michael | Director | 2014-07-04 | 2017-12-13 |
| DUNCAN, Suzanne | Director | 2014-05-19 | 2023-12-31 |
| EDMUNDS, Gareth Evan | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2020-12-31 |
| FOSTER, June | Director | 2015-12-16 | 2020-04-10 |
| HEATON, Joanne Louise | Director | 2020-02-27 | 2025-02-19 |
| HODGSON, Andrew | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-05-14 |
| KERSHAW, Ian Stewart | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2017-10-30 |
| NOLAN, Joanne Marie | Director | 2019-01-28 | 2020-10-15 |
| OGLETHORPE, John Brian | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2015-12-16 |
| OGLETHORPE, John Brian | Director | 2010-07-08 | 2014-02-24 |
| ROBERTS, Christopher Anthony | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2025-02-19 |
| TARN, Robert David | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| WALTON, Leslie Howard | Director | 2010-03-15 | 2020-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-27 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-8.4%
£198,019,000 £181,427,000
-
Cash
+30.9%
£23,710,000 £31,043,000
-
Net assets
+3.9%
£212,211,000 £220,399,000
-
Employees
+20.2%
2,293 2,756
-
Wages
+23.6%
£69,194,000 £85,548,000
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